Name Changed For The Worst =/

[Torque2k7]

For NS I decided to change my name to Torrasque b/c it was similar and was an Ultralisk reference ^_^.  Suddenly I was being called "Terose" "Togrsa" and various forms of crap on the mike.  So, back to Torque it is. Ppl need to be able to say your name =P

Phe4r teh fade skillz

[BobTheJanitor]

Phe4r teh fade skillz

I do, and his name is Civilian. If ye wish to challenge the title of Deadliest Fade, ye hast a mighty uphill battle before ye!

[Uranium - 235]

Hey, I'm not that bad :p One game I did beat him in kills (yes, we were both fades)

[Dark]

lol no one can beat civ's fade skills he is one hell of a deadly fade

god  :help:  the person who thinks he's better than a civilian

[lolfighter]

Anything wrong with being ambitious? Last I played (which admittedly will soon be two months ago), he was a great Fade, but nowhere near Godlike. There's still room for improvement, and as long as that's the case, the possibility of someone surpassing him is there as well. Those who give up? They're the losers.

[Venmoch]

My nick is still pronounced wrong.

Its Ven-mock not Ven-mooch

[lolfighter]

Ven-mawch. For-ever. Don't deny it, you know I'm right.

[sonic]

if you took civ's scripts away i bet he would be crap    :p

[BobTheJanitor]

mp_blockscripts 1  

Although from what I recall of the 'post your keyboard config' thread, he's got it all set up so that he switches slots by buttons, without any scripting. I've started using something similar and it does help a good deal in playing aliens.

It'd be nice if one day flayra admitted that there's no reason for people to be playing in such a silly way and just hard-coded in buttons for leap, blink, etc. Consider that a simple blink in, swipe, blink out requires SIX button presses. Geesh. (unless you wanna use the laughably lagged lastinv)

[Venmoch]

Ven-mawch. For-ever.

Its acceptable and its better than Mooch anyday. :p

[Sancho]

If he fixed +lastweapon, I would be the happiest person ever.

FYI, I use lastweapon all the time, even though its buggy.  Works ok, but it really sucks when you leap, +lastweapon, bite, +lastweapon, leap (energy goes down, but skulk doesn't leap), ..., leap again (not enough energy...dead)

I need to start using new binds.

EDIT:  Wee, I changed mouse2 to slot1, q to slot2, r to slot3, and z to slot4.  Feels good so far, only I don't know what to bind the popupmenu to.  Also, I don't know what to do with the mouse wheel now  :huh:

Also, I've had the popupmenu bound to mouse2 my whole NS career, but now that I've changed it to a different key, it works a bit different.  Before I could simply click mouse2 once, navigate through the menu, and click mouse1 on what I want.  Now I must hold DOWN the key and navigate the menu.  This is a pain in the arse.  Anyone know how to fix it?

[Lightning Blue]

Next time PLEASE contact an admin to change your name instead of creating a new account. Thanks.

[BobTheJanitor]

Well since this has turned into key configs instead of the silly name change thing, I'll just continue the trend.

Sancho: I've started using all mouse buttons for weapon switching. Since I have a five button mouse, it works out okay. m1 is attack, of course, then on the left m4 is slot one, m2 is slot two, and m5 is slot 3. It seems odd when you list the number, but it works in my head since the slots go from the left of the mouse to the right. Then mouse 3 (on the wheel) is what I use for the popup menu. And the mwheel is still bound to switch weapons. I should probably change that actually, as it's totally useless now and only tends to accidentally switch my weapon when I don't want it to. This has helped a lot with leap biting and blink swiping. Even onos is easier with stomp devours and such. Of course, I still have to use the 4 on the keyboard to select slot four weapons, but how often have you needed to switch to xeno, ar, web, primal, or charge in a crunch? Exactly. If they ever fix third hive abilities I'll be happy to find a way to adjust to it.

[a civilian]

If he fixed +lastweapon, I would be the happiest person ever.

FYI, I use lastweapon all the time, even though its buggy.  Works ok, but it really sucks when you leap, +lastweapon, bite, +lastweapon, leap (energy goes down, but skulk doesn't leap), ..., leap again (not enough energy...dead)

Several lastinv scripts have been posted on the NS Forums.  This is a basic one, and this and this have some additional features.

Also, I've had the popupmenu bound to mouse2 my whole NS career, but now that I've changed it to a different key, it works a bit different.  Before I could simply click mouse2 once, navigate through the menu, and click mouse1 on what I want.  Now I must hold DOWN the key and navigate the menu.  This is a pain in the arse.  Anyone know how to fix it?

[edit]
Perhaps I should read more closely.

Anyway, try increasing the value of cl_quickselecttime.  If that doesn't work, I could write a simple script for that purpose.
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In reply to some of the other posters, I've seen Fades who are far better than myself.

[Venmoch]

I just play marine....

But because I use the arrow keys I have NUMPAD 1, 2, 3 and 4 bound to the weapon slots......

[Diablus]

yes civil is god at fade, but theres still hope for u yet, i somewhat am feared as onos because its the only class im actually "skilled" with (but then again, whats so skilled being a giant spacecow eating every marine u see?) besides me stopping a few 6-7 marine HA rushes :p , open "feared class by all for alien slots" are still up for onos, lerk, skulks and gorge

[BobTheJanitor]

I freely admit to no skill with the lerk. I can be a great support lerk and alternately spore and umbra MS all day while the onos smash it while also not BLOCKING them in the doorways. But if I ever go in for a bite, I always get shot down in seconds.

I have some great skulk days, I must admit. If the skulk had better health and armor it could easily be the best class in NS. Of course, then it couldn't be a free alien. = (

Also, I've got some good fade skillz myself, but I still don't have anything to compete with the greats. And every time I think I'm starting to get it finally, I always fade and blink into one guy with an HMG who somehow mows me down before I get a kill. Then I get so peeved that I don't fade for a while.

[SaltzBad]

Support is what the ns_ lerk is mostly for (as opposed to co_ where its just plain easy). Also when you do go in for bites, try to make it so you won't have to do more than 2 unless you can handle the knockback well - it'll slow you down, drop you out of glide etc.

And probably most important is to not waste too much energy when fleeing. Trying to keep the same 2-flap-and-glide rythm as if you were just going down a hallway when zipping away from a group of shottys is vital, or you'll start dropping out of the sky without adren at the next little accident (say, you run into a rine and loose your speed - or a slow-opening door. Anything can happen in those tight corridors of ns_).

But you probably know that anyway. And who am I to talk, I'm usually the Lerk that ends up without energy after biting that L3 LA a bunch of times, and he pistols me to death

[Torque2k7]

Didn't say i was the deadliest.  By far, I probably am not.  But I'm competent enough to pick off marines 1 by 1 :p

Fade reminds me of the predalien in AVP2.....

[Loke The Sleek Peruvian]

<whisper>If you want to have something a civ doesnt have, be sleek.</whisper>