Red Flies

I can't say how much I hate red flies. They don't exist, you can't hit them by shooting at them, they fly out into space, they don't obey z-rules, and they bite you to death. They're like figments of my imagination except they always kill me.

Does anyone know the secret to not getting pwnd by them every single time? I mean, once one starts biting me, they all go after me, and they don't let up until I'm dead.

How do you kill 'em? I mean besides suicide bombering. =-(

The difficultly of the red gnats has been discussed here.

My current strategy against the little buggers has been to either shock combo or AVRiL them. If I'm playing as an LA, the lightening bolt is very helpful. If you ever get overwhelmed by a swarm, just run. Medics and pets make good meals for the gnats, so if you are a medic don't stand there and heal yourself. You'll just make them stronger

The thing to remember is that when one hits you, it always moves DIRECTLY backwards a set amount. You can shock combo or AVRiL them as they begin to slow down and before they change direction.

Alternatively, call for help (easiest if you have a mic), hold still, and have a couple people bury the area in shock combos.

Use your translocator to get some distance then lock in with the Avril. They are not hard to lock on if they are coming straight at you. I haven't had much luck with the shock combo because I have difficulty judging the distance and when to "pop" the energy ball.

ECHO wrote:

Medics and pets make good meals for the gnats, so if you are a medic don't stand there and heal yourself. You'll just make them stronger

As a Medic I've had some success dealing with the Vamp Gnats. I'll contain the gnats in a tight space, like the archways that lead into the flag rooms on Bridge of Fate, where the gnats can't avoid the compressed damage of a medic rocket launcher. They drop like flies.

In wide open spaces, good luck. They're fast lil' buggers and will easily keep up while trying to escape with the translocator. Change to the Shock and do your best.

TON80 wrote:

They drop like flies.

I like to pull out my flak and use the secondary fire witch is the flak balls and aimm right at the grrund that they are over the boom they are dead. But if there is alot of them fltying around then i pull out the beam rod or bolt and zap them to DeAtH

i find a good key point with flies is this..get them whyen they are small !!..rlly samll...as soon as wave 2 hits..i listen veeery carefully for that signature buzzing..once i see them...i do my best to kill it!!.....

as a medic there always tonos technic
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also a good statergy on map with a redeemer... is to leave your trans in some hiding spot or just, well, some part from whcih you can get as far away from as possible...a lil bitter faster than the flies...then once you have the flies trailing you and you have a little lead on them...
spin around and do suicide deemer..(ps not advisble if you dont have ghost..) but before the deemer hits, trans out to your hiding spot and that may get the majrity of the flies.....
a varible of that is to lead them to spot where you got one player to " bait them" and if you hvae it..suicide ultamat them..but it will only work if there is a plyer to abit them to stay in that area or the flies will just wonder off for new victims

then if that doesnt work..narrow halls and splash dmg weps..(if map has avairl or shock thos are helpful to but avaril only at a distance..:/..)

also advisabel to keep a good 50 adren on you if your medic that way of you happen to ghsot into an area with flies you can balst yourslef and some other player who cna finish the last of them.....

lightning guns work well if you sharp shoot them at a distance..but onyl when they are reeeeeaaaallly small..not when they are bout to divide and conquer..

...and there is the previously said." .layer the area with shock ball combos" ( in a hall way with only 2 entrances is nice too if the entances are layered well..)

and lasty there is the run-away-and-dont-let-them-bite-you-while-shooting-madly-every-wepon-in-your-arsenal method..

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but yes the red flies are evil..and like mosquitoes too...hmm maybe if we got cintranella candles it would help..o.0..