Alien Questions
Sinkaro
Join Date: 2003-03-26 Member: 14886Members
Join Date: 2003-03-26 Member: 14886Members
I was wondering if somebody could help me with the attacks of the aliens. Some of them are pretty obvious, but some aint. Here are the ones I'm havin trouble with:
Skulk: Weapon number 2 - What's it do?
Gorge: Web - How to get it working?
Weapon number 4 - ... Decoys?
Lerk: Umbra/Spores - The difference?
Fade: Blink - The point, and how to get it workin? Do I really have to jump?
Onos: Charge thingy - Erm.. this is better than weapon num 1... why?
Roar - What's it do?
Skulk: Weapon number 2 - What's it do?
Gorge: Web - How to get it working?
Weapon number 4 - ... Decoys?
Lerk: Umbra/Spores - The difference?
Fade: Blink - The point, and how to get it workin? Do I really have to jump?
Onos: Charge thingy - Erm.. this is better than weapon num 1... why?
Roar - What's it do?
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It's a ranged attack. Hit a marine with a parasite and every alien will see him on his HUD until he dies. You can mark buildings too but don't overdo it. Parasite every marine you can. It's a death sentence.
Gorge web:
Shoot at a wall, then shoot at the opposite wall. THere can't be any obstacles between these 2 spots.
Gorge weapon number 4 = babblers:
They're like snarks in HL, dumb but can cover skulks
Lerk:
Umbra:
Appears on the lerk and protects every alien inside it from bullets. Some bullets will hit you but you shouldn't die because of bullets. Beware of grenades and knives
Spores:
Makes a green cloud at your crosshair. Deals damage to every marine inside it.
Fade blink:
Aim a little higher, jump, duck, then hit fire. It teleports you at the place you're aiming at.
Onos: Charge:
Deals massive damage to everything that touches the onos, but costs you a full energy bar.
As for the web, how do I know when it's working? I've tried it several times, and there's nothing between the two points I shot at.
What about roar? I really really like the Onos (although I'm pretty addicted to the wall climbing with the Skulk <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> ), and I'd like to use his weapons as best as possible.
It boosts yourself and all your nearby teammates like mad for a certain amount of time. Fades can shoot acid rockets at a machine gun rate.
If you webbed correctly, cou can see the web between the two points. There must have been an obstacle between your points.
Snarks = little aliens you can throw that will attack your enemies then explode. But when you're a gorge, you can spawn skulk-like creatures: babblers. They are really DUMB but if there are many of them they can annoy marines who won't know if that thing running on them is a babbler or a real skulk. THey're useful to attack structures when you're a gorge too.
It's more advisable to jump, though. Less chance of getting stuck in the floor (like I was once).
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..... So it makes all teammates fly?
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I think I can tell when there's somthing between two plain vertical walls or not. Unless ofcourse virtual air gets in the way.
It boosts yourself and all your nearby teammates like mad for a certain amount of time. Fades can shoot acid rockets at a machine gun rate.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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It will boost you and your teammates who are nearby. Your energy will recharge much faster, you can bite twice as fast and run much faster.
Skulk: Weapon number 2 - What's it do?
Gorge: Web - How to get it working?
Weapon number 4 - ... Decoys?
Lerk: Umbra/Spores - The difference?
Fade: Blink - The point, and how to get it workin? Do I really have to jump?
Onos: Charge thingy - Erm.. this is better than weapon num 1... why?
Roar - What's it do? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Set hud_fastswitch 0. When the weapon HUD is open for a particular weapon (there's only one weapon per slot) you get a description telling you what the weapon does. I usually use hud_fastswitch 1, but I deliberately left it off for the first few weeks that I played NS so that I could learn what the different attacks do.
Edit: about blink. Blinking is a whole bible in itself, and at present blinking effectively is a skill (or perhaps even an art). This may change in later patches. Anyways, there are quite a lot of posts on blink lerking (heh... sorry) around the forums.
The two basic principles are:
1: The HEAD of the fade will appear where the crosshairs point. This explains why blinking is more effective duckjumping - your fade is a smaller profile and hour head is lower, so when you blink pointing at the middle of the wall your head arrives there and there's still room for your body because you've tucked your legs in (so to speak). Usually, if you just point down a corridor (aiming at the middle of the wall) it won't work, because that would put your head there and your legs through the floor.
2: If any part of your body does actually stick through something (like a floor) you will get stuck. Blink will only stop you from getting stuck in the wall if the outside of the wall is out of the level; you can get stuck in a horizontal ceiling beam which is thinner than you are by blinking at the ceiling above it - your body gets stuck in the beam and you can't move. You'll also get stuck if you aim at a lift floor.
No ****!! The problem isn't that I can't see the web, the problem is that it aint there to be seen!
Whne you have one hive you have weapons 1 and 2, when you get 2 hives, you get weapon 3 and weapon 4 with 3 hives. When you have no hives you only have weapon 1
And webs don't seem to work (I mean, it won't make new ones) when the hivesight is on (i.e. when your friends glow transparently). If the web still doesn't work then you probably have reached the maximum number of them.
... So one is too many?!
Thats the only thing I can think of to explain your problem if your webbing correctly.
I think the max number of webs is 300, not too sure about that.
[sarcasm]Firestorm says its way less so...
300 - way less = max number of webs. Hoorah!! [/sarcasm]
Not sure were I got that number from TBH. Just popped into my head from somewhere when I thought about it. About 100 ?
And a word of advice: people are trying to help you out here. Some of their explanations may not be precise because for many English is not their first language. Getting sarcastic or irate at their replies isn't particularly smart.
There are also plenty of topics in the various forums that explain things like Blink and webs. The search button is your friend. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Or maybe it's just a really small obstacle... for example around a corner? like a step on the ground?
as it has been said, pop on your hive sight, you'll see the webs like glowing white.
Bite me.
And I'm not the one who got sarcastic, so step off!
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Edit: I finally figured out the problem. A real kick in the head... I had already heard about the Gorge's ability to spin webs when I first started playing, however I didn't pay much attention to certain things previously seen, and..... Well basicly, I thought health spray was the web (since it looked more web-like) and web was health spray (cuz it didn't...), and I kept using health spray to try and spin webs..... Obviously it didn't do a very good job.
..... I don't suppose this is a common mistake?
Don't worry about it. You post and we'll help as best we can.
Case: 347
Status: Closed
Reason: [Stupid] Mistake
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SO you're safe... for now. But come patch day.....
1. Select the web attack.
2. Point at a flat surface and fire. A small green glob will hit that point.
3. Then, point at a different flat surface a couple of feet away, eg either side of a door frame and shoot another glob there.
4. If the two points are close enough, and there are no obsticals in the way, a semi-transparant line will appear, this is the web.
1) I've already got it working
2) I already said I got it working
3) Even if I hadn't, you didn't need to explain it in steps like I'm some moron
4) **** off
Word for the wise, having friends in this game will mean more victories because people will work with you. If they think you are a starstarstarstar they will watch you die for laughs. If they like you, however, you can be sure they will try they hardest to stop that skulk biting your legs off.