Pub Commanding On Ns_eclipse
Gold_Leader
Join Date: 2003-06-16 Member: 17403Members
Join Date: 2003-06-16 Member: 17403Members
<div class="IPBDescription">GoldLeader's perspective Part 1</div> --- Part ONE ---
So you want to command on eclipse?
Strategy for small games (1v1, 2v2 or 3v3)
1. Build 1 IP
2. Build 1 Armory -> upgrade Armory
3. Drop 2 mine packs
Once the armory has been upgraded, the marine team will have accumulated enough resources to drop at least 2 hmgs (probably 3 depending on how fast you were as comm)
Now take your team and rush the hive.
Benefits:
Aliens will not have two hives by this time.
Carapace is possible at this early stage but hmg > carapace.
Drawbacks:
Since this forgoes early expansion, should this plan fail, your team will be severly slowed.
Some servers have plugins that are specifically tailored to foil this plan (ie: hive umbra)
Stategy for larger games (4v4 +)
1. Aliens have maintenance hive
-Excellent. Maintenance is easily containable by marines. Here's how.
1. Send most of your marines on a "containment" mission right away - that is, have them camp south loop and the keyhole - instruct them not to shoot the hive or spawn camp, simply take advantage of the long hallways and open areas.
2. Send 1 or 2 marines (depending on team size) to collect resource points on the other half of the map while containment is still happening at maintenance. The resource towers to collect are (Station Access Alpha, Triad Generator and Eclipse command)
3. Have 1 marine guard base, you may have to hop out of the chair to help him out.
Any marines that die should IMMEDIATELY proceed back to maintenance for containment.
If you notice that a skulk has escaped, notify your resource collection team immediately that there has been a containment breech.
Here's the build order while you are sending your marines on these missions,
1. 2 IPs
2. Armory
3. Observatory --> upgrade motion tracking
Note: Motion tracking is extremely important for contaiment to have success, you must know if you have contained the aliens or if you have some rampaging aliens elsewhere.
4. Build those 3 resource towers.
5. Arms lab --> level 1 armor ---> level 1 weapons
6. upgrade armory
7. level 2 weapons
8. Prototype lab --->heavy armor
I gotta go but I'll be back with the continuation later.
So you want to command on eclipse?
Strategy for small games (1v1, 2v2 or 3v3)
1. Build 1 IP
2. Build 1 Armory -> upgrade Armory
3. Drop 2 mine packs
Once the armory has been upgraded, the marine team will have accumulated enough resources to drop at least 2 hmgs (probably 3 depending on how fast you were as comm)
Now take your team and rush the hive.
Benefits:
Aliens will not have two hives by this time.
Carapace is possible at this early stage but hmg > carapace.
Drawbacks:
Since this forgoes early expansion, should this plan fail, your team will be severly slowed.
Some servers have plugins that are specifically tailored to foil this plan (ie: hive umbra)
Stategy for larger games (4v4 +)
1. Aliens have maintenance hive
-Excellent. Maintenance is easily containable by marines. Here's how.
1. Send most of your marines on a "containment" mission right away - that is, have them camp south loop and the keyhole - instruct them not to shoot the hive or spawn camp, simply take advantage of the long hallways and open areas.
2. Send 1 or 2 marines (depending on team size) to collect resource points on the other half of the map while containment is still happening at maintenance. The resource towers to collect are (Station Access Alpha, Triad Generator and Eclipse command)
3. Have 1 marine guard base, you may have to hop out of the chair to help him out.
Any marines that die should IMMEDIATELY proceed back to maintenance for containment.
If you notice that a skulk has escaped, notify your resource collection team immediately that there has been a containment breech.
Here's the build order while you are sending your marines on these missions,
1. 2 IPs
2. Armory
3. Observatory --> upgrade motion tracking
Note: Motion tracking is extremely important for contaiment to have success, you must know if you have contained the aliens or if you have some rampaging aliens elsewhere.
4. Build those 3 resource towers.
5. Arms lab --> level 1 armor ---> level 1 weapons
6. upgrade armory
7. level 2 weapons
8. Prototype lab --->heavy armor
I gotta go but I'll be back with the continuation later.