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Offline Chilli

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #45 on: December 15, 2010, 03:06:26 PM »
Wow!!  This thread went way wrong!!   :rofl

In another thread almost entirely on the same topic, I had a slight disagreement with what Grizz had said.  In here, Grizz is totally in agreement with the point that I was making.  :confused:

I suggest to read the title of the OP's thread.  Too often in the past, I had logged in to find one HUGE dar bar, and often enough it didn't even involve my country.  :rofl

I left my squad to investigate.  This allowed me to change country at will.  When I arrived in one of those countries, it was as I expected.  I stalemate, battle in one area of the map, and nothing going on elsewhere.  So, I up and climb the best I can to the fight (not requiring me to go afk for 15 minutes).  Arrive at the fight and yikes!!! There are guys 15k above me!!  And I can't even see the icons of the ones below me (they look like ants).  Soon after, my eyelids get heavy and I log off.

Now, what is it that you guys are complaining about?  :headscratch:  Rolling bases?  Sorry, did the changes interrupt your 3 day battle (cough... furball) for one field?  Just waiting for someone to complain next on how their score has suffered.  :bolt:

What happened to all of those posts about folks not wanting a challenge?  Seems to me the cat is out of the bag.  Somethings can be both challenging and fun.  Who would have thunkit?  Maybe HTC? (below quote from Pyro on CT delay)

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #46 on: December 15, 2010, 03:27:02 PM »
The new town capturing strategy is the right step. I haven't seen so many C47 and M3 playing whackaMole hiding out in the bushes in years. Furballs to defend the feild have gotten so intense defenders don't pay attention to the old base taking strategy of the C47 flying the long way around below dar to deliver troops. I noticed this last night while defending several bases and helping take bases. So I tested the observation.

I upped a C47 from A13 and flew at 75ft straight to A7's town where an intense defensive furball was taking place. There was even a Whirbel sitting at the map room. The air defence was chasing after runners in packs on the deck as usual. The Whirbel was facing the vehical spawn waiting for M3's and troops. The town backed right up to the water. At the shore I popped to 1k and dropped troops. All of my troops got out, cons were flying into each other to get back to the town and the Whirbel didn't have time to open up on me before I dove back to the deck to run away.

I got shot down but still saw troops landing in town. The Whirbel madly fireing at them and me. And red guys with egg on their faces. The age of the sneaky C47's and M3's is back.........WAY to Go HiTech..... :aok
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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #47 on: December 15, 2010, 03:40:47 PM »
The age of the sneaky C47's and M3's is back.........WAY to Go HiTech..... :aok
Agree fully!
Even those self righteous "land grabber sucks" folk love killing a c47..
tho,  they probably wouldn't admit it. :angel:

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #48 on: December 15, 2010, 03:48:17 PM »
of course they wouldn't :P

They just need to suck it up and enjoy shooting a plane with no weapons. Thats about as good as I am with a fighter anyway. Just a target in the sky.

I now have a reason to play again :)
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #49 on: December 15, 2010, 03:49:54 PM »
But they kept killing hangers last night.
So what were they supposed to do? let you up to kill the troops and not capture a base? hmmm.... :lol

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #50 on: December 15, 2010, 03:53:31 PM »
So what were they supposed to do? let you up to kill the troops and not capture a base? hmmm.... :lol

....ummmm maybe FIGHT the guys that were trying to defend. If you want to take bases WITHOUT fighting for them you could play off-line.

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #51 on: December 15, 2010, 03:56:16 PM »
I love killing them. But they kept killing hangers last night. Then when we would up to defend it. We would kill a few of them then they would move on to horde another base. Pathetic

theres a bish squad that does something strange, they will drop all the hangers except the FH and they circle till someone ups then pick'em as they try to take off, alot of us just upped from the closest field flew there and either killed or chased off the attackers, they never came back, guess they dont like it when you fight back and find some other field to horde, we followed them around all night busting there horde missions
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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #52 on: December 15, 2010, 04:03:49 PM »
....ummmm maybe FIGHT the guys that were trying to defend. If you want to take bases WITHOUT fighting for them you could play off-line.
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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #53 on: December 15, 2010, 04:12:20 PM »
theres a bish squad that does something strange, they will drop all the hangers except the FH and they circle till someone ups then pick'em as they try to take off, alot of us just upped from the closest field flew there and either killed or chased off the attackers, they never came back, guess they dont like it when you fight back and find some other field to horde, we followed them around all night busting there horde missions

They also have a member that sends you PMs telling you how much you suck and how he can "own you" while he's running away from you.

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #54 on: December 15, 2010, 04:16:28 PM »
They also have a member that sends you PMs telling you how much you suck and how he can "own you" while he's running away from you.

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 :rofl  must be thinking of the same squad
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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #55 on: December 15, 2010, 04:18:06 PM »
Game has become soooooooo stale & boring.

Ever think this might be more a burnout problem for you than a change in the game?

Been playing for 10 years & the last 12 months has been the worst playing experience I have ever had . So much so that I have deleted my account.

Hmmm. Then how do you know you wouldn't love the changes that came with latest release?

(I also wonder why someone who's quit the game in frustration goes on trolling the forum. That goes for several people here.)

town no longer needs to be down ( then why change the town in the first place?)

Because the new town looks awesome. Hitec has said that was the reason for it and it was never supposed to make captures more difficult. It's also a lot more fun and challenging for GVs, stalking each other through narrow roads and hedgerows and not being able to see and shoot right through buildings.

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #56 on: December 15, 2010, 04:23:07 PM »
They also have a member that sends you PMs telling you how much you suck and how he can "own you" while he's running away from you.

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #57 on: December 15, 2010, 04:26:14 PM »
theres a bish squad that does something strange, they will drop all the hangers except the FH and they circle till someone ups then pick'em as they try to take off,

If you think only the bish do that, try switching countries for a while. IMO, having fought all three countries for plenty of time, the nits are the worst for bringing hordes and capping fields just to vulch, without any serious attempt to capture the base. That's the main reason (along with the related general lack of organization and motivation to work together, with a few notable exceptions) our squad switched from nits to bish.

(Not that bish and rooks don't horde, but they'll at least try to accomplish something beyond having 30 guys circle the same field for an hour racing to see who can get the kill on the poor lone schmuck who tries to up there...)

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #58 on: December 15, 2010, 08:42:50 PM »
you forgot the ack running part while running.

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Re: New arena settings put FUN back in the game!
« Reply #59 on: December 15, 2010, 09:34:05 PM »
"The Few Public relations officer"

   REALLY?  :lol
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