Unethical Practices: Base Protect

Sofa_King_Dope

This will probably be seen by some as cheap or unfair, but it is within the current confines of the game and is very effective. I'm not sure if it should be altered, made more difficult, or left as it is. I'm sure it's no fun when the rabbits got the gun -I know I'd be pissed. But if you have the persistence and enough res for repairs, you could literally spam almost anything to death. Or at worst, frustrate them enough to leave, or eventually stop manning their fleet and kill it on auto. Opinions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz78t0cpX-w

Krazie243

Nacho Cheese

First of all, that venom control was sad... not moving the fleet into a guarded formation was stupidity #1. Sure you are spamming, but he could at least avoid damage with proper fleet control.

Second, you will not always be online to use such tricks. I suggest hitting bases when the owners are out to lunch.

In agreement tho - Harriers should not be spammable. I already made a thread about this and you've gone and proven yet another means of exploitation that should be dealt with.

The Black Skull

Nacho Cheese

If you have so little confidence in your base then by all means spam away. Glad I didn't have to put up with this when I came crashing through your front door, taking your whole base in the process I believe Although if it did happen I'd simply leave and make it a point to come back when no one is home and make an attempt on the base anyway.

Sofa_King_Dope

Cool Ranch

The Black Skull said:

If you have so little confidence in your base then by all means spam away. Glad I didn't have to put up with this when I came crashing through your front door, taking your whole base in the process I believe Although if it did happen I'd simply leave and make it a point to come back when no one is home and make an attempt on the base anyway.

I posted this to demonstrate an option and question it as an exploit, rather than to reflect the amount of confidence I have in my base. Which isn't all that high anymore, since a **** like you crashed through my front door. Sike, swing through when you see this.

THEBEARD98

Nacho Cheese

Honestly I find it much harder to beat fleets on auto than against players with spam.  The AI never makes mistakes and people constantly do.

Herald of Tzeentch

on one hand you got the base hitter guy/gal who wants in the base, on the other hand you got the defender who should and can do anything he or she can do to save some resources. and considering how much a pain in the back base hitting has be come after the "bug fix" on base weapons.

smarcusm

this is no different than in bp, people send waves of gunboats out to irritate a fleet and block it from the base hit. but they cant always be online to do it. iv stalk bases in bp for a week to finally level um. all part of it. but the one thing i dont know if i like or not is the ability to hit a fleet in motion. in bp your either fast enough to lock um standing still or you miss it. it adds to the skill of the hunt. at this point going into another sect to hit a base isnt really worth it,yes you may get to the planet,but by then your seen and a hoard of ships is waiting for you when you try to get back home

Sofa_King_Dope

Cool Ranch

smarcusm said:

this is no different than in bp, people send waves of gunboats out to irritate a fleet and block it from the base hit. but they cant always be online to do it. iv stalk bases in bp for a week to finally level um. all part of it. but the one thing i dont know if i like or not is the ability to hit a fleet in motion. in bp your either fast enough to lock um standing still or you miss it. it adds to the skill of the hunt. at this point going into another sect to hit a base isnt really worth it,yes you may get to the planet,but by then your seen and a hoard of ships is waiting for you when you try to get back home

I disagree with literally everything you said. Hitting in motion is what makes it different. In my opinion, it's one of the games best qualities. You have the Carebear Flu (C4B3 virus). Contain yourself to battle pirates, please. For the sake of any remaining playability, we mustn't have this contamination spreading around in an already unhealthy Vega universe.... What are you trying to do, kill us all?!

smarcusm

your intitled to your opinions, im intitled to mine

Mr Popo

Cool Ranch

any player should be allowed to use any recourse available o him/her to protect their base.

I dont care if you can spam harriers, i jsut want the weight tinkered so plasma bats dont fit on them. without that particular weapon on them, docks. except for the really good beamer harrier drivers that flank n whatnot

Captain Awesome

I did this to a guy for a whole hour, then he hit me while I was sleeping and it turned out he couldn't destroy my base anyway.  :P

Zab4

Nacho Cheese are way better than Cool Ranch, IMHO

+1 for leaving it as is, both for Harrier spamming and plasmas fitting on them. If you can't take out a fleet of harriers with 'whatever' on them, you can always quit?

-1 for whomever suggested not being able to hit fleets in motion

THEBEARD98

Nacho Cheese

It's not unethical its fine, but it is weak.  I never discourage someone from hitting me.  I tell em to go for it my base can take it.