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ReptileHand
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:04:00 -
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My friend in my squad said I had an Orbital Strike, great! That's great! Except.. wait what? I had to re-spawn to use it? Well wouldn't you know.... the second I spawned the match ENDED. GAH I was furious! I so wanted to lay down some heat!
My team actually beat the enemy team in a match of skirmish for once! We won and I got an Orbital Strike but couldn't use it!
But why must they hand out Orbital Strikes near the end of a match? the minute we get one, we have to die and wait ten seconds and then the match ends! Kind of waste on their part don't you think? I assume that the minute we get one we should be able to use it instantly.
Also when I went to target some objectives, it wouldn't let me (such as defend and attack) because my cursor had to be hovering over it. Well I can't exactly pinpoint it if some rocks are covering it (Plateaus map)...
What we should do is make it so you can do this on the overhead map. Which at the moment can only use the Rally command.
Have any of you been able to launch an orbital strike? Do you usually get one right before a match is about to end? |
The dark cloud
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
1060
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:09:00 -
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i think it depends on how many points your squad actually makes. Setting fragos contribute to that aswell and helps your team earning SP. Example: on ambush you call in a LAV hide it in a good corner where it doesnt get blown up, set a defend frago on it and every 1 in your squad around it gets more points and the squad leader gets points aswell. Like for a revive you get 90 points instead of 60, for a kill 120 instead of 60. And for team resupply with nano hives you get 25 instead of 10. And you get by that orbital strikes much faster. |
W0olley
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
242
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:10:00 -
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Orbital strikes are brought on if your squad gets enough WP, they are not given randomly.
You don't have to die to use it. |
Paran Tadec
Imperfects
Negative-Feedback
902
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:10:00 -
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ReptileHand wrote:My friend in my squad said I had an Orbital Strike, great! That's great! Except.. wait what? I had to re-spawn to use it? Well wouldn't you know.... the second I spawned the match ENDED. GAH I was furious! I so wanted to lay down some heat!
My team actually beat the enemy team in a match of skirmish for once! We won and I got an Orbital Strike but couldn't use it!
But why must they hand out Orbital Strikes near the end of a match? the minute we get one, we have to die and wait ten seconds and then the match ends! Kind of waste on their part don't you think? I assume that the minute we get one we should be able to use it instantly.
Also when I went to target some objectives, it wouldn't let me (such as defend and attack) because my cursor had to be hovering over it. Well I can't exactly pinpoint it if some rocks are covering it (Plateaus map)...
What we should do is make it so you can do this on the overhead map. Which at the moment can only use the Rally command.
Have any of you been able to launch an orbital strike? Do you usually get one right before a match is about to end?
I've had 3 in one match. |
Ragna Soul
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
90
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:11:00 -
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actually thats new i havent heard of anyone having to respawn to use an orbital strike. also orbital strike is given to u if ur squad does certain objectives (stil unclear wat these objectives are, maybe if ur squad is doing well?) |
Encharrion
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
104
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:11:00 -
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I've been away for a while (and still am), but I played a little bit of the precursor update before the wipe. I did get an orbital strike, but I didn't have to die to use it, you just press right on the d-pad and select orbital strike. |
ReptileHand
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:15:00 -
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My friend notified me that I had it, I hit right on the DPAD but it wasn't there, the instant I spawned it said I had it and then the match ended just like that. |
ReptileHand
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:24:00 -
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The dark cloud wrote:i think it depends on how many points your squad actually makes. Setting fragos contribute to that aswell and helps your team earning SP. Example: on ambush you call in a LAV hide it in a good corner where it doesnt get blown up, set a defend frago on it and every 1 in your squad around it gets more points and the squad leader gets points aswell. Like for a revive you get 90 points instead of 60, for a kill 120 instead of 60. And for team resupply with nano hives you get 25 instead of 10. And you get by that orbital strikes much faster.
what's a "Fragos"? |
Forte Haulerson
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
6
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:31:00 -
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ReptileHand wrote:The dark cloud wrote:i think it depends on how many points your squad actually makes. Setting fragos contribute to that aswell and helps your team earning SP. Example: on ambush you call in a LAV hide it in a good corner where it doesnt get blown up, set a defend frago on it and every 1 in your squad around it gets more points and the squad leader gets points aswell. Like for a revive you get 90 points instead of 60, for a kill 120 instead of 60. And for team resupply with nano hives you get 25 instead of 10. And you get by that orbital strikes much faster. what's a "Fragos"?
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W0olley
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
242
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:34:00 -
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ReptileHand wrote:The dark cloud wrote:i think it depends on how many points your squad actually makes. Setting fragos contribute to that aswell and helps your team earning SP. Example: on ambush you call in a LAV hide it in a good corner where it doesnt get blown up, set a defend frago on it and every 1 in your squad around it gets more points and the squad leader gets points aswell. Like for a revive you get 90 points instead of 60, for a kill 120 instead of 60. And for team resupply with nano hives you get 25 instead of 10. And you get by that orbital strikes much faster. what's a "Fragos"?
Fragmentary Order. Showing your team where you want them to defend or attack. |
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Encharrion
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
104
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Posted - 2012.08.23 03:34:00 -
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ReptileHand wrote:My friend notified me that I had it, I hit right on the DPAD but it wasn't there, the instant I spawned it said I had it and then the match ended just like that.
That's strange, there was some time between getting the strike and calling it in, maybe the game doesn't give you the strike immediately, next time you get one try staying alive and repeatedly try the orbital strike and see if it just isn't given immediately. |
TiMeSpLiT--TeR
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
326
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Posted - 2012.08.23 04:57:00 -
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They should lessen the requirements for Orbital strikes. It seems like it happens mostly at the tip of the end game. |
Constable Jones
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
22
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Posted - 2012.08.23 06:54:00 -
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TiMeSpLiT--TeR wrote:They should lessen the requirements for Orbital strikes. It seems like it happens mostly at the tip of the end game.
Just depends how well you're doing. I've gotten one midway through before.
Course, that was on skirmish, on ambush doing well equates directly to how close you are to winning the match. So unless it's only your squad that's good... |
STB-TedNugent EV
159
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Posted - 2012.08.23 07:03:00 -
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Ok, guys a little lesson on orbital strikes. Follow these steps and you will get one. Set a capture order on letters you don't have possession of. Your squad kills enemy around the order you get points towards the strike. Set defend orders on letters that are being engaged once again you get points for enemy and things destroyed around the letter. Simple as that. Once you get the strike you can use it immediately. Maybe the guy you heard was in a different squad just a thought. Press right on the D-Pad once you see it pop up on the top right corner of the screen. You will see Orbital Strike on the little menu that pops up. Now select that and it brings up the map and find a suitable spot and drop away. Make sure when you press rigth on the D-Pad that you are in a safe place so you dont get shot standing still. Hope it helps you guys out. |
STB-TedNugent EV
159
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Posted - 2012.08.23 07:05:00 -
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Oh yeah, you only get points if your squad is helping you around the letters. So if you are playing with randoms you won't get as many sorry. An STB squad gets on average 3 a match. Sometimes 4. Look us up if you wanna dominate with the rest of us. stbpureisfatal.webs.com We are actively helping and recruiting new players. Hope to hear from some of you guys. |
ReptileHand
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2012.08.23 15:17:00 -
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Thanks guys for for the insightful responses. Playing with a squad does help a lot. I was playing with one other person, and yes, they were one my squad when they notified me. Silly me though, I was standing still and and enemy lobbed a grenade at me, but in the moment, no there was no Orbital Strike, but then again, I don't seem to have got the message before I died. When I spawned the message popped up. This was in a Skirmish map and I think I just went around healing everyone with the repair tool... no I think that was in Ambush.. not too sure because now I'm doing a lot of team objectives now and I'm mixing the matches up in my head.
Well anyways, I'm doing a lot more with the Highlighting tool, I just wish I could highlight the letters from behind a rock or highlight a command on the overhead map. |
Iron Wolf Saber
BetaMax.
2867
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Posted - 2012.08.23 15:20:00 -
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I was in a squad that called it in 5 times in one match. |
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