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Hi guys, ns1 vet here.
I'd just like to say that if you don't play in rookie designated servers, do not try to command for a while. It's much better to sit back and observe what a knowledgeable marine/alien commander does and ask them why. There's no point in commanding if you do not know how the game works.
It just irritates me when some noob hops to the chair and starts building turrets everywhere (happens quite often). It just ruins the game for everybody else in servers where people somewhat know how to play.
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On December 30 2012 23:45 herMan wrote: Hi guys, ns1 vet here.
I'd just like to say that if you don't play in rookie designated servers, do not try to command for a while. It's much better to sit back and observe what a knowledgeable marine/alien commander does and ask them why. There's no point in commanding if you do not know how the game works.
It just irritates me when some noob hops to the chair and starts building turrets everywhere (happens quite often). It just ruins the game for everybody else in servers where people somewhat know how to play. Yeah, far too many people rush into commanding when they are first starting. I think it's a good thing to want to try all the game has to offer, and to see if you like commanding, but the order you should do it in is:
1. Learn+play FPS mode. You can't command without knowing how the most important part of the game is played.
2. Learn all about commanding. I recommend using explore mode so you can mess around all you want and get used to the interface. It may also involve playing games and asking your commander questions or watching NS2HD videos.
3. Try commanding on a rookie server
Basically, don't just join a non-rookie server and try commanding without having done it before. You might end up wasting everyone's time by ruining the game and making herMan upset.
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Yeah, being good at the fps portion of the game makes you a much better commander because you will understand what your team wants/needs better.
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If you're looking for people to play with you should play gathers, thats where i play 90% of my NS2 these days
Really enjoying the game. Tremulous experience helps a TON with playing aliens, not so much marines, though the games are very similar
Aiming for marines is a bit whack atm due to FPS issues and optimisation issues, hoping they get fixed soon (aliens OP haha)
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I'm trying again. For some reasono my computer cant play the game proberly, dont know why, but one of my friends says i need to change a mod?
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On December 31 2012 02:01 BrTarolg wrote: If you're looking for people to play with you should play gathers, thats where i play 90% of my NS2 these days
where? quakenet? which channel?
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On December 31 2012 03:08 dellesh1ruH wrote: I'm trying again. For some reasono my computer cant play the game proberly, dont know why, but one of my friends says i need to change a mod?
Sadly the only information you give here is that the game does not work and you dont know why. Any error message, anything?
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On December 31 2012 03:59 Zavior wrote:Show nested quote +On December 31 2012 03:08 dellesh1ruH wrote: I'm trying again. For some reasono my computer cant play the game proberly, dont know why, but one of my friends says i need to change a mod? Sadly the only information you give here is that the game does not work and you dont know why. Any error message, anything?
No, its kind of lagging in-game. And i put all the settings to low!
my specs is:
amd phenom x4 945 3,00 ghz 4gb ddr 3 ram 500gb hd radeon gfx card (suspect its to bad for this game) :/
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On December 31 2012 18:33 dellesh1ruH wrote: No, its kind of lagging in-game. And i put all the settings to low!
my specs is:
amd phenom x4 945 3,00 ghz 4gb ddr 3 ram 500gb hd radeon gfx card (suspect its to bad for this game) :/
This is a old thread from beta but maybe this will help you increasing your frames: http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=117259&st=0
Use r_stats to see if your GPU or CPU is the bottleneck If it says "waiting for GPU" then the cause is the videocard.
On December 31 2012 03:12 r3dox wrote: where? quakenet? which channel?
Thats is the only site i know for gathers. http://www.ensl.org/
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Posting out of curiosity: What do you guys usually do when playing as Alien?
I for example save resources for a quick fade almost every game and then begin dominating by picking the stray noob marines and destroying enemy phase gates when no one's around.
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On January 04 2013 19:00 herMan wrote: Posting out of curiosity: What do you guys usually do when playing as Alien?
I for example save resources for a quick fade almost every game and then begin dominating by picking the stray noob marines and destroying enemy phase gates when no one's around.
Highly depends on the kind of game you're playing, the quality of your team, whos comming etc.
In pubs i like to run around the ceiling of topographical and then camp it the whole game as a skulk lol
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On January 04 2013 19:00 herMan wrote: Posting out of curiosity: What do you guys usually do when playing as Alien?
I for example save resources for a quick fade almost every game and then begin dominating by picking the stray noob marines and destroying enemy phase gates when no one's around.
That's what I usually do. 
It's usually pretty effective. I'm usually a skulk, fade, or onos. I'm not very good as the gorge or lerk. Always seem to die so quickly as the lerk.
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Ninja gorge and nuke the marine base with the splash attack :D
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can you bind alien upgrades to 6, 7, 8 etc?
So annoying to manually reclick for 2-3 upgrades as skulk later in the game.
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On January 04 2013 21:14 zer0das wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2013 19:00 herMan wrote: Posting out of curiosity: What do you guys usually do when playing as Alien?
I for example save resources for a quick fade almost every game and then begin dominating by picking the stray noob marines and destroying enemy phase gates when no one's around. That's what I usually do.  It's usually pretty effective. I'm usually a skulk, fade, or onos. I'm not very good as the gorge or lerk. Always seem to die so quickly as the lerk. 
The art of good lerking is still unknown to me and I feel in ns2 it's more rewarding. So fragile but so deadly with all of the attack options. I almost never gorge because I am worth so much more playing as skulk/fade/onos.
I play by the nickname yingyang in public so holler if you guys see me.
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This game is awesome. In the beginning i preferred to play marines, but now aliens is my small favorite. I skulks for their speed, gorges for their goofy cuteness and fades for their blinkness.
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On January 10 2013 11:57 Mambo wrote: This game is awesome. In the beginning i preferred to play marines, but now aliens is my small favorite. I skulks for their speed, gorges for their goofy cuteness and fades for their blinkness.
I find that I die really quickly with almost every alien organism (except gorge), so I just wait till I get onos. I'm just too darned slow and clumsy. Like a marine can jump around me and avoid most of my swipes as a fade, and I die in a really embarrassing way .
At least as gorge I can serve a semi-useful function. But that usually means I'll never be an onos.
I also heard a funny joke online. They called the onos the "OH NOES". For some reason I really liked that
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On January 06 2013 05:06 herMan wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2013 21:14 zer0das wrote:On January 04 2013 19:00 herMan wrote: Posting out of curiosity: What do you guys usually do when playing as Alien?
I for example save resources for a quick fade almost every game and then begin dominating by picking the stray noob marines and destroying enemy phase gates when no one's around. That's what I usually do.  It's usually pretty effective. I'm usually a skulk, fade, or onos. I'm not very good as the gorge or lerk. Always seem to die so quickly as the lerk.  The art of good lerking is still unknown to me and I feel in ns2 it's more rewarding. So fragile but so deadly with all of the attack options. I almost never gorge because I am worth so much more playing as skulk/fade/onos. I play by the nickname yingyang in public so holler if you guys see me.
Being good at lerk is really hard
Tbh, theres so much skill in aiming/positioning/dodging, it makes you feel like that your aiming must suck all the time or that your movement must be really bad lol
The problem is that theres a HUGE skillgap between competetive and gathers, then another HUGE gap between gathers and pubs, and i lie somewhere between that.
edit: "I also heard a funny joke online. They called the onos the "OH NOES". For some reason I really liked that"
That's not a joke, its actually in the manual. Its where the name comes from ahahaha
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Anyone got good suggestions for mods for this game :B
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