| About | Weapons
| Special Commands | Tactics
and Tips |
About:
On the battlefield there is one whose job never ends. Who keeps fighting even
after the fighting has ceased. A key figure almost invaluable to the team. But
this is WF, and what we have here is a fightsy little chick who will leave you
cursing her name. The main purpose of the nurse is to support your team, but if
played smartly can turn the tide of the battle. Though, you will want to group
yourself with another player since the best tactic you have is distraction and
lowering team moral. The nurse lacks any ability to go it alone, and will meet
a quick death plunging solely against the other teams base. Tease and disease,
and if they come after you toss em a grenade to finish their treatment.
Weapons:
First I must say the best weapon the nurse has is herself. She can heal 5 life/sec
and this ability can allow you to win a battle if you drag it on long enough.
Infected
Dart launcher:
The main weapon for this nurse, it will deal 20 damage and heal 25 life. You
are capable of healing your allies to 175, a total of 75 more health then they
are normally allowed. The darts will also disease your opponents, the effects
dealing 4-8 damage per second along with other side effects. More then annoying
this weapon is what gives the nurse her reputation. Firing at your allies will
cure them of disease. If you want to effectively use this weapon you need the
aid of the 'id' command. It will report to you the name as well as the health
count of the player on your team. Don't bother healing a team member that is
already at 175 life. You will waste your time and there is a chance that the
team member your healing will stand still and get picked off by a sniper. When
using this weapon do not stay still, weave left and right as you hit your target,
healing or infecting. If you stand still, your base better be deserted.
The
Machine Gun:
This weapon will deal 8 damage per shot and give a spray of bullets that is
hard to avoid. Although all the bullets will not hit your target, for pursuing
your opponent after he has stolen your flag, there is no substitute. Use this
weapon in every situation that calls for battle. After you have infected you
opponent, switch to this weapon and hose a shower of pain upon his ever health
decreasing body. Since your dart launcher will be too slow for most combat situations
this will be your weapon of choice. Use it often and polish your skill with
this weapon. No great nurse can succeed without it.
The
Needler:
Doing a very miniscule 3 damage per shot this weapon has limits in its use.
And since it will leave a trail of smoke right to you its probably not a good
idea to use it. Only in situations where you need to attack an opponent at a
very far distance will this ever come into use. And remember to any experienced
player this will be the same as a mesquito bite, flee shortly or he will flatten
you.
Plague
Grenades:
Doing 11 damage, these grenades are not as effective as your dart gun. But
they do have uses. Throwing one into a group of enemies will infect all of them
from splash damage. And if you get good at throwing them, you will infect two
enemies at a time all the time. Personally I like sticking to the dart gun myself,
but if you ever feel the need, toss a few and cause a little mayhem. They seem
to have the fear effect on most classes, verses a little dart they normally
don't see.
Grenades:
Never underestimate the power grenades have to kill. When you get good at sniping
alternate between sniping and tossing grenades. Your one on one duels will go
a lot quicker, and you will be able to kill off any class if you have good maneuvering
skills. Its an obstacle they have to worry about avoiding and it does a lot
of damage. 125 is not something to joke about.
Special
Commands:
Heal Pad:
Besides healing disease this is of limited use. Drop it in your base spawn
and leave it there for anyone who becomes diseased since the spawn will be the
first place they check when they are infected. If you base has more then one
spawn then tell your team which spawn it is located in. 
Do
not use spawns that are out of the way to get at. As in 2fort7 you will want
to drop the heal pad in the upper spawn near the ramp or lower spawn near the
flag. Avoid the spawn in the back hall. It will heal 5 life per second to stand
on it, but since your darts and the ammo packs will heal 25, it isn't worth
the time to stop and heal up on it. That is unless there is nothing better to
do. A healing depo properly hidden in the enemies base will allow your team
a partial way of regaining life while no one is around.
The heal pad has 100 life and cannot be destroyed by you. You nor your team
members can destroy this pad with your weapons. So use this to your advantage
and use grenades to relocate a badly placed healing pad. Only costing a mere
10 cells to create this is one item you might want to experiment with.
Bio-sentry:
It has the same properties as your dart gun but only does infection damage
on the first hit. Better for healing then for a weapon, this device can be a
beneficial tool to your team. If destroyed a message will appear on your screen.
So you can place this weapon in areas that the enemy will walk passed and let
them destroy it as a poor mans alarm. If placed properly however it will also
infect that player and make them think twice about taking the same route. Likewise
if placed in an area where many of your team frequent it will not only heal
them of disease but will keep them alive as well. Though this will also usually
be an area that the enemy travels so do not expect it to last too long. Placing
this item in a spawn room only adds to clutter, not to mention it is virtually
useless there. As long as you place a healing pad in the spawn the packs will
give all the life your team needs. Offensively this will cause curses and angry
enemies hunting you and you alone down for infecting them. Know this and place
it accordingly. Finding a prime spot in the enemy's base will get you a few
infections. Realize though, once an enemy has been infected by this, he will
spend every effort to destroy it, so it won't last long.
The biosentry has 100 health and actually spawns at 80. So the first thing
you should do is repair your biosentry. It will cost you only 5 cells. Since
repairing will use 1 cell for 4 health gain for the biosentry. This repair is
done all at once and uses all the cells you can give. Reloading the biosentry
will cost 25 bullets and will fill the sentry, though I do not know how many
darts a biosentry actually has, I have only once see one blow up because it
ran out. The other team will usually destroy it long before this happens.
The biosentry also cannot be destroyed by the same team.
Id:
With out this ability, you would have twice the task you have now. Id'ing a
player is the only way to find out if they need to be healed. I know that you
can see a flash when they are below 100 health to signal they need more healing,
but after that you cannot tell if they are full or not. A good nurse keeps all
her allies at 175. This not only gives you a good reputation, it will buff up
your whole team so that punch for punch they will last a lot longer then their
enemies. Bind this to the dart launchers firing ability and you will have an
extremely effective weapon.
Tactics:
Support,
support, and more support:
Many laugh at how weak the nurse is simply because there are few who know how
to play her very well. I being one of them, simply laugh at those people. As
I poke them with my darts and lay waste to their defense with my grenades I
feed upon this idea, and use it to my advantage. Many think that a nurse against
a gunner will loose. Well true, any class will loose if they walk in front of
one. But if you can stab one dart into her side then you know eventually unless
she gets aid. She has to die. The player can only take so much of the disease
before they suicide and remove it for good. You get a frag for this, yep that's
right. You induced their suicide, so you get the kill when they took their own
life... That is how the nurse gets her power, influence. And for the ones who
are stubborn, join up with the next marine and get behind the gunner as she
defends her flag. Dropping a grenade on her head and waltzing off with the flag.
To be with the best, not only do you have to keep you team well pumped up and
disease free, you need to be a walking supplier as well. The nurse has 200 bullets
and 100 cells. Enough to allow the engineer to drop a level 3 sentry in a few
seconds and enough to keep the gunner on offense. Binding a key to dropping
cells and one to dump ALL your bullets will prove invaluable. You will gain
even more respect amongst your allies, and if the enemy sees these actions be
sure he will wish he had a nurse that was this useful. The gunners biggest problem
is a lack of bullets and by supplying her with yours you will keep your power
defender right where she needs to be, in the middle of action. You can do just
fine with your monstrous supply of shells for the dart gun and your handy grenades
that will make the enemies keep their distance. You should be the busy bee and
let you team rely on your frequent visits to the ammo room for them. Do learn
what is overkill and don't over exert yourself with healing. A nurse ready for
the next major attack is better then one stressed out by constant duties.
The
art of double grenading:
What is a double grenading? Heh, well its when two or more enemies attack you
and your throwing grenades at them while jumping back and fourth. If you do
your job you will get them to end up in the same spot and hopefully your grenade
will join the confusion. Resulting in a double kill and a lotta fun. I new grenade
tactics were useful, but after a few nights ago when I got two double kills
in a row, I actually got to witness its full power in effect. There is no true
way to fling the grenade, but aiming to where they might walk is a good tactic.
Kinda like the dart gun aiming, the weapon has a longer flight time so you have
to adjust your firing accordingly. Always remember though that too much is a
bad thing. Never rely only on your grenades or your opponent will get smart
and attack you from afar.
Why
running can be to your benefit:
The nurse will heal at a rate of 5 hp/sec. Though this may not be enough to
keep you from dying, you can prolong death almost indefinitely. Attack and flee,
change route, attack again and flee... If you can place a few good darts into
your enemies on each run trust me, sooner or later they will come on a head
hunting chase. And this is when your tactic will have proven itself. Leaving
their post to pursue you, they degrade their base defense. And since you are
an easy target to kill, or so they think, they are likely to chase you. That
is though, only if they are diseased. So bait them with the dart attack and
plug a grenade down their throat when they come after you.
The
full use of the dart gun:
The dart gun can launch darts a impressive distance. So you need not be anywhere
near those you want to heal. And since snipers lurk around every corner, this
might be a good thing. If one should happen to get caught off guard by a sniper
while healing a player, the other player will be alerted and stand ready. Now
to the topic of healing your team mates. Yes hitting them with the dart heals
them, but did you know that running over a dropped dart will also heal them?
(this works with disease also) Many times I will go offensive with a team mate
behind me. If this happens I will run backwards and shoot darts into the ground,
leaving a trail for them to follow and heal by running over each dart. Since
you now leave it up to them as to if they allow themselves to be healed or not.
You can rest your mouse fingers for a while. And lastly, shooting the enemies
from below. Since your darts fly in a narrow arc you can drop a few up on the
balcony or upper level from below. This attack from afar will infect your opponents
and leave them wondering where you are. If they are angry enough you can encourage
them to drop off the ledge and incur more damage as they land. All slowly depleting
their life. Likewise you need not fear falling, since you gain health back anyhow.
How
to get umpth out of the needler:
Since the needler is such a weak weapon, and since the nurse has very low armor,
using it often will get you no where. On pursuing an enemy it is always better
to use the machine gun, and on defending yourself the grenade is more then plenty.
So why use the needler? Umm.. humm good question, maybe you can find a use?
Why
nurse is a powerful player:
Many laugh at how weak the nurse is simply because there are few who know how
to play her very well. I being one of them, simply laugh at those people. As
I poke them with my darts and lay waste to their defense with my grenades I
feed upon this idea, and use it to my advantage. Many think that a nurse against
a gunner will loose. Well true, any class will loose if they walk in front of
one. But if you can stab one dart into her side then you know eventually unless
she gets aid. She has to die. The player can only take so much of the disease
before they suicide and remove it for good. You get a frag for this, yep that's
right. You induced their suicide, so you get the kill when they took their own
life... That is how the nurse gets her power, influence. And for the ones who
are stubborn, join up with the next marine and get behind the gunner as she
defends her flag. Drop a grenade on her head and waltzing off with the flag.
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