Base Captures

[Tiger]

Apparently we have a bunch of new people playing who don't realize how base captures work.

For an Airbase:
Kill all buildings/AAA in the town, put 10 troops in the map room
For a V-Base or Port:
Kill all AAA, put 10 troops in the map room



It is not necessary to destroy every structure on the field to capture the base.  As a matter of fact, that is counter productive.  Capturing a base with the field intact allows you to immediately launch from that location.  Capturing a "porked" field means you must up from a different field while waiting for auto-resupply, or fire up the ole goon convoy from a base nearby.

Not porking a field becomes especially important when someone is actually dropping troops at the time.  Nothing worse than seeing people dropping hangars or ord while troops are running into the map room.

There are times when porking is important, but it is normally after your capture mission has been busted and your goons massacred.

[Latrobe]

Very well written. I remember once during a good ole' Jeep Raid we took a base with everything still up, not one thing on fire. It sure was fun on 200 that day.

[BaldEagl]

I've got an exception or two to the porking thing.

At a VB porking the ord has zero effect unless PT boats can launch.  The only thing the ord does is allow torpedos and rockets for PT's.  Likewise, porking the fuel has no effect as every vehicle will run all day long on 25%.

I bring it up because I've seen people get all pissed off for dropping these targets after someone's flown all the way out to the base for no reason.  Dropping worthless targets does nothing to affect the base but it does help you avoid an otherwise worthless flight.

In reality, there's no reason to get your shorts in a bundle for anyone dropping any target at any base as long as it's not the last of it's kind on the base or if the base is going to come right back under heavy counter-attack.

If you keep this in mind everyone can still have their fun without hurting post-capture field functionality.

[Laurie]

Originally posted by Tiger
Apparently we have a bunch of new people playing who don't realize how base captures work.

 

Yehhh, they shut down the freeeloader arena

[trigger2]

Originally posted by Laurie
Yehhh, they shut down the freeeloader arena

alot of em aren't freeloaders.
the "freeloaders" as you call them had to go through ALMOST the same thing (usually no town)
But the majority of us DID know how to drop a MA AF cause some of the maps DID have towns...

[ink]

i never capture bases.

[FLOTSOM]

CAN YOU HO A BASE?

[whiteman]

Originally posted by FLOTSOM
CAN YOU HO A BASE?

you can HO ack

[FLOTSOM]

Yes WHITEMAN i have found that one can H.O. ACK................
step one begin a steep dive from an altitude of 2500 to 3000 feet above intended target
step two switch to ground vis and toggle zoom as far forward as possible
step three looking for intended target align plain into appropriate attack angel to place cannon rounds just before target so that follow through will allow following rounds to strafe gun pit
step four at approximately 1000 feet above target depress trigger and allow a burst of approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of a second in length to be discharged from your cannons
step five see incoming ack tracer rounds pierce canopy
step six watch screen go black
step seven enjoy coffee laced with your personal choice of poison in the tower
step eight go to hanger pick new plane
step nine head out to the runway..............