| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967373] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 01:21  |
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If you see an unoccupied friendly vehicle in the field you should a)get in it or b) destroy it if you are already in a vehicle. That is smart playing. BUT...
when you are in your own base, and see an unoccupied vehicle, you SHOULD ASK IF THE VEHICLE IS ABANDONED before you take it. 9 times out of 10 the vehicle's owner is just getting a character upgrade or refill.
Twice in recent days (on different servers) some n00b grabs my vehicle and drives off with it while I upgrade from an Eng to a Tech.
Grrrr.
Teamwork always wins the game. Always.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967372] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 01:45  |
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I love the jokers that grab an enemy vehicle parked in front of one of your building without poking their head in to make sure the situation is under control first.
The other night kinda early in a game on city I see an APC headed toward the PP, I'm near the airstrip with a regular soldier. I type "PP" real quick and head for the trouble. When I roll in there, there's 3 engies and a shotgun trooper covering them, I kill one engy and almost the shotgun guy before I die. PP down. Before getting killed, however, I had the privilege of seeing one of my teammates grab the APC without a second thought - this while there were still 3 live enemy in our PP! That's just stupid, careless or selfish (or all 3). I called the guy out on it and he comes back with, "well, I thought you had it under control." I appreciate the confidence in my ability to kill four guys with one soldier, but the situation is under control when all the enemies in one of your builings are dead.
So, if you see an APC, or buggy, or whatever parked in front of one of your buildings, that MIGHT be a HINT that someone is inside that shouldn't be. Take a look before you go joyriding.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967371] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 04:46 |
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Hmmm- if i see an a teammate jump out to repair in base - or on the field (which i dont recommend) - i jump in - to provide cover fire - prevent enemy thief - and above all - to give the poor engie some points - because you dont get them for repairing any empty vehicle.
Most of the players know this - and after the repair - i pop out and we both are happy --
every now and then - a new player will either jump in and not repair - or -- spam "Get out of the vehicle" (i'm usually an above $700 character - so why would i want there vehicle) -
so - either the vehicle gets jacked by the enemy - or get's destroyed by incoming fire - while the engie is huddled behind it repairing.
I usually make enough credits on foot to buy vehicles for anyone - so who knows -?
either you learn that this is teamwork driven game - and that you have to think "tactical" or go back to playing Q-Bert.
On the point of players jumping in the enemy vehicles in base - i have seen this too often --- they just want the rights to the vehicle - no matter if the base is being destroyed around them.
The other thing that could go hand in hand with this - if you find/capture a vehicle - keep it in the base so the enemy cant see/destroy it -- one less enemy vehicle they can make - (8 is the limit) - plus if your team is really good - you can rush with 14 vehicles....(yes - i saw it happen once -- snipers were REALLY good that game..)
IMHO
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[ July 15, 2002, 11:47: Message edited by: StoneRook ]
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967370] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 17:02 |
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i love being a SBH in islands w/ spawn weps on because i grob aq sriper snipe the guy gittin into his vehicle and assalt their base. just dont stand in the construct. area or they buy a vehicle and BOINK. the other day a noobie saw my grab an enemy vehicle and he waits in the area and this guy in the buildin buys a mammy. too bad since he was sukura w/ a becon. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967369] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 17:05 |
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as for friendly vehicles in base, i wait one minute next to a vehicle and noone claims it i take it. or ill just spam "WHO OWNS THE MED TANK" over the chat and if noone says anything... oops i got in. oops im attacking their base oops i earned 1000 points for killin the refin. oops i died. oh well.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967368] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 06:01 |
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Stonerook: "go back to Qbert", you crack me up
This afternoon, I am playing on INTECH server, and a cat name GARYBUTCH stole my tank in my own base while I was repairing it. I called him on it, but he offered no response. I honestly dont think he was a n00b, just a jerk.
Funny how one rotten apple really can spoil the barrel, I switched channels.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967367] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 06:54 |
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Amen to that. Just the other day that happened. I bought a flame tank, and while chasing it off the runway, some n00b jumps in and takes off. I jump in with him and start hollering at him via team chat to get out of my tank. He ignores and drives right into the GDI base. I finally sent him a page and told him to get out. He stops, but doesn't get out. All the while, my tank getting pounded. Finally he hops out and a message "sorry, dude" appears on team chat. Now I have a tank at 25\% health surrounded by about 4 grenadiers. Needless to say, I didn't get much bang for that 800 bucks....
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967364] |
Mon, 15 July 2002 14:15 |
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Isn't asking "whose tank is this?" kind of like asking "whose $100 bill is laying on the ground?". Anyone will claim it, especially if they can't afford one at the moment. I say if you leave your tank empty on a map with no base defence and SBH can get it, you deserve to be jacked. The only exception is if you are out of it and repairing it.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967362] |
Tue, 16 July 2002 07:26 |
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My way of handling things is if it's out in the feild, even if the engi is there, I shoot it, and tell him to go back to base. If it's a "rush map" (no defences) then I just cover him, and when he's done, page him telling him to go get another eng to repair him or go to base. I destroy them out in the feild ESPECIALLY if im on GDI. On Nod, it's still a stupid idea. If inside a defended base, apparently abandoned, I ask on team chat 3 times (about 5-10 secs between) and if there is no response or the response of "take it" I take it and do some damage.
My 2 cents
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967361] |
Tue, 16 July 2002 18:55 |
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ikompute
Recruit
Member # 15670
Member Rated:
posted July 15, 2002 13:54
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Amen to that. Just the other day that happened. I bought a flame tank, and while chasing it off the runway, some n00b jumps in and takes off. I jump in with him and start hollering at him via team chat to get out of my tank. He ignores and drives right into the GDI base. I finally sent him a page and told him to get out. He stops, but doesn't get out. All the while, my tank getting pounded. Finally he hops out and a message "sorry, dude" appears on team chat. Now I have a tank at 25\% health surrounded by about 4 grenadiers. Needless to say, I didn't get much bang for that 800 bucks....
if i'm reading this right, that was not your tank n00b!!
you bought it and chased it off the runway? that sounds like you were trying to get in it as it was dropped off by the cargo plane. if the other player was able to get in it, then it was his tank, not yours! there is a 30sec delay when purchased where no one but the owner can get in. if he got in then you jumped in afterward, it was his tank, not yours and you owe him a new flame tank and an apology.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967356] |
Tue, 16 July 2002 22:07 |
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All true. I got flamed by some jerk the other day. I was getting a refill and he got in my apc. After spamming 'Get out of...' for a minute or so he finally got out and flamed me for not being a teamplayer. Man what an asshole. He wanted to drive the APC-rush he said. That would be ok with me if he'd asked and I'd know he was a not too bad a driver. He could be a nOOb for all i knew. Turns out he was. I tried to explain but he didn't WANT to understand.
Oh yeah, this is a brainkiller too:
Someone steels your vehicle. You let him have it via teamchat or some voicecommands. He tels you 'I didn't steel it, it was empty!' or 'You can't prove it was yours' ArRgh ![[Mad]](mad.gif) !!!
People who steel vehicles I should not meet in the flesh. It would be 'Enemy spotted' and 'Destroy it now'. Or even cooler (and less time in the slammer), steel his vehicle!
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967354] |
Thu, 18 July 2002 02:38 |
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spotelmo
Commander
Member # 3515
posted July 17, 2002 01:55
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ikompute
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Member # 15670
Member Rated:
posted July 15, 2002 13:54
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Amen to that. Just the other day that happened. I bought a flame tank, and while chasing it off the runway, some n00b jumps in and takes off. I jump in with him and start hollering at him via team chat to get out of my tank. He ignores and drives right into the GDI base. I finally sent him a page and told him to get out. He stops, but doesn't get out. All the while, my tank getting pounded. Finally he hops out and a message "sorry, dude" appears on team chat. Now I have a tank at 25\% health surrounded by about 4 grenadiers. Needless to say, I didn't get much bang for that 800 bucks....
if i'm reading this right, that was not your tank n00b!!
you bought it and chased it off the runway? that sounds like you were trying to get in it as it was dropped off by the cargo plane. if the other player was able to get in it, then it was his tank, not yours! there is a 30sec delay when purchased where no one but the owner can get in. if he got in then you jumped in afterward, it was his tank, not yours and you owe him a new flame tank and an apology.
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well, I was under that impression as well (that someone else couldn't get into my newly purchased tank). It rolled to the opposite side of the runway, so I had a long way to run before I could get it to it. I know it was mine because my credits went down 800 and I got "purchase request granted" when I bought it. It was the next vehicle to drop off the cargo plane.
I don't really know how he got in...but he did, and he didn't buy it, and he should have at least asked. (also, I was an engy and I was hitting it with my repair gun all the way (claiming it as mine...))
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967352] |
Thu, 18 July 2002 06:57 |
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well, I'll take your word for it that one guy may have bought a tank and two people get credits deducted. It's never happened to me before, but I assume it has to you or you wouldn't have said so. I still maintain it was my tank. Matter of fact when the guy finally got out, he apologized, which would tell me he knew it wasn't his tank.
Anyhow, no big deal really, considering how much I have played and it has only happened a couple of times, I can live with it. Maybe it was an honest mistake - it happens.
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967351] |
Fri, 19 July 2002 00:56 |
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You gotta be careful when claiming vehicles on the flight line as Nod - sometimes it will get destroyed by another delivery (stupid harvy) and the tank your thinking is yours - is another persons.
We you buy something and hear an explosion after "unit ready" - you just bought yourself a pile of parts....
m2c
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| Before taking a friendly vehicle that YOU DID NOT PURCHASE [message #-967350] |
Fri, 19 July 2002 16:32 |
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Yeah I have had credit reduced for buying a vehicle and getting no vehicle as well. I was on noD and bought a stank, the credits for a stank were deducted from me, but the next vehicle was a ltank which the owner promptly jumped into. There were no vehicles delivered between my purchase and the ltank being dropped off.
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