DUST Search - Orbital Strike

Kro'nak Ragnok wrote:

However due to its size it is easy to avoid if you are paying attention.

As for performing a PS I don't know the specific requirements for earning one. I did earn one once while getting kills, (5 or more I think), without dying & setting squad objectives as the squad leader. However, the thing that pissed me off about earning it was that I died frustratingly trying to figure out how to perform it. So many people that never performed one kept telling me that it was peformed on the map screen like an objective, (as if I hadn't been performing squad orders & that wasn't the first thing that I tried to do). Well, "Supposedly", to perform an PS you have to be a squad leader & pull up the vehicle request screen by pressing "Right" on the D-pad."If earned", it will supposedly appear below "Dropship" at least to what I have been "told", lol.

Well hopefully this helped answer some of the questions that you have about PS's. Anyone else that knows the specifics for triggering a PS such as the exact number of kills without dying or squad objectives that need to be set or accomplished please post them. I too would like to know the answer to that.

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Stefan Jacobs Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 10	Posted - 2012.08.21 14:49:00 - [1] - Quote Or precision strike as I think they are called. Has anyone seen one? Does anyone know what we have to do so that we can use one?
Etero Narciss Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 112	Posted - 2012.08.21 16:24:00 - [2] - Quote After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles).
Kain Spero Imperfects Negative-Feedback 905	Posted - 2012.08.21 16:31:00 - [3] - Quote If you hear a strange noise and see a blue light on the ground just RUN!

GM Unicorn Hedion University Amarr Empire 265	Posted - 2012.08.21 16:36:00 - [4] - Quote Etero Narciss wrote: After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles). Correct. You'll have a 4th option under "Dropship" in the Vehicles menu. The best way to farm WP is with a well balanced team with an healer, some DPS and a quick hacker, like a scout, to gain some hack points and a free dropship if you are lucky enough ;)

theschizogenious KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 167	Posted - 2012.08.21 16:40:00 - [5] - Quote ive been the victim of one but strangely enough there was a guy it landed directly on and he was fine
Arbor Viridanus Sanmatar Kelkoons Minmatar Republic 196	Posted - 2012.08.21 16:40:00 - [6] - Quote I got one dropped right in front of me once. It took out two of my team mates, but missed me by only a few meters.
Stefan Jacobs Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 10	Posted - 2012.08.21 16:59:00 - [7] - Quote A game I just did I saw it say that it was available for Squad leaders, but the game ended just after. I was so sad. I take it the war points are the numbers that come up when we do stuff. Like killing someone +50, reviving +60 etc. Anyone know the exact number needed?
Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:00:00 - [8] - Quote Stefan Jacobs wrote: Or precision strike as I think they are called. Has anyone seen one? Does anyone know what we have to do so that we can use one? Yeah, I have seen a couple Precison Strikes, (PS). Just as the name implies, it is a small concentrated attack from above. Its like a rain of lights from the heavens. Due to its damage radius being slighty bigger than that of an objective installation you are more like to see it performed near objective installations in skirmish matches due to the spawn points being located there as well as a higher concentrated number enemies. However due to its size it is easy to avoid if you are paying attention. Before it a PS is performed a very distinctive sound is heard by those that are in the kill radius. It kind of sounds like the buzzer in a Basketball game but warped & shorter in lenght. The instant you hear that sound you need to run as the attack will commence within about 5 seconds. If you are playing Skirmish and near an obective you need to run. If you are playing ambush just pick a spot & run. You'll know when to stop running as the sound of explosions will have stopped... or you will be dead. Although PS's are very short & has a small kill radius it is very powerful as I know of nothing that can actually survive it. I am curious to know though if a friendly PS positioned right under an enemy Cestus would destroy or cause any damage to the Cestus as that would certainly end a game quickler if you were winning or give your team a better chance at winning if you were losing. I also don't know if friendly PS's are capable of killing friendlies, (Though). As for performing a PS I don't know the specific requirements for earning one. I did earn one once while getting kills, (5 or more I think), without dying & setting squad objectives as the squad leader. However, the thing that pissed me off about earning it was that I died frustratingly trying to figure out how to perform it. So many people that never performed one kept telling me that it was peformed on the map screen like an objective, (as if I hadn't been performing squad orders & that wasn't the first thing that I tried to do). Well, "Supposedly", to perform an PS you have to be a squad leader & pull up the vehicle request screen by pressing "Right" on the D-pad."If earned", it will supposedly appear below "Dropship" at least to what I have been "told", lol. Well hopefully this helped answer some of the questions that you have about PS's. Anyone else that knows the specifics for triggering a PS such as the exact number of kills without dying or squad objectives that need to be set or accomplished please post them. I too would like to know the answer to that. As for what an actually PS looks like here is an official CCP DUST 514 video skipped to the actual PS. Watch the full video afterwards as it actually quite impressive and NDA safe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tASM8P6c16c&hd=1&t=1m14s
Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:06:00 - [9] - Quote GM Unicorn wrote: Etero Narciss wrote: After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles). Correct. You'll have a 4th option under "Dropship" in the Vehicles menu. The best way to farm WP is with a well balanced team with an healer, some DPS and a quick hacker, like a scout, to gain some hack points and a free dropship if you are lucky enough ;) Sweeeet! Thats easier & better than what I thought was requred. I love it when DEVS answer questions & take the guessing and wondering out of equations. I strangely now have a sense that a greater number of Precision Strikes will be performed. DEATH FROM ABOVE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tASM8P6c16c&hd=1&t=1m14s
TEBOW BAGGINS FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED TACNET 549	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:20:00 - [10] - Quote Stefan Jacobs wrote: Or precision strike as I think they are called. Has anyone seen one? Does anyone know what we have to do so that we can use one? their awesome.. i was doing pretty poorly one game got like 1 kill then suddenly I precision struck a bunch of snipers and some around a drop uplink ended up wtih like 6/2, not a good score but better than the 1/2 i was about to get. my squad was doing well tho and we had fielded various forms of support. the thing about me is I dont score super high in kills but I rarely die more than 3 times a match usually just 2 deaths where i over extend myself. usually my average score is about 9/3 when I'm with my good team who I've kinda picked up from stragglers, exiles, misfits and banded them together we had a blast yesterday playing as a team on the mic but 4 man squad I hope will expand, 4 man squad is pretty casual for a hardocre game if you ask me. anyone with a good attitude (don't be a know it all and don't over flex your epeen) and on the mic who can follow some of our commands (i'm not always the guy giving them) is welcome to join us.. if we find your not our style tho you will have to move on, we're not push overs or tolerant of ppl who don't fit in with our play/mic style. sry OP but yea the precision strike is THE ****!!! Also you can tell when it's coming a second before hand you'll get a visual and a sound on the area that is about to be struck. I was able to dodge a couple. You need to have cover and have someone watching your back while you call in the strike.. First there is a quick animation of you typing on your wrist computer.. Following that is where the full screen map comes up.. The rest is pretty much self explanatory after that., you move a target cursor around on the map screen and push X.

Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:40:00 - [11] - Quote Stefan Jacobs wrote: A game I just did I saw it say that it was available for Squad leaders, but the game ended just after. I was so sad. I take it the war points are the numbers that come up when we do stuff. Like killing someone +50, reviving +60 etc. Anyone know the exact number needed? Lol. I don't think that number is actually neccessary to know as you can't see the total for your warpoints or the warpoints that your teammates have & I doupt a squad (with all mics) would actually want to call out each point as they earned them. In addition to that someone would actually have to consistently add all those numbers up as they were being spoken. I don't ever seeing all those requirement being met in one game... then again Eclipses, Blue Moons & Solar System Planetary Alignments do occur... and this is an EVE game, lol. Just have fun & encourage you squad to be good team players. Regardless of wether or not you are a squad leader, when enough warpoints have been earned for to call in a PS everyone in the squad will recieve an on-screen notiification in a bright big orange box (hard to miss) that lets you know that a "Precision Strike" is availabe. If you are not the squad leader when that occurs let your squad leader know how to perform the PS as its not obvious. It actually seems kind of weird that the PS is list under vehicles unless you think of it as support instead of as a weapon. Honestly I think it would make more sense if it was accessed from the map instead... but unfortunately even though I had the option I haven't used it yet. Maybel it will make more sense after I have been successful with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tASM8P6c16c&hd=1&t=1m14s
TiMeSpLiT--TeR Planetary Response Organisation Test Friends Please Ignore 326	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:42:00 - [12] - Quote It's better to join with a group that knows how to play so you'll get more war points. Playing with randoms is harder.
Solomon Malcolm BurgezzE.T.F 13	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:43:00 - [13] - Quote This was helpful to me too
Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:50:00 - [14] - Quote Kain Spero wrote: If you hear a strange noise and see a blue light on the ground just RUN! BEST advice for combating a Precision Strike, lol. +1
OG DonHel 65	Posted - 2012.08.21 17:58:00 - [15] - Quote Orbital strikes or precision strikes, whichever you prefer.. are freaking awesome. They can change a control point situation quickly. I have earned several of them while being squad leader, mostly at end of game and never get to use. It took me awhile to figure out how to use it. I managed to pull one off the other day at a control point the enemy was holding down pretty good. It took only a couple seconds to perform and next thing I know 4 enemy mercs die and we gained back control to that section! They really are an awesome tool, can't wait to see what one is like that isnt npc and actual eve players are doing the strike instead.
Mo Gallas Gentralde Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 178	Posted - 2012.08.21 18:01:00 - [16] - Quote Kro'nak Ragnok wrote: However due to its size it is easy to avoid if you are paying attention. As for performing a PS I don't know the specific requirements for earning one. I did earn one once while getting kills, (5 or more I think), without dying & setting squad objectives as the squad leader. However, the thing that pissed me off about earning it was that I died frustratingly trying to figure out how to perform it. So many people that never performed one kept telling me that it was peformed on the map screen like an objective, (as if I hadn't been performing squad orders & that wasn't the first thing that I tried to do). Well, "Supposedly", to perform an PS you have to be a squad leader & pull up the vehicle request screen by pressing "Right" on the D-pad."If earned", it will supposedly appear below "Dropship" at least to what I have been "told", lol. Well hopefully this helped answer some of the questions that you have about PS's. Anyone else that knows the specifics for triggering a PS such as the exact number of kills without dying or squad objectives that need to be set or accomplished please post them. I too would like to know the answer to that. The strike is a tad harder to run from than that. You have to already be in motion in order to escape it, so if your vehicle has stopped, or you have stopped for just a bit, the strike will hit you. Also, yes the vehicle screen is where the Precision Strike is, I used it on a LAV once to blow it up. A strange box comes up in your hand, you poke it.. it turns into a map-overview then you select a spot on the map to strike. You can sit anywhere and scout the map for a bit to see if there are clusters of enemies you want to take out with it. --when I used the strike I never set up any objectives, did not know I was leader till the icon appeared on screen. Apparently it relies on a bunch of kills in one life. ------edit---- The only thing I need to know now, is whether the strike can hit people inside buildings. As most blasts, strangely enough, cannot even turn corners like in every other game.... yet.
Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.21 18:11:00 - [17] - Quote GM Unicorn wrote: Etero Narciss wrote: After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles). Correct. You'll have a 4th option under "Dropship" in the Vehicles menu. The best way to farm WP is with a well balanced team with an healer, some DPS and a quick hacker, like a scout, to gain some hack points and a free dropship if you are lucky enough ;) Anyone know if Precision Strikes can do any damage to the Cestus if an an enemy is under it? Also are teammates hurt by friendly Precision Strikes or are they immune to it? "The only thing that could end the fighting between the two opposing ground forces, if but for only a moment, was their unified fear against, "THE LIGHTS". Like the light used by a boy with a magnifying glass hovering over ants or that of an angry god, "THE LIGHTS" ended all caught before it. Without question or compassion its judgement was final."
ReGnUm GETsWASTED onCCP Sanmatar Kelkoons Minmatar Republic 10	Posted - 2012.08.21 18:14:00 - [18] - Quote GM Unicorn wrote: Etero Narciss wrote: After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles). Correct. You'll have a 4th option under "Dropship" in the Vehicles menu. The best way to farm WP is with a well balanced team with an healer, some DPS and a quick hacker, like a scout, to gain some hack points and a free dropship if you are lucky enough ;) You have just now a made orbital strikes gay
Maximus Stryker Villore Sec Ops Gallente Federation 393	Posted - 2012.08.21 18:18:00 - [19] - Quote GM Unicorn wrote: Etero Narciss wrote: After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles). Correct. You'll have a 4th option under "Dropship" in the Vehicles menu. The best way to farm WP is with a well balanced team with an healer, some DPS and a quick hacker, like a scout, to gain some hack points and a free dropship if you are lucky enough ;) Car you confirm that Orbital Strikes are cumulative squad war points and that if a squad member dies, your tally does not return to zero (like a kill streak)...?
Stefan Jacobs Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 10	Posted - 2012.08.21 18:20:00 - [20] - Quote I honestly wasn't expecting this much of a response, or this level of detail. Community win! +1 cake for all.

TEBOW BAGGINS FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED TACNET 549	Posted - 2012.08.21 18:48:00 - [21] - Quote Stefan Jacobs wrote: I honestly wasn't expecting this much of a response, or this level of detail. Community win! +1 cake for all. beta camaraderie, only those who've been through the pain will know!
Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.21 23:55:00 - [22] - Quote ReGnUm GETsWASTED onCCP wrote: GM Unicorn wrote: Etero Narciss wrote: After you're squad has earned enough war points, I believe. Also, only the squad leader can call it down. Press the right d-pad to bring it up (like vehicles). Correct. You'll have a 4th option under "Dropship" in the Vehicles menu. The best way to farm WP is with a well balanced team with an healer, some DPS and a quick hacker, like a scout, to gain some hack points and a free dropship if you are lucky enough ;) You have just now a made orbital strikes gay I disagree. Meeting the requirements necessary for conducting a Prescision Strike requires working with an effective group of players as opposed to 1 individual soley working for it. This gives the group of players a meaningful sense that they are actually a part of a team or squad. The precision strike is great reward for the squad especially if the squad leader is setting completeable objecitvies for his squad. If you looking for a game where one person earns strong fire power support mid-game you probably should got back to CoD.
zerkin gerend Villore Sec Ops Gallente Federation 67	Posted - 2012.08.22 00:07:00 - [23] - Quote oh man i need to get back on my ps3 someone SAVE ME FROM THE PULL OF TF2's mvm mode
Daken Cydonia Royal Uhlans Amarr Empire 23	Posted - 2012.08.22 00:11:00 - [24] - Quote The last time i was a squad leader I hung back in a turret and kept setting objectives for my squad that seemed to make sense. Earned a ton of war points for the squad attacking the vehicles I directed them to, taking nullcannons, etc, and I was able to get a strike. Only took out 3 mercs with it, but it was cool to see it from a distance. Next time I'm aiming for the enemy MCC and will be watching the shields/armor very closely.
TEBOW BAGGINS FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED TACNET 549	Posted - 2012.08.22 00:56:00 - [25] - Quote I ask my squad.. "Should I just save it" HELL NO unless you like seeing "VICTORY" and still having a precision strike locked and loaded
Kro'nak Ragnok Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 79	Posted - 2012.08.26 00:49:00 - [26] - Quote TEBOW BAGGINS wrote: I ask my squad.. "Should I just save it" HELL NO unless you like seeing "VICTORY" and still having a precision strike locked and loaded Not using a Precision Strike is actually considered to be bad etiquette as it is quite wasteful.


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