Pheromones?

[Shinigami]

is this Xenotech even worth using? because the way it's worded it sounds like a debuff for your squad

[Kedryn]

It takes 10% longer for them to detect you.

The "increases the time it takes" seems to confuse a lot of people causing them to translate it as "increases the speed of". But if it takes 20 seconds, it will take 22 seconds with pheromones.

[Deepeye]

Slightly easier to snipe with Recon (sniper) or more time to hide squad.

[Shinigami]

they should definitely reword it then

[vvrcic1]

agreed 100%

[ipx1]

have to disagree, aliens detect me faster when using it....and really not worth using.

[DessIntress]

Originally posted by ipx1:

have to disagree, aliens detect me faster when using it....and really not worth using.

That's a lie or you can't use a counter app. If it's 5 secs, it will be 5.5 seconds. You don't get 10 extra seconds or something like this. It's 10% of the default value.

It is clearly stated there.
"Increase the detection time of the squad by Xenomorphs by 10%"
Time until detection. Detection time....
You and your squad don't detect anything time-based at all. The only ones who discover/detect anything here are the Xenos. The player and their squad are surrounded by a fog of war - meaning you can spot enemies immediately when the fog is gone - the enemies not.
So if you keep it in context, it's quite easy to understand. And since this is increased, in other words extended, there is 10% more time until you are discovered by Xenos. It's really not rocket science.

[ipx1]

if you want to start insulting that's up to you but it doesn't make you right.

[DessIntress]

Originally posted by ipx1:

if you want to start insulting that's up to you but it doesn't make you right.

Insulting? Oh oh oh... Stay at the facts and everything is fine. Instead, I even tried to explain all the crap. Maybe you should take a look around the forum and see what it looks like when someone becomes insulting.

What is stated above is a logical conclusion when you consider the facts. (We humans are not good at counting milliseconds, so you have to stop it, either via a counter/stopwatch app or with a classic stopwatch)

[Paladestar]

The only Xenotech that is a debuff is the pheromone mines.

[DessIntress]

Why do you think the phermone mines are a debuff?
After all, they lure the enemies with pheromones while you could be somewhere else. It doesn't make your squad any worse, so it's not a debuff. Just avoid to camp at such a mine.
However, it's easier and cheaper in the long run if you use the sensors to lure them. You can then place the one or other normal mine there. But that depends on the player.

[RayThor]

Pheromone mines is very situational in my opinion.

Sometimes you want to block off a doorway or corridor, and you don't want aliens that are heading in another direction to turn around and use up your block.

My best use of pheromone mines is to place more than ten of them down in the basement on the ice map so that every spawning alien will head down to it and get blown up. Giving you time to get the objective and have a clear path back again.

[FlashBurn]

Originally posted by Paladestar:

The only Xenotech that is a debuff is the pheromone mines.

This is truth 99 percent of the time. I guess its how you use them but you only get attract everything or only if they go on the path that is a danger to you cause its your fearless rear guard and you only want it tripped if they go that way. Never use this one just on how I use mines.