Question About Onos

Sandrock · February 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Paralysis specifically...</div> Question about the onos' second ability, paralysis.

How exactly does it affect a marine? What is the range of paralysis?

On several ocasions as onos, a marine would be a few (in-game) meters in front of me. I would select paralysis, put the crosshair over the marine, fire several times, and I couldn't notice any difference. He just kept shooting me. So how exactly does paralysis work? Are the marines still able to fire, just not move?

Thanks

Paq · February 2003

Yup. They cannot move in 6 seconds, but they can still fire.

I dont know about that range, but it is pretty good <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

kavasa · February 2003

Paralysis: how an onos drops a jetpacker.

-K

Crisqo · February 2003

Or stops a marine from running into a vent

Pege · February 2003

I just can't help commenting on this. I think this is the most useless Onos ability. Seriously, why does a 10 ton tank need to "paralyze" marines when he just rams em down in 2 seconds? It would only be "fair" (if you can talk about "fairness" and "onos" in the same sentence) that the onos could do nothing about jetpacking marines or those poor little dots that run to vents and behind chairs for shelter <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>. The onos itself is already bit of a cherry on top of a creamcake, but paralyze... Geez! I never use it, I never see it being used and if the ultimate destroyer and God can't take down a jetpacker: How unfair. I already suggested this once, but I'll suggest it again: Here is a perfect weapon you can remove to get something else in it's place and thus avoid the 32-weapon limit for a while longer.

Thanks for reading!

TheGlow · February 2003

Paralyze has done me well on a few occasions. Outside the marine start in ns_nothing. You know that res nozzle by their start. Marine kept shooting at me and when Id get close, he jump down over the railing and be below me, and if I went after him, hed run up and repeat. Because the railing was in the way, stopped me from just mowing him down.
PARALYZE! *RIB PUNCTURE*
I think after he complained how I hacked and I think accused me of using gorge web as an Onos.

OWA · February 2003

The onos is pretty fast in a straight line, but moves god awefully slow while turning (as it should). As there aren't a lot of straight lines in the game, it's very easy for your quarry to get away from you. Add into the fact that they very well may have jetpacks and heavy machienguns by the time you have onos (if they have a good comm), and basically you've got some very nimble prey. Paralasis is instant firing and has (as far as I can tell) an unlimited range, so nothing can escape you. ever.

sekdar · February 2003

paralyze is how you kill bunnyhoppers in a laggy game with Charge, especially HA <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Smithboy · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OWA @ Feb 1 2003, 09:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> The onos is pretty fast in a straight line, but moves god awefully slow while turning (as it should). As there aren't a lot of straight lines in the game, it's very easy for your quarry to get away from you. Add into the fact that they very well may have jetpacks and heavy machienguns by the time you have onos (if they have a good comm), and basically you've got some very nimble prey. Paralasis is instant firing and has (as far as I can tell) an unlimited range, so nothing can escape you. ever.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
If you don't slidestep when you turn, you can move around good.

There is a range, like the parasite, though I don't know if they're the same range, but I think so.

Typhon · February 2003

Paralyze has 1 use: hitting frantic marines with it and just standing infront of them chuckling. Its not like they are gonna hurt you (unless he has HMG or gren), so I just mess with them.

Pege · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Typhon @ Feb 1 2003, 05:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Paralyze has 1 use: hitting frantic marines with it and just standing infront of them chuckling. Its not like they are gonna hurt you (unless he has HMG or gren), so I just mess with them.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
My point exactly.

Link · February 2003

read my post over <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=21&t=21682&hl=' target='_blank'>here</a> this is paralizes use, alongside JP swotting

Paq · February 2003

If you use primal scream onos is fast enough to catch some marines, but if you lose one hive and cant use primal anymore then paralyze is actually pretty usefull

Gargamel · February 2003

YEAH! PARALISIS HAS 2 PURPOSES:

1) BRING THOSE FLIES OF YOUR FACE

2) TEACH TERROR TO THOSE HUMANS!

I liked that paralize, chuckle, ckukle, eat post Typhon <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>)

MaTT · February 2003

paralysis = jetpack killer... I can once remember paralyzing 3 HMG jetpackers on the way to a hive and just running them over! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

TheHornet · February 2003

i like paralizing in refinery and watching rines fall to there death =)

Onuma · February 2003

You know what's even more fun than paralyzing a flying JetPacker and goring him to death??

Drop a flying Jetpacker, then let him fly again, then drop him again, then let him fly again, and by the 3rd time you drop him, hopefully his health would be low enough that he will die from the fall <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'> = win

suspended · February 2003

Nice.. me tryed some off these tactics .. they worked <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> i love em

AND Onuma my favorite way was doing what u said <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

SoulSkorpion · February 2003

Yeah, the whole point of paralysis is to stop JPs being Onos-killers. It's a good thing that they're able to do this, the idea is that the Onos is a game-finisher.

Draxo · February 2003

[Edit} whats up with these double posts >_< sorry, i only clicked once.. i think =o

Draxo · February 2003

the description says they cant fire when paralysed.. but seems they still can.

Its a REAL hugely enjoyable thing to parayise a marine who walks round the corner to shoot at you, then starts screaming as a slowly bite his head off =>

Recommended! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'>

figjam · February 2003

It's so funny to see the reation of a marine who gets parasited by a cloaked onos (Especially if they manage to get in their last words <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>)

My favourite is paralyzing ppl over the death pits like in docking wing (ns_nothing). Tis so much fun to get a jetpacker as they flew over the res point and they fell down the hole to their doom

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