Turret Woes
CommunistWithAGun
Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
<div class="IPBDescription">How to?</div> I've seen a lot of commanders go from turret farming to non-turret because of gorges. Now I see something worse. A couple commanders insist on making roughly 40 turrets in base (I am not kidding.) And about 10 per res nozzle they secure. The turrets are aquired slowly through the game because I realize 400 res is alot to be dealing with. For the most part I saw this as "Were dead, lets drag this out" Now its becomming a winning strat to keep the enemy throwing itself into you for resources. Its lame. Its also undefeatable. Once you aquire the res for that much turret spam, their affording HA for 16 players. Pretty much game over for the aliens. No way in, 1 way out, and thats death. I just don't understand how aliens get limits on their offense chambers, and the marines can farm them like cotton. (Not the OCs...turrets) Explain to me please because I'm getting <b><i>VERY</i></b>[I] Frustrated with this.
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Yep i know exactly what you are talking about, and i think its the most stupid llamaish thing you can do. I mean you have your backs to the wall, one res node, no chance of winning, so you decide to build a hojillion turrets to extend the game by 2 hours? This has happened to me at lest 2 times today. The first time i convinced him to recycle everything and give us all heavy weapons. The second time we ejected him someone else jumped int he chair and recycled all the turrets and gave out heavy weapons.
Its alot funner to lose going down shooting instead of crouched in the corner letting your turrets redeem that onos 5 times in a row.
But let me explain before you go ranging on your "Panic! nooby key." I just started commanding. Nope, I never commanded in 1.04. So this was my first full game. Usually I get ejected or taunted so much I just leave. I admit I suck donkey nuts at commander. I whored turrets. I had like 100 in base. We saved up res, for 10 people, to go HA, GL, HMG. And well, it worked. Not much I can say. I guess this is a "nooby" thing to do. But if I was in your position I'd probably be upset about the whole situation myself. This just goes to show you that, the aliens have to act fast in order to win, or the marines just **** up resources, and save up until it's total chaos.
It happens more and more, and soon marines might even win one of tree games <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
the only problem is placing 80urets an one single place giving overflow errors for aliens.
It happens more and more, and soon marines might even win one of tree games <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
the only problem is placing 80urets an one single place giving overflow errors for aliens. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If turret farmings the new way to play I dont want any part of it
many times it is possible to rush past turretfire, especially with celerity, and sneak in to the billion dollar hole..
it really becomes interesting if that same com forgot marines have something called phase tech <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
i think its pathetic for rounds to end this way, when a marine commander makes little attempt to win and just farms at their spawns....im tempted to scream and yell but people will still do it.
many times it is possible to rush past turretfire, especially with celerity, and sneak in to the billion dollar hole..
it really becomes interesting if that same com forgot marines have something called phase tech <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--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-->...many times it is possible...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
hardly
I see this situation close to once every game.. most of the times I'll exploit it, too.
I see this situation close to once every game.. most of the times I'll exploit it, too. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've held off aliens for nearly 4 hours on Mineshaft as an experiment now. Sure you might be proud when you finally manage to kill my ELECTRIFIED turret factory, but you won't have got the other 3 :/
That less money for turrets, making it easier to destroy TF's with Gorge..
There ARE commanders that cover all the angles, but they are few and far between..
AND DO NOT TAKE REDEMPTION AS AN ONOS!!!!!!!!!! You aren't helping your team when you do that, especially if you're winning.
Though me personally thinks that Lerk can better occupy himself with primal screams and spores! <!--emo&::lerk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif'><!--endemo-->
That less money for turrets, making it easier to destroy TF's with Gorge..
There ARE commanders that cover all the angles, but they are few and far between.. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually, that was just boredom. I had something like 1000+ res inevitably. I STOPPED building turrets after about an hour because I was afraid of crashing the server <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Yeah, when you encounter one, it is the challenge of your life as an alien.