Best Upgrades Monrey Can Buy!

DroneFragger

Post here what you think the best upgrades (in combat maps) that money can buy. Give reasons
Mine

Silence.
They can't hear you, so they get attacked and they don't know whats happening or where you are.

Eggman

Silence is nice sometimes... but generally I find getting celerity first and next ability second or vice versa is best. It lets you get around the map quickly with the skulk and kill marines faster and take less damage. Plus, these 2 abilities are good with any of the lifeforms so you won't be wasting a point. Silence is mostly useless on an onos...

DragonMech

2: save
3: Focus
4: regen
5: save
6: save
7: Fade
8: redemption
9: carapace
10: celerity

Lump

ew :/


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motsew

CO upgrades...

Next Ability (leap)
adrenaline
celerity
regeneration
carapace
silence
fade

OR
stay skulk with focus

voiall

celerity
carapace
silence
focus
regeneration
fade

im_lost

save
lerk
redemption
save
onos
celerity
cara
regen
adrenaline

Rushing to get to lerk seems to work well. It allows you to clear mines (by running into them) and to be early support for the rest of your team by sporing the marines, which really helps focus skulks. I also try to get onos as fast as possible. A redemption onos will probably get pulled out of the fight after killing one marine, so the marines don't get xp and I get back to the fight at full health faster. Adrenaline at the end is in case I go gorge to heal the hive.

DroneFragger

Good point.
Lerks allways are the second unit i get. With silence they are deadly, as no one can hear you flap or fire sopores, so you hide in a vent and they wil;l never know you are sporing them. Also this allows you to fly straight into single marines and feast on their innards very silently.

intensityrising

I usually get celerity first. Then the rest depending what I'm going to be.

Anbu

Personally, i like this set up:

Cloaking (for fast EXP)
save
save
FADE ^^
metab
celerety
regen
save
focus

^-- baisicly all you'd need as a fade (accept cloaking, that stops after i get fade)

DroneFragger

I nearly allways do this order of upgrades:
Silence
regen
carapace
save
lerk
unlock next ability
Die, then fade
adrenaline
redemption.

however if its a game with more rines than aliens from the start i stick cloaking in instead of silence and stick silence on the end. I never go onos so it doesn't matter, as they are too fat and get stuck around corners and on ladders and are just too slow for anything useful.

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Svenpa

Leap
save
Fade
Carapace
focus
Adrenaline or Celerity
Celerity or Adrenaline

alt

Leap
save
Fade
Carapace
Adrenaline or Celerity
Celerity or Adrenaline
SoF
Regen

Why's every one getting regen as skulk? it's totaly worthless, takes 2 ticks to even heal enough for only 1 bullet hit (lvl 0 lmg 10 damage). 3 ticks for a SG hit (lvl 1 18 damage 7hp per tick) i may have messed up the values.

DroneFragger

Regen as skulk is perfectly worthless yes, But if you run at a marine who knows you're coming he will shoot you at least 5 times before he dies, in other words regen is useufull for hit and run attacks, where you actually have time to regen.

Armageddon

<u>Super Fade/Onos build</u> (I got 64-4 once with this build for onos):
1) leap
2) save
3) focus
4) save
5) save
6) fade
7) cel
8) cara
9) regen
10) adren or onos

<u>Noobicide skulk:</u>
1) leap
2) save
3) xenocide
4) SOF
5) cel
6) cara
7 and up) anything you want

<u>Lerk build</u>
1) leap
2) save
3) lerk
4) regen
5) adren
6) cel
7) save
8) focus (you can get this earlier but your main job is to spore. By this time they'll have jetpacks so get ready to counter or else the hive is going down)
9) cara
10) SOF

<u>Permagorge</u> (Hard to say, but don't get focus. You can gorge any time you want actually so this build isn't really optimal.)
1) leap
2) save
3) xeno
4) cel
5) adren
6) gorge (by abouy level 4-6 the marines might be hitting your hive so gorge any time then because you'll have web to stop them by then)
7) regen
8) cara
9) cloaking (??)
10) SOF

Also really depends on how good you are with each life form. These builds aren't guaranteed to make you invincible. They are just suggested builds that I've seen a lot of good people that know how to control fades, lerks, and onos.

Gecko_God_Of_Dooom

Upgrades are dependant on what job you do. and also if its NS or CO.
For example in NS if you job is to go around munching RTs Regen, and/or adrenline is best for you. Regen because you may get shot at, but as RT muncher yu not supsosed to engage anyways.

If your a scouting skulks, celerity, regen SOF. are great upgrades. since you job is to parasight incoming marines to the fades can home in on them.

Just like redemption is the choice of a one hive onos. (usualy) while regen is a great choice for 2 hive and up onos.

Armageddon

I also got some marine builds. Not optimal but suggested..

1) resupply
2) damage 1
3) shotgun
4) armor 1
5) armor 2
6) save
7) jp
8) damage 2
9) hmg, damage 3, or gl

here's another:

1) resupply
2) armor 1
3) armor 2
4) save
5) jp
6) damage 1
7) shotgun
8) gl, hmg, or damage 2
9) gl, hmg or damage 3

DroneFragger

this topic is about CO maps. Ns maps have a max per player of 3 upgrades, 1 movement, 1 sensory and a defence upgrade, which oi spretty small compared to co maps where ytou can have upto 10 (9, or 8 depending on focus or unlock next ability 2). maybe someone should start up a NS map thread.
also
start a rine thread please, so people don't fill this thread with marine stuff.


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Kester

<!--QuoteBegin-Anbu+Jan 10 2005, 02:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Anbu @ Jan 10 2005, 02:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Personally, i like this set up:

Cloaking (for fast EXP)
save
save
FADE ^^
metab
celerety
regen
save
focus

^-- baisicly all you'd need as a fade (accept cloaking, that stops after i get fade) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You should rethink oyour strat, making one upgrade usless means its a waste of a level that you could use on something useful. Instead of cloak try Silence or SoF.

My usual path is

2. Cele
3. Save
4. Save
5. Fade
6. Cara
7. Save
8. Focus
9. Regen
10. Redempt or Meta depending on the situation.

Ravatar

B5:

2: Leap
3: Save
4: Focus
5: Silence
6: Save
7: Save
8: Fade
9: Cara
10: Adren
11: Regen [+10level systems]


B6:

2: Silence
3: Save
4: Focus
5: Leap
6: Save
7: Save
8: Fade
9: Cara
10: Adren
11: Regen [+10level systems]

Uzguz

I'd like to remind everyone here that you only receive nine(9) upgrade points.

TmH

B5:
2: Celerity
3: Safe
4: Safe
5: Fade
6: Cara
7: Regen
8: Meta
9: Safe
10: Focus

(sometimes I go fade first, then get cele, then 6-10)

B6:
2: Cloaking
3: Silence
4: Celerity
5: Safe
6: Lerk (30% visable lerks when flying are just evil <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
7: Safe
8: Focus
9: Cara
10: Regen

DroneFragger

true, But some servers operate 12 level systems.

Snakestyles

b6 lifeform
save
save
lerk
adren (maybe gorge for min or two)
cara
fade
regen
if really needed
meta and sent of fear or focus

or for super skulks

silence
celerity
carapice
leap
sent of fear
focus
xeno

gtccold

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1. lvl 1 weapon
2. shotty
3. save
4. 2 cybernetic upgrades
5. another cybernetic
6. cypernetic
7. catalyst
8. resupply
9. cybernetic
10 cybernetic

With lvl 6 cybernetic you can pretty much out run anything when catalyzed.
Also your ROF will increased dramatically. Like 8 shots in less than 4 seconds.


I'll make a video of me going 10 times faster than a skulk when my pc is back up.

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SLizer

I am against this kinf of lists. Going the same way does not teach you anything plus you get bored. Idea of co_ is to expierement different kinds of upgrds.

I say about upgrades only that you should never go higher lifeform without any upgrades not even lerk you are just free exp.

Carpace is definitely the best upgrd you can have. Every second marine nowdays is like WTH H4x because you didnt die. Same goes for classic those upgrades are for use....

Snakestyles

mmmm i go early lerk and it rocks,much harder to kill a lerk than a skulk,that is if the lerk knows how fly n stuff.

Cheese

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[Deleted User]

i normaly get a buffed skulk then fade

cel
carp
leep
regen
save
save
fade
save
focus

ZephyrYHK

<!--QuoteBegin-gtccold+Jan 11 2005, 02:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (gtccold @ Jan 11 2005, 02:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Here's mine <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

1. lvl 1 weapon
2. shotty
3. save
4. 2 cybernetic upgrades
5. another cybernetic
6. cypernetic
7. catalyst
8. resupply
9. cybernetic
10 cybernetic

With lvl 6 cybernetic you can pretty much out run anything when catalyzed.
Also your ROF will increased dramatically. Like 8 shots in less than 4 seconds.


I'll make a video of me going 10 times faster than a skulk when my pc is back up.

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First of all, there is 9 upgrades
and servers that run those extra upgrade-modifications (e.g. cybernetics like you mentioned) have at least 12.

SLizer

<!--QuoteBegin-Cheese+Jan 12 2005, 03:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cheese @ Jan 12 2005, 03:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> argh... another "Write down your CO builds" thread <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Best is that they often have too many/less upgrades and some really funny plug-upgrades.


PEOPLE just forget lists look the round and adapt to it, have a lifeform in your mind nothing more.

Armageddon

<!--QuoteBegin-gtccold+Jan 11 2005, 02:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (gtccold @ Jan 11 2005, 02:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Here's mine <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

1. lvl 1 weapon
2. shotty
3. save
4. 2 cybernetic upgrades
5. another cybernetic
6. cypernetic
7. catalyst
8. resupply
9. cybernetic
10 cybernetic

With lvl 6 cybernetic you can pretty much out run anything when catalyzed.
Also your ROF will increased dramatically. Like 8 shots in less than 4 seconds.


I'll make a video of me going 10 times faster than a skulk when my pc is back up.

Damn mobo <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yea i've seen gtccold play on co maps and he rox with his ups. He gets like shotty and cat pack, which seems to be really effective if you can aim..

What the heck are you referring to when you say cybernetics. And I noticed that you run super fast with cpacks (faster than anything I've seen).