Alien F4 Trick

Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Exploit or valid tactic?</div> I was playing a game just now as aliens, and we were hurting for resources (I TOLD them four gorges on an eight man team was silly...). Anyway, one of them tells all non-gorges that had resources to hit f4 to go back to the readyroom in order to give their resources to the builders.
This should work -- Flayra has said that any alien who drops has his resources put into a pool
to be redistributed next distribution period (i.e. a few seconds later).
The question is if it's fair or not. On one hand, there is a large influx of resources into the pool, and most of it goes to the gorges. On the other hand, when the players re-join the team, they start back with 0, and continue to take their share of the resources (where a full-resource alien would have taken none at all).
So, what do you think? Exploit or tactic?
(I'm not totally sure myself)

-Rabid

Comments

  • VektuzVektuz Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2396Members
    Very cheap.

    I think if you leave a team you shouldn't be allowed back on it again for at least 5 minutes. So if you do this, your gorges will a) have lots of resources and b) be sitting ducks with no defense aliens with them
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    I'm sure if the dev team wanted you to do this it wouldn't require trick, but lets wait and see what they say.
  • Shrike3OShrike3O Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6678Members, Constellation
    The payoff is that your gorges have IMMEDIATE access to your resources. The downside is that they have to wait while you recharge from doing it before they're back up to "all other teammates are full" recharge rate.

    At the moment, it's an exploit... it requires you to leave the game to do it, which I don't think aliens can do IRL <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I WOULD like to see a way of doing this (maybe some sort of "consumption by the hive" function?) added in, though, since it does play a part in game strategies <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Vektuz+Nov 10 2002, 01:40 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vektuz @ Nov 10 2002, 01:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Very cheap.

    I think if you leave a team you shouldn't be allowed back on it again for at least 5 minutes. So if you do this, your gorges will a) have lots of resources and b) be sitting ducks with no defense aliens with them<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm not so sure, though. I mean, when you join a team, you start with 0 resources. It's not like you start with 33, then hit f4, then start with 33, then hit f4 -- you have 33, hit f4, then start back at 0, and have to get resources the old-fashioned way (meaning less resource income for the gorges). Also, your team's offense is gone for a good few seconds.

    But, I have to agree with the "if they had wanted it they would have coded it" comment. Seems like it'd be a pretty easy thing to add. Not sure how it'd effect balance, if at all.
  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    Sounds like an exploit to me, I'll fix it in the next patch.
  • HavicWindHavicWind Join Date: 2002-04-16 Member: 461Members
    lol, flayra has spoken. Actually if aliens could leik hork resurces into each other mouths leik a mother bird feeds baby birds I actually think that would kick **obscenity** and not unbalance the game 2 much. Plus the thought of some <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> horking up into a <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='pudgy.gif'><!--endemo--> just rules <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    It's not really an exploit surely, as you can just donate all your resources into the hive pool anyway. ('Use' the hive to give resources out.) If you join back in with 0 resources, surely nothing's different?
  • HadesHades Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7032Members
    For now it seems like an exploit...but it does make sense and maybe it should be an option for aliens without having to do the trick.
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Merkaba+Nov 10 2002, 05:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Merkaba @ Nov 10 2002, 05:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->It's not really an exploit surely, as you can just donate all your resources into the hive pool anyway. ('Use' the hive to give resources out.) If you join back in with 0 resources, surely nothing's different?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    you can give res?
    i didn't know that!!

    can u determine how much or who to? if not you should be able to, help that gorge get enough res for a hive for example!
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    Aliens share resource points?
  • deimos_telarindeimos_telarin Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6248Members
    edited November 2002
    <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=21&t=9404' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...=ST&f=21&t=9404</a>

    It has been discussed before.

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->('Use' the hive to give resources out.)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> lol <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I didn't know that.

    Flayra wrote<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Sounds like an exploit to me, I'll fix it in the next patch.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> vs Merkaba wrote<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->It's not really an exploit surely<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    lol? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • geldonyetichgeldonyetich Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2537Members
    You can use your hive and give away resources? Wow, that's news to me too. I'll have to pass around that little bit of info.

    Anywho, Fleyra has made his decision, looks like being able to remotely do this via observation mode is going to be removed next patch.
  • RotA_PlagueRotA_Plague Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6768Members
    edited November 2002
    Exploit. Like someone said if Flayra was meaning to put something like toss it back in the pool he would of mostlikely did it and it would take a few seconds mostlikely. Though I would like to give my resources to other players... I figure it would work well if in the process you lost half your resources(just vanish) and the other half go to the specific person that you are aiming at. They would have to be as close as they would need to be if a skulk were to bite them or a marine knife them, to close for comfort.

    Edit: Just noticed what Flayra said on the other thread <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I thought I already fixed this problem, but I guess not. It'll be fixed in the next server patch.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
  • tommydtommyd Creator of ns_tanith, co_pulse and co_faceoff Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 40Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Developer
    no, you <b>cannot</b> donate your resources. you used to be able to pre-release, but that was changed.
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--tommyd+Nov 10 2002, 03:53 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (tommyd @ Nov 10 2002, 03:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->no, you <b>cannot</b> donate your resources. you used to be able to pre-release, but that was changed.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hmm, *ka-pwn*
  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    How about marines? Not sure whether this works but will pressing f4 and rejoining the marines get rid of your parasite?
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Necro-+Nov 9 2002, 12:15 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necro- @ Nov 9 2002, 12:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Merkaba+Nov 10 2002, 05:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Merkaba @ Nov 10 2002, 05:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->It's not really an exploit surely, as you can just donate all your resources into the hive pool anyway. ('Use' the hive to give resources out.) If you join back in with 0 resources, surely nothing's different?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    you can give res?
    i didn't know that!!

    can u determine how much or who to? if not you should be able to, help that gorge get enough res for a hive for example!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I didn't know either <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • ONE-ARMONE-ARM Join Date: 2002-07-03 Member: 872Members
    Why isn't there a feature to give resources to other aliens, it seems logical they can jsut poop out some food stuff, the resources of the aliens are WASTED mostly because they are stuck with people who ahve alreadyt evolved and no longer need them, whereas on the marines, its all centralized.
  • ianskiianski Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7707Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--ZeroByte+Nov 10 2002, 12:38 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ZeroByte @ Nov 10 2002, 12:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->How about marines? Not sure whether this works but will pressing f4 and rejoining the marines get rid of your parasite?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It must work (ie, it must get rid of your parasite). After all, you're essentially leaving the server and relogging back in again. If you left the server though, you take your armour/ammo with you.. and then there's the respawn delay.. and i thought there was a cost for you to respawn too?
    Sounds impracticle to me.. but devious.
  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
    Doesn't dying get rid of a parasite in the first place?
  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    Parasite is permanent. Thats the beauty of it and the reason why you should parasite before attacking the marines. Makes it easier to attack them.
  • deimos_telarindeimos_telarin Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6248Members
    Dead Marine = Dead Parasite

    New Marine = Free of any Parasite
  • TwexTwex Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4999Members
    the ability to donate your personal RPs to the pool would be a good thing, IMHO

    it's common to have RPs at the wrong aliens who don't need them while a Gorge wanting to build a hive desperately needs them

    it would give players the option to suffer a personal disadvantage for the greater good of the team
  • VisserVisser Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6613Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Sounds like an exploit to me, I'll fix it in the next patch<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Sure its an exploit and slightly lame, but how are you goign to fix it? Making someone who leaves the team's resources vanish is much lamer. Even if you only do it to people who goto the ready room, what about valid team swaps?
  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    One Hive (primary) Abilities
    Parasite

    By ejecting tiny darts from its nasal cavities, the Skulk can "tag" an enemy. The darts release a stain of bacteria, that connects to the bacterium. The target is now permanently visible to Hive Sight – every alien always knows where it is. Not a pleasant sensation, and not good for survival odds. The darts do tiny damage when they strike – and a warning message will appear on the marine's HUD.
  • JA1numJA1num Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7261Members
    Well this shouldnt be fix i dont see the big deal behind this little trick,it's not exploiting at all if u're working with a bunch of n00bs who decides to be builder aliens and slows down all resources ,then we can actually let them be watever they want and give them spare resources so they wont be wasted ....
  • OmnipotentKiwiOmnipotentKiwi Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3123Members
    death and reincartion. It means, the parasite stays with that person, as long as he is alive.

    On the F4 trick, it is lame, and stupid. Just have your team cap out, then the gorges get everythign anyhow.

    No, you shouldn't be able to donate resources to another player. With smart gorges, running at a ratio of 1 gorge for every 3 combOn the parasite issue, permanent does not mean through at alien, you can have all three hives up in under 5 minutes or so. It would be way too easy to have 3 hives up in the time it takes the aliens to move from one hive to the next.

    Recap:
    Parasite does not last through death.
    F4 Tactics are lame and stupid
    You shouldn't be able to donate resources.
  • JA1numJA1num Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7261Members
    omni,u should see how many n00bs at this stage of the game,it's just released not even a month in australia (or worldwide,or watever)
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