Reality bites

Psyco45

<div class="IPBDescription">Running speed jumping</div>Is the running speed going to be bareable? Will the jumping be like in DoD or CS cus the jumping in dod sucks and CS get annoying.. Will their be a medium? The only reason i posted this is because i just got ot of a annoying game of dod i would get sniped after running for 5 min to the other base then do it all over agin, could have been solved with the running speed of CS..

ChromeAngel

There are no sniper weapons / creatures in NS, problem solved.  If you try out the NSTR you'll notice that the mairne's walking speed is noticably less than normal HL.

Psyco45

? I did not say any thing about sniper weps... Just wondering the normal walk run/walk speed <!--emo&:asrifle:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/asrifle.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':asrifle:'><!--endemo-->

Shuvit_Viper

..everything is STC...



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MonsieurEvil

Your speed as a Marine depends on what you're carrying.

Your speed as an alien depends on what level you are, and if you have opted to evolve some movement enhancements.

Imperial_Fist

so a bob is pretty faster then a lvl 5 (not cahrging) and a makign marine slow is a good idea but does this mean pulling out a knife makes u go faster? if so plz dont amke it so cuz it doesnt make any sense but i could stand it if knife mad u go faster. and how do u start biulding soemthing? the use key untel u run outa monney or its don?

Nemesis_Zero

The marines speed depends on what they're carrying, not what weapon they've got selected.

Graheim

Marines can me mighty slow if they are carrying a lot of gear.  Don't expect to be Gordon Freeman or the Doom guy.

As for building things as a lvl. 2- first you select what you want to build.  This is done the same way you select weapons in any other Halflife mod.  Once you have selected what you want, you click your trigger to build it.  The structure pops up in front of you but it looks shadowy and insubstantial.  Now you face it and hold down your use button.  A meter shows the structure being completed and it gradually looks more and more solid.  When the meter is full, the strucure is complete and functioning.

All STC.

Moleculor

If you're going to be a tank in this game, expect to move like an old WW2 tank. Slow. Painfully slow. Carrying around every weapon known to man will basically make you nothing but a big fat juicy target for Bob to munch on, and will annoy the -heck- out of your squaddies.

And no, whipping out your knife doesn't make you run faster.

humbaba

It encourages specialization in a way. I prefer to drop my pistol and LMG and carry only a shotty. You'll find your squad mates automatically delegating themselves to different tasks. The support who hang back with Grenade Launchers and Heavy Machine Guns and cover the broad area and utilize overwatch. Than there are skirmishers who charge in madly and mix it up with the bobs and level 3s with only an LMG or Shotty. Everyone's got their own style and the speed that a player walks is well balanced to supplement these style.

Hida_Tsuzua

Weight at least for me only becomes a major problem at the HMG/Grenade Level.  You're not that much slower with a shotty instead of a LMG.  I can barely tell sometimes.

biobrain

since marines carry a lot of armor and it's going to take relatively slow for an alien to kill one you will HOPEFULLY not get killed on sight, accounting that most of alien's weapons are melee.

If you're an alien you have less to worry about, you huge armor and size will spare your life even under heavy fire to the least amount of time it would take you to enjoy it.

Anyway, unlike in dod, firearms or some other teamplay mods aliens will have a few hives which means more than one spawn points that are distant from each other. And the maps aren't directed toward either side, there's tons of hallways vents going in and out of each room. CS had no problem with long maps the only problem was the dead stay dead each round.

Imperial_Fist

will the marines spawn with a shotgun and light machine gun a psiutol and a knife? cuz gues it could be a litte bad for the alians though so eh. and are there stations where u biuld them and u can get ammo and or a wepon? and can a commander restock it with new wepons or something? cuz it would be ocol to biuld a station then grab some shotguns and have a commander refill it with pricey heavy machin guns and more ammo... must i find ammo

Sono

AFAIK - All STC - AFAIK
You start with a knife and pistol. All other weapons are given to you by the commander, ammo also is given by the commander. (Without commander you are dead meat. (Yummy! Tasty human meat&#33<!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->)
The commander has to build buildings <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> to enable better weapons. (not sure about that)
afaik the commander drops the weapons and ammo infront of you. Is this possible on the entire map?
Buildings are dropped and then 'set up' by the marines.

Remember all is STC!!

Moleculor

No, they start with a pistol, LMG, and knife.

All STC.

coil

Starting with only a pistol... *shudder*  That would be rough!  (:

Fam

The pistol is a great weapon. You just have to be REALLY confident that you can aim. Its pretty powerful though, just not for the bullet spam situations.

I pulled off a crackign shot on Killtoys behind the other day with a pistol, he thought he had made it when I popped him from long range. Great weapon.