Well anyone with half a clue about NS will realise that after the first few levels aliens become significantly stronger in combat.
Ive have found that the only real way to win the game as marines is to get a level 2 GL and a JP and do hive bombing runs.
This simply consists of, spawn, fly to hive, shoot hive, die, repeat.
Effective because, GL (level 2) does massive damage to hive, and also clears webs, and can kill eggs quickly aswell. It forces a gorge, making aliens have one less combat effective player.
Downside, you gotta have some JP skill to stay alive long enough.
Full Version: Hive Bombing Runs
and I realise I just posted this is kharaa strategy, gg 
NOW THEY KNOW TEH SECRET!!11111
I prefer shotgun.
I prefer shotgun.
Yeah, level 3 shotgun. Slightly less hive damage over time but much better for alien killing.
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Try getting a shotgun and a gl to camp in a vent near the hive and unload from there. Shotty ensures nothing can kill you, gl pwns the hive from perfect cover. Works very well in that little hole under the hive in co_teabags
Once when I "had my day" I did so, just fly in 4 ~BOOM~ 's and fly back, reload and repeat until killed.
If they have two gorges, that strategy won't work and you will meet your demise faster since you would be giving them free res.
Holy crap, this is certainly new to me, maybe I should try it some time? 
Interesting player strat *G*angsta.
PS: ask a mod to phase it for you into the correct forum
PS: ask a mod to phase it for you into the correct forum
yeah I do this now as I find the skill of the fades on my servers will not let me kill them, instead I try my best to avoid them and go straigh tfor the hive, and the GL is VERY handy when they get webs.
| QUOTE (Deus Ex Machina @ Oct 25 2004, 07:04 PM) |
| Holy crap, this is certainly new to me, maybe I should try it some time? |
I would actually prefer if you didn't try it, since it becomes really old, really fast. The GL even negates webs, the otherswise most effective JP counter. Gets the leap-focus skulks too.
A jp shotgunner or three should have no problem damaging the hive faster than it can be healed. The rest of your team can go hump the armory and wait for doom, and you can still win.
Equivalent things can be said of some kharaa strats, btw. For that matter, there's a whole thread talking about this flaw in combat (and some older ones), but I'm feeling entirely too lazy to link it at the moment.
This strategy is effective. I have used the grenade launcher to win games that would have been unwinnable if I had a shotgun, mostly due to webs and focus.
Whenever you play as alien, you realise just how annoying the GL is. Yet when I go Marine I always get it. Go figure.
reduce the level and add MT for added effects
OLO GUYS IF U USE TEH GUN AT CLEARS TEH WEBS TO KILL TEH HIVE U WIN!
| QUOTE (SaltzBad @ Oct 26 2004, 03:52 PM) |
| OLO GUYS IF U USE TEH GUN AT CLEARS TEH WEBS TO KILL TEH HIVE U WIN! |
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