GV question.

[KurtVW]

Tell me...

Is driving for 10 minutes regardless of my vehicle choice and getting ONE SHOT KILLED... EVERY TIME...  Is that supposed to be fun?

Because I'm not feeling it.

I've been one shot killed in every freaken vehicle in the game.... Almost everytime its a one shot kill.

Tell me, HiTech (or other company man)... What Gives?  Am I seriously expected to believe that no one ever had a chance?

I dunno, I've never been really into the GV game, but you kinda have to do it if you wan't an ok overall score...  But when you try to do it you get raped.  It doesn't matter, I can take a tiger and my odds are no better than they are in an M3... Its always the same.... click click boom....... BOOM... JoeBlow shot you down.

Wow, compelling ground warfare.

If I wanna be done in one shot, I'll spend 14.95 downloading porn.

[RTGorkle]

You can download porn for free.

[KurtVW]

Oh, I know that... But if free is good, imagine what 14.95 can do!

[MOIL]

Originally posted by KurtVW



Tell me...

Is driving for 10 minutes regardless of my vehicle choice and getting ONE SHOT KILLED... EVERY TIME...  Is that supposed to be fun?

Because I'm not feeling it.

I've been one shot killed in every freaken vehicle in the game.... Almost everytime its a one shot kill.

Tell me, HiTech (or other company man)... What Gives?  Am I seriously expected to believe that no one ever had a chance?

I dunno, I've never been really into the GV game, but you kinda have to do it if you wan't an ok overall score...  But when you try to do it you get raped.  It doesn't matter, I can take a tiger and my odds are no better than they are in an M3... Its always the same.... click click boom....... BOOM... JoeBlow shot you down.

Wow, compelling ground warfare.

If I wanna be done in one shot, I'll spend 14.95 downloading porn.

They said It's a flight game, whaddya expect.

[xHaMmeRx]

I don't spend much time in gvs, but here are a couple of observations:

1) If you just full speed towards the enemy base, the chances of a stationary, concealed enemy seeing you and engaging you first is extremely high. It's also quite possible that he has taken a couple of missed shots at you without you realizing it. Advantage: stationary defender

2) Your engine sound gives your direction away to a stationary enemy even when he can't see you. Try this: stop your engine and hop up to the turret MG. Rotate it around. You will hear the sound shift from side to side. Get it in the middle and you know approximately which direction the enemy is coming from.
Advantage: stationary defender

So how do you counter these advantages?  

First, just like with airplanes, have a wingman. One moves while the other is stationary watching and listening for enemy. This is called overwatch. The overwatch tank should be able to see any likely positions which can engage his moving wingman as the wingman moves from one positon to the next. The wingman then takes up overwatch.

Second, take advantage of the terrain. Don't crest hills, drive around them. Move quickly from cover to cover, stop, and observe. Shut your engine down often and listen (won't help much if the enemy is already in position, but you might catch him moving up.) Coordinate with those around you to stop and listen at the same time so you know any engine noise is enemy.

Lastly, don't drive straight from the spawn point to the enemy base. That is the most likely avenue of approach and likely the only one the enemy has any defense on. It will cost you time to take a more indirect route, but it will probably get you behind the defending enemy.

[stantond]

Not that I am a GV expert.... but there are a few 'features' in the game you may want consider.

1.  Stop occasionally and shut off your engine.  Listen for sounds of nmes.  This is especially useful if you know they are close.

2.  Record a film for about a minute.  Tab out and look at that film.  All players (including nme vechiles and planes) within 5k are listed.  Note that you are very vulnerable while doing this.

3.  SA in GV's is not so easy to come by.  Typically (90% of the time) the enemy GV's will be at *your* spawn points or at theirs.  Knowing this will get you in the general area to encounter them.  Team work and communication are the most effective tools, but are not common.

4.  Be sneaky.  The best GV'ers (and I use the term loosely) know how to read the battle area, pick a good spot, and wait.  Being able to hit in the first or second shot helps too, but that comes easier than SA.  Knowing when to move is part of this as well.

5.  Learn from your mistakes!  This is a game and as such has it "own little world".  When something does not work there is some reason and you had best change tactics.


Regards,

Malta

[Zanth]

Originally posted by stantond
2.  Record a film for about a minute.  Tab out and look at that film.  All players (including nme vechiles and planes) within 5k are listed.  Note that you are very vulnerable while doing this.

Yuck, this isnt a tactic this is an exploit.

[dedalos]

Originally posted by stantond

2.  Record a film for about a minute.  Tab out and look at that film.  All players (including nme vechiles and planes) within 5k are listed.  Note that you are very vulnerable while doing this.
 

Double click on their name and you can see where they are.  That explains a few things about the game play

[Darkish]

Originally posted by stantond

2. Record a film for about a minute. Tab out and look at that film. All players (including nme vechiles and planes) within 5k are listed. Note that you are very vulnerable while doing this.

Apalled, well affronted at least... really not in the spirit of things.

[Flayed1]

If your gonna play the game STAY in the game don't pop in and out to use a cheasy method of finding your nme's.

[stantond]

Duh!  A game feature is just that.  Use it or not at your "moral" discretion.  "Game Morality" doesn't hold much weight in my opinion.  If the feature was not intended to be used, it would have been removed.

Also,  it's really not all that useful.  Play the game how you want, but don't be preaching how it "should" be played, or what the "spirit" of the game is to me.  Sometimes the truth hurts.  

Screaming and hollering because someone spoke up to give away your 'edge' in the game won't make it go away.  Get over it.  


Regards,

Malta

[dedalos]

Someone needs to stick with Play Station I think.

[StarOfAfrica2]

BRING BACK THE ALT - TAB BUG!!!  


PERK THE FILM RECORDER!!!!!


GIVE US EXPLODING FILM TAPES!!!
(This film will explode in 10 seconds.............)

[AKDogg]

agreed

[Karnak]

Stantond,

That isn't a game feature, it is a Windows feature that you are using to exploit the game.  If it were an intended feature you would be able to watch your films on the clipboard within the AH application.  The fact that you have to task out of the AH application in order to use your "tactic" should tell you that it isn't a game feature.


Hitech,

Would it be possible to prevent the Film Viewer from launching if AH was already running, and AH from launching if the Film Viewer was already running?