Long Battles

[old.Enola]

Im new to Tribes and Im not familiar with all the types of games yet. Ive tried CTF and it seems to be over pretty quickly, are their any strateigical game modes (or mods even) that allow a long drawn out battle?

 

[old.Ronny_rules]

I love CTF, most games I play take more than half an hour. That's not too quick in my opinion.

 

[Embattle]

It really depends on the teams. I've seen games over very quick;y because one team just wants to use tanks etc.

 

[Custy]

Yeah, people using bombers and tanks on maps with flags indoor is just a waste of time. The fact that the bomber is fun means that people like to use it whenever possible, and if it is takeing 3 men off the battlefield, that is 3 men that could be guarding entrances, destroying incoming havocs and sabotageing the nme base (a sactual by the gens is always a nice way to come back from a low score)

TBH, a good run into the nme base with a havoc can do a lot more damage on maps with the flag inside than a bomber can do. If you sit 3 heavies in it to take the base, and 3 lights to get the flag then you are golden, it is just organiseing it all but it can happen.

One of my best tactics for getting defenders off the flag is to rape the nme gens. If you go in and destroy the gens then leave a satchel by it/them, fly off and hide, as soon as you see the lights come on in the base then blow the charge. Run in and lay mines and go grab another satchel (always good to put an inv station off to the side of nme base marked by a beacon)

Run back in and the hell starts again, keep doing this till they get defenders in the gen room. If they do get defenders in then you can attack the flag again because there will be less opposition because of fewer numbers, if they don't then carry on destroying the gens because then they can't buy vehicles/re arm etc.

If you ever get into a situation where you are loosing, don't just think about the main objective (the flag) go for the turrets and gens because it helps your team 10 fold as opposed to you takeing aimless runs at the flag and dying.

 

[Moving Target]

How can you fit 7 people in the Havoc?

 

[Embattle]

3 + 3 = 6

 

[granny]

+driver = 7

 

[Embattle]

Perhaps he is including the driver

 

[old.Hobbes^^]

Originally posted by Moving Target
How can you fit 7 people in the Havoc?

Put one of the guys in the boot?

 

[old.KmA_MANTIS]

Ive sat on the front for a considerable amount of time while not in a seat and got half way across the map!

Problem was when it picked up too much speed I went splat

They still aint fixed the stationary vehicle deaths yet - and those piss me off.

Ive lost count of the amount of times ive been killed while gently jumping into my stationary shrike/bobmer/havoc.

 

[old.addario]

hmmmmmmm happend to me a few times, i h8 it when u get a shrike etc and some other git steals it,

 

[Custy]

the worst offender for that is the MPB, i am scared to get in those things.

 

[granny]

Come at them from behind. They don't expect that and the nasty conniving vicious stationary vehicles don't have time to bite you as you pass by their teeth then.

 

[Moving Target]

MPBs are impossible to kill for me

 

[fatgit]

bombers are handy for clearing the landspike & spiders the nme place at the base entrance on maps with flags indoors
also handy for splatting nme cappers

 

[Moving Target]

its to cumbersome

 

[old.Crunchy]

To kill a MPB you can either bomb it or fire a few missiles at it

 

[old.Hobbes^^]

Unless someone is ELF'ing it bombs won't do damage fast enough. Missiles tend to be the best for clearing it.

 

[Moving Target]

What if you have to travel really far to get to it?