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This reminds me! Why cant we get a starcaft game that plays like NS2? Zerg vs terran!

I hope hes doing well..

I'm doing well! Never got COVID luckily. At the outset of the pandemic when I was working from home I started playing a lot of Factorio, and got addicted to that. So I haven't played much of NS2 at all since then. My fingers also started to hurt when I played FPS games, maybe the start of some form of carpal tunnel, and NS2 was particularly bad.

@@EvisNS I would love some factorio playthrough too :D

Basically free, maybe a few bucks. You should get it! The game is over 10 years old now but is still being actively developed.

I go back and watch some of my earliest videos, and I was pretty horrible. My first real video was as alien commander in a game we lost and I made so many errors. What to do?

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Those are called viewmodels, and you can disable them using a mod called NS2+. You can also enable hitsounds with that mod, just be sure to turn up the hitsound volume from the Sounds configuration tab. Nightmare created a video that discusses some of these things: ua-cam.com/video/3JikxvSEQXM/v-deo.html

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There are two different ways to get hitsounds. One way is to subscribe and activate a community mod specifically for hitsounds. These are found on the NS2 Steam Workshop page. The second way is to use the all-encompassing mod called NS2+, which has a separate tab for sounds by itself. The NS2+ mod has maybe 3 or 4 different sound types that you can switch between. The key thing, however, with both of these methods is that you're going to need to adjust the hitsound volume from the main sound options tab. I think by default the volume is set to zero, so you can't hear anything even when everything else is configured properly.

@@EvisNS TY

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Which server?

Yup! I've been traveling a lot recently, both for work and vacation, so I haven't been playing as much NS2 as before. Will be traveling again soon, so I might only have a couple videos before next year.

@@EvisNS can't blame a person for trying to make it in the world. Good luck in all your endeavors. Keep up the awesome ns2 vids

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@@StephenJamieson found him, thanks, will check him out too

Wow, you're making me blush. Glad that you picked up the game and enjoy the videos. I'll keep making them as long as there are people like you to watch them! If there's certain content you'd like to see more or less of, don't hesitate to give feedback. I can also make tutorials and the like if there's interest there. I should say that I've been playing NS for a very long time... it started with NS1 way back in 2003, so I have probably 5000 hours of gameplay in NS1 and NS2 combined. My style of play is what I would call "hyper aggressive"... I do not intend on defending anything and instead will just relentlessly attack. There are exceptions, of course, like if there's a phase gate in a crucial spot that needs some defense to save. But otherwise, I watch the map while respawning to find a place to attack and then just keep attacking. I usually prefer to go somewhere where there aren't any marines so that the team is spread out and covering as much of the map as possible. This brings me into contact with aliens a lot, and I can usually manage to get a couple kills if they aren't ganging up. But it also means I die... a lot. In many of these games I upload I might end up with the most kills, but I'll often end up with the most deaths. Sometimes by a lot. So I can't necessarily recommend this style of play for people who are new to the game. Most tutorials or guides aimed at beginners will always suggest that you should stick with your teammates and never venture out into the map by yourself. There are two main reasons for this: first, you probably won't survive many engagements alone since you're not used to shooting at things on walls and ceilings, and second, you don't know the maps well enough to know proper positioning and where you should even be going to maximize effectiveness. This is probably good advice for newcomers... but at some point you will progress to the point where you can feel confident enough to make your own decisions as to what's best for the team, without needing the commander to give you any orders. My goals are never to amass kills... my goals are always to do what's needed to secure victory, and that usually amounts to fighting the war for resources. Kills come when the aliens try to stop you.

@@EvisNS Thank you so much for the tips! I will definitely adjust my strategy. I was copying your aggressive strategy and yeah, I die most of the time. I am still learning the maps and hopefully I will graduate out of recruit servers. Continue to upload as it also helps me get in the mood to start the game up.

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LOL

Completely one sided. I don't know what the aliens were doing in the first minute of the game, but giving up the entire map was not a good strategy.

Not my thing, typically. I don't like getting stuck in the case of a beacon, and depending on someone to weld me. I think they're a liability against Onos. The way to play them effectively is very much against the way I like to play the game, so yeah... I prefer not to use them.

Exos are late game tech most games don't reach that long. Also against an alien team that puts up a fight by res biting slows the Marines commander's teching towards late game tech. So if you see Exos the games usually been a back and forth slugfest for about 20-30 minutes.

I think balance is pretty good at the moment. I don't find there to be any clear abuses on either side. The meta for aliens seems to have changed in the last couple months as more commanders are opting for crag hive first. Vampirism is very strong. I suspect the devs might tone down the effect in future releases as marines typically complain about it.

Honestly Mineshaft is one of my least favorite maps :/ It's because of the Cave hive and the over reliance on Central. Deposit is too easy to arc from Gap, Cave is too easy to JP/GL rush.... I could go on. But it is a pretty map, and I like the look of a mining facility.

@@EvisNS Haha I admire your honesty, the gameplay does leave something to be desired but the aesthetic was so unique I just fell in love with the map when I first saw it. At least we got Unearthed as well now, though I haven't played enough of it yet to know if it's much better on the gameplay side of things.

I don't comm as much as I used to, but if the circumstances warrant I'll definitely post the video of it. In the meantime, there is a "Marine Commander" playlist here on my channel that you can check out.

Typically between the hours of 8 pm and 12 am, central time.

Gained the lead!

Yeah, I had a lot of visitors over the last couple months and so have been very busy. Only was able to play for a few hours here or there, and the games were pretty bad. Should be back to a more regular schedule now :)

Roger that!

I think I figured out why... my recording software (Bandicam) would really drag down performance as the game went on. I'd noticed that when I wasn't recording that gameplay was smoother. So I changed the recording quality in an attempt at reducing its overhead... seems to be working.

Winter is coming, should be many more :)

Thanks! Just wasn't able to get many games in the last couple months.