how is a giant hole "stealth" unit? you have cloak on and it swollows like 5 exos at once?
Pretty much. When the mouth is closed, you look like a circle of infestation with a cyst in the middle. Then the exos come and *NOM*
Oh, and you can't move. You have to go back to skulk if you want to find somewhere else to lie in wait.
Arc grenades: Same impact as an arc-shot (veteran marines call it the hive finisher). Teleport grenade: You throw it, then it activates, then you teleport where it activated. Kinetic barrier grenade: Creates a bullet-proof, not walkthrouhgable force field for 15 seconds.
Add a third race to the game. If the Kharaa are aliens and the Marines human, then the new race would be something more like an advanced alien species.
The new race would walk upright like humans but their main weapon would be a melee-ranged beam sword. They would have a recharging shield as well. In fact most of their buildings and designs would have shields. Much of their philosophy and playstyle would revolve around the concept of "honor".
The new race (call them the Dered) would have a short-ranged charge ability built in to close the distance between themselves and humans. Their sword would be extremely powerful but would be offset from the aliens by having a longer cooldown. You could not swing it rapidly but would have to carefully execute each strike.
The Dered would have a much different soldier upgrade system (honor-based) that automatically rewarded players who were doing well. After a certain amount of kills without dying, the alien would automatically obtain a better weapon. Think advanced weaponry: Beam cannon, Heavy Plasma Machine Gun, Tachyon Bow, etc. Even though this weaponry is ultra-powerful, it's balanced by the fact that it is not immediately available to the aliens, but must be earned instead through combat. The Commander could eventually research upgrades to drop these weapons, albeit at a very significant cost (probably not worth it except in extreme situations).
The Dered could spend their personal resources on secondary weapons (such as a pistol or a plasma grenade) or they could choose alternate combat suits. The combat suits would all have strengths and weaknesses. One may allow you to move very quickly, but at the cost of shield power and carrying capacity. One may make you a massive tank, but you move and turn very slowly. One may give you the ability to cloak for short periods of time, but has no other special advantages. One may allow you to heal your teammates by touching them while outside of battle.
The Dered, unlike the Alien and Marines, would succeed by attempting to keep their individual soldiers (at least 1 or 2 of them) alive for long enough for them to reach the end-game weapon tech through the built-in honor system. The Commander's abilities would be specifically tailored to do this. Defeating the new race would mean killing all 5 members of the team enough so that they never become powerful enough to overcome you.
Anyway I never expect this idea to become a reality, it's just something I think about in my free time.
Babbler bomb (grenade): The gorge can throw a babbler bomb, exploding into 10 - 50 babblers. The sudden FPS drop stuns all marines, and the babblers eat them. Then they roll as a wave through the corridors, purging the map of marines.
Am I the only one who thinks a tower defense mod a la Orcs Must Die! would be sweet with these things? I'd love to take on waves of aliens, just placing traps and armories and flame turrets etc. Could be even fun single player, funner w/ a few friends.
And if you haven't played Orcs Must Die, it's pretty fun...
yeah bind it to E by default - was thinking an alien can do a bonewall on infestation by their own for 5pres if lets say they run away and do the wall like last resort if commander is slow.
Add a third race to the game. If the Kharaa are aliens and the Marines human, then the new race would be something more like an advanced alien species.
The new race would walk upright like humans but their main weapon would be a melee-ranged beam sword. They would have a recharging shield as well. In fact most of their buildings and designs would have shields. Much of their philosophy and playstyle would revolve around the concept of "honor".
You're right, the only thing this game is really lacking now is Protoss!
Am I the only one who thinks a tower defense mod a la Orcs Must Die! would be sweet with these things? I'd love to take on waves of aliens, just placing traps and armories and flame turrets etc. Could be even fun single player, funner w/ a few friends.
And if you haven't played Orcs Must Die, it's pretty fun...
That is called xenoswarm.
OH wow that onos on ceiling got my laughing pretty hard. I want to see that on a server with gibs giant gorge.
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6th race being a giant hole! DO WANT DO WANT. How about those worms from tremors.
Oh, and you can't move. You have to go back to skulk if you want to find somewhere else to lie in wait.
sure why not post that too...
LFG summit reception, coffee mission!
Add a third race to the game. If the Kharaa are aliens and the Marines human, then the new race would be something more like an advanced alien species.
The new race would walk upright like humans but their main weapon would be a melee-ranged beam sword. They would have a recharging shield as well. In fact most of their buildings and designs would have shields. Much of their philosophy and playstyle would revolve around the concept of "honor".
The new race (call them the Dered) would have a short-ranged charge ability built in to close the distance between themselves and humans. Their sword would be extremely powerful but would be offset from the aliens by having a longer cooldown. You could not swing it rapidly but would have to carefully execute each strike.
The Dered would have a much different soldier upgrade system (honor-based) that automatically rewarded players who were doing well. After a certain amount of kills without dying, the alien would automatically obtain a better weapon. Think advanced weaponry: Beam cannon, Heavy Plasma Machine Gun, Tachyon Bow, etc. Even though this weaponry is ultra-powerful, it's balanced by the fact that it is not immediately available to the aliens, but must be earned instead through combat. The Commander could eventually research upgrades to drop these weapons, albeit at a very significant cost (probably not worth it except in extreme situations).
The Dered could spend their personal resources on secondary weapons (such as a pistol or a plasma grenade) or they could choose alternate combat suits. The combat suits would all have strengths and weaknesses. One may allow you to move very quickly, but at the cost of shield power and carrying capacity. One may make you a massive tank, but you move and turn very slowly. One may give you the ability to cloak for short periods of time, but has no other special advantages. One may allow you to heal your teammates by touching them while outside of battle.
The Dered, unlike the Alien and Marines, would succeed by attempting to keep their individual soldiers (at least 1 or 2 of them) alive for long enough for them to reach the end-game weapon tech through the built-in honor system. The Commander's abilities would be specifically tailored to do this. Defeating the new race would mean killing all 5 members of the team enough so that they never become powerful enough to overcome you.
Anyway I never expect this idea to become a reality, it's just something I think about in my free time.
And if you haven't played Orcs Must Die, it's pretty fun...
+1
You never see those little wonderful balls of combat drugs, and this way marines can choose to do some CAT at their own expense!
This image gave me an unnecessary bowel movement.
You're right, the only thing this game is really lacking now is Protoss!
Gives + 100 Armor.
That is called xenoswarm.
OH wow that onos on ceiling got my laughing pretty hard. I want to see that on a server with gibs giant gorge.