How to alien?

[Pat Fenis]

Let me get this straight. I need an emp to turn off lights, and then precision spit on any flares, then I can try to do damage? Before they light another flare? Seems not enough energy to do all this, unless I get max cap then I can use it all on one emp and one spit and have nothing left.

Someone told me on my third game that the scream makes them drop items, maybe that should be in the description of the power? Can't scream and turn off the lights though. Seems aliens need to gangbang, but if the humans team up it feels impossible. What is the cap on flares?

[Navhkrin]

Cap on flares is as must as you can carry, which is like 20-30 flares

[Pat Fenis]

Seems like every asym that has come before. New and poorly equipped humans are very easy pickings, ones that know how to play and bring the right tools are impossible to beat.

[Warmanreaper]

Originally posted by Pat Fenis:

Seems like every asym that has come before. New and poorly equipped humans are very easy pickings, ones that know how to play and bring the right tools are impossible to beat.

Other asyms are based on pvp.. this one is based on survival. You can kill survs because resources are limited, you just need to know how. (ive seen some gross coordination too..)

[Pat Fenis]

It's not about survival for the aliens. The game scores you poorly when humans escape.

2 guys camp the elevator. Lights are on. They both have seemingly unlimited flares. How do you take them down?

I had this situation just now. I even had a hanging wire nearish around a corner. Emp the lights, spit on a flare, recharge and scream and go in swinging. Nope. Another flare. Die.

[Navhkrin]

Originally posted by Pat Fenis:

It's not about survival for the aliens. The game scores you poorly when humans escape.

2 guys camp the elevator. Lights are on. They both have seemingly unlimited flares. How do you take them down?

I had this situation just now. I even had a hanging wire nearish around a corner. Emp the lights, spit on a flare, recharge and scream and go in swinging. Nope. Another flare. Die.

Only way to handle such situations is with a friend alien that plays with you. Otherwise grouped humans are invincible as they can fully counter every alien move

[Meludan]

Originally posted by Navhkrin:

Only way to handle such situations is with a friend alien that plays with you. Otherwise grouped humans are invincible as they can fully counter every alien move

Even if you play and coordinate Alien with a friend they will wreck you. There is no counter at all vs the flare spam and with the nerfs the Alien is even more shredded.
With the later equipement the Mercs can even hunt you down and kill you as Alien over and over. This is absolutely countering the intended game idea in my opinion.
This need to be adressed as soon as possible otherwise this game will not succeed at all because noone will even think about playing the free kill Alien.

[mrprogamer96]

My big problem is that the aliens seems to lack navigation tools, scan and there vision that shows where tunnels/eggs can only go so far if I don't know how to path there.

[BarxBaron]

They also made lights nearly eternal now. EMP costs way too much considering it only affects map lights when people can bring 300 two minute long flares that insta gib any alien.

You'd think extra light makes you easy pickings for other humans but no, because you are in a group, you just bully any smaller groups you come across.

I also think its hilarious that alien vision doesn't work in vents where you are supposed to have map advantage.

[I'm inside your home]

if no flare, have fun, if flare, uhhh do nothing, wait on energy, still do nothing? games pretty bad

[xice666-TV]

I have fun filling the map with traps :)

[Trolly]

Hmm....if the alien suck, become the alien ? Happy hunt :)

[[MNI] Kisune]

All in all from what i saw in my limitet gametime
sure you cant go in and kill any Human but forcing them to constantly pop flares allone can already be quite a drain on resources
Then have a second alien join in and while you cant kill the humans directly they are not realy able to do much (you put them on quite a short timer)
Now i likely did not encounter any end game 3 man teams but besides that it does feel like Aliens can be a Major resource drain.
If you have Problems with a 3 man Group make sure not to engage the smaller group stumbling upon them.
sure might be one free kill but having him be an additional res drain is more usefull and you can still kill him of after

[Trolly]

Originally posted by MNI Kisune:

but having him be an additional res drain is more usefull and you can still kill him of after

lol

[BarxBaron]

I think there needs to be more ways to gain energy besides the sparse eggs....like being within a certain distance of humans giving a passive nrg boost etc.

[CryonicSuspension]

Aliens usually wait until the generator goes off... then you basically own the place.