How Beacon Saved My Bacon

NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
map : ns tanith
size: 9v9
skill: above average for both sides


preamble: they have satcomm, we take dbl, hold it, take waste and western. advance to cargo, hold for a bit, get bit down. ocs go up, mucho support. try to get ppl there again, we start getting squad breakup (i'm setting wps too far away, with no rallying point :S ).

constant attacks on rr. elect both rts in rr. get skirmishes at western and waste, have ot put them back up.

decide cargo is a lost cause, around the 8ish minute mark (a1, mt, w1, w2 on the way) decide to just siege out satcomm. but ppl are EVERYWHERE!! in rr, in the vent to sat comm from rr, at the pathways, at western.. AUUGH!! so i hit beacon. YAY!! they are all nice and together now!

push them out, group of 6ish to sat. put up tfac and 3 sieges, with a smatter of sgs. we start to take it down, HEAVY skulk and lerk and gorge retaliations, heavy heavy losses. we get back, hold siege position, a few move onto to chem, to cap the rt. by this time, RR is down, western and waste rts going down a LOONG time ago. TWO onii show up, stomping and whatnot. MORE heavy losses up the WAZOO, by this time, it's a2/w3 and upped armory. all but 2 or three are dead. we get a lucky onos kill by a sneaky shotty. the on onos is ont he way to clear out the sieging of
sat!! beacon that badboy, drop 3 hmgs, take down the onos.

go heavy kits, cap sat, chem, acidic, back and forth on cargo, finally take fusion, etc etc, rr, win.


anyhoo, the moral of this story is how great beacon can be when you have high lvl lifeforms, ramboing and not expecting a ton of rines to appear. and MORE importantly, how incredibly useful it is to organize pub rines who just happen to be all over the place (more due to wps too far away,and skulks intercepting and dispersing squads). just beacon them all back home! and MOVE THEM OUT!

i've found that, in my pub comming experience, rines ENJOY moving in groups, but it's upto YOU to get them moving in groups. by wps, CLOSER wps <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> micromanaging them (DudeShooterAim guy, hold back, your squad is laggin behind), and yes, the almighty beacon.

thanx flayra and co, for that new change to beacon, helps pub commanding tremendously.

Comments

  • VarsityVarsity Join Date: 2004-01-29 Member: 25687Members
    Becaon is great. I can imagine the horror on an Onos' face when the lone beacon I have foolisly planted in the middle on nowhere suddenly starts up... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    Beacon = a signal of sorts

    Bacon = FOOD

    =X

    And yes beacon is a great thing now.
  • r3dsk4r3r3dsk4r3 Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16257Members
    my internet was down for a couple days, what exactly is different about the new beacon?

    i haven't had the oppurtunity to experience it yet.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    beacon will bring ALL marines to Marine Start, whether tehy are living or dead, it's spectawesomelar!
  • tankefugltankefugl One Script To Rule Them All... Trondheim, Norway Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8641Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Digesting marines won't come back ...

    ... I sadly experienced that.
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->spectawesomelar<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Interesting word.

    Also, with the new beacon, living marines that are brought back keep their equipment.
  • DestroyerDestroyer Join Date: 2003-12-21 Member: 24611Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-tankefugl+Feb 7 2004, 09:40 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (tankefugl @ Feb 7 2004, 09:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Digesting marines won't come back ...

    ... I sadly experienced that. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol,oh well

    why does everybody call beacon bacon?

    everybody these days are like
    "Omgz Omgz were gettin the spawnxorz raped outta us, BACON Comm, BACON!!!!!!!"
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    *shrugs*, no idea. one of those memes that catch on that don't die much like

    -lorks
    -clorfs
    -shirtguns
    -hovaring
    -commando
  • Fro5tyFro5ty Join Date: 2003-09-26 Member: 21238Members, Constellation
    Cause usually, beacon was only used in the old days when the marines were getting owned by aliens. Comm would recycle everything but obs, and beacon as much as possible. When this happened, aliens mindlessy rushed the fresh meat and devoured them. This is the BACON! effect, from those begging strip commercials where the dog is rushing after the owner for some of the bacon.
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    Kharaa have eggs, so naturally marines have bacon.







    Its also faster to type, being one letter shorter <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Cry_HavocCry_Havoc Join Date: 2003-01-22 Member: 12593Members
    Yeah, and people still type "redempt"(idiots) even though it's "redeem" and faster to type.

    <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Fat_Man_Little_CoatFat_Man_Little_Coat Join Date: 2003-12-02 Member: 23857Members
    Actually, I like the fact that it warps them back to marine start.

    Kinda like having two spawn points. Of course, if you have tons of OCs it does kind of ruin that option, which is why scan is a useful little tool.
  • kiwikiwi Join Date: 2003-09-13 Member: 20803Members
    does beacon pull marines back to ms? or to where the obs is?

    i havnt got a chance to play ns much... to much time in co maps <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->as of this day I still do not know what clorfs is supposed to mean.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This refers to the area outside of MS on hera, where a lerk would constantly sit on top of the tunnel where marines couldn't get to it without a jp.
  • Night_ShadeNight_Shade Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14985Members, Constellation
    MS.

    An alien tactic I see occasionally on pubs is to lame up MS after a relocate, then when the comm beacons the marines are set upon by OCs <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DC_DarklingDC_Darkling Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18068Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver
    edited February 2004
    as of this day I still do not know what clorfs is supposed to mean.

    silly n00bs making silly names.
  • m4dm4d Join Date: 2003-07-25 Member: 18419Members
    would be cool if beacon could bring the marines to the obs instead of the ms

    would allow for nice strats
    imagine a singel marine building an obs in the mainhive
    give out shotguns and mines in base
    beacon
    hive down <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • bliNkbliNk Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21422Members
    That being the reasno why you can't
  • RokiyoRokiyo A.K.A. .::FeX::. Revenge Join Date: 2002-10-10 Member: 1471Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cry Havoc+Feb 8 2004, 08:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cry Havoc @ Feb 8 2004, 08:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeah, and people still type "redempt"(idiots) even though it's "redeem" and faster to type.

    <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    When the redemption upgrade kicks in you do something called redeeming. These words (and their shortened forums) have different meanings and usages so it sounds a little weird to hear that I should be using one or the other.
  • Cry_HavocCry_Havoc Join Date: 2003-01-22 Member: 12593Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Revenge+Feb 10 2004, 09:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Revenge @ Feb 10 2004, 09:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cry Havoc+Feb 8 2004, 08:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cry Havoc @ Feb 8 2004, 08:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeah, and people still type "redempt"(idiots) even though it's "redeem" and faster to type.

      <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    When the redemption upgrade kicks in you do something called redeeming. These words (and their shortened forums) have different meanings and usages so it sounds a little weird to hear that I should be using one or the other. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's not weird. You should be using one or the other depending on what you're trying to say. However, "redempt" is not a word and using it as a verb in place of "redeem" is idiocy.

    <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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