Originally posted by Puff
After a bit of interteam conflict last night I have come to a point where I would like to ask the penut gallery what your reason for playing is.
Let me give you a run down of what happened last night.
A mission was flying out of a base that, at the time, was not under attack. As soon as that mission left the ground and got clear of the base the airfield came under heave attack. These 20 or so guys could have doubled back and fended off the attack and still be able to complete their origional mission goals of another base capture.
After I was squelched by one team mate and hurassed by several others for pointing this out I flew into the base that was under attack and helped defend it.
Funny thing is the mission that abandoned the base failed to secure the field capture on the other end.
So now to my question...
Do you play this game with the end goal of your team wining the war and moving on to another map? Or do you simply get in the game to chat with cyber friends and shoot down the occasional enemy?
I think that in some cases the people on one side of this question fuel the frustrations of the other side. Lets talk about it.
Well to start with here, I think your assuming something that might or might not be so.
The guys headed out could have been doing far more of a defense by attacking the NME base than you were by hanging around trying to "defend" against the attack.
I have noticed a tendency for everyone to scream "where`s our defense?' "Defend , guys , defend".
A lot of these guys doing the screaming is upping an attacked base, climbing to 1K or less and running around in circles, chasing bogs from one side of the base to the other when the bogs come in with alt and speed. That`s just what their doing.....chasing and no catching with the end results of getin slapped down after the incoming have hit base targets. Rinse and repeat until the base is captured.
I`m a firm believer of cutting off the snakes head instead of the tail. In other words the attack is the best form of defense. If your floundering around low, like a ruptured duck, while the NME keeps coming with a steady attack from above you are doomed. DOOMED I SAy!
They aren`t going to quit coming if the pickings are easy. Counter attack, steal their cheese, kidnap their sheep, anything besides being an easy target.
Assuming that someone headed out on an attack mission with ONLY the capture being the goal is also a mistake. Denial to the enemy can stop an attack when nothing else can.
At ease. Carry on. That is all.
