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Broonfondle Majikthies wrote:

Some of the most epic battles I've ever had have been a Dom. If both teams have good uplinks (not on rooftops, that rarely works - it doesn't encourage other players to push the objective)

And when I say epic I really do mean epic. The action was constant and the pressure the enemy exerted on trying to take the objective was incredible. Even the rear was frantic with logi's setting up a triage centre and keeping the lines supplied. Even calling in a 16 kill orbital somehow didn't make a difference.

Sadly recreating this is almost impossible (its entirely down to good uplink placement) and as much as I do like some of the newer maps they seem too large to make it work (at least it hasn't for us yet). Perhaps a larger player count per match would do it but I can't imagine it working with the current sockets.

I like Skirm but the only prob we have is other players pushing objectives. I mean for f*** sake we're holding this objective just fine (usually with the entire enemy team coming down on us) why the hell don't the capture somewhere else?! I'd hold a f****** parade for them! (complete with flaylock and PC fireworks Cool

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Johnny Guilt Algintal Core 511	Posted - 2014.02.18 09:42:00 - [1] - Quote The experience i feel while i try to engage in a game of ambush or Dom on most maps is very dissatisfying to play. Ambush is often nothing but a open kill ground for vehicles to run ramped whle player run frantic like ants looking for each other on a 5x5km map,it's aggravating , it's meaning empty and the only thing it achieves most of the time is spikes in my blood pressure. Dom is a game of submission and boredom,waiting 20-25mins for the game to end because your team or enemy team didn't try hard enough to push an objective placed in a very inconvenient design choice(im looking at you Fracture Road you pos) located 670m way from their spawns with no uplinks in sights, with the MCC at 40% armor while the enemy team still has 80% shields.i sit quietly in my MCC watching the tank after tank enter and leave my teams red line or watch blues as they frantically try to get close to the objective only to be pick up by a 360* scanner and are quickly dispose of,poor blue Skirmish is alright however the lack of squadplay between teammates quickly turns this mode into another Dom waiting game. Care to add? A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Arkena Wyrnspire Fatal Absolution 9708	Posted - 2014.02.18 10:15:00 - [2] - Quote Ambush - equivalent to self harming. Skirmish - marathon running between objectives while barely getting any fighting Domination - redline snipefest ZATARA CARRIES US ALL Lenin of the glorious armoured revolution MAG Raven
Ryme Intrinseca Fatal Absolution 746	Posted - 2014.02.18 10:41:00 - [3] - Quote Tankbush - Godmode tanks spawn camping Tankination - trapped in a 6m2m cell by circling Godmode tanks Tankmish - as above but you've got an objective in the 6m2m cell
Broonfondle Majikthies Dogs of War Gaming Zero-Day 854	Posted - 2014.02.18 10:48:00 - [4] - Quote Some of the most epic battles I've ever had have been a Dom. If both teams have good uplinks (not on rooftops, that rarely works - it doesn't encourage other players to push the objective) And when I say epic I really do mean epic. The action was constant and the pressure the enemy exerted on trying to take the objective was incredible. Even the rear was frantic with logi's setting up a triage centre and keeping the lines supplied. Even calling in a 16 kill orbital somehow didn't make a difference. Sadly recreating this is almost impossible (its entirely down to good uplink placement) and as much as I do like some of the newer maps they seem too large to make it work (at least it hasn't for us yet). Perhaps a larger player count per match would do it but I can't imagine it working with the current sockets. I like Skirm but the only prob we have is other players pushing objectives. I mean for f* sake we're holding this objective just fine (usually with the entire enemy team coming down on us) why the hell don't the capture somewhere else?! I'd hold a f**** parade for them! (complete with flaylock and PC fireworks ) "...where Bylothgar the Ill-postured was made King of the People With No Name But Decent Footwear"
Ryme Intrinseca Fatal Absolution 746	Posted - 2014.02.18 10:56:00 - [5] - Quote Broonfondle Majikthies wrote: Some of the most epic battles I've ever had have been a Dom. If both teams have good uplinks (not on rooftops, that rarely works - it doesn't encourage other players to push the objective) And when I say epic I really do mean epic. The action was constant and the pressure the enemy exerted on trying to take the objective was incredible. Even the rear was frantic with logi's setting up a triage centre and keeping the lines supplied. Even calling in a 16 kill orbital somehow didn't make a difference. Sadly recreating this is almost impossible (its entirely down to good uplink placement) and as much as I do like some of the newer maps they seem too large to make it work (at least it hasn't for us yet). Perhaps a larger player count per match would do it but I can't imagine it working with the current sockets. I like Skirm but the only prob we have is other players pushing objectives. I mean for f* sake we're holding this objective just fine (usually with the entire enemy team coming down on us) why the hell don't the capture somewhere else?! I'd hold a f**** parade for them! (complete with flaylock and PC fireworks ) Yeah, domination can be really epic. Unfortunately you usually have three tanks from one side or the other parked on the objective nowadays and the game is effectively over within 3 minutes.
Yan Darn Forsaken Immortals Top Men. 230	Posted - 2014.02.18 11:01:00 - [6] - Quote When Solo, I only Skirmish - even (especially?) when being stomped there is something for a scout like me to do. Dom can be ok solo, but it's dependant on the map. I can get a 20+ kill streak defending the point or I can go 5/15 trying to do something. I only ambush if SL decides - in which case I have a fit with a standard needle, I save as many clones as I take - but I'm in a squad anyway with usually a ADS or Tank...solo it's not worth the (r)ISK. You probably don't know me. But next time you get gunned down or exploded by a Valor scout...check the name.
DeadlyAztec11 Ostrakon Agency Gallente Federation 4329	Posted - 2014.02.18 11:17:00 - [7] - Quote Ambush is incredibly horrible Domination is boring Skirmish is the only one that is mildly entertaining to play My alts: General John Ripper, Draxus Prime, MoonEagle A, Anarchide, Long Evity And this is why I am the #1 forum warrior
Lorhak Gannarsein Science For Death 1703	Posted - 2014.02.18 11:29:00 - [8] - Quote Dom is mind-numbingly boring. Skirm is entertaining. Ambush is quick and profitable (BPO FTW). Forge on for great justice! Defend the meek! Destroy the weak! Q-sync breaches into the rectum of everyone else!
Zack3000 Smith Endless Hatred Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive 1	Posted - 2014.02.18 11:56:00 - [9] - Quote Johnny Guilt wrote: The experience i feel while i try to engage in a game of ambush or Dom on most maps is very dissatisfying to play. Ambush is often nothing but a open kill ground for vehicles to run ramped whle player run frantic like ants looking for each other on a 5x5km map,it's aggravating , it's meaning empty and the only thing it achieves most of the time is spikes in my blood pressure. Dom is a game of submission and boredom,waiting 20-25mins for the game to end because your team or enemy team didn't try hard enough to push an objective placed in a very inconvenient design choice(im looking at you Fracture Road you pos) located 670m way from their spawns with no uplinks in sights, with the MCC at 40% armor while the enemy team still has 80% shields.i sit quietly in my MCC watching the tank after tank enter and leave my teams red line or watch blues as they frantically try to get close to the objective only to be pick up by a 360* scanner and are quickly dispose of,poor blue Skirmish is alright however the lack of squadplay between teammates quickly turns this mode into another Dom waiting game. Care to add? QQ that is the only advise i can give you.
calisk galern BurgezzE.T.F General Tso's Alliance 1896	Posted - 2014.02.18 14:00:00 - [10] - Quote spambush...enough said skirmish....run around a lot, high risk of gettin shot in the back, nobody works together, then red line. domination, everyone attacks one point , fighting is constant, running is rare, redlining happens easier. end of the day the way i approach each map depends on the weapon and tactics i decide to employ in each.

Fire of Prometheus Alpha Response Command 3682	Posted - 2014.02.18 14:32:00 - [11] - Quote Ambush ---> hide from tanks and pray to various deitys that I don't get a tank up the butt Skirmish ---> boom jeep marathon Dom ----> ambush on roids It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it -Aristotle
John Demonsbane Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics League of Infamy 2038	Posted - 2014.02.18 14:48:00 - [12] - Quote lolambush: Haven't played it in months. I'm no masochist. Dom on the Gallente facility map: Freaking BRUTAL in the best possible way. As in constant ammo depleting CQC carnage, 10 kill orbitals, race to clone out the other team with 2 ticks left on the MCC epic. God I love that map. Dom on whatever that new map with the single set of long pipes and central tower with the objective under it is called: I want to gouge my own eyes out it's so painful. Skirmish: On average more enjoyable. Less map-dependant. "The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu Forum Warrior lv.2 Amarr victor!
Hecarim Van Hohen Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising 446	Posted - 2014.02.18 14:52:00 - [13] - Quote I don't really play Ambush or Domination so this is how my Skirmish match goes (HMG): I choose a point and defend it and in case of a clone failure, respawn and clear the point if clearing results in another clone failure, spawn elsewhere and make my way back to the point I repeat this until the match ends, some extremely fun matches and some incredibly boring but that the life of a point-defense heavy I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 1.7 best match (HMG): 40/9/9 (K/A/D)
Scheherazade VII 215	Posted - 2014.02.18 15:11:00 - [14] - Quote Ambush = Pointless, ruined by tanks, tank spam and open ground, infantry get slaughtered. very, very one-sided often with one side taking under 10 clone losses. Skirmish = Very boring, when there is action it is entirely situated around ONE objective, even on a 5 objective map on which it is nothing more than a game of cat-and-mouse. Players desperately try to find each other and some action. Domination = one-sided, decided within the first 5 minutes, sometimes the entire game is decided on the first spawn, sometimes I see 0 enemies and maybe a few tanks. Sometimes the enemy don't even come out of the redline, the fact that there are no spawns and 100s of metres of open ground to cover extinguish any possibility of enthusiasm needed for this game mode. All in all the 3 modes which this game has to offer are very boring, mainly because the maps are too big, if they were smaller the game would probably run better too. The objectives shouldn't be so easily farmed by tanks,, On the contrary, the CQC sockets which house objectives are often too small and favour shotguns and heavies.


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