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Title: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: The Crazie Coward on December 03, 2007, 12:39:23 am
It is recent that more and more nooby builders with crappy bases are occuring nowadays, so i was wondering if it does bother you.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Caveman on December 03, 2007, 03:21:44 am
If it bothers anyone, then that one should either !denybuild, !designate or build himself.

Anyhows, this poll should have been here, before you had the glorious idea about the certified builders :)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: player1 on December 03, 2007, 06:29:34 am
U said "do do".

:Hrm: Certifiedtm Builders, huh?

:Hrm:
:o ??? ::) :-\ :P
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: tuple on December 03, 2007, 12:35:13 pm
It is recent that more and more nooby builders with crappy bases are occuring nowadays, so i was wondering if it does bother you.

Its not recent, and its not new.  I think this means that you are no longer a crappy builder, and are finally capable of seeing the immense flood of crappy builders surrounding you.  ;D
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: KnightofNi on December 03, 2007, 04:50:45 pm
It is recent that more and more nooby builders with crappy bases are occuring nowadays, so i was wondering if it does bother you.

Everyone's a noob at some point. The best thing to do is just show them how to make a better base, so they won't do it again.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Caveman on December 03, 2007, 05:00:48 pm
Agreed. But that is not the issue here.
This thread is about noob builders and if they could not learn by watching...
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: KnightofNi on December 03, 2007, 05:06:47 pm
Agreed. But that is not the issue here.
This thread is about noob builders and if they could not learn by watching...

Well, I usually want to get building ASAP, and it's a bit useless just to hang around as a granger/builder and do nothing (Unless you're a hovel camper like me ;) ). Noobs usually don't think that they're making $h!t bases, and so they don't think they need to observe other builders. Usually they get kicked as soon as they lay down their first acid tibe/turret. Just telling them to "watch and learn" usually does the trick. If that doesn't work, kick 'em ;) .
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Caveman on December 03, 2007, 05:12:27 pm
dooooh

I thought it pretty much obvious that newb should not hang in a base with a useless ckit if they don't know howto. Also kicking someone just because he placed ONE support building wrong?

Shit man, where are you from? Russia?
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: KnightofNi on December 03, 2007, 05:22:13 pm
Also kicking someone just because he placed ONE support building wrong?

Shit man, where are you from? Russia?

Ever heard of a joke?  ::)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Caveman on December 03, 2007, 05:40:23 pm
Yap, but with the intro of your clan and the aim to piss others off, I strongly doubt that you were making a joke.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: KnightofNi on December 03, 2007, 05:44:19 pm
Yap, but with the intro of your clan and the aim to piss others off, I strongly doubt that you were making a joke.

Do you have trouble understanding English? Joke. J-o-k-e.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Caveman on December 03, 2007, 06:01:24 pm
Naaa, I don't have this problem.
I just don't believe everything someone writes, especially with such an introduction you gave :)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: KnightofNi on December 03, 2007, 06:05:49 pm
Naaa, I don't have this problem.
I just don't believe everything someone writes, especially with such an introduction you gave :)

Well, you're certainly giving me a good first impression  ::) . Are you trying to start a fight?
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Samurai.mac on December 03, 2007, 06:17:58 pm
Shit man, where are you from? Russia?

Wow, he's racist too! You've really not got much going for you now, Caveman.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Caveman on December 03, 2007, 06:26:44 pm
*sigh*
Samurai...

"In Russia all your bases are belong to us..."

Bad joke, yes. But joke for joke ;P
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: jr2 on December 03, 2007, 06:48:47 pm
Communication in most trem games is mostly non-existent.  You either stay in your corner out of the way and hope to get it right, or hope to learn by yourself.  There's a few who help out, but even more who'd rather just kick the newbs and continue their 1337 game.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Dracone on December 04, 2007, 03:54:18 am
I don't mind bases that are nooby really, only when bad decons occur. However, I will often get in some helpful remarks to those builders.

When I do mind nooby builders, it's when I'm trying to build. Funny story (WARNING: MEAN STUFF AHEAD):

I was at Dretch*Tsunami, building away. About three others spawn as builders suddenly. After they start building horribly, I calmly tell them to not build, because I had it under control. Two of them listen. The other continues to build. I had used up a denybuild vote on a builder earlier. Now some other guy helps and tries. It fails. So, I tell the guy to stop building again. He doesn't listen. Then the others spawn as builders, AGAIN. I begin something that substitutes as "fun." I swap out my c-kit and start shotgunning anyone who spawns as builder and builds a dumb structure, in the face. Well after a while I had -8 or so, and a prettier base. The dude who kept up the noobishness the most was "WTF"ing at this point, and when he built another noob turret, I ran him through with a saw. He called a vote, and apparently that -9 didn't look so good.

Moral 1: Ask and ask and ask until they stop. (??????? ??? ??????????  ???)

Moral 2: Make sure that, when you're building at a totally public server, denybuild is a vote and you can vote multiple times.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: jr2 on December 04, 2007, 07:31:08 am
Hmm.  That reminds me.  I have no clue why, but I was guarding the main entryway inside of the human base on ATCS; I was on that little ramp between the ramps for the two sides (human base on the right, hall entrance on the left, I'm in the middle).  I had a Lucy cannon and was aiming a discouraging mixture of spam and minimal charged Lucy shots for the Rants and A Goons to listen to (and hopefully net myself a few dretches on the way).  Every once in a while they'd come barreling in, but this was during a lull.  This numbskull nekked rifleman comes up to the base-side ramp, and starts shooting me.  Got me down to around 60 health and got a little mad.  Got the Lucy nice and warm, swung sideways, and let him have it in the face.  Now, I really shouldn't have, but I felt quite a lot better after that.  :/  Oh, and he did something else n00bish a minute later, and they started a vote and kicked him.  XD  Which is probably what I should have done.  But I didn't want him to kill me while I looked for his name in the Vote menu... hopefully that was my primary reason.  ;D
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Shadow-Majestic on December 04, 2007, 09:10:40 am
if people whine against the 'noob' builders for building retarded

they should have build themselves and not let anyone else do it.. lose and then whine... thats more noob then building 5 DPC's instead of turrets >.>

everyone was noob, i doubt anyones first base could withstand thesame rush as those 'noob' builders had


people should stop showing so much hatred to noobs and newbies

if you like it or not... you where one too.. and you... EVERYONE started noob/newbie
noone installed the game, joined a server and became instant pro...

instead of flaming/whining people should try and TEACH them how to build (or how not to feed) w ithout ruining the game for them too! (since thats what whiners/flamers do.. they got there game ruined so they ruin the games of others while they prolly had fun)

its more fun when those 'noobs' get teached and get skills so they can be a decent oponent aswell :)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: The Crazie Coward on December 04, 2007, 02:32:16 pm
I do teach! but some noobs...or say NEARLY all noobs won't listen! They always think THEY are always the pro, THEY would not even listen to my basic advice.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Shadow-Majestic on December 04, 2007, 02:41:49 pm
I do teach! but some noobs...or say NEARLY all noobs won't listen! They always think THEY are always the pro, THEY would not even listen to my basic advice.
so? let them
if there stubborn they'll learn eventually :P and otherwise they stop playing trem and move to another game to be annoying
people in trem get fed up with noobs and sortlike to easily :)
its a game people... there always noobs, assholes and just the average joke playing... what ya gonna do about it? just play the game eh :)

and if i see a dude building retarded.. take over building the base for a second... not everyone even understand english (allot dont even bother reading or writing english)
you cannot blaim builders for getting raped by rants while at s1 or far away from s3
builder didnt feed :p he was ... in base :p
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Matt2k10 on December 05, 2007, 02:30:54 am
I regret to say I'm pretty bitchy to noob builders. Sometimes I help them, though I need to do it more. What pisses me off is when they don't listen/don't speak english!
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: The Crazie Coward on December 05, 2007, 11:10:55 am
Matt2k10......you seems kind.....are you in any guild? If you aint.... you could probably meet me at SST Tremulous Server to show your skills or post me some pictures of your built bases....and ill consider you in my Guild.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Shadowgandor on December 05, 2007, 08:35:21 pm
i do not care at all. Why? I don't mind losing. I'm just glad that someone builds, so that i don't have to do it.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: The Crazie Coward on December 06, 2007, 06:37:40 am
Although they are noob builders......its the most difficult just to ingnore thieir stupid builds......and sometimes i go bonkers and folo wad they do....feels much more better.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: liq3 on December 21, 2007, 07:09:04 pm
if people whine against the 'noob' builders for building retarded

they should have build themselves and not let anyone else do it.. lose and then whine... thats more noob then building 5 DPC's instead of turrets >.>

everyone was noob, i doubt anyones first base could withstand thesame rush as those 'noob' builders had


people should stop showing so much hatred to noobs and newbies

if you like it or not... you where one too.. and you... EVERYONE started noob/newbie
noone installed the game, joined a server and became instant pro...

instead of flaming/whining people should try and TEACH them how to build (or how not to feed) w ithout ruining the game for them too! (since thats what whiners/flamers do.. they got there game ruined so they ruin the games of others while they prolly had fun)

its more fun when those 'noobs' get teached and get skills so they can be a decent oponent aswell :)
I whine about and try to vote kick n00bs. N00bs! not newbs...see, newbs listen, n00bs usually dont even reply.

(http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20060823.jpg)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: smartalco on December 28, 2007, 04:24:54 am
I regret to say I'm pretty bitchy to noob builders. Sometimes I help them, though I need to do it more. What pisses me off is when they don't listen/don't speak english!
i think i prefer Dracone's solution of shotgun to the face, sounds more fun, even if it does lead to a kick :P
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: jr2 on December 28, 2007, 09:11:35 am
Fully charged Luci to the face!  Overkill FTW!!
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: your face on December 30, 2007, 02:59:33 am
i dont mind it... but sometimes it drives my crazy when i see trappers on the ground and boosters in the enemy baes... just me tho... xD
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sanity on December 30, 2007, 10:33:55 pm
Defiantly noob human builds, even more so when you building and they decon your stuff and build in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Revan on January 04, 2008, 02:39:39 pm
i dont mind it... but sometimes it drives my crazy when i see trappers on the ground and boosters in the enemy baes... just me tho... xD

+1 for the floor trappers -- or the ones on the wall above the door

a booster in the enemy base, doesn't sound bad if they cant get it (or are too interested in random dumbness)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Owl on January 04, 2008, 06:16:35 pm
Ah, team-killing unresponsive and arrogant builders. It might seem wrong, but it feels so right.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Revan on January 07, 2008, 02:40:21 pm
Ah, team-killing unresponsive and arrogant builders. It might seem wrong, but it feels so right.

ah.. yes, (this isn't the same thing but is related) If I see an idiot psawing the base (when I am hummie) I tk him FAST.
Needless to say I think the occasional tk does have its uses
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Samurai.mac on January 07, 2008, 02:59:05 pm
Now here's a good one for you: Humans building in the center base on ATCS. It may seem like an invincible fortress, but it reality it's just a death trap waiting to happen. All the vital structures get piled in one side; reactor at the back, armoury and medistation to one side, spawns in front of the reactor. Then there's a huge pile of turrets in front doing nothing but blocking access into and out of the base.
The aliens begin relocating eggs and a booster onto the top of the base, and place defenses around the entrance. There's now no need for the Aliens to defend at all, since the humans can't leave their base, so the remaining build points go to acid tubes and trappers around the entrance. I've even seen a hive used to attack anyone who tried to flee back inside, killing them while they healed.
The humans can't attack, so aliens (especially dretches, who hang onto the wall above the entrance) pick off anyone caught in the barricade of defenses and work their way up to Stage 3, at which point tyrants rush into the base, take down as many turrets as they can, respawn above, evolve and jump in again. Eventually the explosions from the first few turrets destroy the ones behind, leaving the base completely open to attack.
It is possible, although very difficult, to combine grenades and lucifer cannon splash damage to destroy some of the alien structures, but it requires practically the whole team to do this constantly for several minutes, during which time large aliens, or aliens with poison jump on them and prevent them from refilling their weapons.

And the worst thing? This all starts when someone says, "hey guys, I'm moving everything to the middle base because it's closer to the aliens!" :-\
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: jr2 on January 07, 2008, 08:41:39 pm
Heh.. I've seen a human base on top of the center bunker in ATCS work before... apparently there is a place to put the RC where it is only snipeable from a few locations, which can then be guarded.  I think it's in the corner of the top...hmm.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Valour250 on February 29, 2008, 04:27:11 am
noob builders do bother me if its a serious game but all of us were noob builders sometimes, i remember when i 1st built it didnt really help the other guy going ur a fucken noob stop building..... i think tolerence is due as well as advice and encouragement...

if they dont listen 2 u then u can fucken rage and get there gay areses kicked!!!!
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: blood2.0 on March 08, 2008, 06:59:05 am
the worst is deisnated builders
Me: why is this armory here? i cant back into my base!
sell lcannon buy akit this building is being maintained by A TOSTER. 
Me:Hey toaster decon this armory.
Me:now!
Me:now
Me:now
Me:now
Flooding wait 4 seconds before speeking again.
/callvote denybuild A TOASTER!!!
yes 5 no 1
vote passed
armory deconstructed by me
telinode built by kangaroo
there are no build points remaining
Me: can i get an armory
Me: anyone?
Me:armory!!!!!!!!!!
Me:armory
Me:armory
Me:armory

this structure is being maintained by a kangaroo
this structure is being maintained by a kangaroo
this structure is being maintained by a kangaroo
this structure is being maintained by a kangaroo
this structure is being maintained by a kangaroo
this structure is being maintained by a kangaroo
/callvote denybuildbuild kangaroo
you have already called the max number of votes 1
kangaroo blasted by teammait me
telinode deconstucted by Me
armory being built by me
armory deconstructed by kangaroo
Me: kick this guy he keeps deconing armory
telinode built by kangaroo
Me:OMG!!!!!!!!!!
kangaroo was blasted by teammate Me
armory being built by Me
finally buy psaw
armory deconstructed by kangaroo
kangaroo was sawed by teammate Me
kangaroo was sawed by teammate Me
YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED FOR TKING
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sakura-chan/Tsunade on March 09, 2008, 12:43:18 am
(*sign* Humans building on top of bunker on atcs=yay death awaits^^
Its funny but one of the builders building on top there said
:This is the best  base, it can hold of rants he also said we won before.:P
Its sad because they won against noobs but me and a player called name destroyed their base in like 6 min
1st and 4 min building  base on top of atcs bunker and another 2 min more BASE DEAD).

 I rly don't like noob builders even if its not a serious game :p  instead i'm always the builder for the team(i usually say "pls don't build i build only pls).
I like being kind to noob builders but when there is 20 over players and 5 or 6 noob builders i tend to uhh well TK them,^,^ and i usually never got kicked(i either TK them and let my other teammates Teambled them when they miss ^^, so it not all my FAULT but theirs ^,^).
(Tip:  if you hate noob builders build your own base,Like me ^^). ;)

Designating building should be off because,  lets say the designator designate the armory in FRONT of ALEIN base and teammembers can't decon it because the noob desiginator disconnected, etc etc.

I don't like bases like this :alien base :
 :overmind: :booster:   :barricade: :barricade::acidtube: :acidtube: :hovel:  :trapper: :trapper: :egg: :hive:
 >:(
Human base:
 :tesla: :reactor: :turret: :defcomp:  :telenode: :telenode:  :medstat: :armoury:  :turret: :tesla:
 >:(

Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Despairation on March 09, 2008, 01:22:44 am
Designate is decided whether to be on or off by the server owner.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Taiyo.uk on March 09, 2008, 10:57:15 am
Tell them politely, explain why -> tell them rudely -> !denybuild -> !kick -> !ban
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Glunnator on March 09, 2008, 01:45:28 pm
Tell them politely, explain why -> tell them rudely -> !denybuild -> !kick -> !ban
This Sir speaks the truth...alot

When noobs don't listen, raise your voice a notch.
When newbs don't listen, they'll know when to stop.
Which is usually as soon as you raise to the first notch.
If not before.

P.S: Hai Taiyo! =D
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: MeatWad on March 09, 2008, 04:19:51 pm

As has been said, new builders don't bother me. Heck, i'm still learning. It's when they do stupid stuff and don't listen to you politely trying to correct them that bothers me.

Before I started building on trem, I read through the forums and the manual and got as much information as I could, then I created a local server and experimented with different setups on ATCS to see what worked and what didn't. I don't expect new builders to do all this, but you would think they would at least read the manual and some advice on the forums, or at the VERY least listen to someone who's been playing a while.

Now that being said, what bothers me just as much are people that *THINK* they know everything coming on and start rearranging stuff while calling *ME* a noob.

I build mostly for aliens and after I build my base I like to hang out for a while and watch how certain placements work (or don't work). Recently I had a guy come on after I had built my base and he started deconning stuff and ridiculing some of my placements saying stuff like "that trapper doesn't work there, that's a stupid place for it", etc. When the particular trapper he was talking about was one that, while easily destroyed, most humans miss and i've watched them get stuck in it again and again while desperately trying to figure out where the heck the trappers is. He then proceeded to use the BP from that deconned trapper to build an acid tube on the ceiling, and later built a hive on the ceiling that was easily luci'd.

Sometimes builders might disagree on what's best... i think that's normal. However it really bothers me when one person decides that the other is just a noob who doesn't know anything because they don't agree with how they place things.

Voting doesn't really work well either to be honest. Case in point, he called a vote to revoke my designation (after which he deconned my trapper to build the ceiling tube), which passed. An admin watching all this called a vote to revoke the other builder's designation, which passed. Then the admin said "wow... you guys will vote yes on everything", and called a vote to revoke unnamed player's designation (who wasn't even building) which... surprise surprise... passed.

Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Despairation on March 09, 2008, 04:50:17 pm
I had this one guy who just couldn't resist building in the middle of atcs. No matter what team he was on, he built in the middle.

At the beginning, when he was s1 aliens, he put an egg on either side of the bunker, and then acid tubes at the entrance. At s2, he moved them to the ceiling. Humans won.

Then he was humans. He waited till s2, then built a repeater in the bunker and put turrets at the front of the side he put the repeater on. Then deconned the reactor and put it right next to the repeater. While the reactor was down, aliens won. After that Dracone kicked him (this was at AA server).

Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Revan on March 10, 2008, 03:45:58 pm
The other day for the first time I saw a floor trapper work!

It was on ATCS and I came out of the tunnel to kill a Bsuit that was in our base only to see he couldn't move, all the aliens attacked him and there was the trapper!

Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sakura-chan/Tsunade on March 11, 2008, 09:28:22 am
You know floor trppers always work if you have a good spot  to place them, otherwise its useless
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: pharo212 on March 15, 2008, 04:59:40 pm
Worst noob base ever:
                                          :acidtube:      :acidtube:      :acidtube:



 :acidtube:

 
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     :barricade:     :trapper:   :overmind:     :trapper:         :trapper:      :hovel:                :hive:    :egg: :egg: :egg:        ]
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Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Shadowgandor on March 19, 2008, 04:32:00 pm
You could've explained it as well instead of using the emoticons >.>
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Harlequin on April 03, 2008, 11:54:46 am
Nowai!

1- as long as they build they can not feed  ;D
2- badly placed turrets are still better, than no turrets at all
3- it is funny to play with silly bases
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: TheLuciferSausage on April 03, 2008, 05:39:12 pm
Somebody should create a !readmanual <noobname|slot> <manualsection> that closed Tremulous and opened the manual. :D
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: N.U.K.E. on April 03, 2008, 05:59:20 pm
+1.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: New Guy on April 05, 2008, 09:59:39 pm
I´m a noob builder.... p_p
Started yesterday with learning it
anyways...

( of course limited points )
Placed some (imho) fancy turrets close to base in triangle formations and suddenly a guy appears and decons my turrets one by one and places them in a line at the entrance ( yeah jumping time )
I did nothing but watching him, because i thought "Hey... He has to be experienced with it when he knows how to decon and he is no UnnamedPlayer! Perhaps he will teach me something!!!*dragoon appears jumps over turrets and pounces me and kills rc afterwards*" ...
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Lava Croft on April 05, 2008, 11:37:33 pm
Builders who think they know how to build because they have been playing for 2 weeks, and therefore shout at you about how you are building a noob base are by far the worst.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Tucker! on April 10, 2008, 08:41:00 am
Builders who think they know how to build because they have been playing for 2 weeks, and therefore shout at you about how you are building a noob base are by far the worst.

'specially if they decon what you're in the process of building, then you wait for the build timer to go down. then you decon what they built, and they buy a shotty and tk the crap out of you. >:(
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Lava Croft on April 10, 2008, 11:12:09 am
Builders who think they know how to build because they have been playing for 2 weeks, and therefore shout at you about how you are building a noob base are by far the worst.

'specially if they decon what you're in the process of building, then you wait for the build timer to go down. then you decon what they built, and they buy a shotty and tk the crap out of you. >:(
People fucking with my build timer vex me greatly.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Bajsefar on April 10, 2008, 11:32:49 pm
People fucking with my armory walls vex me greatly.

Of course, the use of them is controversial to say the least.

But I love making ATCS bases which are not cramped in that damn corner, but still blocks alien view into the base. (of course, the reac/vital buildings part has sufficient protection to withstand some jumpers, not to mention that it is hard to jump.

I manage to somewhat extend the humans dominion over the room and make movement for aliens when attacking harder, as well as less team bleeding/blocking in and around the base better.

It's not really better for defending, but it is a lot less claustrophobical and cramped, and is somewhat better for actually pushing away the weaker alien attacks, instead of just scaring them from attacking with an intimidating wall of turrets, instead of just having them wait around the corner for easy food.

And one more thing: Adv. dragoons do not seem to be interested in sniping or destroying their (in their vision) useless armoury wall bloking their line of fire to the reactor, they instead focus fire on the non-vital turrets designed for keeping aliens further away from the base. (i usually make several "stages" of defense that the aliens needs to go through, giving me more time to rebuild turrets inside in case of hard rushes, i still try to make all the 'barricades' in line of fire to major alien attack routes, though, like the lower walkway leading up to the human base in ATCS.

So far, it has been working rather good. The base is easy to keep defended even though you loose turrets due to the closed nature of the base, bottlenecks are fine for killing off bigger aliens, or in the very least, scaring them away.

Also, the more 'calm' and screened off reactor 'room' (i keep it walled off with one, line of sight- blocking armoury.) makes it easier for the humans currently reloading/ healing up to notice the reactor jumping maras that occasionaly occur.

I always stay around to adapt/nurture/repair my base, since there is no 'ultimate base'. For emergencies, i wall into the corner, like mainstream atcs bases, but only when i have no choice.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sakura-chan/Tsunade on April 11, 2008, 02:03:08 pm
( :D For more players a super defensive base is the key in the game..
For little players a super ANTI-reactor jump base is needed.. :D )

A noob builder is a builder who dosen't chat with his/her team.. Most happen when they don't comunicate together.

 Teamwork is better then any thing  ::) :) ;D   
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Tremulant on April 11, 2008, 03:45:38 pm
I was told off for ruining an invincible human base the other day, by building turrets near the reactor and unblocking the doorways ::) Well, the only response is to switch teams and pwn the noob, nothing better than total humiliating defeat for putting an over confident builder in his place.

That said, i remember being a noob builder, to be honest i'm not terribly good even now.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sakura-chan/Tsunade on April 11, 2008, 05:10:47 pm
I got 2 of the best building techniques in atcs building.... ::) however 1 of the technique needs placing the rc in a different place.. ::) ;D
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Despairation on April 12, 2008, 01:30:39 am
Screenshots, please?
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sakura-chan/Tsunade on April 12, 2008, 02:27:22 am
Screenshots, please?

I'l try to do the screenshot next week  ;)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Tremulant on April 12, 2008, 09:10:33 pm
Best noob builder evar! Some noob by the name of Rxx decided to reset the human base on Karith to factory defaults, he set about moving the reactor out from under the platform, where it had been for probably a good hour and well defended, and back into the centre for goons to snipe and sit on, gave it a smattering of turrets and left us sans-armoury for what felt like an eternity...  ::)
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Luigi1 on April 14, 2008, 03:24:51 am
as long as it doesnt effect my gameplay to much i dont mind (like blocking a pathway with something so i cant GTFO from a charging rant   ;) )
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Ripperjack on April 14, 2008, 08:41:49 am
The people that say that builders are noob and we lost because of them anoy me.
They never try to build.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Lava Croft on April 15, 2008, 02:46:54 am
The people that say that builders are noob and we lost because of them anoy me.
They never try to build.
You know the 'best' builders are those that point at and blame the person who actually was building, while they were feeding.
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: Sakura-chan/Tsunade on April 15, 2008, 05:12:14 am
Both of us usually do that (my sis)    I rather build then fight mostly..  ;D
Title: Re: Do noob builders BOTHER you?
Post by: ChaosSquirrel on April 15, 2008, 07:58:28 pm
What bothers me most are

A. Human builders who move the base while we're under attack/ decon turrets to "Reposition" just before a rush... especially if someone shouts "INC!!!"
B. Alien builders who build a crappy ground base. At S2 or higher, the aliens should never have their entire base at one point nor rely on defenses.
C. Aliens who "defend" the base by feeding. A lucisuit against a dretchstorm wins. Always. Sure, this is impertinent, but it's the same point: Bases with weak defenders may as well have noob builders. They  usually do.