Newbie Here
andyfromspace
Join Date: 2005-03-07 Member: 44224Members
Join Date: 2005-03-07 Member: 44224Members
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so HELLO bro, feel like home and may you have a merry time.
Just some quick advice if you want to know the game (mostly speaking about regulat ns_games, not co_games):
1) Read the manual <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/view?action=manual' target='_blank'>here</a>, the community manual is the most up-to-date (last version of the game, which is version 3.0).
2) Read the forums and use the search function before you got any more questions.
3) co_games in my opinion can help you to find out about the weapons but not (in pubs) about teamplay, which in my opnion is what you should find in a <u>good</u> ns-game (teamplay). (Thats all about co_games, move on to ns_games and play co_games when you don't have the time to play long games).
4) Play as a rine first, not as an alien as it is the most difficult part. As a rine you are given orders by your commander, do what he asks. If there are no orders, just follow other players. As a rine you will see the different alien lifeforms and their abilities and hopefully you will learn how to counter them, if not go back to 1) and/or 2)
5) Then create your own server with sv_cheats set to 1 (sv_cheats 1) so you can practice as a commander (so you have an idea of what he is actually doing in his chair) and as an alien to learn about the alien abilities. After having read the manual you should know all the rine and alien abilities.
6) Now that you know what the rines are capable of, play as an alien. When you are new just go gorge and drop a resource tower or a chamber that your team wants to be build (either defence chamber, movement chamber or sensory chamber), then go skulk again and try to stop/ambush the rines with the rest of your team.
Hope this helped,
Greetz,
XtOf
Anyhoo, welcome to the throng Andyfromspace. Remember to listen to anyone giving you good advice. One thing to remember, in NS games, as a Marine, you are the troop in a standard RTS. Try to go wherever your commander wants you to go. If you've got a waypoint, hold down "C" and look at your minimap, and try to work out the best way of getting there. Watch out for anything red appearing on the map, as this is something that wants to kill you, be it an alien player, or structure, they all show you as red on the map.
Also remember that playing as a Marine all the time is all well and good, but playing as an alien, you'll get the feel of how they move, and any limitations of each class, eg Skulks are quick, can go nigh on anywhere, but are easy to kill at a distance, but lethal up close. On the other hand, the Onos is slow (relatively), armoured, and hard to kill with anything less than a team of marines to help you, or a good few players with HMGs, and shotguns. Marines will die to a well player Onos. But they are not impossible to defeat. But watch out for the distraction. An Onos will kill marines, but a skulk will kill far more if all the marines are concentrating their fire on the Onos. Kepp a look out for things like that, and the community will love you.
One last thing. Get a good headset and sturdy mic combo. You can shout for help and still be shooting with the voicecomm system, but if you've only got a keyboard, then you're pretty much on your own.
Wellcome and have fun with 3.0!!!
<!--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--> No, it all came from the top of my head and straight from the heart, allways willing to get newbies into the game in a good way, so they are willing to stick around.
Though next time I will just copy-paste the text to the next newbie I encounter <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
It didn't bother you I hope <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ?
Greetz,
XtOf
Even so, it's people like us that are the beacon for the online world. Only recently shadowed by the PlanetSide massive, damn them for that. The online world would be a much better place if it was mandatory for people to post on a beginners forum and get a feel for the game by asking the current players for advice.
what, save a .txt on your desktop with some basic things that you repeate all the time?
I wouldn't do that <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
*covers up his install guide that he usses in tech help*
/waves at Andy
heya, welcome <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Just imagine it. A whole series of replies cut and pasted from the same .txt.
That kind of thing gets you lynched in other places!
*Ninja edit for the dig*
No wonder you have nearly 7000 posts Thansal... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And the C&P is b/c it is my detailed guide on how to install NS <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
when there are 5 open threeads on the first page, all complaining about client.dll errors.........
yah
oh, and Thread Jacked!
sorry mate...
welcome to the forums and congratz on your first jacked thread <!--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-->