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  • SpazmaticSpazmatic Join Date: 2003-05-10 Member: 16184Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> a base with mines + 1 marine is rather easily dealt with imo
    a base with turrets + 1 marine is much, much harder to deal with<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Except, you really shouldn't defend bases with 1 marine and some mines. That's for, say, a res tower, or a junction that needs to be held. The point of mines is, for 8 res, you can set up a choke point where there was none before, and get aliens to run at your relatively straight. That's a huge advantage for low cost. However, like I said, critical areas where you expect massive incursions (or just can't afford to lose) are worth the cost of turrets.
  • big_fat_c0wbig_fat_c0w Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11595Members
    edited June 2003
    TURRETS/MINES ARE NOT EQUEL TO A MARINE!!!

    turrets are easily killed and so are the mines(so is marine but he doesn't cost res ...hehe)... anyway.. don't trust neither of them.. use them yes.. trust them no chance.. they suck.. lots of res for not a lot of def.. use the marines.. give them gurad orders.! don't let them just ramboing around.. hold them with a IRon fist...
  • SDJasonSDJason Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16841Members
    lol make super turrets

    like shotgun turrets for 25 res, or missle turrets for 35 res... that would be sweet, and make it so u have to refill them with ammo for balance... with ammo packs only tho... cnat just stick an armory near em thats cheap.... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • SDJasonSDJason Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16841Members
    marines do so cost res!! every marine to spawn in costs 1 res!
  • ObliteraterObliterater Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9652Members
    If I have two hives then I place maby 4-5 turets in each one and then lock it down with minespam. After that it becomes prettymuch immpenitrable. If I only have one hive and they have two I just stick with the fourish turrets and dont worry about holding the location, just taking another one.
  • PithlitPithlit Join Date: 2003-05-07 Member: 16120Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    turrets are nice for defense, some turrets, one rine with a shottie, YES a SHOTTIE, the fu***** piece of s*** noone ever considered. The good ol turrets deliver a steady stream of bullets while the rine can if the sulk tries to bite nail him at once or if its circling the Tf or one of the turrets same procedure.
    So one Tf 4 turrets and a rine with shotgun behind a corner saves a base a long time + he can shoot, even when he is reloding!
  • AIRinc_FaReZAIRinc_FaReZ Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14763Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--SDJASON+Jun 2 2003, 07:03 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SDJASON @ Jun 2 2003, 07:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> marines do so cost res!! every marine to spawn in costs 1 res! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    DOH no. Marine spawning does NOT cost res as Flay has mentioned time and time and time and time again. It only costs res at the beginning of the game, when marines are coming in from the RR.
  • ravenravenravenraven Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15676Members
    personally, i love droppin TFs as comm. either to lockdown hives or to keep aliens out of certain portions of the map. for example on ns_eclipse, if say the main hive is Eclipse, then i'll take the res at Station Alpha and SouthLoop, first. drop turrets and then go lockdown Maintenance. i usually go for lvl1 weapons upg and motion tracking, then lvl2 and lvl3 weapons upg, b4 anything else. once res starts coming in, i'll drop another TF at Horseshoe/T-junction to defend the res and that side of Maintenance. so now we have like more than half the res on the map and alien paths have become very restricted. once the weapons upg are done, i start upgrading armor and armory.
    next hive on the list is obviously CompCore. if necessary, i'll upgrade the TF at SouthLoop b4 we take CompCore. and except for Horseshoe/T-junction every TF location has a PG. once we have two hives i start dropping the JP/HA/Welder/HMG/GL packages and have them walk/fly into Eclipse. sometimes (depending on how the marines do inside the hive) i might have a couple of guys cap Triad's res, and put up a TF and PG.
  • amarcamarc Guide Scribe Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16982Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter
    I have to agree shotgunning marines and a turret buy you alot of time in holding down a hive, especially early-mid game.
  • ChurchChurch Meatshield grunt-fodder // Has pre-ordered NS2 Join Date: 2002-12-31 Member: 11646Members, Constellation
    only probablem with shotguns is that they can't defend against lerks sniping you, unless you have a JP.
  • Jean_Luc_PicardJean_Luc_Picard Join Date: 2003-02-03 Member: 13051Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--thejackal+May 19 2003, 12:43 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (thejackal @ May 19 2003, 12:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> persoanally, since someone on here suggested the stratergic placement of TF's and turrets to cover multiple res nodes, thats one of the few uses i have for them, works as well, very amusing on public servers when n00b aliens can't find the TF <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I love it when I comm, place a TF Behind a wall/in a nearby vent/somewhere out of sight, and the aliens come in, run in circles, and scream WHERE THE HE|| IS THE DA|\/|N TURRET FACTORY??? Then, they all die... heh heh <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • GargamelGargamel Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11773Members
    <b>Nonononononono!
    You got the whole Turret Thing wrong guys!!!!</b>
    I ll show you what a Turret really is:

    You take a noob Marine who got his legs biten off by skulks, place him on a table with tree legs, give him an lmg and get him a brain implant which makes him think skulks only die with headshots. Then you give him 200 ammo and say to him: There are 100 skulks on their way to you. If you wanna survive, you have to aim carefully. 1 shot 1 dead, ok?
    Now, as you can see, the poor fella will try to aim, and will try to preserve his ammo (short controlled bursts, remember?). THATS what a turret is.
    You only get to see mechanical turrets cause you re being decived by you hud. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif'><!--endemo--> THERE ARE NO TURRETS. You become a turret once a skulk eats your legs. The high command just dont wants you see your destiny: a turret...
    Oh, and the 19 res are for the table you know...
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  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    19 res for a table? I'm gonna have to complain to the TSA about that one.
  • GargamelGargamel Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11773Members
    You re right, we should complain to the TSA <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Oh and sorry info is a little incorrect, I researched a little...
    The 19 res are needed as follows:

    1 res = Table
    4 res = Revival/Healing of Marine
    10 res = Brain Implant
    4 res = LMG & Ammo

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  • big_fat_c0wbig_fat_c0w Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11595Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Gargamel+Jun 10 2003, 06:37 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gargamel @ Jun 10 2003, 06:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    1 res = Table
    4 res = Revival/Healing of Marine
    10 res = Brain Implant
    4 res = LMG & Ammo

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    10 res for a brain implant?!?!!?

    gee... worth the res to give to my stupid building CC comm...
  • GargamelGargamel Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11773Members
    okokokok
    I LIED ok?
    I just hate turrets cause they shoot better than i do <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ka0ska0s Join Date: 2003-04-19 Member: 15657Members
    Turrets like wait 5 ec looking at the enemy then shoot and turn their barrels 360 and then shoot again. Really annoying <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • ShirohShiroh Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12852Members
    well....
    in HK servers,
    turrets are simply a tool to hold'em off for a while......
    and buy time to lockdown hives/research
    those so called "turret sea" or "turret farms" are just for fun
    but it's true that without a marksman or someone with welders guarding the TF
    u'll see it end up in junkyard very soon.....
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