RandomEngy

Excellent job, guys. Rock on.

in Natural Selection 2 Balance Comment by RandomEngy March 2013

I've been in servers where it seems like more than half the players try to join marines every round. It doesn't usually result in unfair games, but it does make it take forever for games to get started. Okay now it's 2 aliens/3 marines. Lots …

in Stacking and how Auto-Random should be permanent in every pub server. Comment by RandomEngy March 2013

1 Hive/tech point against the rest of the map is my concede metric. Unless we have some killer lifeforms/equipment on the team. If you've got 2 hives/tech points there's always hope. In practice I find that a concede with 2 tech points or hives is q…

in Who was the 'genius' behind Concede?! Comment by RandomEngy March 2013

My lerk playstyle never really incorporated sitting in one place spiking things for a long time because, for one it's quite boring and secondly you're quite vulnerable as a lerk whenever you're sitting still no matter how far away you are. So I'm fi…

in The Lerk Change: Smoke Trails on Spikes Comment by RandomEngy March 2013

(Quote)
Hey there! Yeah I did the old 45 minute one. You may want to check out quadrazid's 32:55 single-segment run:
in It's time we start talking about the real culprit behind the horrendeous balance Comment by RandomEngy February 2013

Performance is the biggest problem in this otherwise fantastic game. I still love NS2 but the perf is just bleh even with a near top-of-the-line GPU, CPU and SSD. It's not good to have skulks moving two body-lengths away in one frame.

in Are you satisfied with your performance? Comment by RandomEngy February 2013

(Quote)
Let's see just how different the economic models are: Both sides must spend team res to create RTs, get permanent upgrades for team members, place buildings and unlock new tech. Both sides get personal resources based on how many R…

in It's time we start talking about the real culprit behind the horrendeous balance Comment by RandomEngy February 2013

(Quote)
It's been a while since I've played NS1 but I remember Fades being a lot less fragile in that one. And devouring heavy armor being an important thing. And jetpacking around with an HMG. And having to construct siege turrets on site…

in It's time we start talking about the real culprit behind the horrendeous balance Comment by RandomEngy February 2013

I agree there are some balance issues but I'm far from convinced that the alien economy is to blame.

NS2's best new feature is the tres/pres system on both teams. People don't like to spend their personal resources on things that benefit…

in It's time we start talking about the real culprit behind the horrendeous balance Comment by RandomEngy February 2013