Shouting to a marine helps alot to get them to follow orders! Whenever I'm like everyone move to processing we gonna siege and I see one dude moving to archiving a little verbal abuse including their name turns them in the right direction in a jiffy.
Also giving your marines ammo and medpacks before they can ask for it seems to keep their motivation at a high lvl.
Also I let the marines know when I'm researching stuff and if the AA is almost done. The ID they can play around with hmg in a min is also good for motivation.
I like to joke around with my team as well, this keeps the atmosphere very friendly.
And last but not least. I NEVER siege the last hive (unless those n00bs are dropping like flies) when I got mapcontrol. Killing the last hive is a fragfest, party time! Lotsa mines shotguns grenade launchers and jetpacks is tha way to do it! Even extra Ip's if necessary. Once I've been called a Santacomm for dropping so much goodies <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Rapier7+May 16 2005, 06:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rapier7 @ May 16 2005, 06:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I find that verbally abusing my marines, questioining their sexuality, legitimacy of their birth, and their general manliness and singling them out is the best way to go. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> lol
I'd like to point out that communication is important for everyone, aliens too.
Games are boring when noone talks on the mic... The games seem to be always the same: First 5 minutes everyone runs around in no more than groups of 2. Comm gets 5 RTs, some upgrades, builds base... Then PG up at 2nd hive; beacon; shotguns; comm typing "PHASE PHASE QUICKLY!!!" or "Don't get ammo, kill the hive!" and only two people phase in. The rest hump at the armory. When full with ammo, two more people phase to the hive while the rest walks out of MS to continue ramboing. And this is telling from the perspective of a soldier, not a comm... It's just sad and is the main reason for so many lost marine games.
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Also giving your marines ammo and medpacks before they can ask for it seems to keep their motivation at a high lvl.
Also I let the marines know when I'm researching stuff and if the AA is almost done. The ID they can play around with hmg in a min is also good for motivation.
I like to joke around with my team as well, this keeps the atmosphere very friendly.
And last but not least. I NEVER siege the last hive (unless those n00bs are dropping like flies) when I got mapcontrol. Killing the last hive is a fragfest, party time! Lotsa mines shotguns grenade launchers and jetpacks is tha way to do it! Even extra Ip's if necessary. Once I've been called a Santacomm for dropping so much goodies <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
lol
Games are boring when noone talks on the mic... The games seem to be always the same: First 5 minutes everyone runs around in no more than groups of 2. Comm gets 5 RTs, some upgrades, builds base... Then PG up at 2nd hive; beacon; shotguns; comm typing "PHASE PHASE QUICKLY!!!" or "Don't get ammo, kill the hive!" and only two people phase in. The rest hump at the armory. When full with ammo, two more people phase to the hive while the rest walks out of MS to continue ramboing. And this is telling from the perspective of a soldier, not a comm... It's just sad and is the main reason for so many lost marine games.