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Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.11.24 20:00:00 -
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Eh, I get where the frustration is coming from. Really, I was very confused a few weeks back when one day all the reds just didn't appear on my maps. That or they would blink in and out around me. Once, too, a tank came from seemingly nowhere. I also did not have an audio cue that I typically hear near vehicles, or the flash of headlights as they scan the area. Nothing really but squish.
Having said that though, I do realize there are skills as mentioned above that players can and are using to dampen my ability to see them on my mini-map. Before, this was not much of an issue so it was unsettling at my first experience with it. Now that I realize these skills are being used, I can work around them as described above. In fact, today I was able to walk up to a secondary platform where a cluster of reds were camping. Their attention was to the platform across from them, with their backs to me, so I was able to lay a drop-uplink and kill three of them before they ever noticed me simply because the entire squad had their backs to the stairway. If fact, once they returned fire, killed me, and doubled-back into position, I was still able to spawn on my drop-uplink right behind them---again---and kill them all over again. Had just one of them bothered to look around and check their blind spots I would never have had a chance. The point, I guess, is to understand the mechanics at work and manipulate the environment to your favour. Lower your own profile and give them hell in turn.
As to the tank issue, I'm still not sure wtf happened there ;)
I'm not sure if this is related, but I have noticed supply depots popping up in the middle of areas of my map that I JUST walked through without any visual sign of them in front of me. Of course, turning around, there they are. Same with enemy drop-uplinks. I would destroy one, move forward, then as soon as I top a short hill a new drop uplink pops up on my map just behind me where I came from. There are no enemies around me that could have placed it that I can see, but there's the uplink exactly where I was 3 seconds earlier.
At times, I do believe "The Doctor" is having a bit of fun with us.....
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Call-downs. Interesting. I just happen to be on the map view when I saw several supply depots and turrets drop from the sky, mid game, onto the map. I never realized this was in play. Very neat. |