Wrong!!!
"I don't believe I have stated anything about my view of "The horde"."
HiTech (on: March 05, 2011, 11:27:02 AM)
I read many reasons posted regarding why HiTech split the arena, and the horde wasn't amongst them.
All I hear is that you and a very vocal and very small minority don't like them. Cite your sources if you want to state something as fact. I'll cite you as as my source that most players don't dislike them, I'll make the assumption the the horde members don't disapprove of the horde, and your characterization of the "horde" is such that its members must grossly outnumber its non-members.
As for the rest of your post, you make claims that you have experience regarding a subject that you claim you do not participate in. You don't participate in hordes, yet you have intimate knowledge of their lack of planning. I repeat my request, obtain a little experience with the horde, and you may find that your success with it improves with experience.
As for the horde offering an environment for those with less skills to pool their efforts to find success vs. those with greater skills, I won't argue. I just don't get why its bad for the game.
So, get some experience, or get some sources, or at least be honest enough to state your opinion as "an opinion" and "yours". By you're own admission, you know little or nothing of being a horde member, yet apparently are an expert on what one can experience as a member or planner of one. I suggest you're clueless, and I'll state your previous post as my source... Get over yourself dude
Well I'm sure I've read from one HTC representative or other that the "gangs" (which I take as hordes) were over running the arena, making it hard for new players to join in and make friends as they just mowed over base after base. Players too busy running in their "gangs" to help new players along the heavy learning curve of the game. Along with the over exuberant trash talk on 200 scaring away new players.
I've been playing this game for 10 years. I have intimate knowledge of hordes, the Mafia was one with 3 wings (2 full up, and one a "porker" wing with 6 guys in it, and yes we had a wing dedicated to porking bases, Hows that for planning?) Squad nights were twice a week and having 20 guys on was the norm (want to see the roster sheet I have when we took roll to see who was on?). As CO it was my "job" to make it a fun night for my squads and personally I didn't want to ruin other players fun. I would break up my squad into wings and have them hit 2 bases at once. Following CO of the Mafia did the same, Tzr, Mugz. Should we wanted base captures, but we didn't horde. We started fights and were just better than the opposition many nights. Other nights not so much, but thats the fun of the game. Todays horde is easy to know whats going on. Did you know you can NOT detune range channel? You can't help but know whats going on.
Your new here. The things your learning and will learn over the next 6 months many of us have have learned, tried, tested, and have since discarded. I've seen many people come and go. Your squad will go the same way as many others as your people start getting bored with the "same old" stuff and start looking to expand your horizons and learn new skills. The BOPs were one of the biggest "hordes" around, they were VERY good. Their 5 wings flew 443 this month. The LCA was another "horde" they are still around but again are on the decline. Their 6 wings flew a total of 1259 hours this month. Your squad is this years "flavor of the month". Your 2 wings flew 2073 hours this month. We'll see how your doing next year.
Tralfz, I'm not going to loose my mind over this stuff. While I complain about it this game isn't my life. It's my entertainment. People complain about the movies they see, but most don't stop going to the movies do they? I think the horde hurts a new player. By hiding in the horde they get a false sense of security. They feel a false sense of skill. Their mistakes (which most people learn from) are covered by brute force. The horde doesn't "teach/train" new players, it just gives them a place to hide in. The game does have a big learning curve, but if your not getting shot down (because most people avoid the horde), you target still gets annihilated (even tho you miss most of the time), and the base is captured and congratulations are passed around (even tho you didn't do anything to help, because you missed your target, and you were cannon fodder so the "leaders" could make it through), why should you learn to get better?
Like I said, I'll change my way of playing and "play the way others want me to". I'm getting better at that rudder kick on the HO for the "deflection shot" some are so good at. Instead of looking for good fights I'll gang the nearest con, not worry about all those Run90s and ponys that like to flee instead of fight. I'll bombs GVs just to piss them off and rack up kills the best I can.
