Mentor Application - Oksts2904

[oksts2904]

Mentor Application - Oksts2904

Byond CKEY:

Oksts2904

Discord ID:

oksts2904

Character Name(s):

Seth Kannap

SK (Xeno)

Why do you want to become a Mentor?:

Because my first experiences were helped by a SEA, and was most likely the reason I stuck around! Now I wish to return the favour and teach new players as well, helping them stick around with positive experiences.

Plus teaching people is fun despite what some nay-sayers say. Getting shot by a PVT who misclicked his gun in the firing range is always funny.

What gameplay areas do you know and which areas are you strong and weak in?:

Support roles is my best gameplay area and the one I main.
I am very strong in medbay, outside of Research which I have a basic concept about how it works. I know how to do a rapid larvae removal with being able to skip a few steps for exaple, and have taught medical to quite a few nurses, or given advice towards HM’s on what to focus on and what to keep a eye out for.
I have a solid foundation of engineering, the theory and the practice.
I can command well,
I can run CAS along with the Alamo easily, and be able to explain fire missions well.
I can run requisitions well

My weak areas would be OT and Research, which I rely mainly guides on how to get done well.

How often are to able to play CM?:

Usually I can get a round or two a day, when I am back from doing work or when I am not so busy.

A screenshot or transcript of your human and xeno playtimes:

Hospital Corpsman 279.6 hr
Rifleman 180.2 hr
Combat Technician 81.7 hr
Executive Officer 69.5 hr
Chief Medical Officer 58.3 hr
Weapons Specialist 55.8 hr
Fireteam Leader 41.9 hr
Quartermaster 29.4 hr
Squad Leader 29.2 hr
Doctor 25.9 hr
Intelligence Officer 20.0 hr
Cargo Technician 14.7 hr
Gunship Pilot 14.0 hr
Maintenance Technician 11.8 hr
Corporate Liaison 7.6 hr
Staff Officer 7.0 hr
Nurse 6.8 hr
Dropship Crew Chief 6.3 hr
Researcher 5.5 hr
Combat Correspondent 4.2 hr
Dropship Pilot 3.8 hr
Ordnance Technician 3.6 hr
Mess Technician 3.5 hr
Smartgunner 3.5 hr
Survivor 3.5 hr
Military Police 1.1 hr
Head Surgeon 1.0 hr
Mortar Crew 0.8 hr
UPP Leytenant Doktor 0.7 hr
Quartermaster 0.6 hr
PMC Corporate Medic 0.3 hr
PMC Leader 0.3 hr
PMC Medical Investigator 0.1 hr
CMB Marshal 0.1 hr

THE HIVE

Hivelord 6.4 hr
Warrior 3.4 hr
Boiler 2.5 hr
Crusher 2.4 hr
Lurker 1.9 hr
Defender 1.8 hr
Praetorian 1.6 hr
Drone 1.5 hr
Spitter 1.1 hr
Runner 1.1 hr
Burrower 0.8 hr
Ravager 0.6 hr
Sentinel 0.5 hr
Queen 0.2 hr
Facehugger 0.1 hr
Larva 0.1 hr

THE DEAD

Observer 139.0 hr,

Anything else you’d like to add?:

I don’t have many hours on xeno, because I don’t really enjoy playing xeno. It’s a personal preference but I can explain key ideas/buttons towards it if asked. Or I could just look it up as well for the answer.
Keep hydrated, stay lovely to each other.

[birb]

Seth has always been a great and friendly player to be around, and has been around a long time. I’ve never seen him get too upset in-game, and I’m sure he can bring some really positive experiences to new players. Knowing his skill in-game (as corpsman, SO, XO I have seen him most, where he has great game knowledge), I am sure they are more than fit to be a mentor.

+1

[oksts2904]

Addendum,

Learnt research to a proficient level where I can teach someone it, not that basic anymore. Greenos, Stims, Botany and how to get chemicals from it along with researching them, Biomass (and harvesting the bugs with it), Access levels.

Played a bit more THE HIVE to know the key bits a new xeno should know.

Edit below, don’t want to clog up the replies.

Researcher 5.5 hr → 9.7 hr
Xeno hours not so much, they are just a few not enough to note anything about, but I can give a few examples of frequently asked xeno questions I see.

What’s a pylon?

A pylon is a structure made by putting down a hive cluster around a communications tower. You can put down a hive cluster by using the “order construction” ability, designating a weeded spot with a hive cluster, next to the comms tower and filling it up with plasma, via clicking on it. If you don’t have enough plasma, ask your fellow sisters to help too!

This gives points towards the xenomorphs that allow your queen to generate points and buy things (Royal Resin). Imagine this like intelligence upgrades you can get as a marine, these can do things such as temporary fireproofness, temporary sharper claws which makes everyone deal more damage, extra larva or after a hour and 50 minutes, begin growing the " king ". It takes 10 minutes to grow and the marines are alerted to it, and is designed to effectively end the round, as the king is a incredibly strong xenomorph with it’s intention being to destroy the FOB.

It also provides CAS/Mortar protection. When the king is being hatched, it has OB protection too.

How do I devour?

You need to have a marine/thing to be captured on the ground, then you grab the marine, and then click on yourself. It’s advised you then go on your other hand (standard hotkey is X) and disarm them, tackling them to the ground, ask a sister for help as well for getting captures if you want! Sisters work better together usually.

Be quick though, the marine can wake up inside and use a weapon to start stabbing their way out of your grasp. They strangely don’t enjoy it.

How does xeno disarming work?

Disarms work based off a RNG chance until a certain point, changing based off a caste. For crusher, it takes a significant amount of tackles to get a guarantee (I think 5+), and their RNG change is very low.

While a lurker on the other hand, can guarantee a tackle in three hits.

How do I nest a marine?

You click and drag the marines sprite onto the wall, the marine will be less than pleased about this and will attempt to fight back. Using a hugger to infect them, which stuns them for a long time, is a good idea or disarming them until you get a tackle.

How do I become a ravanger that can have that cool blue shield that protects him? (This is asking about strains)

You can click the " Alien " tab, and look for " Purchase Strains ", it costs nothing. However it is a permanent choice until you either perish, or de-volve. You are looking for the " hedgehog " varient. Slaughter them all, sister!
(You could evolve out of it too, but this example is for a rav.)

How do I set leaders as queen?

You need to be on your ovipostior, then overwatch a xeno and look at the top of your screen, you’ll see a drone with a star icon named " Choose/Follow Alien Leaders ". It makes their chat bigger, easier to see and shares your pheromones to them while you are on ovi.

[fighterslam]

Hi. I’ve had a lot of good experiences with you and I think you’re a great player, but your lack of Xeno hours is concerning to me. I’ll write some questions up for you to answer once I’m in a position to do so (not on mobile) but for now I highly recommend getting your Alien hours up or otherwise proving you know how Xeno gameplay works.

You should probably update your hours every so often as this app is processed.

[detectivegoogle]

kannap is exactly the kind of person I’d want showing me around if I was a newer player, having spoken to them many times in game, their personality and demeanor is excellent for it.

+1

[doctoramazing]

Kannap has an excellent attitude and I’ve seen him at least once in almost every role the Marine side has. He’s friendly and knowledgeable, and an easy +1 despite a lack of Xeno hours. I think it’d be a waste to turn this application down just because they favor one side heavily— and it’s clear they’re also making efforts to even out their knowledge a little bit.

[oksts2904]

Been playing a bit more of other roles that I don’t often play so I be experienced enough with them to be able to teach em to other people better.

Spec going up enough because I am trying new kits that I rarely went/did not understand how to go.
More GP to better explain it further on FM’s, loadouts (person wise and normandy wise)

With the hive, it’s all going up more. Nothing too major on it.

Edit - There are other ones as well beyond GP and Spec of course, but they are mainly the ones I generally strive towards as a player. Such as Hospital Corpsman getting another 10 hours towards it.

[Sandvich123]

Seth’s an awesome guy who just chills and plays. Perfect guy to be the face of the server to new players. The knowledge is there as well

Not a single negative thing to say about him (besides he’s not as good a GP as me)

+1

[oksts2904]

The hive GROWS, even more!

(thats 20 extra hours)

Also, updated the outdated queen page so that it now actually has key late-game details.
https://cm-ss13.com/wiki/Queen (Thanks for @MistChristmas for helping me with the sprites though)

[Zanfee]

Seth is a chill dude to talk to OOC and roleplay with IC.
I have known him since I started playing CM and in the past few weeks he has shown his dedication to playing xeno. (Fairly well might I add)
He can be trusted with the responsibilities of a mentor and I have full confidence he will do well.
+1

[Tito123a]

I saw him playing xenos his very chill and pretty good, big +1