After the commander buys armor 1, welders become reasonable. Being able to take three bites is still better than two. At armor 2 and above + HA, welders are just a good idea. If the game is already going your way, they are a mere 5 res. Drop three and just leave them in the soldier's hands.
Having a heavy armor whos job is only to weld in the back of a train of mixed light and heavys really is nice. If he's good at avoiding danger and the other guys know when to pull back and get their armor repaired, everyone lives forever with medpack support.
The more armor you have, the more damage is stopped from reaching your HP. That's why when you take the first bite in your new HA suit, you only lose like 2 HP. That's the game equivalent of a toddler stumbling up and trying to punch your knee. Armor is really important in NS. After you lose it, it's gone until someone welds it, and even lerks can kill marines with 0 armor in 2 bites. (65 dmg bite remind me?) A marine with 100 hp and 0 armor is asking to be spitted and parasite spammed to death.
in a ideal world yes, how ever most of the times in pubs, you drop a welder, and the marine takes it and rushes a hive, on his own, with no ammo <!--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-->
I've been saying this for a long time, if every marine had a welder and welded their teamates the moment they were wounded at all, the marines effectiveness would double.
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Having a heavy armor whos job is only to weld in the back of a train of mixed light and heavys really is nice. If he's good at avoiding danger and the other guys know when to pull back and get their armor repaired, everyone lives forever with medpack support.
The more armor you have, the more damage is stopped from reaching your HP. That's why when you take the first bite in your new HA suit, you only lose like 2 HP. That's the game equivalent of a toddler stumbling up and trying to punch your knee. Armor is really important in NS. After you lose it, it's gone until someone welds it, and even lerks can kill marines with 0 armor in 2 bites. (65 dmg bite remind me?) A marine with 100 hp and 0 armor is asking to be spitted and parasite spammed to death.
oh well, we'll see if more get dropped.
drop mines too.
in a ideal world yes, how ever most of the times in pubs, you drop a welder, and the marine takes it and rushes a hive, on his own, with no ammo <!--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-->
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hahaha, hey I had to try, right?
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Hmg's suck with welders compared to shotgun with welders
A smart jp/shot/welder team can kill just about anything.