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Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.17 02:12:00 - [31] - Quote The work continues, so I'm just editing older posts to save room... Deciding to just expand and keep my thoughts to this small novel I've started here. Installations and their uses next ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:49:00 - [32] - Quote Installations: There are, at the moment, 5 types of installations as follows: Clone Reanimation Unit (CRU) Supply Depot Large Blaster Turret (Blaster) Large Missile Turret (Missile) Large Railgun Turret (Railgun) While the first two are rather self-explanatory I hope to go into some detail on both the ability and tactical usage of all these items. You might be surprised by the strategic value of a Supply Depot or schemes related to CRU bottle-necking or GÇ£campingGÇ¥. I will also mainly be focusing on Skirmish mode as this is my specialty as I find it the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding. Currently, installations in Skirmish are fixed-drop objects, which is to say that the same installations will appear in generally the same area on each current map design (i.e. The turret between objectives [C] and [D] on 'Line Harvest' will invariably be a Large Railgun Turret. There will always be a supply depot in the middle of the road between [B] and [C] on the same map and on a platform between [D] and [A], etc., etc.). In the future, Command Officers on board the MCC will be able to designate installation drop points in order to better their strategic placement and allow their team to fully utilize installation capacity during the course of combat. Within normal Ambush there are certain maps which have Supply Depots already installed. Other than these initial installations, nothing else on the field will change. In Ambush OMS (Off-Map Support), Supply Depots and Turrets will randomly deploy throughout the battle across the field. Though these are intended to emulate the future C.O.'s ability, installation deployment positions in this mode are still fixed-drop. All installations are hackable by any player for 50WP per hack. The CRU is an automatic or passive installation and does not need any kind of GÇ£activationGÇ¥ after hacking it. The Supply Depot will act as a Nanohive when nearby but also has effects when accessed by the player. Turret Installations can be controlled by an AI targeting system but may also be controlled by a player for more accurate and target specific firing. Now, on to the installations themselves. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:50:00 - [33] - Quote The CRU (Clone Reanimation Unit): This large egg-shaped installation will allow for team spawns near the installation. These are tied to the unit itself and are often static in the same 4-5 positions around or nearby. These can be effective offensive tools in allowing a constant stream of spawns to overwhelm your opponents, or defensive by allowing you a secondary or fallback spawn, should objectives themselves be hacked. The benefits to destroying CRUs are often discussed. While having a CRU available can be a huge benefit, having an enemy CRU within your combat area or nearby is a massive bane if you're not prepared to handle the rapid and steady stream of mercenaries coming out of it. This leads to a quick but significant note. While some may complain about Uplink camping, not many people whine about CRU camping though it happens just as often, if not more so. Having static spawn placements means that once an enemy knows the spawn-in position for a CRU, he or she is freely able to stand behind or near said positions with gun at the ready to immediately dispatch any personnel attempting to spawn in. The only thing anyone notes about CRU camping is that it is only a viable option when the whole field is already completely controlled by your team and the enemy is forced to spawn either in their base or the CRU. Generally only a minute will pass before you've mowed through every member of the opposing team and they'll learn to spawn back at their base and take the long way in. Not always, however. This is hard to maintain as a long-term strategy, though, as bluedots are notorious for hacking CRUs while a squad or teammates may be camping it. In my opinion on this matter, I see little benefit to sitting at the CRU for 10 min while the Null cannons slowly whittle away at the enemy MCC and think that once enemy spawns slow down or dry up all together a CRU should be hacked or destroyed. It's presence under enemy control is always a threat unless someone is watching it constantly which doesn't make an entertaining match for anyone, though initially it may be quite humorous. One brief note on destroying CRUs is that you'd better have some mean blasters, railguns, and forgers all firing on the thing to take 'em out. While a single railgun or forge-gunner can wipe out a CRUs shielding, their armor is beyond imagining. It could take you a full minute, easily, to take out a nearby CRU with a nearby Railgun Turret Installation. Higher end blaster tanks have somewhat less trouble with their kinetic projectiles but they still take a fortnight to finally pop and for a meager 50WP for the trouble as well. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:51:00 - [34] - Quote The Supply Depot: These large cylinder-like boxy constructs with their awkward fins and support arms are perhaps one of the most useful support items on the field. Supply Depots act as massive Nanohives, restocking ammunition and disposable equipment. By GÇ£disposable equipmentGÇ¥ I mean grenades and remote mines. Nanohives and Drop Uplinks will not resupply automatically; however, you can regain your Uplink or Hive stock simply by choosing to GÇ£refitGÇ¥ the suit you're currently wearing by using the Supply Depot itself. Refitting your current suit will also instantly refill your ammunition without having to stand about waiting to resupply yourself. Thus, should the rare event occur in which you find yourself having run out of ammunition, and burned through two Nanohives as well, you can always refit your current suit at a Supply Depot and restock all expended equipment and ammunition. I have no idea how I've ever managed to do this myself as a frontline support logi, but it happened three times across two matches in a row just the other night, so I know it's possible. More important than being a giant, unsightly nanohive; Supply Depots serve a much more strategic role as, more than just refitting your current suit, they also allow you to change to another of your loadouts while still on the field without having to die and respawn anew. What this means is that when that pesky dropship cruises overhead, rather than have to deal with the stream of baddies he keeps spitting out his bay doors, you can head to your supply depot, jump in your Fatty Forger or Surly Swarmer (Giddy Grenadier anyone?), and push him away from your defensive position if not completely blasting him out of the unfriendly skies outright. It also means being able to swap from your initial blitzkrieg dragonfly suit (don't lie, we've all got one... I'm guilty as well. Hell, I was doing the objective blitz while you were still in rubber space-diapers, son.) to your primary assault or logi or whatever it is you may run. Without a depot nearby, most of us are forced to sit in that starting suit just waiting to jump in front of some bullets so we can; A. Shield a buddy for the whole half a second we're still alive, and 2. Respawn in our primary suit role hoping there's still a spawn nearby our objective or target for us to come back to. Some people actually ARE their starting suit, but not everyone. Ignoring new guys who are all running [Starter] or basic assault fits, it's probably a good 50/50 split. The third point of consideration with the Supply Depot is that it currently regenerates armor when switching to different suits. This does NOT mean suit loadouts. This means actual different SUITS. i.e. If you lose 90% of your armor on your advanced heavy suit, you can jump in your Dragonfly or even [Starter] Assault and regain it all back before swapping back to your heavy again, armor fully restored. If you just swap loadouts which use the same suit there will be no armor regain. There is and has been contention on this effect for ages. Some feel this is a bug, some feel it's working as intended. Some are just outright against it. I won't repeat the arguments here, but they're out there. Currently though, it does reset your armor and shield to full and in my opinion that's GÇ£working as intendedGÇ¥. Supply depots are slightly more durable than turret installations but are still quickly worn down by a large railgun or blaster, or even forgegun or swarm team. As with the CRU, only 50WP but it's a much easier 50WP than the previous. Despite this, I would only advise destroying supply depots if there's no way to take advantage of them yourself, which is a rare event indeed. Most of the time, destroying supply depots will only agitate teammates as much as enemies. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:51:00 - [35] - Quote Large Turret Installations Simply put, these are the large turrets off a tank put on a platform and embedded in the ground. They're not going anywhere, and while they can totally ruin your day if you're on the receiving end, they're also relatively easy to take out from many positions about the maps at the moment, especially if the operator is the abysmal targeting AI or just someone who has no idea how to use his radar and pull the trigger. ProTip: Those would be the big blue circle in the top left and the R1 button respectively. Also, Red = bad guy. These turret installations are categorized into three types: Missile, Blaster, and Railgun, which is how I shall be referring to them from here on out. While the following turret information applies to tank usage as well, I will be restricting my personal comments to simple installations themselves as these are becoming a new specialty of mine. HAVs, on the other hand, require a whole other and even more important set of skills beyond turret operation and management, primarily just knowing how to drive and operate the actual HAV in the first place. Turrets shoot heavy hitting projectiles a good distance though each has strengths and weaknesses which determine their tactical role and strategic positioning which will come into play later in the game. Having a Railgun down in a pit or facing a walled-in roadway won't do much good, but a Blaster at an infantry choke-point can be devastating. Turrets can all swivel in 360 degrees, but have a limited up-down pivot of perhaps 35-40 degrees up or down from horizon view. This makes them directly in danger of attacks from dropships above as well as attacks on turret operators by flanking infantry. A further note on operating turrets, remember that unlike in a tank you are not actually inside the turret itself. While the turret's destruction will also result in your death, you are merely standing outside of it, using an access panel to control the device. If you're not watching your back (or having someone else watch it for you) an enemy may have no trouble walking up behind you and killing you while you're still stuck scanning the distant horizon. This also means that when activating a turret, be sure to be as close to it as possible. Snipers can and will often pick off turret operators standing, foolishly, well away from their installation. One final mention on operations strategy is to know your turret's ability and more importantly limitations when operating directly. As noted above, turret installations all have a highly limited up-down view angle. They each have differing effective range and accuracy as well. It's not always best to just shoot at infantry at the edge of your range with the Blaster and often I've found myself pretending to be the AI, swiveling back and forth until the enemy was too close within range and too far from cover to do anything once I turned my attention and sights on them directly. Harassing an enemy and impeding his actions is good. Removing him from the field, even if only temporarily, is better. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:52:00 - [36] - Quote The Missile: This thing is basically a cluster missile turret. It fires 4 missiles in quick succession, has a medium heat buildup and cooldown and a good speed turn and aiming rate which drops like a rock when zoomed in using the 'scope' mode. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), the Missile's fire rate is so slow that overheating will never be an issue with missile turrets. By the time it's ready to fire their second volley it's completely cooled off. The other issue with the Missile is its missile spread (as introduced to prevent the Dropship Missile Platforms we used to see in Codex_0.6 and earlier). While it is minimal over short distance, over long or even medium it makes the Missile virtually unusable against infantry. A quick foot soldier can hop up to and across your GÇ£effectiveGÇ¥ range and once you've missed him once, just rush your turret and take you out in CQC. The travel time of Missile's projectiles is also a huge hassle and causes for all kinds of trouble when gauging enemy distance in order to know how far to try to lead them. You're sitting there calculating windspeed and travel rates and by the time you've earned your Honors in Mathematics to fire at that LAV coming up the road, the driver has already parked up behind you, set up his tent, and is wearing an apron grilling hamburgers.... Oh, and you're head is decorating the hood of his car. The final issue with the Missile is its lowered damage rate and overall splash damage, again related to the flying missile platforms of early Beta days. While determination can win when firing at an immobile LAV or unhacked turret, the truth is that just about any other turret, vehicle, or even infantry man will cause the missile turret severe issues. This is not to say that Missiles are useless. Though their direct impact may be limited, like the mass driver or laser rifle, they can be a fear deterrent and crowd control because most people are unaware of their limitations. They hear explosions, see smoke and fire, maybe even take a bit of damage, and they turn to run the other direction. For the most part, however, missile turrets aren't going to kill many, if any, infantry unless a lucky salvo takes their head clean off which can still happen, even a hundred and fifty meters out. The Missile is 'ye olde blunderbuss' of turret installations. AI Note: The AI controller will only target vehicles and other enemy turrets within close range unless attacked in which case it will fire on the offending infantryman. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:52:00 - [37] - Quote The Blaster: The bane of frontline foot-soldiers everywhere since WWI. These things are designed for one purpose, and they do it quite well, whether mobile on a tank or static on a well-placed tower. With medium heat buildup, excessively fast fire and tracking rate, and good short and medium distance range and accuracy, add in their deadly accuracy when zoomed in and these are just beast for mowing through other players. The heat buildup is something to watch for any Blaster operators, however, because at about 80% the turret's RoF starts to drop off until it overheats and that difference in output, like all rapid-fire weaponry, can mean the difference between killing your target or vice versa. A Blaster can turn a well-coordinated and organized team push to an objective into a complete meat grinder. I've seen dozens of reenactments of Hamburger Hill since map revisions for Chromosome and Open Beta. Absolutely horrifying. Thankfully I've been on the turret's side, if not in it. These basically exist for the sole purpose of chewing up infantry and sending clone offerings to the invisible nanite horde that exists on every battlefield. These things will eat shields and armor so far as to be a hazard to low teir LAVs, much less infantry. Like most standard weaponry there is no projectile flight time for the Blaster, allowing for simple point and shoot operation. There is also a small blast radius from the impact allowing for the Blaster to aim anywhere on an enemy to do nearly full damage every round. [Currently the projectile blast radius will often burst through walls and corners. This seems an unintentional bug as the blast seems to go off perpendicular to the ground rather than to the surface actually being hit which is how it can seemingly pass through thin wall defenses.] The downsides of the Blaster are few except for two rather significant ones: First, when operating the turret, many players will get cocky and focus on their kills, meaning that little dot in the center of their screen, rather than using the turret, as it is intended, to deter infantry assaults. This allows for frequent shifts in control over such turrets as operators are often killed by flanking enemies neither they nor teammates are watching for. The Blaster gets little support from teammates who expect it to be supporting them and as a result, when an operator dies, it's not surprising for a fast hack to completely reverse the situation on the former Blaster owning team. The second is that the Blaster is one of the first installations targeted by demolitions and anti-installation players, be they swarmers, forgers, anti-tank tanks or even demolitions players with a pack full of RDX. For the 100WP its destruction offers, and for the strategic harm it can do should it fall into the enemy's hands, most players would rather just see the Blaster off the field all together. If you're going to keep or put it on the field, keep it manned, otherwise just get rid of it is my personal modus operandi. The Blaster is the 'Gek' of turret installations. Point, Shoot, Kill. AI Note: The AI controller will target just about anything: other turrets, enemy vehicles and infantry, null cannons, concrete walls, clouds, that blade of grass over there... Fortunately for infantry coming up on one, the AI tracking is anything but quick and accurate unlike a live operator and seems to almost simulate the Railgun's tracking speed. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 14:53:00 - [38] - Quote The Railgun: The Gentleman's Turret. Don't mistake me, this thing will demolish an LAV, burn a low-flying dropship out of the sky, and scrap even the best of tanks (if they're not careful enough), but it is a weapon of skill, finesse, and graceful subtlety... unless you're the one being vaporized by the magnetically charged projectile at the other end. My personal favorite turret because it IS a weapon that takes significant ability to use well. From managing charge times, compensating for distance fall-off, knowing projectile travel and what gaps it can and can't shoot through to the most important element, heat management from the variable RoF GÇô which is to say that, after the initial charge, if the operator continues to hold the firing control, the Railgun will continue to fire with a low RoF until the operator releases the control or the turret overheats, but it will not need recharging for each successive shot GÇô the Railgun takes significant examination and practice to fully appreciate and understand. While the average player can jump in and start shooting, taking out the occasional LAV or even a paper-tank with it's variable RoF and extremely slow tracking, the same could be said that anyone can cut with a knife. Not everyone can use this like the surgeon's scalpel it can be. The Railgun is a monstrous weapon damage-wise. It outranks nearly any forge gun with tighter control and a longer range, but is intended for pin-point accuracy across rather large distances like a sniper tank. While its focus is certainly anti-vehicular and anti-installation (it will take out any other turret in a 3-burst volley), the Railgun is also capable of devastating and terrifying anti-personnel effects. Being what it is the Railgun's projectile is a full clone kill if it takes someone out directly, no revival possible. The Railgun also does significant splash damage but the actual radius is much smaller and tighter than even the Forge Gun. This should not cause despair, however, as this splash is required to handle infantry running the field in front of or even at the Railgun, thanks to the weapon's variable RoF. During this time the turret can continue to swivel and track enemies, allowing operators to harass moving infantry and vehicles while still maintaining fire on them. I believe this count to be somewhere around 5 rounds before overheating, but letting go before overheating will allow the Railgun to almost immediately start to cool off at a rather good rate. Much like the Blaster is to infantry, the Railgun is an Area Denial weapon against vehicles. Placed overlooking a roadway or open expanse, the Railgun has free reign to harass and terrorize any vehicle passing within its firing range which is massive if given the open area to do so. This need for open space is also one of the Railgun's greatest drawbacks, however, as it also allows the Railgun to easily be targeted at distance by anti-installation players. The Railgun is the Forge Gun of turrets, including the charge and the slight lead element on moving targets; but, unlike the Forge Gun, its operation is made easier if you have a moustache, monacle, and are smoking a strong English tobacco from your meerschaum-bowl calabash. At least two out of three. AI Note: The AI controller will only ever fire at other nearby enemy vehicles and installations or at infantry attacking it; however, the AI tracking speed is much faster than an actual operators and against vehicles, particularly LAVs, the AI Railgun is a bane weapon. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.19 15:10:00 - [39] - Quote MODULES Modules are split into two types for either infantry or vehicles; Low (L) and High (H). I will, of course, be focusing on the infantry aspect as I'm simply not a vehicles guy... yet. For those of you with higher expectations of this grand epic in 47 parts of a player's aide to DUST 514, just give me some more time... I'm working on it. The basic distribution is as follows: Shield and Weapon Upgrade modules are generally distributed to H: Shield Extenders, Shield Enhancers, Sidearm, Light, and Heavy Damage Modifiers. Armor, Biotics, Electronics and Engineering modules are relegated to L: Armor Plating, Armor Repairers, Kinetic Catalyzers, Cardiac Regulators. Codebreakers as well as PG Upgrades. There are exceptions to this rule which include the Myofibril (Biotic) and Precision Enhancer (Electronics) modules being set to an H slot and Shield Regulator (Shields) which is set to an L slot. For most people this means a very limited set of options for H modules, and a very vast and confusing array of L modules to choose from. I'd like to make a basic discussion of each and their benefits but when it comes to final loadout, be it a Speedster Shield-Shotty Scout, or a Bipedal Heavy Tank, or Sir Hacks-A-Lot Logi, or just your every-day glass-cannon AR Assault... as Omec said, GÇ£The choice is yours, and yours alone... Choose wisely.GÇ¥ ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:28:00 - [40] - Quote _______________________ (H) _______________________ Shield Extenders Balanced CPU/PG usage. Very simply, these boost your shield HP, though until prototype 66HP boost that 11HP difference between Militia or Teir 1 and Advanced may not seem like too much. Still, that 11hp may be one extra shot that makes the difference between finishing that Null Canon hack or not, or surviving that gun battle with that oncoming assault. This modules is supposed or intended to increase your scan profile but currently with scan precision a complete mess they do not actually do this. Still it is something to make note of for future plans. You may have Scout Suit 5 and Profile Dampening 5 but that pair of advanced shield extenders will. probably, in the future make you light up like a Christmas tree at the top of your mountain perch. Shield Recharger Only CPU usage. These do just what they say, recharging a higher percentage of shield per charge GÇ£burstGÇ¥ once they do start to return. Shields will generally only recharge 10-15% per burst meaning that along with having to sit out of combat for 5 seconds just to get them to recharge in the first place, you'll have to wait another 3-5 to actually get all your shields returned to you. That's nearly 10 seconds of not killing people! I have squad and corp mates who would have a heart attack at the idea. While it may initially take you 4-6 little charges to bring your shields back up to full, these restore an increased amount allowing shields to completely recharge in as few as 3 or 2 by increasing the actual percentage amount of shields recharged from 10% to 25%, 35%, even 50% per GÇ£burstGÇ¥. This is a significant and powerful tool for Assault and CQC players in conjunction with Shield Regulators as in short, this module recharges your shield faster. FASTER. Do not make the mistake of thinking these will start your shield recharge SOONER, that's a whole other module and skill. //NOTE: The question of Extenders vs Rechargers is a tricky one, and in the end it mainly depends on which is more important to you and your play style and ability. As a logi and a crap-shot, I don't expect to win many, if any head-to-head engagements, except through boosting my passive defense as much as possible. I'm not gonna out gun-game a 2-year-old, much less anyone else here, so just keeping myself alive to let me put more bullets into the other guy, in the case that I have to, is my goal. To this end, having more shields overall is more important than getting them back faster because once I've survived a face-to-face conflict my first reaction, beyond reviving nearby allies, is to immediately hide behind a box and whimper. For the guy who runs the field, jumping in and out of cover, just long enough to wipe out his opponents while they barely burn his shield, getting said shield back ASAP is probably more of a priority than having just a little bit more of it in the first place. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.

Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:29:00 - [41] - Quote Damage Modifiers (Heavy, Light, Sidearm, Myofibril Stimulants) Primarily CPU usage, some PG. Damage Modifiers are just that, they modify your damage. Well, not really. They increase your damage output per round. There is a tracker in the loadout stats area for this but that 0.05% increase is actually more significant than it claims. Damage Modifiers are connected to the WEAPON TYPE. There has been a lot of testing and discussion and at this point I can only express my own presumptions based on logical study and reference to statistics. If you're using a Sidearm in your Light weapon's slot, its damage is not affected by your Light Weapon damage, but your declared Sidearm damage percentage. The weapon slots only designate what type of weapons a suit can wield, Heavy (fattys only), Light (Most everyone else's primary weapon), and Sidearm (Pistol or SMG... or Nova Knives if you're Maken Tosch, though I'd expect he uses them in his primary Light weapon slot at this point). Though smaller weapons can fit into larger slots GÇô Light weapons can fit in Heavy slots, and Sidearms can fit in any of the three GÇô damage is determined by the weapon type, not slot type. If it were otherwise there would be no reason for dropsuits to have statistic measures for Heavy, Light, and Sidearm when they can only wield 2 or even 1 of the three. I.E. A Logi would only have a need for a GÇ£Light Damage ModGÇ¥ stat since it only has an L weapon slot. These are another, if not THE primary module for frontline assault runners and gun-game crowd or the glass-cannon snipers whose main focus is as much damage output as possible as fast as possible, be it 10 rounds or one, the mentality here being that the best defense is a good offense. This is also a major tool for anti-vehicle/installation Forge Gunners who, with their limited magazine, round capacity, and reload time, want to drop an enemy installation or Dropship as fast as sin in 2 to 3 shots, not 4 or 5. Especially for the AV Forge, being able to take out targets quickly is key as more pilots and drivers are getting better and faster at getting the hell out of Dodge when that first round hits. Myofibril Stimulant modules are just another type of Damage Modifier... FOR YOUR FISTS! They may seem worthless but there's nothing more rewarding than climbing a mountain to stalk a sniper who's been harassing your team the entire battle, creeping right up behind him and punching him in the back of the head while wielding a Nanite Injector. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:29:00 - [42] - Quote _______________________ (L) _______________________ Armor Plates Primarily PG usage, some CPU. Armor Plates have the simple effect of increasing base armor HP. These have a much more pronounced on HP numbers than Shield Extenders; but, they also have numerous detriments, both effectively and psychologically. I'll deal with their effectiveness first. While armor plates will increase armor HP, it's going to be needed as they significantly lower the user's overall speed with effects stacking cumulatively. This means that an assault or logi player can effectively slow himself down to a heavy's crawl though his HP will be nowhere near the same defensive capacity. As to the psychological effect, most players will view the boost their armor HP gets and imagine they're now invincible against enemy fire. Be wiser than this. [There is discussion that various weapons have differing types which are more or less effective against their opposing armor types. Though not as in depth as EVE, it is presumed we may be headed there where kinetic and explosive weapons such as SMGs, ARs, HMGs, Mass Drivers and Swarm Launchers will be most effective against armor while shields will take a lowered percentage. Meanwhile, Laser Rifles, Sniper Rifles and Forge Guns will be more effective on the opposite range. This can already be noted somewhat with AV weaponry and turrets though how severe it may or may not go with infantry weaponry is still a topic of conjecture.] Armor Repairers Balanced PG and CPU usage. Armor Repairers are a passive module which slowly repair lost armor over time. A useful tool for self-repair when trying to hold position for an extended period and your friendly neighborhood repper logi isn't about to keep your armor in tip-top shape. Though it can take a day and a half for a fully decked armor heavy to repair himself, for field assaults and even absolutely the previously referenced repper logi, your armor can return faster than you might imagine and its always good to be able to manage your own defenses as much as possible until running in a properly stacked and equipped squad. The primary significance of these is that, unlike shield modules which only work when out of combat, Armor Repairers are constantly regenerating HP. This means that, though one may only return 3hp/second, in a 4-5 second engagement that's effectively an additional 12-15 armor HP. Someone out out there is chuckling about 12hp, and someone out there is thanking his local engineer without even realizing it for the same because it just saved a 60k ISK loadout. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:30:00 - [43] - Quote Kinetic Catalyzers These have one purpose and one purpose only. Make you run faster. How you use that effect can go two ways: Running to an objective/target/enemy, or running away. Generally loaded onto speedster scouts to let them dash more rapidly into objectives or enemy masses to do the most harmful blitzkrieg damage possible as quickly as possible before either running off and hoping nobody sees where they went or dying horribly when the group finally gets their wits and all turn on you at the same time. There are also some heavies running with these to supplement their low speed, and a fast-moving heavy can be something scary for certain but that white-plasma ring around his feet also means he's generally quite thin HP-wise since he's not focusing on purely armor/shield supplement. For everyone else it can mean very little other than getting into an engagement slightly sooner or, more team-thinking, getting to your downed ally to revive him before he clones-out. Generally, unless you're building for speed, this is a situational module at best and not many times you'll be in the situation that requires it. Cardiac Regulators Another situational module, though perhaps more generally useful, Cardiac Regulators increase your maximum stamina as well as increasing the rate at which stamina is recharged. For anyone seeking to absolutely maximize their ground mobility this is one of your GÇ£go toGÇ¥ modules. For aforementioned scouts and attack assaults it means longer run-time (get it?) which can help you get to the frontlines faster or save you in a pinch when running for cover. For heavies it means being able to keep up with your team when they forget you move at about half their speed. And especially for logis it means being able to traverse distances more rapidly in order to maximize your effective support range (though honestly, there are times where a guy goes down some 80meters away and I just want to leave him there. Why do I have to run to save his rear?... But I do it anyway.) The reason this module maintains a GÇ£situationalGÇ¥ seal from me is because the skills involved will often give many players as much stamina and recharge rate as they need. I'm looking at you Vitality and Endurance. Once upon a time this was separated into two separate modules related to each skill, Cardiac Regulators and Cardiac Stimulants respectively, but has since been combined, the single module falling under the Vigor skill requirement. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:30:00 - [44] - Quote Codebreakers A beautiful little module that decreases the user's hacking time. A supplemental module of non-offensive or defensive capability and yet undeniably useful in it's own right. Codebreakers are used primarily by objective based players, and particularly for those focused or tasked with actually hacking installations and not watching their buddy's back while they do so. Not a module I'd advise for just anyone, but most certainly for players already comfortable with their suit without detracting from their field capacity by removing other necessary L modules. It may not seem like a lot, but to anyone who's run objectives they'll notice a couple skill levels and a module boost can make you hack as quickly as two people all by oneself. A clearly visible difference. For turret installation operators it means getting your gun tower quicker to start wreaking havoc sooner. If you've ever been in my shoes, it means that precious second and a half less to hack the tank being dropped in by that enemy you just killed before he or any other reddot can come back and jump in it. Most commonly and importantly, that percentage in hack time reduction can equate to whole seconds which may mean the difference between taking a CRU or letter objective before or after an angry HMG can spawn in just to wipe you out and re-take your hack, not to mention your WP. In objective matches, who is ruining whose day can depend on hacking speed. //NOTE: Certain suits already have particular hacking effects though their stats are not openly denoted. Logistics suits seem to hack somewhere around 5% faster than Assault or Scout while Heavies seem to hack 5% slower. This seems to be your base hacking rate which is then effected by Infantry Hacking skill and Codebreaker modules meaning that slower hackers may see a greater benefit from the percentage boosts but, in the end, logis will always be the fastest hackers on your team when equally equipped and skill spec'd. Just some food for thought. PG Enhancers A basic module that increases your PG at relatively low CPU cost. A supplemental module for very PG intensive loadouts though a tricky fit as most high PG requirement modules are also aligned to L module slots. CPU Enhancers A basic module that increases your suits CPU at no cost to PG. That's all there is to it, another supplement at best for high CPU demand loadouts. Interesting note that there is no cost for the CPU Enhancer module, unlike its PG counterpart. Range Amplifiers Only CPU usage. Something simple and easy for once. These increase the range of your tacnet radar (that big blue circle in the top left of your screen). In simplest terms it means that enemies which may have once been outside your radar range even though you could clearly see them down your sights, may start to show up within your extended range rather than being little red chevrons off in the distance. Similarly, this will allow you to recognize more of the flow of combat around an area when coming to support allies if, for example, they're still 80m out while your enemy is firing from 120m where you wouldn't have known their numbers before. A very simple module with a simple explanation, but be wary, that increased radar range can make enemies and allies seem deceptively close on your local tacnet. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:31:00 - [45] - Quote A work on 2 very special modules and some considerations of their effects and abilities: So you want to be invisible huh? Well, currently it's not quite possible, but you can get close. Before I get into the next pair of modules which I've separated from the pack I have to clarify some terminology: Scan Profile = The degree to how easily you can be sighted and designated an enemy (reddot) on opposition radar. Logically, the lower this number, the more difficult you are to be sighted. Higher profile means the opposite. Scan Profile also affects how rapidly you fade from enemy tacnet after being sighted. While a scout with skills and modules may vanish nearly instantaneously, a heavy may sit for several seconds on enemy radar, even allowing enemies to sight their red chevron through walls and buildings. Scan Profile is a very clear relationship, 0 being invisible, 100 being... well... the sun. You'd want this as low as possible to achieve the smallest possibility of being seen and designated an enemy target. Scan Precision = Your ability to sight and designate reddots on your team's local tacnet radar and map. The LOWER this number is, the more easily you can scan and confirm enemy targets as well as keeping them on your tacnet radar longer. Precision is... well... a mess. I've made mistakes based on older data, but it works similar to Profile where somehow the closest to 0 means the most likely to see an enemy. ________________ For the relationship then between them, it's a direct correlation rather than an inverse comparative... but it's a mess, and the stats aren't even readily available or obvious as to their effects. I guess the intention is that somewhere, somehow, magical radar gods decide that if someone has a Scan Profile of say 37, you'd better have a Scan Precision of 36 or LOWER in order to spot him... Because that makes sense. [At some point I might go into depth on this whole mess, because it's a lot, A LOT, more complicated than just that (a guy with an AR can GÇ£noticeGÇ¥ a sniper 500m away on a mountain if he happens to lay crosshairs directly on him, though this may not be intended... Once upon a time people were basically invisible to designation, bluedot / reddot, unless within a weapon's GÇ£effective rangeGÇ¥ and then that got altered. One word for you there, Beta), and try to explain it all: how all of it works, how it should work, and how it hopefully will work in the future... 'The Unified Theory of Scan Profile'. First I think I'd have to get my own understanding sorted out, and yeah, look forward to THAT. But, I think I'd rather wait till Active Scanners are behaving properly as well as waiting to see the confirmation or denial after months of speculation on future stealth modules to include that data and tactical understanding as well.] Ugh... Good lord... And with that, on to the modules themselves. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.21 08:31:00 - [46] - Quote Profile Dampeners (L) Only CPU usage. A key tool in the stealth player's arsenal, in conjunction with selected dropsuit operations skills and Profile Dampening, these decrease your scan profile making you harder to light up on enemy radar as well as making you fade from enemy radar faster once you leave their line of sight. High enough levels and even though an opponent can visually see you on their screen, you won't even show as an enemy until within a certain range or they specifically target you directly. This is my own personal reason for pulling ADS on any infantry I see around that aren't already lit up with a blue chevron because not all bluedots appear properly designated when running around the field. I'm always paranoid of seeing some guy running by the edge of my view, just outside my radar sensor radius and not knowing immediately if he's friend or foe and expecting him to come up and shiv me from nowhere two seconds later. Precision Enhancers (H) Only CPU usage. This is the counter weapon to profile dampeners and stealth infantry. The Precision Enhancer increases your scan sensitivity by... wait for it... DECREASING your Scan Precision... (Go figure). Most importantly, this means that you will recognize enemies more readily without having to sight them perfectly with your weapon. Just glancing at an area with enemies around it will make your radar light up in red if your Sensitivity is better than the enemies' Profile. The other benefit is that, along with being able to sight and designate enemy targets more easily, enemies will stay on tacnet radar longer without you having to sit there keeping them within line of sight all day. This means an enemy can take cover, or perhaps the other way around, but you can still keep track of his movements for a short while before his dot fades from the radar. [Or at least that's how it's supposed to work...] //NOTE: Currently a lot of the Scan Sensitivity effects and traits are a right royal mess as some of my UK allies would claim. Profile Dampening and Dampeners certainly work. I can't tell you how many times I've been being stalked by a phantom scout who thinks he's the Goddamn Batman, popping up into view to freak me out before running past me and disappearing both visually and on radar like a fart in the wind as soon as he appeared. Still, it's good to take note because once they start working, with how dangerous stealth players are already becoming (these are elements those mad Shotty-Scouts use), the skills, modules, and even equipment for Active Scanning and Scan Sensitivity will be vital in future defensive engagements when the opponent uses stealth blitz or guerrilla assaults. [Seriously, where's my Motion Tracker and Power Lifter already CCP? Game over man... Game over!] ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Parcanisad Round-Up 0	Posted - 2013.02.23 22:24:00 - [47] - Quote From what I've seen of this thread, this is mostly about fitting tactics and how each individual should deal with specific situations. Still, I'd like to throw out something about tactics that can be used as a squad--specifically, the usage of LAVs. Plenty of people hate LAVs and essentially think of them as useless. From my experiences, they are very wrong--in the right place, the LAV can change the momentum of a match. I've seen multiple situations where the proper application of LAVs has turned a loss into a win, or a shutout loss into a fun fight. Essentially, the tactic I have in mind consists of having as many people as possible call in LAVs, fill each one as much as possible, and sending them to as many different objectives as possible. It's simple, but surprisingly easy to mess up. The common mistake is that each LAV moves to the same objective, meets an organized enemy at the objective, and each one proceeds to either blow up or drop the soldiers and then hurt them with splash damage as it explodes. And if the assault on that one objective fails, you have to organize it all over again, but this time, with a less confident team. So, you send each vehicle to a different objective. This means that you will (probably) hack at least one objective, and if you're in a losing battle where the enemy is mobilizing faster than you or is hitting with more force, this tactic forces them to either split into multiple groups or take each objective back one at a time. At any rate, it works more often than not for me.
RedBleach LeSanglant Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 136	Posted - 2013.02.24 03:34:00 - [48] - Quote Well done, just well done. The time you put into this is greatly appreciated by me and many others. Thank you
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 169	Posted - 2013.02.25 11:27:00 - [49] - Quote Parcanisad wrote: ... a lot. A good point, and I just kind of felt like throwing in all this Installation and Module stuff but you're right and I need to get back on track. I think I'll actually start discussing field movements (both infantry and LAV) for various maps next... I'm feeling out tanks at the moment, and Dropships are a riot to fly around for though I'm by no means the best turret-man. Still... chasing an LAV across a map side-ways up a road as an oncoming LAV comes into view, opposite gunners shooting both drivers to make them freak out and somehow swerve into one another, exploding horrifically killing both drivers and all passengers in a slow-motion moment that looks like footage from high speed police chase horrors... yeah, it was that awesome. Anyway, way off track, just like my thread may have gotten. I wanted to lay down some general module benefits though I don't think I have the right to discuss specific fits for anyone. I think, on this end, a lot of people just don't know how each module even works and that can make new people afraid. If you're afraid of all this text... well... That's your problem. I'm sure I could make videos of my horrific voice talking for 10 min without actually saying anything with some generic gameplay footage and I'd get thousands of views, but I don't have the means and I honestly think this is more beneficial. Installations, however, I think are an important tactical tool which are often overlooked by people other than, "hack this, get WP" I tried to discuss some possible benefits and detriments of them and my honest opinion on whether they should stay on the field or not. Which, again I reiterate, is my opinion. I'm far from the the best players in this game, I don't even know if I'm a good player though my corp mates and allies all insist I'm at least half-way decent... Something about always ranking top of the boards in matches I do actually play in. I'll try to focus more on actual specific tactics in the future, though there may be occasional basic gameplay elements discussed to justify or explain why or how to make certain action work... or why it doesn't. Just for you Parcanisad, next series: LAV Field Movements Though I can't say as to when I'll actually have it written up. Will have to talk about each map independently I think but can still keep it somewhat general to why LAVs work better on certain maps or situations than others and how to use this to your advantage, starting out, objective taking, or pushing the red-line. And of course, from both sides of the map... So... 4 maps (6 if I separate that large map into the 3 main central compounds it uses, Gallente Storage, Caldari Cannon, Caldari Refinery/Waste)... notes on initial targets from spawn, and then mid-battle field movement... Will probably limit it to a post per map.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:24:00 - [50] - Quote Field Movements (LAV) Though not the threat posed by the HAV or even the transport of the Dropship, often overlooked by many players due to its frail nature, the LAV is a vital tool in rapid field movement, particularly across wide terrain. All too often in skirmish matches we see scouts attempting to blitz objectives on foot. Heck, I helped start that trend. Though this works to a certain extent, on many maps this means sacrificing a player's actual field capacity or primary role in order to be the first to objectives. The other severe drawback to this is the lack of fire support. I've had this happen and done the same to others. Though you may get to an objective first it means very little if there's no one else there to help you hold it, even if you can hack a canon or CRU before enemies come pouring out of the hills on to your position. For a very enclosed and small field, say Ashland for example, foot races may be viable tactics but for nearly any other map in the game, to take distant objectives and get into position quickly nothing beats a rapid deployment LAV for one single element. Allies. A scout can run like the Flash all he wants but it makes little difference when an enemy team with an assault, logi, and heavy all show up in their car at the same time to mow him down. Even a handful of scouts, though they get to their target in sync (which is a less frequent occurrence than finding someone to talking on Team comms) can't really hold up against superior fire power in heavier geared infantry suits when both are charging at one another head-on. The 15 seconds you spend getting an LAV and squaddies to ride in it may be 15 seconds someone else has running but your LAV will be faster than them by far, and once you learn how to drive them you can be arriving at objectives with your logi-heavy duo even before that scout has spotted you. Here is a brief discussion of various routes and pathways for rapid initial deployment and subsequent field motion using that oh so ignored tool that is in everyone's arsenal, the LAV. //NOTE: First, a brief note on deployment. In order to call in an LAV in the first place a player needs to be on the ground and in the open. Not on the MCC, not hiding under cover (otherwise the RDV pilot is likely to either crash into your building or drop your car up on an inaccessible roof. This applies to all vehicle deployments. Nothing worse than landing a tank on a ledge 50m above you where it simply self-destructs because no one can get into the thing (though that LAV on a lamppost was pretty amazing). Now, to this end, I've seen two frequent methods of calling in vehicles. The first, and most obvious, is a simple ground spawn in your GÇ£baseGÇ¥ and calling it in after taking a few steps out in the open. I would refrain from calling in vehicles immediately at your spawn location as they may not be deployed in the most accessible fashion, either behind or on obstructions. A 10m jog into the open air only adds a couple seconds and will make sure your vehicle is clear of all obstacles when it arrives. The second is deploying inertial dampeners immediately after jumping out of the MCC, and pulling up your deployment menu as you fall, calling in the vehicle the moment you hit the ground. As stated before you can't call it in while actually falling but this mitigates the menu time you'd need if you waited till you were on the ground after dropping. The only problem here is dealing with the horrendous roar of inertial dampeners on the long way down which I try to avoid personally by only deploying less than 20 centimeters from impact. //NOTE: Another item which I will not really deny is that LAVs are quite squishy, particularly to Railgun Turrets and Forge Guns. Though even a properly stacked Starter or Militia grade LAV can withstand a Militia swarm, just about anything else will stop it (and its occupants) very much dead in their tracks. For this reason I avoid riding with people I can't also talk to or at least hear, and this goes for any vehicle. Riding a vehicle is a team effort and as such requires some level of teamwork. This means that as the driver you have to be responsible for calling out incoming swarms or other alarms you may hear while driving. As a rider it means calling out enemy turret locations or a charging Forge Gun flare nearby and knowing when to bail, certainly doing so when the driver says to get the heck out. As a gunner, it means spotting enemy infantry and turrets, and knowing to shoot at one and not the other as well as getting out when the time comes. A special note for LAV drivers, many blaster and missile turrets being run by SI will simply ignore LAVs unless they just get too close. Railgun turrets are not quite as fickle. If it sees you, the SI will shoot at you, and more often than not it will kill you even better than most actual operators could. This means avoiding them all costs, calling for everyone to bail when you can't, and for gunners, keeping that finger off the trigger when passing near an installation. You're not going to destroy it, only attract its attention. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.

Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:24:00 - [51] - Quote //NOTE: beep beep BEEP BOOM! Yeah, your whole team just got wiped by one guy's line in the sand. Only that sand was smooth packed gravel and that line was a row of Proximity Mines. Don't worry demolitions experts out there, I'm gonna let you in on a little tip: The information following can help you too just by knowing where enemies are likely to travel with their slick LAVs. The most fun place for a demo guy to be is inside the head of an LAV driver. The worst place for anyone else to be is inside the head of a demo guy. Don't panic LAV drivers, the whole purpose of this exercise is to point out the fastest routes but as I've said before, repetitious behavior will only get you punished or dead. Be aware that there could always be someone like me on the field who's been planning for the past 5 min, before even knowing you exist, just how to ruin your Cruisin' Dust 514 days in the most spectacular Hollywood-worthy explosion ever. Like an infantry attempting to avoid a sniper, move, swerve, slow down and go where you're not expected... //A Message from Chankk Saotome: Thinking about trying to run down that logi who seems perfectly calm standing totally still out in the open 100meters from any kind of defense or cover? Hell, he doesn't even have a weapon out. That could be me, and you and your buddies might just be the next 190WP that I make this battle. I don't always blow up vehicles, when I do I drink Dos Equis. ...Wait, What? ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:25:00 - [52] - Quote LAVs on Manus Peak Honestly, my new favorite map for LAVs... Perhaps it's always been my favorite map for LAVs but with shallower and more smoothed out roadway terrain from previous iterations this map screams to be driven about on. Once upon a time it was a horrifying place covered in jagged volcanic formations and violently bumpy and pathways unnavigable by vehicles. For forcing CQC engagements with people that was awesome. Much of that has changed and it's honestly fun to just drive around now in my opinion. Not to mention the vast number of roadways and flattened paths allow for an ever-changing course of movement. For attackers, coming up over the second peak from their MCC down into Charlie is just smooth as silk and fast too. This route follows the roadway up by the outcropping formerly referred to as GÇ£Sniper PointGÇ¥ as in old maps this position had one of the best views of the whole field and all three objectives (though not into the old Alpha which was tucked inside a crater below Manus's main peak). Even assaults can make this run before many defenders can get there except that most make the mistake of just running to Alpha instead, believing it to be closer. Still, an LAV through Charlie allows an attacking team to drop off one or two allies to take and hold that position while the driver can set up a miniature road-block between Charlie and Bravo or continue on to scan Bravo territory (if he's feeling really gutsy). From the ground spawn the terrain is rough and there are few paths unfortunately, but once you get to the main battlefield there is the circular roadway around Alpha and turnoffs going directly into Charlie or to the left of Bravo. This second path is often overlooked by Bravo defenders and permits a semi-hidden access into the rear side of this objective. For defenders, the pathways are more difficult to navigate without some practice, but still there are two direct paths to Bravo from ground spawn (one directly for it though often new installations are in the way here, and a dirt roadway up the edge of a hill just left of the same), and one indirect which eventually goes up over toward Alpha (well off to the right side when looking at Bravo). From the MCC defenders are somewhat stuck with the windy mountain path which then splits into a flanking access into Bravo, a path which veers back up Manus's second peak around a tower installation and down into Charlie, or curves gently into Charlie from the ground. Either of these latter two are great access points though the second gives you the benefit of higher ground as well as being able to see any enemies coming up the opposite hill to meet you at the objective. As it was in olden times though not so oft now with the second peak being smoothed out and more accessible to infantry, this is a common place for spawn setups as well as some pitched battles though not like it used to be. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:26:00 - [53] - Quote LAVs on Ashland Look, let's just get it out of the way, this is one of the worst maps for LAVs. There, I said it, it's done. There's not really much an LAV can do here, and almost no way it's not going to be noticed by the other team no matter where it's going. The number of small roadways even available to vehicles are cluttered with storage boxes, construction equipment, and other paraphernalia. For infantry this is a playground of stealth, ambush, and CQC opportunities but for vehicles it's a nightmare of navigation except for one edge on the far outer ring road from Echo up to Charlie. Other than this one 200meter stretch which is just as easily traversed on foot, attempting to load up your LAV and go anywhere in a hurry is almost utter folly. Almost. The single roadway which spans from Echo to Delta, passing directly between and below Alpha and Bravo is a great access way for vehicles to make a bold push directly into the opponents far objective. On foot this can be suicide but an LAV can move you more rapidly than most infantry can keep up and with so few people expecting LAVs on this map, the likely lack of AV setups on the field can be your saving grace. The Ring (look at the map, you'll get it) road used to be more open but has become cluttered down outside of Alpha almost demanding a detour route up closer to Alpha be taken to get around but from spawn to spawn, minus some boxes, it's almost clear sailing by either side up to Charlie or down into a flanking access path on either side. Another note is while enemy ground spawns are hidden behind building structures and well within their redzone away from infantry, a skilled LAV driver can cruise around the edge of the Ring and through an enemy camp, crushing infantry under-tread as they hide within the false security of their redzone ground base. Just beware of the Railguns generally situated behind each base in turn and you'll need to be going full speed all the way through to be able to come back into the safety of the combat zone before you suicide to the redline timer. The few Railgun installations on this map overall, however, pose little threat on the actual field as they aren't really situated to aim down on roadways allowing for free reign by an LAV driver to cruise as he pleases nearby objectives, though as all but Echo, supply depots, and a few turrets are out on raised platforms it will still require some ground-pounding by occupants to actually get into them and take them if that's your goal. On the other hand Blasters and even Missile turrets on the field can be a severe threat to you, occupants, and even your vehicle if there's someone actually operating them. Of course, again, this all assumes the driver is skilled enough to not hit one of the dozens of random barriers, crates, construction vehicles, random ground plate edges, sharp inclines, small pebbles, bits of loose dirt, insects, little bits of floating dust particles in the air, and the myriad of other obstructions in his way. A minefield of impeding debris, a good map to maximize your closed quarters driving technique but not the best place to take your licensing test. Only advised for the most skilled of LAV drivers. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:27:00 - [54] - Quote LAVs on Line Harvest [RESERVED] a.k.a. Carmageddon 24137 So many flat open spaces, so many people running across them, so many dents in the hood like so many bugs on the windscreen.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:27:00 - [55] - Quote LAVs on Skim Junction [RESERVED] Look, you're just fooling yourself if you think you're going anywhere with any sense of alacrity without a Dropship or LAV, that's all there is to it. This map is huge (though smaller than original versions, if you can believe it... I miss that old objective to the north map edge, some great memories there, and only two objectives in the city meant people were forced to go outside in order to win) and while a range of pathways exist for the soldier on foot, to go anywhere with any kind of speed demands the use of LAVs here. //NOTE: Beware the Railgun They're just about everywhere in every iteration of this map. And, despite the wide open spaces, you often won't see one until you're already driving right into its kill-zone which means knowing where they are and doing your best to keep track of them should they go hostile... or being a smoking pile of dead. While LAVs have no issue cruising around their ground spawn area or even through a couple of the compounds themselves, out in the vast wilderness they're as in danger from Railgun fire as infantry are from rogue hill-snipers.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 170	Posted - 2013.02.26 08:28:00 - [56] - Quote Now, for specific Skim Junction central compound installations, lets do this. I have no idea what the heck they ACTUALLY are, but I know how I know them and refer to them so we're gonna stick with that. Gallente Storage Facility: (Short green-walled storage site with large green mushroom building [Bravo] at the south) Your best and only bet here really is to crash in violently and go on foot. There's little to do here in an LAV except either get out or just burn right through. Really nothing special to note except that there are rear access steps to [Bravo] and the nearby CRU and a stairwell by the Supply Depot which splits to head to [Charlie] and [Alpha] which may favor coming in from the city's south or north rather than East or West for most rapid insertion. Caldari Refinery: (Medium sized steel-walled compound with one command building [Bravo] and towers over [Alpha]) And you thought Ashlands was a nightmare for LAVs. Best bet here is to just avoid ever entering the city at all in all honesty. There is a path past the CRU between [Charlie] and [Bravo] which heads north and then back out west again or up north but LAVs can't manouver this fast enough to take advantage of their speed. If you're going for a crash insertion for defenders, hit the entry-way just north of [Bravo] and throw someone out there while you ram the wall and jump for [Alpha] near the waste disposal vats. From the other direction for attackers there's virtually no road access in due to obstructions and debris blocking the route so you're best to either jump out before hitting something and going for [Alpha] or hitting the stairs south of that forward turret and leaping toward the [Charlie] canon. Caldari Canon: (Enclosed by towers, a canon structure over [Bravo] with [Alpha] and [Charlie] on a raised platform.) Finally, a compound you can kind of cruise around. A very tight figure-8 loops around [Charlie] and [Alpha] to the north side while the larger loop circles the canon structure itself with [Bravo] at the southern edge. Good possibilities for letting multiple teams just wheel about and watch all three objectives. One word of warning on this last compound: Do not request vehicle drops inside this structure. If your RDV even makes it into the city, the chances of your vehicle dropping precisely where you want it or can access it are a bit of a mess. Between [Bravo] and [Alpha] might be safe but I wouldn't call in anything other than my free LAV personally. Who knows how hard that RDV pilot's been hitting the sauce. I don't. I'm pretty sure his wife doesn't either. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 175	Posted - 2013.03.01 11:54:00 - [57] - Quote Equipment Equipment, like modules, affect your capacity on the field though they are more like active modules. They also control the supportive effect you can have on the field for your team should you even care about anything more than, see reddot, pull trigger, kill reddot, rinse & repeat. Equipment can be classified by several means: Deployable (thrown on the ground) or Usable (activated by the user); Supplemental, Supportive, or Offensive; Active/Activated or Passive; probably even more ways of describing or categorizing each... I don't want to bother making categories but I've organized them somewhat and will make note for those who want their usage and one word descriptions of purpose. Of course, denotations will be according to controller buttons, not KBM. //NOTE: Like weapons, in order to activate any equipment, you must actually have the equipment tool in-hand. This means pulling out your Equipment wheel, hold [L2], and selecting with the Right stick which item to pull out. Tapping [L2] will only cycle weapons, though once upon a time it also cycled Equipment which for Logis was amazing though you had to cycle through everything which took time because of slower and forced animations... I kind of wish they'd bring back equipment hot-swapping though, at least for Logis. //NOTE: Suit Limitations: Alright, let's get this over and done with, quick and neat: Logistics: 2(really? REALLY?) GÇô 4 (Heck yeah Proto logi!) Assault: 1 GÇô 2 Scout: 1 GÇô 2 (But you lose your speed with no other benefits, you might as well be in an assault suit) Heavy: 0 (Sorry fatty, no pockets on that wedding dress of yours) That's it, just live with it. //A message from Chankk Saotome: What you carry, as I've said before about... everything, is your choice and entirely up to you. I will explain each tool's usage and make some notes on how I feel about what people are carrying versus what they probably should be carrying but this is just my word and my word is not scripture. Hell, it's not even written in stone. I'm constantly changing this whole mess as things come up, people give me ideas or correct me. I will say, however, I have some strong opinions on a certain pair of tools and the new kids out there who just don't have a clue so please allow me some leeway and if I step on anyone's toes with my comments in that regard, I apologize. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 175	Posted - 2013.03.01 11:54:00 - [58] - Quote Nanite Injector Usable [R1]; Supportive The end all, be all. This is what 50% of bluedots, newberries and old, and all proper field logis, SHOULD be carrying. If you're a random Assault or Logi, and you're not carrying this, just stop right now. So you're carrying one now right? Even militia grade? Good... NOW USE THE DAMN THING! Seriously. I can't count the number of times I've been in a huddle with bluedots, I've been the one guy to go down and watched my, GÇ£Wait for nearby triage unitGÇ¥ slowly blink and fade away as bluedots ran off my radar and away from my location, abandoning me to the all-consuming nanohorde. Look, for anyone complaining that it's difficult to find their target or hard to actually use, you have no idea what it was like... Markers showing up 10m from bodies, and the actual trigger coming up somewhere half way between and still not working properly 90% of the time. Look, it's come miles from where it used to be. Here's the biggest point, however, reviving your buddy is the same as killing an enemy in the WP department, but it also gives you some quick backup without having to wait for others to catch up to you or falling back to a spawn point yourself. Just be careful about whom you pick up and when. Raising a guy in the midst of a bullet storm just for him to drop half a second later isn't gonna do you any real benefit other than quick WP, and it's just gonna **** him off and make him not want to help you despite your attempt to save his shiny dropsuit loadout. Make sure your area is relatively clear before running to revive someone because him being dead may mean you being dead very soon thereafter. The same goes in reverse, don't expect one bluedot to come rushing into Hell just to save your ass if you're surrounded by reddots. Just let it go man and get back in the fight as best you can. ____________________ Repair Tool Usable [R1]; Supportive ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 175	Posted - 2013.03.01 11:55:00 - [59] - Quote NanoHive Deployable [R1]; Supportive This is what 50% of bluedots, newberries and old, ARE carrying... though they're running about like chickens with their heads cut off and rarely have a chance to take advantage of it or know how to place it to support even themselves much less a team. Usually a guy will run out of ammo, or think he's running low, and just throw out a hive, right in the middle of a field or roadway, then wait to restock 2-3 magazines before abandoning it. When I throw a Hive down, that's me planting a flag and my squad best take note. I'm telling the world that GÇ£This is my house. And you stay the hell out of my house! Get off my damn lawn for that matter!GÇ¥ Hives can be thrown down all willy-nilly for a quick restock but this generally wastes their potential and as such are much better used in reinforcing offensive or defensive line positions and making sure the soldiers on those lines are well stocked in life-relieving ammunition. To this end hives should be behind cover along with the people they're restocking. While the eerie hum and ghostly glow can be disconcerting, most people learn to ignore it or just get past it. Snipers often use hives to restock themselves but one danger here is that at high altitudes (no, seriously, no joke) or on the fringes of the map, the Hives tend to glow and give away their location which means, subsequently, giving away their attached sniper's position. If you're gonna use one of these as a sniper I can't advise against it but wouldn't advise sitting directly on top of the thing either. //NOTE: There are a few variants of the Nanohive but I think gauged is where just about everyone wants to be if they're gonna be carrying as this allows a third extra Hive to be deployed. There is a Triage (armor repairing) Hive which will repair infantry armor before restocking ammunition but with their rate of consumption these are best used only by the Repper logi as a backup armor repair for himself or teammates should he go down in the midst of battle; otherwise, that nearby heavy is likely to eat the whole thing like a fat kid with a bag of Skittles. ____________________ Drop Uplink Deployable [R1]; Supplemental Drop Uplinks allow team members, specifically squad-mates, to enter or return to combat on a specific location with a new clone and loadout after a death. A very useful, though CPU and PG intensive tool, the uplink is generally used for one of three purposes: forward combat spawns (i.e. Pressing the frontline by keeping players right on it) defensive position spawns (setting up camp with a defensive perimeter around the spawn itself) stealth infiltration spawning (this... is pretty self-explanitory) One thing to remember is that teammates will spawn facing the same direction as the player at the time the Uplink is deployed. This means often spawning in facing a wall or dark crevasse as most players are in a rush to throw them down without considering the effect on spawners. The major concern with them is that Uplinks can often be GÇ£campedGÇ¥ or watched by enemy solders who will wait for reddots to spawn in only to mow them down as they are generating. A cheap tactic but viable one and arguments of honor or fairness are unlikely to dissuade those who engage in the activity. It's best to find well-hidden positions to deploy or places that may be difficult to get TO but easy to get into combat FROM. //NOTE: There is significant speculation as to the usage of Uplinks by non-squad teammates and the issue still seems unsettled. I've personally witnessed bluedots come through my own uplinks though I've also had corp members in team chat tell me my Uplinks are not available on the map when they are not in my squad. Along with this, the WP earned from a team spawn seems intermittent and chancy at best. It's generally a 25WP gain for a teammate spawning on your Uplink but I've watched groups of two or three come through with no WP gain whatsoever. It's possible the system as a whole still has bugs. ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.
Chankk Saotome CrimeWave Syndicate 175	Posted - 2013.03.01 11:55:00 - [60] - Quote Active Scanners [RESERVED] Usable [R1]; Supplemental The most misunderstood piece of equipment, it's intent is to pick out nearby enemy targets around the user when activated. Whether this is a sphere around or a forward cone, or if only enemies known to be present, or anyone within range, nobody really knows because it's never really worked before, and still doesn't. I'll update this when they finally are working and I've had a chance to play about with them because once upon a time all they were was a big cross made of computer parts that beeped when you raised it in the air. But it's probably gonna need it's own post >.> ____________ A strong man can do many things, but the strongest knows he can't do everything alone.



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