Lerks Are Fun As Flying Skulks
GoldenShadow
Join Date: 2002-04-21 Member: 483Members
Join Date: 2002-04-21 Member: 483Members
<div class="IPBDescription">I got accused of hacking</div> I was playing a co map as Lerk and doing really well. I had scent of fear and celerity and I was just flying around killing tons of marines with the lerk bite. I had the most kills on my team and then everyone from my own team starts calling me a hacker. Apparently since I am really good at flying super fast through tight hallways and picking off marines then making a fast escape, I must be hacking somehow. I wish people would think a little bit before making absurd accusations. How could I possibly hack to make myself fly around so well or whatever.
And no, I wasn't hacking o.0
Also, I wanted to start a new discussion on Lerk flight. I really love it now that I learned how to fly. You have to tap jump a few times to get up to speed then hold down jump to glide saving your energy. The hardest thing is to not run into any walls. you have to have great mouse control to navigate tight hallways at fullspeed. Getting stuck on a wall can get you killed if you are flying away from marines.
I am getting tons of kills with lerks now in co after I have celerity since the marines can't ever aim at something moving that fast. My strategy is to do laps around the hallways doing flyby bites on any rambos. I am also getting much better at chasing jetpackers. the trick there is to hold down jump to glide towards them while holding attack to get them. If you flap your wings too much you can run out of energy and not be able to attack the jper. I tried focus, but I prefer the lerk's natural rapid fire bite, it lands more hits and lets you concentrate on the flying instead of landing the bite.
I guess the reason I got so good at super fast lerk flying is since I got a new gaming PC for HL2, 2.8Ghz Radeon 9800 Pro, 1.5GB ram so my fps never drops. high fps is a pre-requisite of uber lerk flying. It only took me a couple of days to get really good at it and I am still getting better. I only go lerk in ns maps if I have a movement chamber for celerity
I still can't fade very well yet, I can't stand having to switch weapons to blink, thats why I like lerk because you don't have to worry about fumbling around with different weapons to move really fast. <!--emo&::lerk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And no, I wasn't hacking o.0
Also, I wanted to start a new discussion on Lerk flight. I really love it now that I learned how to fly. You have to tap jump a few times to get up to speed then hold down jump to glide saving your energy. The hardest thing is to not run into any walls. you have to have great mouse control to navigate tight hallways at fullspeed. Getting stuck on a wall can get you killed if you are flying away from marines.
I am getting tons of kills with lerks now in co after I have celerity since the marines can't ever aim at something moving that fast. My strategy is to do laps around the hallways doing flyby bites on any rambos. I am also getting much better at chasing jetpackers. the trick there is to hold down jump to glide towards them while holding attack to get them. If you flap your wings too much you can run out of energy and not be able to attack the jper. I tried focus, but I prefer the lerk's natural rapid fire bite, it lands more hits and lets you concentrate on the flying instead of landing the bite.
I guess the reason I got so good at super fast lerk flying is since I got a new gaming PC for HL2, 2.8Ghz Radeon 9800 Pro, 1.5GB ram so my fps never drops. high fps is a pre-requisite of uber lerk flying. It only took me a couple of days to get really good at it and I am still getting better. I only go lerk in ns maps if I have a movement chamber for celerity
I still can't fade very well yet, I can't stand having to switch weapons to blink, thats why I like lerk because you don't have to worry about fumbling around with different weapons to move really fast. <!--emo&::lerk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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is this like a ego +++ thing?
The trick is to hold down attack, hit 2 and then 1 immediately (you can use q or a script if you want, but I like it this way). You can perform it as one fluid action, without having to fumble around. It does take some practice, however. Make sure you have hud_fastswitch 1.
Aside from that , I don't have the skill to blink around nearly as fast as I can zoom around with a celerity lerk.
Aside from that , I don't have the skill to blink around nearly as fast as I can zoom around with a celerity lerk. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No they aren't. Many of the best fades out there just have hud_fastswitch 1 and fast fingers for hitting 1-4. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
then your holding yourself back brother. Script FTW all the way
Stop talking about how good fades use scripts, they dont. Its all fastswitch 1 and lastinv, or fastswitch 1 and the normal slot keys.
Aside from that , I don't have the skill to blink around nearly as fast as I can zoom around with a celerity lerk. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No they aren't. Many of the best fades out there just have hud_fastswitch 1 and fast fingers for hitting 1-4. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just that you seldom need 4.
I havent seen the third hive up in a long time <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I remember the days of 1.0 flight and bite. The lerk was alittle more sturdy then I believe, or it was just because people were still getting used to NS, but you used to have to something like a power slide around turns in order to maintain speed. This allowed you to fly around a room and gass people without running into them.And you could Fly above the heads of marines, look down, and bite them without loosing speed. The new flight model makes you either fly into them, bite them, then do a vertical escape, or come in from above, dive bomb, and make a vertical or lateral escape.
IMO, the lerk is the best hunter for finding two or less sized marine teams and eliminating them, and good for harassing medium sized standard marines.
I still miss the days of umbra being emitted around your body. Good to protect your self, and others in tight spaces. It wasn't uncomon to see two lerks switching off with umbra while a fade would acid rocket the marine base. Ye good ol days.
Aside from that , I don't have the skill to blink around nearly as fast as I can zoom around with a celerity lerk. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No they aren't. Many of the best fades out there just have hud_fastswitch 1 and fast fingers for hitting 1-4. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or you just use lastinv with blink and swipe, then just be quick at using invprev to use meta while blinking <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Although is it me or has lastinv gone a bit buggy in the final release, in the terms of it sometimes just refuses to change?
A custom keyboard configuration is helpful, yes, but custom in this case means having the weapon switch keys rebound for easier access. Scripts for the fade are pretty much worthless to any good player with a decent keyboard/button configuration.
is this like a ego +++ thing? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
he want to say:I am so skillful!did the top of the alien team!HAAHHA
mouse1 = attack
mouse2 = slot1
mouse3 = slot2
3 = slot3
4 = slot4
wasd for movement.
q for walk
e for use
spacebar/mousewheel for jump
lerk with celerity equals something like, bugged hitboxes?
and no, good fades doesn't need scripts to do it for them. same goes for any lifeform, really.
lerk with celerity equals something like, bugged hitboxes?
and no, good fades doesn't need scripts to do it for them. same goes for any lifeform, really. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yup
is this like a ego +++ thing? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sort of. He is also showing how stupid Admins are since the 3.0F release. However I did see the first cheater I have ever seen in NS yesterday.
Just wondering, what would alien hacks do? The best I could see is a hack biting as soon as within range of a marine. But it wouldn't be able to blink around skillfully or anything, or lerk properly.
Unless I'm missing something.
Oh, and I use hud_fastswitch 1 and 1, 2, 3 and 4 for fade AND everything else (such as skulk lerk onos gorge marine...).
It isn't unintuitive, it just takes skill and practice.
Aside from that , I don't have the skill to blink around nearly as fast as I can zoom around with a celerity lerk. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No they aren't. Many of the best fades out there just have hud_fastswitch 1 and fast fingers for hitting 1-4. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or you just use lastinv with blink and swipe, then just be quick at using invprev to use meta while blinking <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Although is it me or has lastinv gone a bit buggy in the final release, in the terms of it sometimes just refuses to change? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
When you press the same slot as the weapon you're currently holding, lastinv overwrites the real lastinv for that one
For example: You have your lmg out, you get your pistol out and then press slot2 again.
That would make it forget to go back to lmg.
Stop talking about how good fades use scripts, they dont. Its all fastswitch 1 and lastinv, or fastswitch 1 and the normal slot keys. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
are you implying that your a good fade? and that any fade that uses scripts is a bad fade? thats mighty big talk there buddy. your a pretty tuff guy aren't you.....
If everybody thinks this way, i can understand why they block scripts. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If everybody thinks this way, i can understand why they block scripts. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
the scripts I use are just a way of customizing my controls to enhance my abillities . people think that there's scripts to magically make your fade go on auto-pilot and kill all the marines for you... well news flash thats not what they do.