Whips Countering GL Gernades [Bring it back]

Ironman

Honestly - this has to be the most missed feature for me [outside of silence]. We played a 170min game on ns2_Veil _Cured with great map control. Topo/Nano/WestJunciton/C12. We had everything except Sub/Ore/and Skylights. The GL Spam really hurt. I had crags everywhere with shifts and Shades 200/200 alien structure. Anyway, sharing too much info, but, really. please bring back the GL counter for whips!! Can we try it out again for a while, its very useful and fun!

Kasharic

I agree, the premise was great, but I think nostalgia is making how bad it felt and how the implementation was wonky as hell less obvious to you bud.

SquishpokePOOPFACE

GLs are barely viable as is.

.trixX.

SquishpokePOOPFACE wrote: »

GLs are barely viable as is.

In an RTS context, GLs are where they should be: support weapons.
And even despite that, i've seen pple successfully hunt good lerks with those things (alone).

Aliens have no means to defend against a grenade push (either hand or launcher). If the tech and skills are matched, aliens cant hold against a marine onslaught.
Having whips disable/ricochet grenades would force marines to use ARCs, which i rarely see in games.

skav2

in the 327 beta last i checked GLs were in a good spot. Less dmg to lifeforms and more to structures. I admit i have not played the beta in a while so that might have changed.