Daddrobit
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Posted - 2014.07.08 08:37:00 -
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Mike De Luca wrote: Just out of curiosity since I wasn't around back then (started up in 1.7) why was original skirmish scrapped?
Because the game had more problems than Jay-Z. Seriously, the game was buggy as all hell. But I suppose the main reason for the discontinuation of Skirmish 1.0 was due to balance.
See, the thing was that the MCC would move forward a bit and then be stopped by the relay towers and wouldn't start moving again until they were destroyed. But the thing was that they were actually destructible like any installation today. So the attacking team would always, (if they were smart) call in a rail tank or two, rush the towers down, and let the MCC just move straight on to the station to dock without ever stopping. This meant that the defenders literally could not destroy the MCC even if they held all of the null cannons for the duration of the match because the dps of the null cannons wasn't enough to bring it down in time.
Alternatively there was glitch that forced a win for the defending team.
Occasionally when you tried to call in a vehicle, the game would glitch out and send in an infinite number of whatever you called in. So what would happen was that there would be a vehicle cap consisting entirely of rail or missile tanks, the defenders would all pile in and using the powers of the tanks they would be able to shoot down the MCC even if the attackers held the null cannons. You got points for damaging the MCC too, it was nice.
Of course, that was if the game would let you finish. If you were able to get through 3 full games without having your PS3 hardlock on you, it was basically akin to finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn who has a son that is also a successful honest politician.
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Daddrobit
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Posted - 2014.07.08 19:04:00 -
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Shinobi MumyoSakanagare ZaShigurui wrote:Daddrobit wrote:
It was basically akin to finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn who has a son that is also a successful honest politician.
  Now that sounds like some good $h!t . Too bad I wasn't around to see that , it sounds like fun .
If by fun you mean harrowing, then yes. Those hardlocks were dangerous.I recall getting on the forums back then and occasionally hearing reports that after hardlocking, some peoples PS3s died or were damaged. And I'm not kidding when I said 3 games; it was pretty y much clockwork that if you didn't freeze on game 1 or 2, you were doomed on game 3.
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