Thoughts On Update (good Things)

StandingCow · January 2003

Well, the first 5 games I was ready to come in here and say marines need some love, cuz they are hurting! Then I deiced to comm and try a new strategy....upgrade to Hmg's and grab every resource and ignore all but one hive...it worked! They had fades the entire game but we just kept pushing em back with sieges, the resources were pouring in!

The only change I dont care for is the super fast regen of aliens, but the last game showed me that the game is still balanced, comms and marines just have to adapt and do things a little differently <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='siege.gif'>

JusticeBlade · January 2003

Yay we need more people like you! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'>

Hozart1 · January 2003

Impressive, I've also seen more marine commanders do this also, that rushing of the hive is not as effective as it used to be.

Necro · January 2003

i find good servers, infact i get under 50 on the local ones :\

Aphon · January 2003

i like 1.04 a lot better than 1.03. A lot of good balance changes and bug fixed. I just wish some server admins would get off their **** and update their servers =/

Onuma · January 2003

All these people complaining about balance issues...(not you guys you're cool)

Why don't people realise that their OWN skills are lacking, and the balance is not coded but genetic in the fact that most of these whiney complaining newbs couldn't hit a pig's **** with a shovel.

You have 2 choices:
<ul>
<li>Murder
<li>Get Murdered.
</ul>

AcKz · January 2003

Amen

Kadan · January 2003

Well, the middle of the game is very balanced and requires skill.

It's just getting to that stage isn't (jetpack rushes)

Firewater · January 2003

I taught onuma too well.

StandingCow · January 2003

another thing I like is this version made games (for the most part) last a HELL of alot longer....games takin an hour or so min... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'>

Sirus · January 2003

I love the new patch. But i think the siege should automatically sight targets, but the decreased radius is a welcomed change.

Tyler · January 2003

i lost interest in this game a while ago, but i played a little 1.04

1.) jetpacks recharge a little too fast and a little too easy. You can fly forever, in a big room like Refinery you are basically invincible and one jetpack can kill the hive. when your team hasnt even starting on a 2nd hive and marines are doing a rotisserie on your first hive like little moths, and you're helpless, its very conducive to typing "quit" in console.

2.) there are STILL no servers that i can get a good ping on, using a cable modem. in CS, I can find dozens of servers under 100 ping. in NS, sometimes 200 ping is the lowest. i dont know whether the game is coded poorly, or people are setting their player limits too high for their boxes, or there are simply a lack of NS fans with money for hosting. I would play more if I could ping well anywhere.

3.) this game can really SUCK and FRUSTRATE and BORE, when you arent in a clan. its easier to play something else. i've seen the people who play this game and i wouldn't like to be friends with most of them.

I already know about 500 people are going to tell me to "play something else", "make your own game then", "you sux noob, lern 2 sh00t", but that is the collective nature of humanity. everyone agreeing with everyone else. Really, i would like to enjoy this game again. there are just too many barriers out of my control.

Evil_Timmy · January 2003

Even with the newest patches, you need a pretty decent box to run a NS server. Locally, there's a 20-player server, and I get a ping of 6-8 with in-game pings of 20-30 even when it's full. A cable/DSL connection for anyone who's anywhere near civilization should give pretty good pings to at least a few local servers, but if you're on Easter Island, don't expect to be a LPB.

Oh, and the CS vs NS server thing...there's 5-6 servers under 100 ping for NS, while there's 2000-2500 for CS. SE Asia loves CS, apparently.

CoolHungDaddy · January 2003

I just had my first com experience in 1.04 abd it was difficult but a great game. we relocated base to vent hive on caged and went for gen. we only had 2 res points and the aliens pushed really hard with chamber rushes. they had walls of lame around the cornres and gettin through them is a lot harder, especially as you need too many scanner sweeps to destroy these walls.
finally we prolonogued the game long enough to tech up and get ha and heavy weapons and killed the last hive, sewer.
it was a pretty tense game but the updates bring imho a better overall balance, as the game is far from over once you get that phase gate next to a hive and let the marines just defend the tf with the siege next to it.

prota

StandingCow · January 2003

try 66.28.238.20:27015 c|E Small plumb tree village server, its based in kansas and alll the pings are ususally 100 or less.. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

**EDIT** oh yea and most everybody on it is nice and its admined almost 24/7 by accuall people that arent admins on power trips!

Eternal_Bliss · January 2003

Tyler, where you live?
for example i live in israel and we only got 1 NS server(mine)... and all other servers i play in i got 200+ pings...
and in UK/USA there are so many low ping servers

MMZ_Torak · January 2003

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Ah that made my morning!

Thoughts On Update (good Things)

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