Onos devour

H3lix · August 2012

This was one of my favorite memories from Natural Selection 1. I always found Onos devour ability very amusing regardless of whether i was on the devouring end or being devoured. mmmmmmmm heavy's...nom nom nom...will this ability be returning in natural selection 2?

Atone · August 2012

I'm pretty sure the devs are staying away from it because sitting out of the game for 30 seconds, or however long digestion time was, isn't fun.

I miss it too. And that awful stomach graphic.

Necro · August 2012

yea, fun for onos, not so fun for everyone else.

Ryne · August 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Atone @ Aug 3 2012, 06:41 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1956743"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm pretty sure the devs are staying away from it because sitting out of the game for 30 seconds, or however long digestion time was, isn't fun.

I miss it too. And that awful stomach graphic.</div>

I find stomp more annoying than devour ever was....devour was awesome when you got rescued!

Also, "sitting out of game for 30 seconds"..... you are describing the current alien spawn time.

Rtron · August 2012

Hmmm devouring sounds like an interesting mechanic soo instead of sitting out of the game for thirty seconds or so when you respawn you get a debuff like reduced damage or reduced health armor,etc.

Necro · August 2012

that wouldn't work as it would only benefit as long as the aliens were attacking the main base.

rhombus · August 2012

I believe the devs have said that devour will not make a comeback in NS2.

H3lix · August 2012

No devour ability makes H3lix a sad sad gorgey :'(

Bloodshot12 · August 2012

I also don't think they could implement it without seriously exposing the onos while executing it.

Having a person instantly disappear and saying he was "devoured" was cool in NS1, but it would probably be visually distracting, especially considering NS2 looks pretty damn nice right now even compared to other games.

H3lix · August 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bloodshot12 @ Aug 3 2012, 10:36 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1956778"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I also don't think they could implement it without seriously exposing the onos while executing it.

Having a person instantly disappear and saying he was "devoured" was cool in NS1, but it would probably be visually distracting, especially considering NS2 looks pretty damn nice right now even compared to other games.</div>

the more problems people point out the more i understand why it won't be making a come back but i will miss it dearly. R.I.P devour! may you live on in all our memories of ns1!

MisterNubs · August 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I'm pretty sure the devs are staying away from it because sitting out of the game for 30 seconds, or however long digestion time was, isn't fun.

I miss it too. And that awful stomach graphic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>
Also, "sitting out of game for 30 seconds"..... you are describing the<b> current alien spawn time.</b></div></div>

I'm two hours too late.

Bloodshot12 · August 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (H3lix @ Aug 3 2012, 08:43 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1956780"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>the more problems people point out the more i understand why it won't be making a come back but i will miss it dearly. R.I.P devour! may you live on in all our memories of ns1!</div>

I'm sure it will return in mod form eventually if enough people miss it, so don't loose all hope yet ;)

CobraCommander · August 2012

Every time I was devoured by an Onos, I had to shut my door so my family wouldn't walk in on me while the sound of an Onose's stomach is playing and that(ugly) stomach graphic!

H3lix · August 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CobraCommander @ Aug 3 2012, 11:55 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1956804"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>Every time I was devoured by an Onos, I had to shut my door so my family wouldn't walk in on me while the sound of an Onose's stomach is playing and that(ugly) stomach graphic!</div>

yay a glimmer of hope! XD

ellnic · August 2012

Maybe they will Make a Mod when it comes out, Wishful thinking on my part :P

Wheeee · August 2012

it won't be coming back because the res model allows more people to go onos at the same time. if you had 4 onos you could permanently keep most of the other team devoured, and that's not fun.

Darkomicron · August 2012

Devour is not a fun ability. You click, and then you disable a marine. The marine gets hit and instantly is out of the game for xx seconds. The only fun thing about the ability was that other marines had to focus down that onos to 'rescue' the heavy armor that was being devoured. The way it was implemented in NS1 just took away some of the fun. It does not require skill, and has a very big effect.

H3lix · August 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Darkomicron @ Aug 4 2012, 07:42 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1956952"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>Devour is not a fun ability. You click, and then you disable a marine. The marine gets hit and instantly is out of the game for xx seconds. The only fun thing about the ability was that other marines had to focus down that onos to 'rescue' the heavy armor that was being devoured. The way it was implemented in NS1 just took away some of the fun. It does not require skill, and has a very big effect.</div>

i guess if i want to devour some more heavies i will just have to play ns1. Oh well, it's still one of my top 5 favorite games of all time despite it's dated graphics by today's standards.

Onos devour

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