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As I said, "better than a stacked game, but not entirely a "no problem" situation"
I'm all for easy interim solutions UWE could (and should) implement ASAP (see in Rookie tag really needs to be reworked Comment by sinkingmist August 2013 -
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While I hate to disagree, there will be plenty of players who won't care that the overall teams are even, and be angry that they themselves aren't able to do much.
Case in point, in one game a while back, I was on aliens and … -
The only times I've seen a pub marine team win without phasegates was when the teams were strongly stacked in favour of marines, but YMMV.
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I don't know what it's like in the other regions, but the player base simply isn't large enough to support matchmaking in the AusNZ region.
In peak times, you'll see maybe 3-4 servers full (ranging in size from 16-24 p… -
As a kind of case-study, Tribes Ascend uses a "mostly enforced rookie segregation", where if you're under level 10 (= a few hours of game time), you only get put in level 1-10 servers (there were ways for a higher level player to join these, but I d…
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I've just learnt to toggle alien vision off when approaching holes-in-glass I need to go through.
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Well one way to handle scaling is to have weapon upgrades lower mine cost.
So mine cost goes 15 -> 13 -> 11 -> 9
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Note that the bots in the "Official Bots" thread are not actually "Official Bots" and aren't very good.
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Basic pub build order is:
(For large servers, 20+ players) 2nd IP
Armory
Obs
The early obs is necessary to defend against base rushes, and will be needed anyway for Phasegates.
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(Quote) Yeah, especially when it's only 15 t.res.
Plus with 3000 hp and 1500 armor, it's a very cost-effective damage soak and can sometimes be worth it purely to waste alien time.
Regarding round 2:I think…I can see it now... babbler warts on pristine onos ass.(Borderless) Windowed mode is so worth it to be able to alt-tab out during the long loading screens.(Quote)
If Hydra Spikes were Hitscan, then UWE must be pretty silly for having all that code relating to spike speed and target leading for the Hydra AI...Hydra.kSpikeSpeed …
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How is this meaningfully different from Spit?Maybe aura should be a "sonar".
In other words, lifeforms with aura make some noise almost constantly, which can be heard by marines.
"Noise range" would need to be balanced with aura range (if they're the same, or noise range is greater…Here's a weird idea.
If aliens have a 100% maturity hive at every tech point except 1 (which the marines have), they can research "super-cysts".
Super-cysts are invulnerable, its infestation deal both hp and armor damage to marine buildi…I spotted this, though I haven't gotten around to trying it to see if it's any good.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…(Quote) When I say added complexity, I wasn't referring to implementation difficulty.
Exactly what you pointed out is part of the added complexity.
It adds a whole lot more things to think about and is particularly damaging for …If RFK is implemented, it shouldn't give res only to the person who got the killing blow (like how score is right now, or how DOTA does it).
Kills on big targets (fades, onos, exos) is almost always the result of teamwork, and only rewarding w…As a slightly-above-casual player I would greatly appreciate the convenience of just being able to hold space.
That said, if it became a difficult timed thing that only the really good players can do, I wouldn't mind much (wouldn't affect me v…It's been around for a while.
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/129163/hilarious-xenocide-bug(Quote) p.res adjustment will solve that.
You'd be stupid to spam 40 p.res mines for instance.
Would this work if the rating was self-determined (i.e. it's not assigned by some algorithm, but you select your own category), or am I overly optimistic about humanity?
That would make it even easier to implement (then later, if necessary, a …(Quote) FYI, you can echo upgrade structures, I do it all the time to echo upgrades to safety when the hive gets attacked.
Also your echo menu stays when you echo, so if you need to echo multiple structures the only thing you need to be car…Well, the Welder is a melee weapon available from the armory...(Quote)
Shooting rocket at your feet sends you flying -> intuitive.
Shooting rocket at your feet and crouch jumping at the right time sends you flying further -> ok, still kinda intuitive.
While in the air, crouch strafe …(Quote)
Exactly.
Now instead of these maximum-performance-tricks being shared (and hence can be found and known by anyone who cares enough to search), any new ones that are found (and they probably will be found) will be hidden away,…I noticed the 9-ball welders.
Classy.Are you talking mods like Combat Mod, or mods like custom crosshairs?
As for the latter, none of them are so great that you'd consider them mandatory, though I enjoy using these:
in Mods Suggested For New Players Comment by sinkingmist July 2013If you're playing with bots, try explore mode (with no bots) to ensure it's not the bots eating up your CPU.