Why marines can recycle but alien's don't?

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  • KoruyoKoruyo AUT Join Date: 2009-06-06 Member: 67724Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited August 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1966647:date=Aug 25 2012, 01:57 PM:name=Sewlek)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sewlek @ Aug 25 2012, 01:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1966647"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->that's what I meant before, i see this as the main issue, not recycle. but to stay on topic: right now extractors continue collecting during the recycle process and you can even cancel recycling. 2 things that should be changed in my opinion, making recycle more a decision you need to make, where in some cases it's better to not mindlessly press the button.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    If there was no way to cancel it - What about accidental presses?
    If you are going to do this, you should remove the recycle button in the main gui and make an extra button/hotkey - like delete or whatever. (and NOT have such a button inside the qwerasdfzxcv region)
  • hakenspithakenspit Join Date: 2010-11-26 Member: 75300Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1966896:date=Aug 27 2012, 04:45 AM:name=ScardyBob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob @ Aug 27 2012, 04:45 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1966896"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Asymmetry is a good thing in NS2, but the no alien recycle decision looks more like asymmetry for the sake of asymmetry that actually hurts alien gameplay.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I think it also puts off new players, marines simply recycle when a games lost and be done with it...1 person can finish the game and save a 10-15 minute drawn out battle (which feels like a hollow victory for aliens).
    Aliens dont get that option and new player are stuck in the horrible loop of spawn..die..queue...queue...queue...spawn...die...etc
    When you consider that these situations are great fun for marines who are OP'd and pretty much just shooting fish in a barrel as they spawn but for aliens you rarely get the satisfaction of ending game the real way (ie actually destroying/overrunning the marine base).

    I cant understand how one side gets the easy out and the other doesn't, the fact it also plays into the economy for only 1 side is also broken.
    I could understand if aliens got the res back as they outlay for cysts but marines the marines get free power nodes and no added cost to build anything so can invest more res into upgrades in comparison to aliens (assuming both have same res income), which means the marines have an advantage where the game should be balanced.

    Annoyingly almost half of alien victories I encounter are result of recycling on the marine side once they feel they have lost or even not gotten the start they want.
    This is a very frustrating aspect of the game (its an inbuilt F4 button for 1 side only) that does nothing but frustrate a new player who is trying to learn to play the game properly.
    If its seen to be a valid option of a bail out then add for both sides...often marines come into alien last hive and kill everything else before the hive dragging out the sitting and waiting game for half the server.
  • TimMcTimMc Join Date: 2012-02-06 Member: 143945Members
    ^^^ Being able to disable spawning would be nice, same as marines have. Spawnkilling is so frustrating.
  • GORGEousGORGEous Join Date: 2012-02-19 Member: 146762Members, NS2 Map Tester
    f4 to stop the spawn camping and GG out when the game is over.
  • hakenspithakenspit Join Date: 2010-11-26 Member: 75300Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1967199:date=Aug 28 2012, 11:07 AM:name=GORGEous)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GORGEous @ Aug 28 2012, 11:07 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1967199"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->f4 to stop the spawn camping and GG out when the game is over.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    New players are meant to know this?
    One side requires 1 person to end it....the other requires everyone on the team to do it (or you simply have 7v2 situations with 5 in RR).
    Either give both comms an evac/recycle all button or remove the marines ability to recycle and force both sides to end it by f4.
    Why should marines be the only ones to enjoy a few cheap kills at the end of a game.
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