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Debacle Nano
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:07:00 -
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Whether it be in a tank or as infantry, do you gank? |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:31:00 -
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Psshhhh...FPS playerss....
Ganking means to "surprise attack".
In EVE, it's mostly used by pirates using warp bubbles and such. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:34:00 -
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xprotoman23 wrote:you mean flanking.....
No I mean gank. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:45:00 -
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xprotoman23 wrote:Debacle Nano wrote:xprotoman23 wrote:you mean flanking..... No I mean gank. Your talking about high level players beating up on low level players that have no chance of fighting back whatsoever. If so most players are culprits of ganking. No that is not what I mean.
An example of what I mean is when I'm in my tank and I'm attacking. I see an enemy tank on the map north of the western warehouse moving south along that western road. I'll set up south of the pipes that lead from the tower next to the warehouse. When he moves under and south of the pipes, I will kill him. I would have gotten several shots (Or maybe all of them) off without him noticing me.
That's ganking. It's a little different than EVE, but the same concept is applied. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:45:00 -
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Grimm Trip wrote:Gank example, 5 stealth bombers warp in on a hurricane then peace out immediately after.
Another one, hulk is mining in a belt, warp in with a small frig gang, web and point hulk, blow it up. (shout out to hulkageddon)
That's what I meant. Thank you. +1 |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:47:00 -
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Forlorn Destrier wrote:Debacle Nano wrote:Psshhhh...FPS playerss....
Ganking means to "surprise attack".
In EVE, it's mostly used by pirates using warp bubbles and such. Not always - we sometimes use lies as well.
Or that. haha |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:50:00 -
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xD It gives me a strong feeling of accomplishment. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 22:55:00 -
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xprotoman23 wrote:so basically you are making "glass canon" loadoouts which focus on DPS
Yes but I won't truly be able to exploit this until they fix damage mods for vehicles and until they add black ops tanks |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 23:00:00 -
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Kira Lannister wrote:Grimm Trip wrote:Ganking is nothing to do with suicide or kamikaze... You sure about that? A bunch of cheaper ships attacking a more expensive ship in high sec knowing that the concord is going to arrive and destroy them has nothing to do with kamikaze or suicide?
In EVE, yes. In Dust, not really. Maybe later though. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 23:01:00 -
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Grimm Trip wrote:xprotoman23 wrote:so basically you are making "glass canon" loadoouts which focus on DPS Not necessarily... You equip mods that are made to bring down an enemy player, ganking isnt so much a fit as it is choosing how and when to engage a target so the battle ends up favourably for you. If i know a frig is on a gate id send a couple frigs around to the opposite side of that gate to wait for him while sending another two frigs to push him through the gate so the waiting frigs could tackle him while he tried to warp. A gank fit would consist of a web, a disrupter(point), and some sort of speed Mod like afterburners or a microwarpdrive, also preferrably tech 2 autocannons or Lasers.
Oooooooohhh. Give me the new build already!!! Ganking will be so much easier! |
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Debacle Nano
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Posted - 2012.08.13 23:10:00 -
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Kira Lannister wrote:Well like in Dust, you take your scout, load him with Remote Explosives. Run jump on the tank, and plant your remote explosives. Your probably going to get shot down, but you have enough time to detonate. It is basically a kamikaze run.
I've seen people call a militia dropship, and ram it into a myron. It destroyed both ships. Would that count as ganking?
Ehhh. Ganking is like a planned surprise attack. The scout one I guess, but the dropship, not really. That's just called suicide ramming. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 23:15:00 -
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Yep. Haha thats about it. |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 23:22:00 -
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Lurchasaurus wrote:Debacle Nano wrote:Kira Lannister wrote:Well like in Dust, you take your scout, load him with Remote Explosives. Run jump on the tank, and plant your remote explosives. Your probably going to get shot down, but you have enough time to detonate. It is basically a kamikaze run.
I've seen people call a militia dropship, and ram it into a myron. It destroyed both ships. Would that count as ganking? Ehhh. Ganking is like a planned surprise attack. The scout one I guess, but the dropship, not really. That's just called suicide ramming. in all seriousness, there is no "ganking" in a game like Dust. This isnt League of Legends. In military games we use military terms like flanking, reconnaissance, ambushing, scouting, patrolling.....etc. you get the idea.
I call it ganking. Lot less to type than "Surprise Attack!!" |
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Posted - 2012.08.13 23:39:00 -
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Just Bad wrote:It's about the context. In EVE at least -
For fitting it's the opposite of Tank - Your ability to absorb and repair damage. Gank - It's your ability to pump out damage.
When you do it to someone you're trying to remove any possible outcome to a fight which doesn't end with them being dead in as brutal a fashion as possible. This can take the form of a large quantity of people behind you or just the right tools (lol jams, tracking disruptors, capacitor warfare) to remove any possibility of a good fight for whoever you are ganking.
I don't think there's a 1:1 correlation in Dust but I'll take it as meaning you try to stack the deck in your favour where at all possible at the start of every engagement. In which case guilty as charged.
Yep. Right on. |
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