I'm Back!

Kitsune

<div class="IPBDescription">So, what'd I miss?</div> With 1.04 set in stone, I went off to beta test a few other games, which ate up a good deal of my free time. I'd like to say that the beta testing sparked wonderful changes in games before they hit the shelves, but the unfortunate truth is that big dev teams just don't listen to reports as well as Flayra does, and getting good changes was akin to pulling teeth.

A tip: Give Planetside <b>at least</b> a month before you buy it for some of the bugs to be worked out, and I'll be playing NS and Tribes in favor of it, if that tells you anything.

But anyways, I've been out of the loop for some time now, so if there have been any monumental discoveries in tactics, playstyles, new maps in common play, or whatnot, I'm completely ignorant of them. If anyone could bring me up to speed, I'd appreciate it. Meanwhile, I'll be looking forward to days of shooting my roomie in the face and compiling numbers once 1.1 comes out, because Flayra is a big meanie amused by tormenting me and hasn't given me a head start in testing the weapon changes.

Pegenator

Absolutely nothing.

Except that the onos looks like a goat, gorges can fly and marines start with ha and hmgs.

RPG_Jssmfulhud

What can i say? Ehmmmm... Check the Beta Discussion forums *maybe*? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

Ph0enix

Well, lemme see...

Discussion forum got closed, re-opened and is now closed again, possibly forever.

Monse got married, well done m8 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

As mentioned, you just might want to check the beta discussion forum at the top of general discussion forum...<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

KFS got a job in the games industry!! Can't remember specifics but I think hes lead multiplayer map designer. Have to do a search for it, was either in gen discussion or off-topic.

Various well deserving people have been 'promoted' within the forums to PTs or forum admins/mods.

Check out the webbed skulkrace topic, and then sign up, we need more teams!

Erm, can't think of anything else which is specifically NS. I presume you <b>do</b> know about HL2 ? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Welcome back!!

Cronos

Exactly as you would imagine.

We've been swamped by "HL2 OMG!!!111", "NS1.1 I want it now!!! OMG!!!111" and "1.04 is b0rn1n6 j00 d3v5 4r3 t00 5l0w@?@?!!!?!111" type posts.

The S&I forum has degenerated into a pit of slime

Most of the intellectual posters seem to have left and an intellectual vacuum has taken their place

The beta forums were opened to the public, followed by a flow of spam dedicated to 1.1, then closed off to members, though members are still able to read

Endless speculation about 1.1

Endless lament about 1.1

Endless Joviality about 1.1

I'll leave the rest out to promote an aura of mysteriousness about here to keep you locked to the forum floor <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Speed_2_Dave

The current marine opener is to mine the hell out of their main base, which stops skulks, slows gorges, and aggravates the aliens until they get 2 hives. After that, a good marine comm can win the game with just one hive and 2-3 resource nodes, usually by teching to weapons 2, then armor 1 (instead of armor 1 first), getting heavy weapons, and a proto lab for the heavies. Then it's destruction city. good for one run, if that doesn't work, lock down first hive, secure second (usually still doable with 2-3 heavies).

Alien's strat-try to stop the marines from pulling off what I just said. They actually prepare for Jetpack rushes and such, since nobody likes to tech heavies (too expensive). D>M>S, as always. Not much else to say, move along.

Kitsune

Cronos, you've no idea, compared to the huge majority of the beta testers, the worst NS forum day is like a calm and civil debate. I'd swear that my IQ dropped twenty points through osmosis just by being around those forums. These people were getting in fights over things players did in a beta test rather than, y'know, testing the game. Finding people to cooperate with me to experiment on 1.04 weapons was tricky, finding people to experiment with me when finding bugs was our entire purpose was impossible. Just imagine:

me: Okay guys, I need some help with testing pistols, can someone give me a hand?
<hail of gunfire>
me: Okay, that's great, you killed me. Only I sort of needed you to shoot me slowly so I could write things down.
them: lol ur ***

And then you'll see why I'm happy to be back.

Thanks for showing me around last night, Dave, hope you managed to get your work done in time. It's a little scary to see how much some people have improved over two months while I was busy getting rusty.

Dread

Welcome back. You didn't used to have that avatar did you? Well, I didn't used to have my killer-hedgehog either <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Anyways, 1.1 seems to be the word of the day.

Niteowl

on the slightly off topic of standard NS:

there are a few interesting plugins to keep NS players distracted while 1.1 is being developed
-commghost
-manual siege
-lerklift
-marine blood (ok, this is cool, marines spurt blood when attacked, pretty neat)
-a ton of others, if plugins are your thing

quite a few interesting custom skin and model packs
-starcraft marine
-a total skin and model pack in the theme of Aliens (done quite well, imho)

a few posts of ppl pleading for Kitsune <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> as exact numbers on some really obscure stats weren't known (like how long it takes to take down a hive with 5 OTs and 8 Dcs with a GL on upgrade 2 and 5 lmg marines with 3 gorges healspraying on ns_nothing on psilo <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> ).

as was mentioned a few times before, there's plenty of stuff to get up to snuff with on 1.1 info (a few hot topics, lerks with no bite, fade blink changes, fade's 4th MYSTERIOUS ability)

what else? ah, some lament over NS clans kinda straying (the one i'm in is kinda sleepy right now, with PS, DOD, etc taking their time now).

that's about all the new stuff i can remember, wb kitsune <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->