E-z Way To Flush Out Skulks

DragonMech

Got a skulk just outside your base and don't want him chewing your legs off? Teamchat your comm to ignore your next few messages, the start whining for health & ammo as fast as you can. When the skulk decides to finish you off before you can get a medpack, blow (him? it?) away. You can collect VOLUMES of curses from skulks doing this.

Ballisto

oldest trick in the book. but yeah a good refresher for the cleann, virgin newbies out there.

gekigarion

My favorite trick of all time:

Use up all pistol bullets. Run around clicking the empty gun and screaming for health. (The commander won't give you health cause he'll see that you are full). The clicking pistol will nearly always confirm to skulks that you have no ammo (muahahah....fools), and your health cry will make you seem all the more delicious. They pop out with their mouths wide open, you pop out with your shotgun, you pop multiple bullets into them, they pop inside-out.

spidermonkey

i never fall for it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. A good marine really out on ammo would not click the gun for several times anyway, thats just asking for a chompin. Its especially funny when the marines are clicking away asking for medpacks, when you're waiting around the corner for an ambush, then some noob passes you, runs around the corner and gets blasted, hehe highly amusing.

leek

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please re-read what you just wrote and tell me again if it wouldnt work

spidermonkey

um what im saying is that no marine when they are really low on ammo run around clicking their empty weapons, they dont *want* the skulk to know they have low ammo, but when they do it constantly you *know* they do want you (the skulk) to know, therefore you know they are faking... Reverse psychology

And rereading the original post, what skulk is going to fall for medpack asking if they are "just outside your base" stupid imo. But when you're out ramboing it could sometimes work...

Ballisto

healthpack thing has worked for me, the clicking thing is just stupid. maybe one click would be concincing, but too sublte, they might not pick it up.

Geronimo

bah...one chomp or two...

If you can kill a LA marine its not cause hes wounded

Mastodon

I think this goes hand in hand with the empty pistol trick. Both can be effective.

blimp

If you are out of ammo in your pistol. And you know a skulk is BEHIND the next corner. Why would you even start press your attackbutton? If you don't see any enemies you wouldnt try attacking would you?

Asking for medpack and ammo can work, but you usually ask before your gun is empty.

Avitar

I switch to my knife and swipe once or twice... then go back to lmg to kill them... much more effective since a elite marine would use there knife, and elite and noob skulks alike will think you are out of ammo completely.

Even better if you just emptied your pistol and you havent reloaded yet.

chia-ono

well, what I would do when alone and stuck with a sly skulk waiting for you to make the wrong move is that jump around make loud clangs sounds 'pretending' you're leaving the area. By going further and further away from the alien then start croutch walking by some corner. Skulk would probably go after you when they think u've walked away. You can either let him go past you and reach your objective or shoot his buttocks and spray your logo on its smoking corpse afterwards <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->. This works on good aliens who goes by ear, not so well on noob aliens.

gekigarion

Usually I click my pistol to show my commander that I have no ammo left, because sometimes he just doesn't seem to notice.

Otherwise just pull out your knife and cry for ammo <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

But yah, my favorite strategy is this: In battle, shoot your gun to about 15 bullets, then switch to pistol, use those up, and if the skulk(s) still aren't dead, switch to your knife. This is when they decide to toy with you. When they decide on that, pull out your remaining 15 LMG bullets on them.

Works even better with a shotty, I always save that last bullet when against multiple skulks.

wnn

maybe try to leave about 3 bullets in your pistol, then spam ammo request, and shoot those 3 bullets on the nearest wall, then make about 2 or 3 *clicks*, they'll buy it ;]

gekigarion

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LOL. I've got to try that sometime. If I know they're around, I'll peek around the corner and spot them, unleash three pistol shots at them, and if they still live they'll think I got no ammo <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

xl-cow

As a skulk, if you know I'm waiting in ambush then My ambush isn't effective. I tend to move rooms a lot. When I do hear this though - I run away, then crawl back silently.