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Jack Sharkey42 Sardaukar Merc Guild General Tso's Alliance 18	Posted - 2013.02.12 17:06:00 - [1] - Quote Is there any benefit gained from shooting down the dropships that bring vehicles? I know that if they're destroyed midair the vehicle gets blown up too, but they seem to have way more hits than the vehicles themselves. So a few questions... Does the vehicle it was carrying still count against one the player tried to call down? Do the ships retain the same level of armor damage if it gets away before you've killed it? Is there any benefit to destroying more than one of them? Like will vehicle delivery be delayed? Are they worth points to destroy?
Canari Elphus Pro Hic Immortalis RISE of LEGION 13	Posted - 2013.02.12 17:18:00 - [2] - Quote I typically wait till the dropship plants its vehicle. There is always a lag between when it selttles and when the guy jumps in it to drive away. This is a prefect time to pick it off. There is also the better chance that it will take out the guy that called it in as well.
Free Healing L.O.T.I.S. Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2013.02.12 17:36:00 - [3] - Quote The main benefit of destroying the RDV (Rapid Deployment Vehicle - Classification: Bolus) is that when you destroy it the vehicle under it is also automatically destroyed, if it is still tethered to the Bolus. Bolus Destruction is worth a hefty 150 War Points as well. Should you happen to destroy a Bolus that is bringing in an HAV then that is an easy 300 WP you can earn, provided you can actually kill the thing. Bolus are quick, and capable of cloaking so killing them isn't easy. I've only ever seen it done with High Powered Railgun Turrets or Advanced-Prototype Forge Guns. Keep the faith.
0 Try Harder Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 114	Posted - 2013.02.12 20:47:00 - [4] - Quote Free Healing wrote: The main benefit of destroying the RDV (Rapid Deployment Vehicle - Classification: Bolus) is that when you destroy it the vehicle under it is also automatically destroyed, if it is still tethered to the Bolus. No, not anymore. The vehicle underneath is almost always fine. Sometimes the vehicle underneath takes a bit of damage, but I've yet to see one blow up in this build. I have seen the bolas drop on the person who called in the vehicle and killed him. Last build I did shoot down bolases which were flying directly at me, and I have not done that again. They will fall/crash on your HAV and one-shot it. If you've got the damage and aim, in corp battles it's usually best to kill the vehicle under the bolas before it drops, and then kill the bolas itself (or not). A person can't call in more than one vehicle at a time. That timer stays until the bolas flies away, or a little bit after you shoot it down. Your opponent can't call another vehicle in immediately after taking down a bolas, but it seems to be the same amount of time as if you didn't shoot it down at all. In pub matches I like to kill the bolas, then blow up the vehicle once someone gets in it, but pub matches really don't matter. It's 150 points with no defend mark, and 180 points if you do have a defender mark on you. Your squad needs 2,500 WP for an orbital, so if you shoot down 2 bolases at the start of a match and 2 LAVs, that's 460 WP right there. Your squad leader will also get some wp, but I don't know how much. WP management is key in this game. You'll have to decide if it's better to just farm WP or defend/attack an objective. You'll also want to deny your enemy from earning too much WP, so keep that in mind. You can kill vehicles by driving them into the redzone, and there's (unfortunately) an abandoned vehicle timer. I love shooting down bolases. I don't know if this is true, but I feel like it's intimidating for the other team. Those things have a fair amount of HP, so if someone starts shooting them down you know that they have some high damage weaponry in that battle.
KalOfTheRathi CowTek 168	Posted - 2013.02.14 03:01:00 - [5] - Quote I pop 'em both. I don't mind a couple more free rail gun rounds. I try to hit the Bolas first, at least once and maybe twice. The cargo is focused on next, finish it off if you can. The closer it is to the ground the longer you will have to finish the Bolas. I have, with blind luck only, hit a Bolas early and the cargo dropped and exploded. I wasn't sure if I had damaged it first or the drop was high enough. It did make a glorious explosion though. My favorite was getting the target before it hit the ground, rocking the Bolas such that it got stuck in a structure and popping it while it tried to get free.
pegasis prime The Shadow Cavalry Mercenaries 81	Posted - 2013.02.14 07:43:00 - [6] - Quote Free Healing wrote: The main benefit of destroying the RDV (Rapid Deployment Vehicle - Classification: Bolus) is that when you destroy it the vehicle under it is also automatically destroyed, if it is still tethered to the Bolus. Bolus Destruction is worth a hefty 150 War Points as well. Should you happen to destroy a Bolus that is bringing in an HAV then that is an easy 300 WP you can earn, provided you can actually kill the thing. Bolus are quick, and capable of cloaking so killing them isn't easy. I've only ever seen it done with High Powered Railgun Turrets or Advanced-Prototype Forge Guns. Keep the faith. I love blowing up the rdv's with either my rail tank or my breech forge gun granted you need 2 complex dammage mods and 4 direct hits but if you start pounding them as soon as they appear its easy wp
Kesi Raae Kaae Much Crying Old Experts 39	Posted - 2013.02.14 11:28:00 - [7] - Quote I've had the bolas crash in to a building while carrying my tank and explode, my tank was fine and luckily was still there after a panic rush to find it again.
0 Try Harder Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 114	Posted - 2013.02.14 15:14:00 - [8] - Quote Kesi Raae Kaae wrote: I've had the bolas crash in to a building while carrying my tank and explode Yup. They also love to crash into each other, drop tanks behind the red zone, and not fly high enough so your tank crashes into buildings on the RDV's way over. Drunk drivers ftl.
Jack Sharkey42 Sardaukar Merc Guild General Tso's Alliance 18	Posted - 2013.02.14 15:25:00 - [9] - Quote This is starting to sound like someone needs to do a "Drunk Bolas Compilation" video set to Benny Hill music
M3DIC 2U RED COLONIAL MARINES Covert Intervention 13	Posted - 2013.02.15 22:22:00 - [10] - Quote Jack Sharkey42 wrote: This is starting to sound like someone needs to do a "Drunk Bolas Compilation" video set to Benny Hill music This



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