Originally posted by SlapShot
What some of us don't understand is why do groups such as this attack bases that have no one home ? ... why don't they look at the map, find a large red dar bar near an enemy base and try to take that base. Some of believe that they don't because they can't face the fact of a possible failure and if they tried to fight ... they will lose/fail.
That is certainly one possible explanation. The other might be that one of the "strat" types looked at the map, determined an open flank and ran a mission around the enemy side. From there, you can push the enemy back by now attacking from 2 sides. But I will add this as well. Sometimes taking an empty base is a necessary evil. You have to push the enemy far enough back to concentrate his forces in a smaller area. I ask you to think of this OBJECTIVELY... Don't we often get some of the best fights of the game when one team is backed into a corner on its last leg(like a trapped animal)? When every member of the opposing side is concentrated into 8 or 10 of the bases around HQ, do we not get the best fights and furballs as they try to hold the last of their bases. They sometimes even mount an effective counter-strike and retake a base or two. And those I assure you are not easy takes nor undefended.
There is a purpose ... at least for me ... the purpose is to outfly your opponent(s) and kill him/them in a very hostile environment and then on to the next one. There is no better feeling for me than when I am head-to-head with another individual fighting for my cartoon life and beating him .... the second best feeling is flying my pants off and getting killed.
I don't disagree that you find the one-on-one exhilerating. I also like the individualistic combat. But I equally like playing as a team and achieving a goal. I have always played team sports (baseball, softball, basketball, football) and as a result I like being a "team" player. That having been said, I emphasize, there is NOTHING WRONG with the way you play the game, nor your view of the game. But equally so, there is nothing wrong with the opposite view either.
How much fun would your football game be if there was not another team on the field or the other team just has a couple of players. Would marching down the field without opposition and scoring a touchdown be fun ? ... I think not. So how much fun is there is flying to an undefended base (away from the working front) and taking it ? This is what this thread, and others, is all about. You want to take bases ... then lets see you take them where the enemy has a working population.
Again, I refer to the above statement in that taking an undefended base in NOT the entire football game. It is merely one play in the game that pushes one down field closer to the goal. Just like in the game of football, you have to have some plays that are running plays right up the middle (smash-mouth football). You have to have some plays that are end-around (pitch-out.) And, finally you have to have passing plays. The effective use of various plays opens the field and allows you to drive toward the endzone. Same in this game. Some times you have to run the GVs right up the middle. Sometimes you have to do and end-run around the flanks. And other times you have to launch a deep mission into the back side of the enemy to draw them away from the front so you can then go back and push up the middle.
That having been said, I also don't find a great deal of satisfaction in taking a completely undefended base, though sometimes it happens (for above reason). This is why I go to the arenas with the highest numbers. If it were a matter of steamrolling bases, I would go to the unpopulated arenas (MW in early mornings for example) and roll-on unchecked. But, you are right.. what is the fun of that. That truly would be the example you cited of only one football team showing up to play.
