Post by n00b alert on Mar 24, 2005 0:57:43 GMT -5
I get the feeling that I'm about as pathetic as someone who tries to double-stim their marines in SC, but what can I say, I just barely got the map there is no beginner's tips for it anywhere - quest menu barely tells you anything.
So, here goes my n00b inquiries...
So I starts out with monk freelancer on average setting for my first game. These little flamers on wolves chase me around and kill me, with their peons hackin' me to death. Rinse, and repeat. Everywhere I spawn, the whole gang shows up and jumps me about 20 seconds later. I try to wind walk away, but it doesn't last long, and the second I appear their super-advanced tracking radar pinpoints my location and they hunt me down, and I die. I think I died about 6 times before I quit and decided to try again on weak mode.
So then I do a ranger builder on weak setting and I last a bit longer, making it up to about level 20, with all my points spread between hand techniques for damage and axe for life. I'm up at the top of the map and an obelisk gets built at the bottom of the map (I imagine I should have instantly hauled ass down their or something, but I had no idea what awaited me at the obelisk, and I figured that if little piss-ants on wolves are raping me, whatever is protecting this ominous tower is going to pwn me good) So I'm just running around killing stuff, and everyone drops wood and firestones, but I can't get 2 rocks for the life of me, so I never tasted the sweet taste of my first building. Instead, I tasted the sweet horror of dying to 3 heroes at a time - blademaster, dreadlord, and lich. They would kill me, then they would kill me again, and by the time I was level 20, they were level 6, and yet by some ridiculous twist of irony they were easily raping me. I'll be damned if that curse that one of them does isn't a 100% miss, because I would just sit their and watch demoralizing words appear above my head as I tried to retaliate in vain.
So, it was essentially the same as my first attempt, except instead of 6 little Mogleys I got the super-friends trio. Either way, both times added up to death after death for me.
So, naturally, the question is: what the hell am I missing here? What painfully obvious mistake am I making? Why do I die so horribly, so quickly, and so repetitively?
How do I counter these damn packs of heroes that will not stop tormenting me, tracking me across the map no matter where I respawn, just to kill me and then gang-rape me again?! The game sounds so awesome, and looks pretty awesome, and I saw screenshots of future units somewhere in this forum, and that blew me away because I thought it was cool BEFORE I knew there were incredible custom models.
However, the frustration is incredible, let me tell you. As excited as I was reading comments on the map and seeing people talk about various awesome sounding features, my initial excitement has only been matched by my recent disappointment. I cannot make it 20 minutes without dying repeatedly and wanting to strangle a kitten in spite.
If there's a FAQ/Beginner's Guide somewhere, please direct me to it and I apologize for not looking hard enough. If there is not such a guide, is this due to the fact that nobody else is having problems except me, the medium-rare n00b chops? Am I the only person who's lives are going down faster than Monica in the oval office?
Please, someone, save me from myself so that I might enjoy this game as something more than a lesson in humility.
So, here goes my n00b inquiries...
So I starts out with monk freelancer on average setting for my first game. These little flamers on wolves chase me around and kill me, with their peons hackin' me to death. Rinse, and repeat. Everywhere I spawn, the whole gang shows up and jumps me about 20 seconds later. I try to wind walk away, but it doesn't last long, and the second I appear their super-advanced tracking radar pinpoints my location and they hunt me down, and I die. I think I died about 6 times before I quit and decided to try again on weak mode.
So then I do a ranger builder on weak setting and I last a bit longer, making it up to about level 20, with all my points spread between hand techniques for damage and axe for life. I'm up at the top of the map and an obelisk gets built at the bottom of the map (I imagine I should have instantly hauled ass down their or something, but I had no idea what awaited me at the obelisk, and I figured that if little piss-ants on wolves are raping me, whatever is protecting this ominous tower is going to pwn me good) So I'm just running around killing stuff, and everyone drops wood and firestones, but I can't get 2 rocks for the life of me, so I never tasted the sweet taste of my first building. Instead, I tasted the sweet horror of dying to 3 heroes at a time - blademaster, dreadlord, and lich. They would kill me, then they would kill me again, and by the time I was level 20, they were level 6, and yet by some ridiculous twist of irony they were easily raping me. I'll be damned if that curse that one of them does isn't a 100% miss, because I would just sit their and watch demoralizing words appear above my head as I tried to retaliate in vain.
So, it was essentially the same as my first attempt, except instead of 6 little Mogleys I got the super-friends trio. Either way, both times added up to death after death for me.
So, naturally, the question is: what the hell am I missing here? What painfully obvious mistake am I making? Why do I die so horribly, so quickly, and so repetitively?
How do I counter these damn packs of heroes that will not stop tormenting me, tracking me across the map no matter where I respawn, just to kill me and then gang-rape me again?! The game sounds so awesome, and looks pretty awesome, and I saw screenshots of future units somewhere in this forum, and that blew me away because I thought it was cool BEFORE I knew there were incredible custom models.
However, the frustration is incredible, let me tell you. As excited as I was reading comments on the map and seeing people talk about various awesome sounding features, my initial excitement has only been matched by my recent disappointment. I cannot make it 20 minutes without dying repeatedly and wanting to strangle a kitten in spite.
If there's a FAQ/Beginner's Guide somewhere, please direct me to it and I apologize for not looking hard enough. If there is not such a guide, is this due to the fact that nobody else is having problems except me, the medium-rare n00b chops? Am I the only person who's lives are going down faster than Monica in the oval office?
Please, someone, save me from myself so that I might enjoy this game as something more than a lesson in humility.