Gorge scan ability
slayer20
Killed a man once. Join Date: 2007-12-13 Member: 63157Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Killed a man once. Join Date: 2007-12-13 Member: 63157Members, Reinforced - Shadow
<div class="IPBDescription">Echo</div>One thing that bugs me about being the Alien Commander is that there isn't a scan ability.
I'd like to propose a new ability for the Gorge because of this. An "Echo" effect. The gorge would enter a room that the commander wants to see, then they would "yell", producing a sort of echo-like effect that shows the commander what is in the room.
I figured this would be similar to that of the Alien vision, in which when the Echo is used, any structures that are in the room would be highlighted and outlined, instead of showing up normally.
This would give the Gorge another ability that would be useful for the Commander, which could encourage team work.
I'd like to propose a new ability for the Gorge because of this. An "Echo" effect. The gorge would enter a room that the commander wants to see, then they would "yell", producing a sort of echo-like effect that shows the commander what is in the room.
I figured this would be similar to that of the Alien vision, in which when the Echo is used, any structures that are in the room would be highlighted and outlined, instead of showing up normally.
This would give the Gorge another ability that would be useful for the Commander, which could encourage team work.
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I'd like to propose a new ability for the Gorge because of this. An "Echo" effect. The gorge would enter a room that the commander wants to see, then they would "yell", producing a sort of echo-like effect that shows the commander what is in the room.
I figured this would be similar to that of the Alien vision, in which when the Echo is used, any structures that are in the room would be highlighted and outlined, instead of showing up normally.
This would give the Gorge another ability that would be useful for the Commander, which could encourage team work.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
really not needed, if the gorge is entering the room the comm will see everything thats in there already, the scan is used to look for things in rooms where no one is near. For example, scanning Heli & crossroads when everyone is at surface access.
Wrong. The alien would actually have to go far into the room and have the structures in their point of view, and when there's a firefight going on, any structure the aliens see only stay on the screen for a second, if that because they're running around trying not to get killed.
Plus, the Gorge isn't really supposed to be the "up-front" alien, so being able to stay in the back of the room to use this ability would help the Commander, as well as keep the Gorge alive.
For example, the Gorge could run into the entrance of Marine Start, use the Echo ability, then run out. This would give the Commander a clear view of what the Marines are doing in their base.
Why? The aliens have a bacteria grid so they need to infest or spread the bacteria, each alien and attack is a source of bacteria. Also hivemind uses the bacteriagrid.
A Marine team can login the ships/stations security network and the whole nanogrid (several specialised nano emitters) so they can perform scans and med/ammo drops everywhere.
So alien scan would depend on the bacteriagrid and the individual player and the commander. So a scan wouldn't be more effective than with the actual abilyties and LOS(infest/para already shows marines and buildings btw)
Marines can rely on the whole ships/stations nanogrid that is also active on alien territory and just needs the comander to use it, and an obs ofc.