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Why are so many players scared of shotguns when lerking? Most Marines have realized that they can whoop any standard Lerk's butt with shotgun but for me, when I see a marine with a shotgun it's like a license of ownership. Wear him down at range, if…
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If you are still trying to find reasons to call people a noob, you're a scrub.
As for "caring" about K/D, I don't really, but you can't legitimately claim that any Lerk that is involved in major offense and defense thro… -
First game was great, though I cringed hard when both HBZ lerks squandered their forms after only having had them for 20 seconds. But the comeback and the Fade usage were really entertaining.
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Well, in my case, I am without a clan because I exclusively play Aliens + Lerk. So I don't really fit into a clan setting. I imagine that's the answer you'll get from many other lone wolves. They simply only enjoy playing one side … -
As a 'career lerk' I sure wouldn't mind losing the tracers. I only ever approach marines from a blind spot anyway, I only spike late enough in my approach that they will not turn in time to shoot me before my bite hits. Then once the bite goes in, I…
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That is your right, however, commanders who drop one for me rarely regret it. I've early-Lerked hundreds of times and the times where I wasted the egg I can count on one hand, of which three instances were my game crashing or inter… -
On large pub servers (which I usually avoid because they're stupid) I ask the commander to drop me a Lerk egg as the first thing to do. 96% of the time I can turn the balance around with that one lerk form. With my map coverage I can help each pack …
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Well, I guess it varies with aptitude.
All I know is, 150 hours is when I started consistently going 29-0 or better and that hasn't changed.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that I am extremely specialized, … -
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Or, just make an alien faction infused with nanobots by humans to fight Kharaa. Simply add a patchy black "borg but not borg" layer on top of their skin and make their infestation a black powdery substance.
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I support the idea, though 150 hours is closer to where a player gets to their peak performance.
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Saw one funny hack today that I haven't seen before. This one marine, every time he was taking damage and not seeing who was damaging him, he would simply disappear. It happened 6 times just from me attacking him with spikes alone. And no, it was no…
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As an audio engineer and producer I can tell the difference, and quite easily at that.
To compare in a way you might easier understand, it's like the difference between a DSLR camera set to 3 captures per second … -
Some people were saying the limit for emptying the pistol using script was 0.4s. This is simply not true, I have observed it being emptied in around 0.1-.2 - it sounds simply like a single sound (I was not experiencing any lag at the time) - so I do…
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That's definitely it, I typically have between 60 - 140 ping with most Euro servers, when I'm up against a marine with 20-40 ping it's like he's a freaking mindreader.
I just hope UW aren't resting on their laurels with… -
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His description of those deaths isn't all-encompassing. You don't have to wait til dead to hear it. You can tell if the marine missed you with the first shot and when fighting other skulks. You're probably just used to marines empt… -
I play exclusively on EU servers. If anyone's wondering. There's at least one scripter in every game, but rarely that few.
Remember that EU in general is a lot more competitive in almost any game than for example NA. I can pick any EU se… -
In all the patches, back from the beginning, Silence has been the only option for me. And then they nerf cam, showing an absolute disconnect with the reality of it's use.
Silence is indeed useful, and good marines go by audio when pinpoi… -
Last patch introduced something even funnier than being hit after I get away like what used to happen. (And still does, to be fair) Now I'm also getting shot at before I even see the marine around the corner that I'm going to so…
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Sure it does. A game can be as crazy as it wants to, but without any semblance of adherence to real physics, it may as well be a picasso painting. (Unless kwazy physics is a design point of the game) -
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How mature.
Because if every game mechanic was as patently impossible IRL as the pistol empty rate w/script, we would be having so. Much. Fun.
I'm sure if the aliens discover a hack that allows gorges to bli… -
It just seems like physics is arbitrarily placed in favour of the marine. It's as if a skulk and a marine operate under different laws of nature and the only things crossing the border of these realities are bites and bullets.
Marines ha… -
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Why does it matter how fast you can click?
What should matter is how fast a fast shooter can fire his gun IRL.
Any game needs suspension of disbelief, you know that as well as I do, marines are still suppose… -
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Of course they can. You can't make a "bite script" for the Skulk, because there is a hard cooldown on bite. Just like pistol needs.
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I think by endgame, there should be an 'Alpha Gorge' and 'Alpha Lerk' option. More clogs and hydras for the prior, larger AoE on spores for the latter.
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This is what I've been bashing my head against since this latest patch. I've been experiencing 90%+ marine wins which made all the dev posts about how balance was 'improved' extremely jarring. One moderator even told me off quite r… -
Definitely balance, it's murderously skewed in favour of Marines now. IMO they should do an emergency roll-back, it's never been this lopsided. I don't have any performance issues (Intel 3570K @ 5.1 ghz) and content was just added, so.
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All you would accomplish with that is have people leaving the server when they don't get the team they want. Believe it or not, many people join a team exclusively because that's all they like to play. Sure, some are stacking, but most are just goin…
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Ignore Eddie, he's obviously a professional devil's advocate.
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The game balance is in fact the WORST it's ever been.
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Skulk nerf was ok. I've adjusted to it and am now doing pretty well as Skulk with usually around 1.5 K/D as Skulk.
The only bricked lifeform that is now worse than a Skulk is Lerk, developers really dropped the ball here. And Gorge Tunne…