I'm Sick Of Marines *****ing
omlette
Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18457Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18457Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">about aliens being 'unfairly balanced'</div> Happened to me today, and I was getting sick of it. This one guy tried to kill himself / readyroom / etc out of me when I was consuming him, and got mad when he couldn't. Then they go on and on about how aliens always win because they have Onos at 1 hive, etc. I wanted to slap him across the face, but I couldn't. So I ate him again instead.
Anyone else sick of hearing people complain about balance? It's perfectly damn well balanced.
Anyone else sick of hearing people complain about balance? It's perfectly damn well balanced.
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While I'm a big proponent of the wonders of 2.0 balance, I doubt I'd go quite THAT far.
And, yeah, it's irritating. I heard a lot of whining first day especially, about how marines had no chance now that aliens got oni at first hive. Bah. I was actually doing BETTER then than now (*sniffles*).
When I <b>DO</b> get devoured, I can only hope that it's when I have about half or less of my HP left. Devour isn't that great if you're only eating guys with 20 health left.
When I <b>DO</b> get devoured, I can only hope that it's when I have about half or less of my HP left. Devour isn't that great if you're only eating guys with 20 health left. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's cheap. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
But it's so tempting.... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I like it, even though it's cheap....especially when I've ALREADY been eaten about 10 times in a row....
What? No one gets sick of being eaten?
I like it, even though it's cheap....especially when I've ALREADY been eaten about 10 times in a row....
What? No one gets sick of being eaten? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't. I still find it funny. But that's like me going... "Oh, they have sieges! *presses button and hive is now invincible to siege*". It's stupid, avoids a meaningful purpose in the gameplay, and should be an instant kick.
I still see fellow onii gettings owned in mere seconds to LMG fire. Its sick.
Only decent one is if you have redemption.
And thats annoying because it pulls me out before I start to have fun.
I dunno.
I would like an accurate progress bar for devour though.
I keep seeing a blue bar but nothing informative.
I like to know when I can get another meal under my belt.
Plus 100 res takes awhile unless you rox0r the skulk skillz.
I still see fellow onii gettings owned in mere seconds to LMG fire. Its sick.
Only decent one is if you have redemption.
And thats annoying because it pulls me out before I start to have fun.
I dunno.
I would like an accurate progress bar for devour though.
I keep seeing a blue bar but nothing informative.
I like to know when I can get another meal under my belt.
Plus 100 res takes awhile unless you rox0r the skulk skillz. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Exactly. I got owned by a pistol while I was digesting a guy. FFS, I killed a damn Onos with an elevator and wit. I just asked him to come get me, he did and was promptly crushed. It's very easy to take down an Onos - unless you're too busy complaining.
Devour wait-time's is another story.
That said, I agree staring at the devour screen for 30 seconds is annoying and I wish there were a good way to get rid of the boredom without impacting the purpose of Devour. The only thing I can think of would be to put people into spectator mode as "Digesting" but still allow them to be put back in if they're saved, but I just don't really like that idea...
I see no arguemnt while this shouldn't be done? Why can't you see your mates while being digested. I mean you are dead.... only 1 of 20 times they rescue you.
And thats why I did this:
<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->void ClientKill( edict_t *pEntity )
{
CVAR_SET_FLOAT("mp_killdelay", RANDOM_FLOAT(3.0,20.0));
? (*other_gFunctionTable.pfnClientKill)(pEntity);
}<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
Youll never know how long you will have to wait... MUHAHHAHAHAHAHA
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And thats why I did this:
<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->void ClientKill( edict_t *pEntity )
{
CVAR_SET_FLOAT("mp_killdelay", RANDOM_FLOAT(3.0,20.0));
(*other_gFunctionTable.pfnClientKill)(pEntity);
}<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
Youll never know how long you will have to wait... MUHAHHAHAHAHAHA <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
... and that, players, is uber. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
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someone posted a way to remove it...
which also allows you to see the -level- from the onos perspective, but appearently no models appear.
it was a specific file in the folde that had to be deleted. I didn't feel to need to remember or use it, because I don't have you problem with it... I'll try to find it again...
and it's not an exploit... <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif'><!--endemo-->
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YOU LITTLE WEAKLINGS BUHAHAHAH
..well..u could always turn it into a pic of a baby..or a girls..umm..thing..but ya whatever lol
BTW I love NS 2.0 in large games and i like the new features. Maybe ill just type retry in console when i get devoured over and over, i can connect in under 10 sec so all is good.
There's another command that can be exploited, although probably not as favourable.
I won't mention it here, because I don't want to be responsible for publishing exploits. Besides the devs probably already know.
generally... it's been in for the gestation on the aliens' side. Commanders can see it for upgrades and such.
For digestion, it does replace the HUD health display, as you'll notice that if you're eaten with less health, it'll both a) take less time to die, and b) the bar will start off more full than otherwise.
I think paralysis was way more balanced, since it required the onos to aim it, was only single target, and the marine could still shoot.
Just for the record it takes 3 marines simultaneously shooting an onos to have an chance of stopping redeem from kicking in. Any less and redeem kicks in every time.
That isn't a glitch. You know how some people with lag die at the hive? Well the onos did and then you popped out. This has happened to me too, unfortunately my comm was too busy to listen to my frantic wailing. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
Come on, what's so bad about watching that beautiful pulsating Onos stomach?? Are you al so addicted to continious sensory overload that 30 seconds is that bad? Come on... commercials on American TV take longer than that. I'd rather watch a Devour screen 6 times in an hour than those stupid commercials.
Seriously, people who kill themselves before being devoured deserve to be banned. You cheat the Onos out of his devour and you cheat the game balance (remember it is designed to keep you out of the game for a while). If people do it on our server they're gone forever.