Tremulous Forum
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Blue_Leader on June 13, 2008, 04:03:29 am
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Im pretty new to tremulous and still learning about it could you guys give me any tips on how to play better i like playing humans most of the time i read the manual and a few guides but some things still seem kinda hard for me especially killing dretches with a rifle! thanks for reading
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I'd do some reading over at the Strategies & Tactics (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?board=11.0) Sub-Forum. Take everything you read there with a grain of salt until you have either seen the poster in-game, or read enough of their posts (and the responses to those posts) to know what you think of that person's opinion.
Cheers!
P.S. When using a rifle against dretches, it has often been suggested that you remember to fire in short bursts (at least until you can be sure that every bullet is hitting its intended target). Spraying wildly wastes the limited ammo you can carry, meaning you will run out, or have to return to base for more, long before you've had a chance to reach the enemy base. It was suggested to me to fire in three-round bursts. I believe the rationale was something like this: each bullet does 8 (?) damage, and a dretch has 25 health (8 damage times three well-placed shots in one well-targeted burst equals 24 damage if all three bullets make contact). Most dretches will suffer some collateral damage or crossfire, therefore dying, or run away like frightened cockroaches when the kitchen light is turned on at 2 am. Anyways, it's good practice in not being too twitchy, and makes you think more about placing your shots.
A couple of things to remember: Dretch headbites (even sometimes when it seems like they didn't drop directly down from above) do 96 damage to an unhelmeted Human head. As soon as Stage 2 starts and you have the cash - PUT A HAT ON! Remember to look up. Find a buddy, and watch his back. Leave base with a group, or with a more experienced player. Play Aliens more, to learn the nasty evil tricks of the dretches. And spend one or two games just spectating the players who always kill you. Watch them from their viewpoint and learn how they did it. (Ask someone about ground headbites.)
Good luck, Tremulous is an awesome game.
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thanks for the reply ill do my best to follow the information you gave me
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Don't listen to him, in 1.1, rifle does 5 dmg, it takes 5 shots to kill a dretch. :)
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Try to join a server with a ping under 100, if possible.
If it's much higher, you are going to have to start to lead your targets.
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I also have a question for my friends as I do not recall. How big is the download of tremulous? Thanks! :)
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About 100MB for the default installation.
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another thing that helps is use the w,a,s,d keys instead of the arrow key that will make dodging a lot easier because you will have easy access to the space bar and you can move sideways
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Don't listen to him, in 1.1, rifle does 5 dmg, it takes 5 shots to kill a dretch. :)
my bad
RIFLE
damage: 5
repeat: 90
dps: 55 1/2
reload: 2000ms
clip: 30
spread: 200
empties clip: 2.7 sec
5 round bursts, then...
anyway, don't just spray and pray
you'll die
(thanks mooseberry, it's been a long week)
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another thing that helps is use the w,a,s,d keys instead of the arrow key that will make dodging a lot easier because you will have easy access to the space bar and you can move sideways
I use the mouse, but hey, that's a matter of preference.
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thanks for the replys guys :D