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1: NC

2: NC and TR

3: NC, TR and Vanu

[Flying Dice]

I just thought of something that might be nice: A cert line for the base turrets, improving damage/health and decreasing heat buildup, perhaps. Personally I'd be willing to put certs into doing more damage, particularly with the AA turrets.

[Darkening Kaos]

Are you sure it was the same guy? Could've been two guys with a similar name.

Looks similar to me unless there are hidden/invisible letters.

Edit: And a first for me.....


The TR seem to be under-represented.

[Glowcat]

The TR seem to be under-represented.

On these boards? I actually prefer the TR but went NC because that seemed to be the plan for most people, and sunk a bunch of SC/certs into my character. I still play around as TR on Waterson occasionally and love it every time. Despite TR having a population advantage there, they seem to be less organized than the Vanu who crush their opposition with slightly lower population.

[alway]

Fixed an issue where lock-on rockets and missiles would sometimes not damage the target they hit

Huh. So that's why my G2A rockets actually managed to get kills this morning.

Like, I could actually feel that change. The word 'sometimes' in that sentence meant 'about 2/3 of the time' in regards to the G2A rockets. It was frustrating as all hell, as the only purpose those rockets had was to swat away nooby pilots who didn't realize the missile did nothing.
Yay bug-fixes!

I spent all morning defending The Crown from both TR and NC assaults. We held it for about 4 hours by the time I left.
Best quote of the morning, yelled just after pushing back a moderately sized TR attack: "Was that an attempted TR assault on The Crown, or was it the girlscouts come to sell cookies?"

[Rowanas]

Come on VS, at least -try- to conquer a continent once in a while. I will go TR if I have to!

I have 3 characters, all on Miller. I use whichever one gives me the best XP bonus at the time, but apparently the VS are under-represented whenever I log on, so realisticially, I only play VS. Still can't fly those fucking planes, though.

[miauw62]

Why would you do that? It's not like XP and certs are shared.

And for factions, I just like the NC alot more t han the TR, haven't tried vanu tough.

[alway]

Something weird I've been noticing in everyone's posts: fire from the hip. Why do you do it?

As a VS HA who uses only the Orion, I would never fire from the hip. That's how you die. Any missed shots dramatically decreases your damage output, greatly increasing your chances of dying, or at the very least losing more HP. Now, granted, I also use the HS/NV scope (as should everyone else who does close range combat; seriously, that thing feels like cheating), which highlights any target, giving it a very clear outline great for headshots.

A close quarters fight is all about who can output more damage faster. If you don't take advantage of the massive bonus damage from headshots while avoiding missed shots, you're not only doing it wrong, but you will find yourself back at the nearest sundy in short order.

[kaian-a-coel]

I do it because I have a x4 scope, mainly.

[Jelle]

Eh what another nerf to air? Hmm I suppose it was necesary, AA seems relatively balanced now. I just hope they won't take it to far with more consecutive nerfs, and instead nerf liberators without destroying small aircraft. That and change the darn A2A missles, as well as fixing rendering so you can actually see the AA maxes shooting at you.

Something weird I've been noticing in everyone's posts: fire from the hip. Why do you do it?

Shotgun baby! No need to aim it up close. But yeah for vanu weaponry I've noticed scoped fire is mostly superior, the way you turn your weapon into a headshooting monster. I imagine terran guns are better for hipfire spray but never played one so can't say. With NC I always scope to do burst fire, even up close I prefer two bursts then a spray.

[da_nang]

Hipfire? SVA-88 + Lazer + VS superior accuracy + health upgrade. Put on an extra 4x scope just in case. Good CQC loadout in my eyes.

[Knight of Fools]

Yeah, laser sight with a good scope is great on most NC weapons, since they have so little horizontal recoil and don't really need vertical grips. You can still stick a compensator on if you want, though it'll reduce hipfire accuracy a touch.

[Flying Dice]

Speaking as VS, the only times I hipfire are:

1. With shotguns.
2. When using my NS-11 armed medic.
3. When I'm close enough that I could knife them.

TR have us beat on RoF, NC on damage per hit, so hipfiring is basically like throwing away half of our advantage, as if a TR were firing 2-shot bursts in CQC or something.

[Tylui]

I have a Pulsar C with HS/NV, so I'll hipfire close to medium, beyond that scoped.
If I'm engineer I'll use the laser pointer, if I'm light assault I don't, because I like to mid-range snipe from weird perches.

The Lasher I will hipfire at their knees on purpose, and shotgun I will mid-range snipe with the slug ammo It's amazing the number of people who don't know about the slug ammo.

[Facekillz058]

Downloaded this on my Desktop, and it actually works, so yay.
Vanu all the way.

[Flying Dice]

Heheh. Just ran some NC grunt over with my Flash. Fun, but not nearly as satisfying as splattering people with the Mongoose in Halo 3. There's no meaty 'thwack' sound in PS2. Also, was killed by a Vanguard when I ran into the barrel of its main cannon while trying to drop C4. No, it didn't fire, I just was apparently running fast enough to brain myself.