I'm facing the Zitros and Jenza and a couple of others, they're doing alright sure, but they've already dropped 12-13 OBs....did they change how frequently you can drop them or something?

They may be cordinating with Eve Players to drop it.

Wait, that's live right now?

Looks like you'll HAVE to get into a corp asap then >_<

So what are the limitations on OBs? Does anyone know?

It was just one after another after another, clearing out our spawn again and again and again >_<

Why? Cos those clowns sucked at gun fighting, so they have to take up orbital strikes? Check out any skirmish map. There are objectives well protected. And invest in the Orbital canons so that you can take out those dreadnaughts!

LMFAO!

We must be playing different games. I wasn't away we could buy OB cannons right now, and I'm not sure about you, but most objectives get a whole lot of sunshine, if you catch my drift.

Its called Orbital Artillery. Check you skill trees. And your spawn point in any map has a lot of cover! If they shoot at you shoot back at them!

Looks like you'll HAVE to get into a corp asap then >_<

No Orbital Strikes yet, because EVE players are still not allowed into SiSi.

What you experience are warbarge "Precision Strikes", these are granted to squad leaders when they have earned enough war points during the match.

Damn, they were doing alright, but they literally just dropped one strike after the other after the other, the same squad leader 3 times in a row....did you guys lower the requirements or something??

Wow, so if they have an objective lit up with a Squad Command and then drop a Precision Strike and kill 5 Mercs, then that must go toward the next strike? Hmmmm....it will be a never ending cycle if they could get back to back like that.

There should be a cooldown IMO

you can save them up so if your squad earns its third strike and the first two went unused, that you could call in all 3 back to back to back if desired.

how are they op? its easy enough to run out of the radius as soon as you see the blue rays, did this several time last match

lol i could not escape them. i hear them, then see them then run and i die.... plus they seems to actually have a larger diameter than is shown on the warning

Something wierd going on - my first game and the guy spamming OS went 33-1 - the top WP scorer went 0-0, no idea if its connected but it just fealt wierd. We were hit by strike after strike.

[quote=CCP Contra Merc]...they literally just dropped one strike after the other after the other, the same squad leader 3 times in a row....did you guys lower the requirements or something??

Take in consideration that the War points can later be used for an Orbital Strike. So you have the choice to save them.

Why? Cos those clowns sucked at gun fighting, so they have to take up orbital strikes? Check out any skirmish map. There are objectives well protected. And invest in the Orbital canons so that you can take out those dreadnaughts!

LMFAO!

tbh i like it as its keeping the game fluid as big groups of players are forced to move also adds to the atmo with strikes raining down.

I've played 2 games in the new build and I've probably seen more OS in just those 2 than all of last build combined. Even more annoyingly, I FINALLY had one myself on an ambush map, called it in on a large group hanging around the clone unit..... nothing. Didn't even fire. Possible bug?

So what are the limitations on OBs? Does anyone know?

It was just one after another after another, clearing out our spawn again and again and again >_<

i dont suppose this makes you interested to join betamax? :P i counted 17 strikes that we got in one match :D

It very well might, actually.

It's funny that most of the good solutions to these exploits in this game can be found in MAG.

Like this current fiasco with PS, have a cooldown meter before your next strikes.

Just sayin' MAG has a lot of good answers for problems in this game.

The guys in the squad with me are steadyhand, Mr. Zitro and Omnipitus Zitro. Omni is the general of our forces and director of internal affairs and quite possibly on of, if not the best player in the beta though he claims Mr. Zitro, his brother is better.

they are part of whats known in betamax as the steamroller squad, a team of players that we consider to be the best in the corp and is our frontline team, the team that we intend to deploy for matches we simply cant afford to lose. any one of the steamrollers can be a carry for a random team, but the betamax steamroller in its entirety is a serious force to be reckoned with, and we intend to prove it with this build ;)

AR + damage mod = steamroller.

Easy peasy.

Forgive me for asking, if they can be used later, does this mean they carry into a new match? So you could start a new match and call it in?

Thanks

I've finally leared how to survive those "precision" strikes; you just have to run towards the center and stay still, while watchin the awesome explotions around you. I've survived 3 of 4 doing so, so maybe its worth a try.

So what are the limitations on OBs? Does anyone know?

It was just one after another after another, clearing out our spawn again and again and again >_<

why not just limit the OS's a squad leader can call in per match to 3?

Someone reported earlier getting an OB at the end of the match. He had two people in his team, and they had a combined 18xx War points when the match ended. Seems 1800 may be the magic number. This makes sense and accounts for the high volume of orbitals we are getting. If you are in a squad that is using orders (rally now gives WP people!) then you will get massive WP and as a result massive numbers of Orbitals.

And Eve players cannot access SiSi, so there are not orbitals coming from Eve players (yet).

[quote=DUST Fiend]Someone reported earlier getting an OB at the end of the match. He had two people in his team, and they had a combined 18xx War points when the match ended. Seems 1800 may be the magic number. This makes sense and accounts for the high volume of orbitals we are getting.

I'm facing the Zitros and Jenza and a couple of others, they're doing alright sure, but they've already dropped 12-13 OBs....did they change how frequently you can drop them or something?

No Orbital Strikes yet, because EVE players are still not allowed into SiSi.

What you experience are warbarge "Precision Strikes", these are granted to squad leaders when they have earned enough war points during the match.

I think a cooldown timer between strikes is the way to go. Accumulate all the war points you want, but the MCC should require time to reload their big guns.

Damn, they were doing alright, but they literally just dropped one strike after the other after the other, the same squad leader 3 times in a row....did you guys lower the requirements or something??