I want some positive thread up, i want to know your story when sacrificing yourself to let someone new-ish to live. As xeno defender i have died honestly suicidal enough times to let a mature caste live. And as ghost i see him talk. “Why did the defender do that?” Continues talking about feeling bad about it and say want to be better because of it. Many times they live out the round, many not. But when they say “i have to become better” from it. I am happy. I have done it as xeno the most, its harder to predict it as marine to do it. But many times i have literally thrown a private back with throwing and scream “Go back! I got it, evac!” I die and honestly the story they say as ghost makes me proud.
When was your time to find out dieing was fun for others?
Wholesome thread, I want to say this is 10/10 content and I look forward to what people have to share
New players bring out the best in us
I don’t usually stay for hijack but I spent all round as HM one round (I latejoined, it’s fine) teaching a nurse in medbay when they approached me during my prep to ask questions. Something delayed us, i think it was the first week of multiZ Almayer and people kept falling from the sky and he wanted to know how to help. The round didn’t go much longer after we got talking but damnit if I didn’t stay that hijack for that nurse. We made it. Actually i think it was the inverse scenario, I jumped on the boat on fire and eventually died and he revived me. All in all, I could never play another hijack again. That was pretty peak.
New player on Solaris, during the FOB siege he was in Lambda lost, he had no idea how to turn on his armour light. Somehow he even killed a xeno and facehugger. During hijack, the lifeboat crashed onto the planet.
As SEA I used my handheld crew monitor to track him to the north east caves near lambda and rescue him from a forsaken lurker and drone. He then rescued me from another runner and we made it back to the crashed boat before the round ended.
I have helped many a MT as CE. Too many to count. Probably went to the brig for a number of them as well.
What I will always remember is the kindness people showed me when I first started playing. I remember the SEA who helped me out. Had a nickname of Paradox.
I remember one of my first in-game buddies who showed me the ropes. Mira “Nine Lives” Vane. She taught me what a Magharness was among other things.
There was only 1 parachute on the normandy so I emoted fitting a pvt with the parachute and showing him how to jump as well. I died on impact with the ground while he floated harmlessly down, and a large part of his round was trauma from the ordeal it was so soul
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Actually I just remembered part of it was I told the private I had no chute, and to hold onto me tightly as we fall like a tandem jump, and he was trying to explain himself to bravo squad “THEY SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND”
SO many old memories. Fun times. You only experience CM as a PVT and complete noob once. The people that take the time to help you out really do shape your opinion of the game.
Thankfully I had a great experience and tried my best to give the same to new players.
@Lmwevil Tess, you gave a PVT PTSD. I am laughing so hard right now
A bronze medal rifleman followed me on one of my backline adventures and we eventually found ourselves surrounded in the secondary comms cades. We were both heavily wounded and ammo was running short. I lit two cigarettes then passed one to him, laughed, and held up a HEDP. I told him it would be better than the alternative. This IMMERSIVE BASTARD hit me with a “/me nods solemnly” and said, “what’s it like to die boss?”
I said, “I’d imagine it’s like falling asleep. Don’t worry about that. I’ll make sure it’s fast.”
Not exactly what the post asked for because we permed there side by side but I love the memory of that round.
As a vamp lurker, I jumped in front of a SADAR when he was shooting at the queen. Bastard gibbed me, but got stunned by his own rocket, and then capped by an acid runner. Peak hivemind behaviour, would’ve done that again