Yeah, what is the prime-time victory rate? Counting the wins aliens get at 3 in the fucking morning when 2 people are on doesn't mean muchEdgelord wrote: They mostly win at night... mostly.
I remember my old character, Ludwin 'the Kraut' Tranzig as SL. One of his squad picked up the MMI and Ludwin lasted the rest of the round as a portable brain.Bath Salts Addict wrote:I don't know about you guys, but I like going Xeno because it means I can kill the incompetent shitheads who probably caused my death as Marine in the first place.
If I die as Marine because some idiot didn't patch me up or an SL/Command gave shitty orders, you bet I'm gonna take my revenge.
I don't get the us vs them mentality. You die, chances are your buddies aren't gonna give enough of a shit to recover your body unless it's festering in the FOB. I'd hate to see what happens if you play a good game of TF2 and be autobalanced. At least CM doesn't make you be an ayy.
This is why I think the custom xenos suggestion is actually kinda critical to the game. I've been here as a queen too.GGgobbleCC wrote:http://imgur.com/smTB6Kj
Here is a prime-time round as aliums, not the number of players and number of braindead larva?
No one wants to play aliens
Well it has been shown consistently that marines always have a higher pop than aliens, so it should be balanced around aliens always being massively outnumberedLostmixup wrote:Should balance for the pop the server is at the most, not low pop or super high pop. There should be things in place to make those two pop's playable, but it shouldn't be focused on balancing across all three pop extremes.
You can rekt a runner with a throwing knife actually, Make their armor stronger and make the damage higher.SecretStamos (Joshuu) wrote:Personally I think we need to make the Aliens a little more robust in combat. Marine armor makes the user too much of a damage sponge, which I think we should tone down a little. The Aliens should be actually scary to fight in close-combat.
Secondly, T3s need a boost in crowd combat. The Queen, facing off against three standards, doesn't have much of a chance. Maybe T3 melee attacks could hit adjacent targets?
Lastly, I think we need a nerf to defenses. Marines shouldn't be able to shoot through grills, alien weeds should be needed (they are weak off weeds and bullet sponges on them).
Right now it seems like both sides depend on the other side coming to them. Going on the offensive is too dangerous.
Any hints on how that is in any way going to address the current massive imbalance?apophis775 wrote:The next "buff" coming to xenos, is the larva AI I'm experimenting with.
Ever seen the larva chambers nowadays with 10-15 larva without players, which is optimal? Yea... One marine breaking into there destroys the ENTIRE XENO team. 7 xeno and 14 SSD larva. Remove the larva, you severely cripple the enemy team. If the larva get AI, I'd love it, as a constant xeno player.GGgobbleCC wrote: Any hints on how that is in any way going to address the current massive imbalance?
Or can we remove ssd larvas. Nobody cares about joining as one apparentlyAzmodan412 wrote: Ever seen the larva chambers nowadays with 10-15 larva without players, which is optimal? Yea... One marine breaking into there destroys the ENTIRE XENO team. 7 xeno and 14 SSD larva. Remove the larva, you severely cripple the enemy team. If the larva get AI, I'd love it, as a constant xeno player.
] So marines being cloned and joining all round goes unaddressed, assault of the marine base being suicide goes unaddressed, the massive damage and ammo capacity of the guns goes unaddressed, and the ability to just yank off a hugger 30seconds after getting hugged becuase impregnation take a full minute is staying too.Siserith Vassada wrote:*fwop fwop fwop fwop bang fwop bang bang bang bang* alien larve has died. alien larve has died. alien larve has died. alien larve has died. alien larve has died. alien larve has died. etc.
Man, you and I think exactly alike. I'm absolutely disgusted that this FREE game isn't perfectly balanced and that the developers aren't currently nerfing marines into the ground. In fact, I think we need to remove all the oxygen from the Sulaco as well, breathing is OP.GGgobbleCC wrote: So marines being cloned and joining all round goes unaddressed, assault of the marine base being suicide goes unaddressed, the massive damage and ammo capacity of the guns goes unaddressed, and the ability to just yank off a hugger 30seconds after getting hugged becuase impregnation take a full minute is staying too.
But hey! The larva might get some AI that might, maybe, probably not stop them from being killed! Oh joy, all those larva no one was going to play anyway will be so much safer.(If it works)
If you read a few posts back I did indeed point out a few ways to fix the imbalance, I made that post to address that 'making larva ai' is the something that should be a bit lower on the listDisco Dalek wrote: Man, you and I think exactly alike. I'm absolutely disgusted that this FREE game isn't perfectly balanced and that the developers aren't currently nerfing marines into the ground. In fact, I think we need to remove all the oxygen from the Sulaco as well, breathing is OP.
In all seriousness though, you aren't making a good impression by joining the forums and immediately complaining about imbalance. We all know the game isn't perfect and likely never will be. If you have an idea on how to balance things out, make a suggestion and it could change the game for the better.
Ah, my apologies. I read those suggestions a few days back and they slipped my mind when I was writing this. However, I'd like to point out that many of these suggestions, even on their own, would cause a complete reversal of the situation we're currently in. I'm not sure how long you've been playing for, but before the gun buff, aliens seemed like unstoppable tanks that would cut down small groups of marines on their own. You could pump them full of holes and they'd just keep coming.GGgobbleCC wrote: If you read a few posts back I did indeed point out a few ways to fix the imbalance, I made that post to address that 'making larva ai' is the something that should be a bit lower on the list
The real issue is that due to damage being increased and breaching being prohibited, the sulaco is an excellent place to fight from and win. Any strategy that ends with 30 marines to camp the dropship landing pad is going to be successful. Xeno team will be wiped or crippled even if they do survive.Disco Dalek wrote: Ah, my apologies. I read those suggestions a few days back and they slipped my mind when I was writing this. However, I'd like to point out that many of these suggestions, even on their own, would cause a complete reversal of the situation we're currently in. I'm not sure how long you've been playing for, but before the gun buff, aliens seemed like unstoppable tanks that would cut down small groups of marines on their own. You could pump them full of holes and they'd just keep coming.
Altering bursting, cloning, etc, would be a very hard nerf to marines and would likely result in much smaller server populations. Space walking is out of the question because it involves that which shall not be named (aka breaching). However, I'd be fine with some form of number five and eight. I understand it may seem I'm completely biased towards marines (especially since I'm a marine only player), but balance means we need to keep things fair for both sides. Aliens don't enjoy watching hosts, marines don't enjoy being stuck in a nest. Aliens don't like high bullet damage, marines don't like being tackled/hugged the second an alien gets within five feet of them. Finding something we can compromise on is no easy task.
