Originally posted by ROC
It's a shame that the title of your thread paints all GVs with such a broad brush.
I'm not one to panic and get all wound up over something as petty as this, and such a problem like a graphics bug are solveable so it really needs just a bug report and not a slight against a whole group.
Curios about this particular comment, however:
This leads me to believe that you might find it acceptable to do, for fun, as long as it meets your criteria. What if someone else found it appalling that you would even do it "gleefully". Are they right and you are now subject to your own regulation? Who makes these decisions, and frankly, what on earth makes you think that we need a police state in there to Decide who is exploiting and who is being Gleeful? Who challenges that decision? Is there Glee Review Board that defines intent?
Do you honestly think that a simple bug report couldn't have sufficed and a slant against a group was really required?
Comments like this make me nervouse, how easily people succumb to requiring someone else to babysit and define "acceptable".
ROC,
You are correct, the title was provocative....
My intent is to recognize that a fair amount of skill goes into being successful in the ground war. There is in fact a kind of "ACM" unique to this phase of the game. I've always enjoyed the "fluid" ground combat. TT historically brought out the most gamey aspects....in alot of ways the M4 has simply brought the ground game in balance. It's not really a perk vehicle (IMO)....but more like the la-7/spitXVI. Now once we have the "easy 8" and hopefully a T-34/85 everyone will have a better perspective (myself included).
I'll explain my "gleeful" comment for you. There are a number of terrain features easily exploitable (all based on subtle variations of placement). I have spawn camped TT with the best of them...in fact I'm getting "bombed out" alot more then i'm getting shot out of the saddle....assuming of course I can even get out from my own camped spawn:(
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Now to me this is all part of the game, I've suggested anti-tank guns etc to help break the camping. Since the M4 has "evened up" the playing field vs the "experienced" Gver in a tiger I've played alot more...and found it to be not only enjoyable....but very skill based. Enough that it might actually warrant a cadre of "GV trainers" as it expands. The lack of policing detracts from the large number of individuals who have learned and apply these tactics effectively.
If in fact a "bug" created a truely gamable factor in the air war (lets assume you could learn to spawn an "invisable plane" due to a skin defect...not only would HTC react quickly but the "other side" of the community would. Look at the constant comments on HO's...which are perfectly valid. No real BS like this would be tolerated.
It shouldnt in this aspect either. I realize that an awful lot of effort is going into other area's and its not realistic to expect patch's. I do think that true bugs that are exploitable for game play (for any part of the game) should be noted and "banned" if used to advantage.
There is large portion of the "GV community" I've gained alot of respect for now that the M4 has created some true variables in game play. I've also started launching PXIV's a bit using the same things I've "learned"....a broader vehicle set will give the GVers the same opportunity to use "inferior" rides to great success...I'd hate to be the guy trundling back to land 14 kills in a T-34 who gets popped by a tiger (he couldnt see or shoot) in a windmill behind his own spawn.
