I guess you could add people based on their chat habits (talking about anything not game related, talking with their boy-/ girlfriends in the background or being mute all the time).
List of the types of players you will come across
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#26
Posté 29 mars 2012 - 08:14
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Nice post. I find myself in the unsung hero and altruistic category when playing infiltrator and definitely a lot in the roller guy with my drell.
I guess you could add people based on their chat habits (talking about anything not game related, talking with their boy-/ girlfriends in the background or being mute all the time).
I guess you could add people based on their chat habits (talking about anything not game related, talking with their boy-/ girlfriends in the background or being mute all the time).
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 08:25
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The Killstealer: Every time you are about to kill something, BAM! it's gone. He headshots everything in your Stasis with his Black Widow, Charges in with his Vanguard right after you Energy Drain, spams Reave on everything so that you can't possibly set off your OWN combo, and overwrites your Warp with his Overload so he can shoot it with his Mantis.
He follows you everywhere. You can go off across the map away from the rest of the team, and there he is holding your hand. He has figured out that the scoring system will give him 80% of the points for doing 50% of the work, and by God he is going to get those points and top that leaderboard!
The Rambler: Talks. Incessantly. To borrow from Douglas Adams, if his mouth ever stopped moving his brain might start working. But it doesn't (in both cases), which means that he spends an awful lot of time dead. And for some reason, he insists on asking questions and chattering about irrelevant stuff while you try to carry his sorry behind. But seeing how his failure to watch your flank just got everyone but you dead on Gold, this isn't easy.
Does it occur to him that you might want to concentrate, since this ---- just got real? Of course not! He wants to know what's a good weapon for a Drell Adept and did you see Blake Griffin's dunk last night and will you be cheering for Louisville or Kentucky and on and on and on...
He follows you everywhere. You can go off across the map away from the rest of the team, and there he is holding your hand. He has figured out that the scoring system will give him 80% of the points for doing 50% of the work, and by God he is going to get those points and top that leaderboard!
The Rambler: Talks. Incessantly. To borrow from Douglas Adams, if his mouth ever stopped moving his brain might start working. But it doesn't (in both cases), which means that he spends an awful lot of time dead. And for some reason, he insists on asking questions and chattering about irrelevant stuff while you try to carry his sorry behind. But seeing how his failure to watch your flank just got everyone but you dead on Gold, this isn't easy.
Does it occur to him that you might want to concentrate, since this ---- just got real? Of course not! He wants to know what's a good weapon for a Drell Adept and did you see Blake Griffin's dunk last night and will you be cheering for Louisville or Kentucky and on and on and on...
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 08:26
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I am usually the altruist but if the person who goes down is a vanguard on the other side of the map from the rest of the team i tend to become a darwinist.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 08:33
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More and more I see the "I'd rather be a soldier" guy. The caster class loaded to the balls with a Revenant I and Widow I and a -200% cooldown.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 08:52
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unsung hero/lone wolf/altruist aka: Support Gunner
I don't go out of my way to revive people who are surrounded by 2 banshees, 3 brutes and 4 ravagers, but by god I will cover the hell out of whoever is rezing that unfortunate soul. I also try to cover my team by making sure the longer ranged enemies are dead before they hit the map, that ravager shooting my team is my number one concern. I will rez people if it is not too dangerous, but not before making sure I don't immediately need to be rezed (with a few exceptions).
I don't go out of my way to revive people who are surrounded by 2 banshees, 3 brutes and 4 ravagers, but by god I will cover the hell out of whoever is rezing that unfortunate soul. I also try to cover my team by making sure the longer ranged enemies are dead before they hit the map, that ravager shooting my team is my number one concern. I will rez people if it is not too dangerous, but not before making sure I don't immediately need to be rezed (with a few exceptions).
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 08:55
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Excellent!
I thought of a few additions of my own
The Athlete - this guy does everything to complete the objective in time. He'll sprint around the map like a madman, usually neglecting killing any enemies in his path, as long as he can get to that power node or data terminal in time. Unfortunately that also means that 'key enemy personnel' waves prove problematic, as said enemies are usually surrounded by systematically neglected allies. Good for extra credits.
The Symbiotic Siblings - these guys form a perfect partnership. They quickly discover that their powers form an excellent combination and proceed to dominate the match side-by-side. The brother sets up the blue sparkles by means of Warp or Pull, the sister makes a nice 'splosion out of it by means of Throw or Charge. Boom booming everywhere, but boy do those enemies drop quickly! Very problematic for The Rival and The Scoreboard Guy.
Premature Detonation Guy - this guy systematically proceeds to pop his rocket way too soon.
The Supporter - reminiscent of The Unsung Hero, this guy simply makes life easier for the other squadmates. He Pulls away Guardian Shields, sets up biotic combos, freezes that husk that was just about to give you a SHOULDER MASSAGE OF DEATH, puts those nasty Phantoms in Stasis and hurls grenades in that Brute that was just about to charge you. The good guy.
The Last Man Standing - this guy proceeds to majestically solo the wave after all of his teammates have gone down an early grave. Calm, strategic, able as he pops the villains one by one. Sure to bring a smile on your face.
I thought of a few additions of my own
The Athlete - this guy does everything to complete the objective in time. He'll sprint around the map like a madman, usually neglecting killing any enemies in his path, as long as he can get to that power node or data terminal in time. Unfortunately that also means that 'key enemy personnel' waves prove problematic, as said enemies are usually surrounded by systematically neglected allies. Good for extra credits.
The Symbiotic Siblings - these guys form a perfect partnership. They quickly discover that their powers form an excellent combination and proceed to dominate the match side-by-side. The brother sets up the blue sparkles by means of Warp or Pull, the sister makes a nice 'splosion out of it by means of Throw or Charge. Boom booming everywhere, but boy do those enemies drop quickly! Very problematic for The Rival and The Scoreboard Guy.
Premature Detonation Guy - this guy systematically proceeds to pop his rocket way too soon.
The Supporter - reminiscent of The Unsung Hero, this guy simply makes life easier for the other squadmates. He Pulls away Guardian Shields, sets up biotic combos, freezes that husk that was just about to give you a SHOULDER MASSAGE OF DEATH, puts those nasty Phantoms in Stasis and hurls grenades in that Brute that was just about to charge you. The good guy.
The Last Man Standing - this guy proceeds to majestically solo the wave after all of his teammates have gone down an early grave. Calm, strategic, able as he pops the villains one by one. Sure to bring a smile on your face.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:00
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The unsung hero is usually an unlucky fellow who knows how to play, but failed to get any decent weapons for a dps class (just look at me, running around with a Phalanx II, heh). I tend to get the lowest score, but who cares, I slap down a decoy, and aggro gets pulled. Even though I don't to that much damage, overall team dps skyrockets when people don't have to dodge bullets, so it's all good.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:02
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The WTF that works guy: This guy will come into a game as an SMG wielding infiltrator, but somehow it works. You usually wonder why you didn't kick him or leave, but it all works out in the end. You try to duplicate his strategy, but get kicked out of every lobby or fail miserably.
Great Suits me well. Like ro combine uncombinable.
There should be something like:
What the hell am i doing wrong guy.
When you see his score and number of kills you feel yourself miserable. He eats Banshees for breakfast, kills Brutes in Melee and kills Guardians with a spit through the shield. He is a god of war in the battlefield, hacking terminals on 10 wave when the team is gone, reviving you in the middle of the battlefield, arriving from nowhere just to save you from a pyro. Sometimes you think, that he doesn't need all of you and if you dissapear he will just accomplish the mission as a sole survivor. He plays with his N7 rating of 120, and rarely uses voice, just to tell you that the Phantom is near, or just GG in the end. He is the best player you have ever seen, and it would be impossible for you to play even close to him.
Oh, wait... Isn't that you i described?
Great
Suits me well. Like ro combine uncombinable.There should be something like:
What the hell am i doing wrong guy.
When you see his score and number of kills you feel yourself miserable. He eats Banshees for breakfast, kills Brutes in Melee and kills Guardians with a spit through the shield. He is a god of war in the battlefield, hacking terminals on 10 wave when the team is gone, reviving you in the middle of the battlefield, arriving from nowhere just to save you from a pyro. Sometimes you think, that he doesn't need all of you and if you dissapear he will just accomplish the mission as a sole survivor. He plays with his N7 rating of 120, and rarely uses voice, just to tell you that the Phantom is near, or just GG in the end. He is the best player you have ever seen, and it would be impossible for you to play even close to him.
Oh, wait... Isn't that you i described?
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:04
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The "ok i'll give him a chance" guy: Very rarely do you come across an individual who fits into this category, that actually exceeds expectations.
I'm all for giving people a chance, but yesterday; after being constantly dissapointed with our 4th random a low N7 came into the lobby with a Lvl 4 Quarian Infiltrator and a Widow I. The rest of the gang wanted to kick him since it was obvious he just unlocked both the infiltrator and the Widow, but I figured we were good enough to carry him around. Hopefully he would understand that he could cloak for mission objectives. Besides; he could always be a second decoy for my Salarian.
He owned us all. Headshot upon headshot upon headshot. Primes, pyros and hunters went down as fast as they could spawn. It was ****ing beautiful.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:05
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Daodan wrote...
The Last Man Standing - this guy proceeds to majestically solo the wave after all of his teammates have gone down an early grave. Calm, strategic, able as he pops the villains one by one. Sure to bring a smile on your face.
The Last Man Hiding - this guy proceeds to majestically hide from every enemy after all of his teammates have gone down to an early grave. Calm, strategic, able to run away from any sign of threat. Sure to delay his own inevitable death for at least half an hour instead of suiciding quickly, only to make other players scream in rage during all this time.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:12
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There's always
The Lagging Vanguard - May or may not be effective for around about the first 4 to 6 rounds, but can subsequently be found juddering up and down on the spot like Wile E. Coyote after taking a bottle full of Acme earthquake pills, then suddenly being somewhere new and interesting, like in the floor or up in the middle of the extraction area. Will cease to be of any use (if they were in the first place) but will stick around for, I assume, credits or xp.
The Lagging Vanguard - May or may not be effective for around about the first 4 to 6 rounds, but can subsequently be found juddering up and down on the spot like Wile E. Coyote after taking a bottle full of Acme earthquake pills, then suddenly being somewhere new and interesting, like in the floor or up in the middle of the extraction area. Will cease to be of any use (if they were in the first place) but will stick around for, I assume, credits or xp.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:21
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[oops, I did not want to post this here]
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:22
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Think I've been everything at some point in the OP. Except for the rival. Whenever I see someone of the same role, I switch to something else to better complement the squad and reduce redundancy.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:28
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I would like to apologize to merkit for referring to "the fan" as a leecher. Please people keep your "fans" in bronze.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:29
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NotPotato wrote...
Daodan wrote...
The Last Man Standing - this guy proceeds to majestically solo the wave after all of his teammates have gone down an early grave. Calm, strategic, able as he pops the villains one by one. Sure to bring a smile on your face.
The Last Man Hiding - this guy proceeds to majestically hide from every enemy after all of his teammates have gone down to an early grave. Calm, strategic, able to run away from any sign of threat. Sure to delay his own inevitable death for at least half an hour instead of suiciding quickly, only to make other players scream in rage during all this time.
Well, during assassination/objective/hacking missions that person will last as long as the timer.
(Though I have been the last one standing on an objective mission. I try to enable/disable all the objectives within the time limit so at least we'll get some cash out of it. Assassination missions I'm less successful with and hacking is pretty much doomed, especially if I have a low-level character.)
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:31
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twister87 wrote...
There's always
The Lagging Vanguard - May or may not be effective for around about the first 4 to 6 rounds, but can subsequently be found juddering up and down on the spot like Wile E. Coyote after taking a bottle full of Acme earthquake pills, then suddenly being somewhere new and interesting, like in the floor or up in the middle of the extraction area. Will cease to be of any use (if they were in the first place) but will stick around for, I assume, credits or xp.
It is for this reason that I decided not to play vangaurd ever again. :innocent:
#43
Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:31
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My playstyle def changes depending on my class.
The Stay Close Guy No matter what clase you are he demands you stay close to all of them, but the minute you get there he allows one of the others to leave.
The Stay Close Guy No matter what clase you are he demands you stay close to all of them, but the minute you get there he allows one of the others to leave.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:35
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On off-days, I'm the Vanguard with Impunity. In other cases, I'm a mix of the altruist, the killstealer (charge restores my barriers, whatcha gonna do?) and the athlete described in one of the above posts.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:38
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The guy on the phone: That´s where he probably is, while his avater stays at the same place, maybe behind cover, for the rest of the waves.
The where has he gone: He fights alongside the team, backbone and supporter and life is easy. Then from one moment to the other, he is gone, and you are dead because you didn´t think you need watch your back with him at your side anymore. This guy just became a victim to the lag dropout.
The forgot his mic: You learn interesting details of his private and intimate life.
The where has he gone: He fights alongside the team, backbone and supporter and life is easy. Then from one moment to the other, he is gone, and you are dead because you didn´t think you need watch your back with him at your side anymore. This guy just became a victim to the lag dropout.
The forgot his mic: You learn interesting details of his private and intimate life.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:38
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OP just made me snort tea out of my nose laughing. you Sir are awesome rofl +2 internets to you!
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:42
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I'm probably what you'd call the combo specialist - always looking to trigger a biotic explosion or tech burst if at all possible, mainly uses guns as a last resort
you also have the overload techies - always spamming overload, no matter what they're enemy is, and will always interupt a combo that is about to take place
you also have the overload techies - always spamming overload, no matter what they're enemy is, and will always interupt a combo that is about to take place
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:52
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The Homesick guy / Scared Adventurer:
Never gonna give LZ up, never gonna let LZ down
Never gonna run around and desert LZ
Never gonna make LZ cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt LZ
Gets raped by reapers, every single time.
The angry ignorant:
Will only use microphone to yell at you to get to the LZ, ignoring it doesn't matter, ignoring the fact that you don't care, or that things didn't go as expected. Going to LZ is all that matters, and you should yell at people if they don't do it right. 1500 XP Bonus is huge deal.
The Mantisf*g:
Thinks Mantis blows everything out of the water, plays the game like the Homesick guy / Scared Adventurer, always offers the poorest contribution to the game, hardly revives people.
Never gonna give LZ up, never gonna let LZ down
Never gonna run around and desert LZ
Never gonna make LZ cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt LZ
Gets raped by reapers, every single time.
The angry ignorant:
Will only use microphone to yell at you to get to the LZ, ignoring it doesn't matter, ignoring the fact that you don't care, or that things didn't go as expected. Going to LZ is all that matters, and you should yell at people if they don't do it right. 1500 XP Bonus is huge deal.
The Mantisf*g:
Thinks Mantis blows everything out of the water, plays the game like the Homesick guy / Scared Adventurer, always offers the poorest contribution to the game, hardly revives people.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:54
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Over enthusiastic guy - Starts the game saying "OK, let's survive this!!!". He continues having positive attitude (but it annoys you), what doesn't help anyone on wave 7, which is final for all.
About THAT sniper infiltrator... Left alone, he thinks he can just clear the objective zone with his rifle, where enemies are spawning... well... unless he thinks it hacks itself.
I had my Renegade multi player playthrough. I knew 2 people to secure LZ on silver is hard, so I ran far away and lured some enemies leaving teammate to die. Last minute LZ rush is still a winning tactic.
About THAT sniper infiltrator... Left alone, he thinks he can just clear the objective zone with his rifle, where enemies are spawning... well... unless he thinks it hacks itself.
I had my Renegade multi player playthrough. I knew 2 people to secure LZ on silver is hard, so I ran far away and lured some enemies leaving teammate to die. Last minute LZ rush is still a winning tactic.
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Posté 29 mars 2012 - 09:55
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Merkit91 wrote...
The fan: This guy is yours (yes, YOURS) sincere and anonimous fan. He joins your lobbi not for money, not for exp, he joins only to have another opportunity to watch how you will masterfully annihilate any opponent that dares to stand in your way (he really wishes he can join you as spectator but this stupid game doesn't allow it to him). He have very great faith in you, he knows in his heart that you can easily solo gold using any class, even human soldier, vanguard or engineer so he will stay in game with you to the very end.
At the beginning of the match, he will not rush ahead (he knows you will be upset if he will steal yours kills), he will not stay near you (because he knows you will be upset if he will block your line of sight). Instead he will rush to cover about 3 meters behind you so he can once again enjoy the unforgettable sight of you crashing everything under your boot. If some enemy will come close to him, he will not fight back - he knows you will always save him from any threat in this galaxy. If you will not come to save him, he won't be upset, he will not prolong his life, no instead he will die as soon as possible so his camera will finally focus on you, so he can be close to you without embarrrasing you.
Once the match finished (he knew you will pull it through!) he will search for a way to transher all money and exp he recieved to you as a gift of gratitude, but unfortunately this stupid game doesn't allow it to him. So he will spend all this exp to levelup some character he named after you, he will spend all this money to buy some guns he will name after you.
But he will not stop on it - he will keep joining your lobby, he will keep hoping for the moment he will finally be able to transfer all his in-game possesions to you.
So please don't use that offending word "leecher" on him - he have only good intensions towards you.
leechers : I am not leeching! I am spectating.
