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Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: Ninja on April 01, 2006, 10:39:28 pm

I was playing Transit just now, on the alien team...the entire human team was airborne, and we couldn't do anything to them, the only place where we stood a chance was in our base where the ceiling was low enough for us to jump on them, but anywhere else in the map, we were totally getting owned from the air without being able to do anything about it. Does anyone know a good tactic against jetpacks? It's getting kinda annoying :lol:

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: Moofed on April 01, 2006, 10:49:31 pm

Don't play flawed maps like transit?  Once people learn that its design is bad it will be easy to pass a nextmap vote.

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: OverFlow on April 01, 2006, 10:52:05 pm

When jetpackers are damaged they loose power, and start moving down.  So depending on their height, the aliens can do a few things.

• The adv. basilisk can gas the jet packer by dropping off a ceiling, which should poison them, and bring them down to ground level for a while.
• The adv. marauder can zap them if they fly low enough.
• The dragoon can pounce on them.
• The adv. dragoon can pounce on them and throw spit balls at them.
• Basilisk and up can destroy the reactor, which will completely turn off all the jetpacks. :)

The two dragoon options I've seen are the best...

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: Moofed on April 01, 2006, 10:58:31 pm

Hmm... hadn't thought of the basilisk gas drop.

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Basilisk and up can destroy the reactor, which will completely turn off all the jetpacks.

Why the basilisk for destroying the reactor?  Does it not get zapped?

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: OverFlow on April 01, 2006, 11:05:07 pm

Quote from: "Moofed"

Hmm... hadn't thought of the basilisk gas drop.

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Basilisk and up can destroy the reactor, which will completely turn off all the jetpacks.

Why the basilisk for destroying the reactor?  Does it not get zapped?

basilisk and up :)  Since dretches can't hurt the reactor.

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: Moofed on April 01, 2006, 11:26:22 pm

Oh, somehow I read that as "Basilisk can up and destroy the reactor, which will completely turn off all the jetpacks."   :o  :oops:

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: b0rsuk on April 06, 2006, 11:39:56 am

About transit: just ignore jetpackers and eat their base.

Title: How can aliens defeat humans with jetpacks?
Post by: [EVIL]Unknown on April 06, 2006, 01:30:22 pm

when some of my teamates are dragoons and tyrants and cant get those jetpackers i start off as an adv granger since they can spit things also at a faster rate and unlimited amounts...so i knock them all down and my friends all rush in...also build some trappers above hallways and doors on ceilings...all great ways to keep them to your hight  :D