A Tactic NO-NO [message #57451] |
Thu, 11 December 2003 16:50 |
Adnecles1
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Was playing GDI on walls flying the other day, when managed to sneak into base via tunnel and around airstrip to see many light tanks sitting there, because someone on NoD pre-purchased them and let them sit until taken.
Well needless to say their intentions were in the right place but so was I when took out there ref with their purchase. All I have to say really is.. is don't by vehicles unless going to be used instead of just sitting around for enemy to take and destroy your own base. Might be a good idea if done with a map that has ob/agt, less likely to be taken freely.
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #57490] |
Thu, 11 December 2003 22:09 |
azngqboy
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no i have better story, it was hourglass in my first days of playin, my teamamte was like "yo get in the mammy" or "get in the vehcle" and im like, "u f**kin moron, nod will march in wiht a APC and steal them after a sniper spots em on top, sure enought i toke one, and Nod took about 3 of em, sad, sad day, (we lost the WF n PP and more if i didn't defend while my team mates died by the ob and 2 techs)
jsut msn me to know me
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #59528] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 16:10 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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If you ever see people buy tanks and just leave them there, blow them up with a free engineer, and save the best one for yourself. It's always a real disaster if the enemy gets a powerful tank inside your base...
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #59875] |
Tue, 30 December 2003 23:38 |
Homey
Messages: 1084 Registered: February 2003 Location: Canada
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Its fine to do on a map like under or hourglass, as long as base defences are up.
Homey
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #60014] |
Wed, 31 December 2003 19:27 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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Well, what reason is there to leave unoccupied tanks in the middle of your base? They obviously aren't helping your team or hurting the other. They're just loose assets. Now, sometimes, if I've been point whoring :rolleyes: for a while then I will buy people on my team tanks, but only on request. That helps the team. Buying tanks and leaving them there doesnt.
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #60112] |
Thu, 01 January 2004 11:57 |
Homey
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Well usually its going to be limit reached anyways. It is good to do if you have no ref and people ask for tanks.
Homey
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Tanks alot. [message #60626] |
Sun, 04 January 2004 21:06 |
furyman77
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That is true, there is a time limit before anybody else but the purchaser of the vehicle can get in. I guess I am the only one who actually reads the updates and readme files westwood puts up. I think that the time limit is actually 15 seconds.
Solution to buying people tanks. Dont devote youself to it, ask once or twice on team chat, and make sure they know that you have to be contacted about it.
For some reason, people just don't ever seem to care about free tanks. They think that it is a waste of precious time. It ain't I love getting a free tank, and returning the favor.
Also, teammembers stealing your tanks? Just let them have it, and tell them they can. They usually back you up, and eventually, you will have enough money for another vehicle. I even sometimes back them up. But that is just me.
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time limit [message #60971] |
Wed, 07 January 2004 14:13 |
furyman77
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The time limit is voided if you buy more than one tank.
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #60977] |
Wed, 07 January 2004 15:03 |
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rm5248
Messages: 1156 Registered: November 2003 Location: USA
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WTF? what do you mean by that?
w00t?
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61020] |
Thu, 08 January 2004 00:07 |
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IRON FART
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Quote from a mathematician:
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WTF? what do you mean by that?
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He means exactly what he said. The time limit that dis-allows anyone other than the buyer of the vehicle becomes void when the buyer buys more than 1 vehicle, and anyone can enter.
Thats what furyman77 said, but despite my lengthy explanation, its wrong. Time limit stays for all vehicles.
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61065] |
Thu, 08 January 2004 14:16 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
Messages: 1756 Registered: November 2003
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People on the other team can get into a vehicle as soon as it is made. I know this because I have done it several times with cloaked Black Hands. And this is with the latest patch. But, there is still a time limit for people on your own team.
EDIT - Please disregard this statement - I proved myself wrong on this yesterday.
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"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61155] |
Thu, 08 January 2004 22:39 |
azngqboy
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not the other team man, there is a time limit that u can't i know, i APC in islands alot and camp those vechs, u press "e" on them and i wont let u in, so u wait for the green arrows. Also buying the second tank is stupid unless there are more ppl there, sometimes the wait is on, if u buy it, go in then out, so others can use it, there is a time limit, you just dont notice it prob.
jsut msn me to know me
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61255] |
Fri, 09 January 2004 18:50 |
furyman77
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I am pretty sure that is correct. However you may have to get in at least one of the tanks you purchase before others can get in them.
I will look into this and try to get the text right . But dang, so many different conclusions, I know one of them has to be right.
any way, i remember once that a teammate bought two tanks, he got in one and i got in the other, no problems. [/i]
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61260] |
Fri, 09 January 2004 19:00 |
SkitBra
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its always fun to steal a enemy tank and to hear them curse over it and then 5min later do it again to the same guy.
/SkitBra
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61355] |
Sat, 10 January 2004 11:49 |
furyman77
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I made another post that (hopefully) corrected this statement. Any way, It some times works out this way, if you buy a humvee, and another team member buys a mammy, both the humvee and the mammy will have the green arrows that might allow you to get in. I haven't actually tried this, because it would most likely get me banned.
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A Tactic NO-NO [message #61501] |
Sun, 11 January 2004 11:19 |
Homey
Messages: 1084 Registered: February 2003 Location: Canada
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I see green arrows on enemy tanks sometimes :/ while they have people in them.
Homey
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