Chr0n1c
06-23-2009, 04:20 PM
(Now before anyone gets bent out of shape thinking 'wut? shutup nub, get gud.' first consider my argument carefully.)
Lets exclude situations where my argument does not apply, such as when you are trying to boom against your average group of public players. It's really not hard at all to get a barf bag against averagely skilled and moderately experienced pubbers if you know what you're doing.
While nothing is more satisfying then getting all the survivors covered in green bile as they're trying to recover from an ambush during a crescendo, nothing is more frustrating when it becomes virtually impossible to get ANY boom attempt to work.
Add in even one or two good players to a group of survivors (after you make the others rage) and it becomes much harder to get a successful boom. Get a team of survivors that are all friends and are used to playing together (and all are skilled players) and booming is virtually impossible!
Why?
1. It's hard to spawn. The survivors will often have a 'roving' survivor or will stay spread out just far enough so that at least one is on opposite sides of objects that you could normally use to spawn behind, making it impossible to spawn because you can be seen.
2. Because of the aforementioned tactic, you often find yourself frantically looking for a spawning location as your frustrated comrades do their best to land a pounce or smoke to create a distraction for you to pull off the boom. This scenario can lead to many poorly chosen spawn locations. If you spawn too far away you wont get anywhere close to the survivors to get a boom off before they explode you through a wall or doorway.
3. Even IF you get a good spot to spawn and try to take the survivors by surprise, The very second you spawn, the boomer's loud gurgling blows your cover. The boomer is so easilly heard and distinguished by all of the survivors. All they have to do is spin around and aim in the direction of the sound, and you have instant epic fail.
4. You can't spew while you walk. You spawn behind something and you might get a split second to emerge from your spawn point to puke, but you can't puke while moving. Obviously if you can see the survivors, they can see you, and will make quick work of you before you even stop your fat ass from jiggling long enough to purge.
5. 'Splash' radius is way too small. You get close, really close, and they kill you, yet none of them get covered in bile. I've seen some strange things happen that could even be considered a glitch, where you are right next to a survivor almost close enough to slash them and you are exploded and no one gets bile on them.
6. Survivors can shove you away while you're in the process of puking and they dont get anything on them. This one I hate. On your screen, vomit flies through the air, and someone gets in your face to shove you away, yet gets nothing on them.
7. It takes forever to gain control back of the boomer after you get shoved.
8. You can shoot through the doors, you can throw a smoker tounge through the doors (if an opening has been slashed), yet you can't puke (or splash) through the doors even if there is an opening.
Because of the game's dependency on the boomer, with how the game works on the infected side, without a good boom, its impossible to win. I hate ranting, but I feel that the boomer's simply too underpowered to be useful against a skilled group of opponents. Eventually VS will become unplayable as people's skill levels as survivors get better unless the bommer gets a little buff or mod.
What do you guys think?
Lets exclude situations where my argument does not apply, such as when you are trying to boom against your average group of public players. It's really not hard at all to get a barf bag against averagely skilled and moderately experienced pubbers if you know what you're doing.
While nothing is more satisfying then getting all the survivors covered in green bile as they're trying to recover from an ambush during a crescendo, nothing is more frustrating when it becomes virtually impossible to get ANY boom attempt to work.
Add in even one or two good players to a group of survivors (after you make the others rage) and it becomes much harder to get a successful boom. Get a team of survivors that are all friends and are used to playing together (and all are skilled players) and booming is virtually impossible!
Why?
1. It's hard to spawn. The survivors will often have a 'roving' survivor or will stay spread out just far enough so that at least one is on opposite sides of objects that you could normally use to spawn behind, making it impossible to spawn because you can be seen.
2. Because of the aforementioned tactic, you often find yourself frantically looking for a spawning location as your frustrated comrades do their best to land a pounce or smoke to create a distraction for you to pull off the boom. This scenario can lead to many poorly chosen spawn locations. If you spawn too far away you wont get anywhere close to the survivors to get a boom off before they explode you through a wall or doorway.
3. Even IF you get a good spot to spawn and try to take the survivors by surprise, The very second you spawn, the boomer's loud gurgling blows your cover. The boomer is so easilly heard and distinguished by all of the survivors. All they have to do is spin around and aim in the direction of the sound, and you have instant epic fail.
4. You can't spew while you walk. You spawn behind something and you might get a split second to emerge from your spawn point to puke, but you can't puke while moving. Obviously if you can see the survivors, they can see you, and will make quick work of you before you even stop your fat ass from jiggling long enough to purge.
5. 'Splash' radius is way too small. You get close, really close, and they kill you, yet none of them get covered in bile. I've seen some strange things happen that could even be considered a glitch, where you are right next to a survivor almost close enough to slash them and you are exploded and no one gets bile on them.
6. Survivors can shove you away while you're in the process of puking and they dont get anything on them. This one I hate. On your screen, vomit flies through the air, and someone gets in your face to shove you away, yet gets nothing on them.
7. It takes forever to gain control back of the boomer after you get shoved.
8. You can shoot through the doors, you can throw a smoker tounge through the doors (if an opening has been slashed), yet you can't puke (or splash) through the doors even if there is an opening.
Because of the game's dependency on the boomer, with how the game works on the infected side, without a good boom, its impossible to win. I hate ranting, but I feel that the boomer's simply too underpowered to be useful against a skilled group of opponents. Eventually VS will become unplayable as people's skill levels as survivors get better unless the bommer gets a little buff or mod.
What do you guys think?