Xenos Can't Meta

[Troika]

I think the reason it's like this is because the previous administration generally preferred coding solutions over rules. Sometimes this works out okay and sometimes it leads to dumb stuff.

[solidfury7]

This thread is dumb.

[Cry of Wolves]

Well, the results came in. you are an idiot.

[Lumdor]

Sorry to tell you but xenos can't meta.

[HKO20006]

I believe most of the doors are fair games like slashing lights/windows/trays though going overboard melting like half of hydro will get you noticed.

Jerkface on xeno melting multiple guns using a crate
https://cm-ss13.com/old/viewtopic.php?p=181344#p181344

I wasn't on and I haven't spoken to anyone about your case so I'm not commenting on it. Generally speaking, the instances of xeno metagamming we most commonly see are:

1) Xenos melt or otherwise destroy a portion of the map rendering it unusable/nonviable when there's no determinable reason for them to do so, except that they appear to think it a critical area for the marines. Xenos melting the entire nexus before the first drop back in the day is an example of that;

2) Use of tools as a xenomorph. The xenos are animals; they just don't "GET" tools. Their tools are their bodies and their abilities. Examples of xenos metagaming the use of tools include stuffing corpses into lockers or trash chutes, or pushing (usually bulletproof) objects down hallways for cover, using crates to move things around they can't normally move, and crushing corpses with the shuttle. Understand however, there is a difference between an alien going around collecting things in a crate to melt vs killing a marine dragging a crate and melting it. The former a xeno uses a tool and is not permissible, the latter a marine used the tool and the xeno exploited the marine which is fine. There is also a difference between a xeno fighting and killing someone on an LZ who is then crushed by the shuttle, versus a xeno killing someone and then dragging them to be crushed;

3) The use of LZ1/LZ2 as a nesting ground/fortified area before the marines first drop. This one seems to confuse people because we get ahelps all the time on the first drop of "hey there was this/these alien(s) at the lz at the first drop". The issue isn't mere presence of aliens at the LZ, it's their building up large forces (read queen +T3's) or hives;

4) Queen uses the console before the marines first drop - self explanatory (expect a queen/xeno job ban if you do this)

5) A lone xeno on the Almayer specifically targeting critical systems before the xenos crash/board the almayer - self explanatory.

Hope that helps,
~Jerkface

[Oatzandhoes]

The ones you highlighted can't be melted you brainlet.

[Tactical 445]

**invincible**

[Akabinxstar]

This is why marine mains should be ignored on balance. They literally dont know how the game works.

Literally shut up

[Build_R_]

The queen can read minds, any sort of meta is possible.