High-rise Chamber Stacking

Error404 · November 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">advantages and disadvantages</div> Whats the record for the tallest stacked offence chamber tower??

The highest I've built as a gorge was a 3 tier stack, I've never tried to build any higher. I would like to know whether its possible.

I guess you could build a tall stack using a combination of sensory chambers and defence chambers aswell, sensory chambers are cheap so make good material.

I was thinking that if you could stack a high tower, it could allow your fades and gorges to use them as 'steps' to access previously unreachable places. In effect acting like a booster to higher levels. Theres certain places, like ceiling girders which do not allow fades to spawn.

If chambers could be stacked in such a way to provide steps, then it might give a defence or offence advantage in certain situations.

Whatever the height, I've often used chambers as a gorge next to unreachable vents, so I can climb up them in the event that I need to make a quick escape.

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Lt_Warhound · November 2002

Go take a look at the Shreve.net forums, there is a pic of a tower leading from the floor to the ceiling at Viaduct hive. Think it was 20 chambers, and they only stopped due to hitting the ceiling.

Just build a little offset, i.e. not directly on top of the lower chamber, and it acts as a stairwell.

Error404 · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lt.Warhound @ Nov 27 2002, 08:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Go take a look at the Shreve.net forums, there is a pic of a tower leading from the floor to the ceiling at Viaduct hive. Think it was 20 chambers, and they only stopped due to hitting the ceiling.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
do you mind posting the pic here? I seem to have trouble accessing the link you've provided.

relsan · November 2002

on the same map, ns_nothing, i often build a stack at the large elevator leading to the power silo. its the largest elevator on the map but if you build enough stacked chambers underneath the elevator, it will jam. its pretty effective until of course the marines get the sieges up. it will still take a long time though if you have 2 stacks there.

Error404 · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (relsan @ Nov 27 2002, 11:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>i often build a stack at the large elevator leading to the power silo. its the largest elevator on the map but if you build enough stacked chambers underneath the elevator, it will jam.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'> Man, that is a great idea! I will remember to use that one, thanx!</span>

FrickenMoron · November 2002

I luv building towers, it's just so funny <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>
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Frogg2 · November 2002

I'll post a pic of the huge d chamber stairs, I got a few picks of it before we sieged it as marines.

Error404 · November 2002

I bet everyones going to start posting their chamber stack screenshots in this thread now.
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FrickenMoron · November 2002

Yeah mine was a quite useless one but there ARE chamber stacks that can be useful!
On the left side of the Powersilo evelator is a vent tthat is only accesible for skulks. If you put a tower up the vent, you can easily hop in as a gorge or fade!
Or at the viaduct you can build a tower towards that stairway up in the middle of the room, quite funny to sit up there and bombard the marines that try to take your hive away <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

Frogg2 · November 2002

mines the one lt.warhound is talking about.

MercenaryForHire · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (FrickenMoron @ Nov 27 2002, 12:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I luv building towers, it's just so funny <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
lmfao! Awesome! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Did you invite the Marines to come scale Mount Lame? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

So how many of each can be put within an area? 8 OCs is the max, right? How many sense/movement/defense though?

- M4H

Error404 · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MercenaryForHire @ Nov 27 2002, 01:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>So how many of each can be put within an area? 8 OCs is the max, right? How many sense/movement/defense though?

- M4H</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Actually thats an interesting question, how does the area thing work? Is that within the same room, or is it up to a certain height? Because if the chambers were counted to a certain level, it means that higher chambers are not added to the total restriction at floor level.

Anyone answer this?

Iden · November 2002

At caged on the vent hive I prefer to stack two OCs on top of two DCs under the elevator to get it to 'bounce' back up. Have one OC right next to the ledge to enable your teammates to press the button, jump up on the OC and then onto the elevator when it reaches it's lowest state.

This causes the 'storm in' marine no end of trouble until they build a Siege as if they jump down they'll be pulverized in the back with only skulks and **obscenity** aliens to the front <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Frogg2 · November 2002

Error404 · November 2002

ROFL

Frogg2, those screenshots are **obscenity** hilarious!

Reading the dialogue cracked me up,

'Its my work of art'

'PLEASE DON'T DESTROY IT'

<b>Suddenly, the gorge is no longer just a hive builder, but ARTIST and SCULPTURER</b> !!!

Damn those marines, destroying our beloved works of fine art!

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Unknown · November 2002

Hehe, I did the same thing in my map. Except I was able to use the max # of chambers in an area for each chamber. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'> Then when I built the last one, it hit the ceiling and started to fall..... Then I lost my little footing and fell to my horrible, horrible death.

Justin_Case · November 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (relsan @ Nov 27 2002, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>on the same map, ns_nothing, i often build a stack at the large elevator leading to the power silo. its the largest elevator on the map but if you build enough stacked chambers underneath the elevator, it will jam. its pretty effective until of course the marines get the sieges up. it will still take a long time though if you have 2 stacks there.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Yeah I came up with this too, it really helps in defending that otherwise so hard to defend hive

High-rise Chamber Stacking

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