Long range _ short range tactics

[Lord Baxter]

i have lost count of the amount of times i have underestimated an undefended human base and paid the price for it. i may not be a good alien but a well desinged base serves a psychological and physical defence. it stop aliens rushing in and killing you and it allows you to breathe more easily when inside. no amount of players can defend against a rant rush, it is a combination of the two that wins games. i believe it is the fact that aliens can come and go as they please thats makes people despise deconners so

[jr2]

I, for one, don't like the title 'deconner'... no sane player just decons stuff... they have the intention of moving it to a better place.  To do that correctly, however (read: before aliens eat you alive), you need a partner with a cons kit, and (if the move is a ways away) one or two guards to keep you from being lunch.  Communication comes in handy in these situations.  I don't know why anyone would call me a deconner; I only decon when
a) someone tells me to, and I know where they're going with it
b) it's only a small part of the base (ie, one turret at a time moving from point a to point b)
c) someone else has already started the base fresh somewhere else, and the rest of the equipment is sitting with the "no power" signs above them... then I decon them all, except for the telenodes, I save them for last, because they still work w/out power.  (I might d/c all except for 2 of them...)

[Survivor]

Nasty mistake there. If the power is done, and the new base has just 1 node up decon the old nodes first. They're defenceless and can become feeding points for the alien team.

[jr2]

Ah, good point... maybe I should stop listening to certain teammates...  :roll:
"Don't decon the teles, we can still use those"
Heh; next time I'll point that out to them.  Thx.

[Foobicam]

If you are playing against people who rely on bashing down defences before the base then yes a "defensive line" tactic will work. However try that against me and I'll finish the game in under 5 minutes.

That's an important point.  When learning how not to be a feeding noob alien, it's natural to go with a slash and retreat tactic against the outer defenses.   That's fine for staying alive and building up evos, but it won't get a quick win.  Jumping over the  turrets with kamikaze maras doing as much damage as possible to the arm and RC is the way to win, but it requires teamwork.  There are few things more frustrating than smoking the RC and then having no one follow in to finish it off.

[A Minotaur]

here are the problems of having an effective base
1. bp (nuff said)     vs        
2. alien players skills  
3.having bad human players(feeding, bad builders, bad aim that harms turrets) vs      
4. all games like this are built to have a flaw or two in the bases so they can be destroyed and causes the game to be somewhat fair

to solve these
1. go to higher bp server                                        
2. be a defender and study their base attack patterns
3. teach the nublets   +      
4. cant do anything unless you make your own fps

[holyknight]

just get some human meatshields and block the path randomly shooting their rifles.