Offensive Mines

homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">anyone else besides me try this?</div> this tactic works 80% of the time, this is good in the early stages, when there are no fades yet, the plan is to rush the enemy hive, plant mines on the blind corners, or just below the hive, so when they spawn and walk a little, they explode! usually when i try to explain this to the commander, he doesnt seem to understand... anyone else do this trick? if not, i suggest you try it, its highly effective.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Why not spawncamp the normal way? Just as annoying, and doesn't cost res.
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  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    spawncamp+spawnmines, that was what i meant.. you need those mines because MOST of the time, the comm doesnt give you ammo... i always enter a hive with 250 on lmg, and when i just unloaded my first lmg clip, i was already screaming for ammo, and until my final clip was gone, the comm didnt respond, not even ONCE... this almost always freaking happens... --- mines save ammo
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  • Young_TrotskyYoung_Trotsky Join Date: 2003-01-14 Member: 12285Members
    There was a huge topic about this a short time ago, basically most people think it's against the idea of what mines are for, they should be for defence, not offence, I really don't see a problem with it, i just cba.
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  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    Young Trotsky, does that mean, that since welders are meant for repairing, they shouldnt be used to kill enemy res nodes?
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  • RueRue Join Date: 2002-10-21 Member: 1564Members
    I know what u mean <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> this little screeny proves that marines use mine for offence reasons any way they can. acid rocket + this = dead hive <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ElvenThiefElvenThief aka Elven Thief (ex. NS Programmer) Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8754Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    While this is probably more appropriate in the Frontiersman strategy forum, you'll find a lot more strats for offensive mining there too.
    Just about everyone who reads up on that has used some kind of interesting mining strategy for bothering the aliens.
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Yeah I've done the strategy a few times and been the victim of it a few times.

    It works very well because early skulks get owned by LMG's already, and spawning on top of a mine doesn't help. Although it might work good, it's an extremely cheesy tactic, akin to spawn camping really...
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  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    spawn camping isnt as bad as it sounds.. you deserve those spawn kills, since you got in the hive alive.. same goes with the aliens, they deserve to eat the newly spawned marines fresh from the infantry portals, since they got in the heart of the marine base.. -- well, thats just my opinion..
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  • arjungitaarjungita Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10928Members
    Actually Rue, most of your mines aren't even near the hive, and you can't kill a hive with mines. Try it.
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  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    hehehehe yep, the lasers touch the hive, but the explosives are nowhere near it
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  • NyseriANyseriA Join Date: 2003-03-04 Member: 14302Members
    edited April 2003
    Oops, original reply was for another thread <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    If you have a phase near a hive and a constant stream of mines coming through, you can effectively lock aliens in a hive while you build TF/siege outside. I am not sure that I appreciate it as an Alien because it is an exploit of a game imbalance, but you cant complain as long as its there <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • nicussnicuss Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8749Members
    offensive gorge + offensive mines = dead marines <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • zipperzipper Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5590Members
    Tack on another reason that mines should be more expensive. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Trojan2Trojan2 Join Date: 2003-01-14 Member: 12290Members
    I like to randomly mine free res nodes too. Allways fun when a 13 res gorge waddles over to a rp and goes boom.
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  • KeyserKeyser Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13591Members
    I have executed a few good mine rushes, pretty much all on eclipse when the aliens are in maintenance. Its so easy to drop an armory in the keyhole then drop mines all over the hive, I swear its almost failproof.
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  • James_H4xwellJames_H4xwell Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11518Members
    Hey keyser, remember that game we were in where i offencive mined the generator hive? One thing about offencive mining though... gorgespit detonates mines.
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  • LazerManeLazerMane Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2135Members, Constellation
    Well i wont let my personal prejudices let it influence my testimony (SPAWN CAMPING IS FSKING CHEAP!!!1one!), but i dont really see any point in it when LMGs and Pistols work just as well.

    LM
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--nicuss+Apr 4 2003, 11:01 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (nicuss @ Apr 4 2003, 11:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> offensive gorge + offensive mines = dead marines <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yup, I always destroy mines when I'm gorge
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  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    i also mine around the enemy res node before i knife it down.. its effective.
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