Rant - Noob Follies

(U R Sux) #1

Ok, here’s a little rant that prolly doensn’t apply to the players that post

here. But i’ve even seem better players do this…im guilty of it for sure.

for heavens sakes… if you’re on axis PLAY D!!! It seems that on almost every

pub game, axis loses even when they’re not outmatched in skill because people

get sucked into the fools gold of spawn camping. I understand the logic. Who

wants to sit back and defend the gun when there’s all kidns of mayhem goin on

the beach of battery or the wall of gold rush?

Seriously though, i’ve found that even 2 or 3 skilled players on an axis

defense actually guarding the objective can completely shut down a more skilled

allied team (particularly on africa). Especially if those 2 or 3 skilled

players actually defend teh objectives BEFORE dynamite has been planted.

We’ve all seen it on pubs. Everyone’s off doing there spawn camping thnig.

The dyna gets planted andthere’s a mad rush to the defend the objective. BOOM.

Game over.

This applies somewhat to allies too. On gold rush,instead of campign the

courtyard where axis spawns, its much better to secure the gun courtyard so

that engies can actually plant! An airstrike that kills a whole spawn doesn’t

do much good when the dyna gets defused by the one guy that made it through.

While im ranting here i might as well point out the flawed logic in sending 10

or 15 allied guys to the back door of battery with before anyone gets a

uniform! This is low percentage at best just prayign that some noob will come

out the back door and get raped. A smart team will not send people out that

back door obviously. And if the whole allied team is back there just standing

around, that means that im getting swoned trying to build a ramp fighting the

whoel axis team. Furthermore, i see lots of newb coverts just waiting in the

back when there are axis bodies all over the beach!

ok rant over.

E

(Coolhand) #2

Absolutely. Unfortunately the game mechanics (dare I say “XP”?) reward being in the thick of constant firefights. The only motivation to set up tents and defend ze objective is the quiet satisfaction of knowing that you’re doing The Right Thing for your team.

Oh, and then of course there are the morons who start teamwounding and teamkilling because you’re being a “camper”… and you can’t even pull rank since, having fought less, such idiots probably “outrank” you.

sigh

(Freedom[]Tickler) #3

The chaos of massive firefights is like crack to me, I cant get enough of it. But I have to agree, more than a few times as allies on beach gun, Ive run up the front ramp, thru the front door and into gun room, b/c everyone was outside fighting. Ive won that map within minutes a bunch, planting dyna and hardly seeing a defender while the clock ticks down. So many people allow themselves to be bogged down in firefights, when as an engie or med, they shld be bypassing ze enemy and heading towards the obj. Make them fight you there, its just that easy, most defenders seem to just let you pass by. As long as you can dash thru between spawns, its usually cake.

I often wonder how new alot of these n00bs still are.

(Esf_Dr.X) #4

maybe a reward for defending should be enabled.i admire these defenders who take their positions as soon as the game starts or at least go check out who is on defense and retreats when the V35 is out. :clap:

(Mystiqq) #5

Everyone’s off doing there spawn camping thnig.

The dyna gets planted andthere’s a mad rush to the defend the objective. BOOM.

well, what ive seen (atleast on oasis) that 85% of the time, after the first gun is gone, NO ONE is even trying to defend the last gun. i mean, when they spawn, i see them wondering around to the allied spawn area. Real team players :))
i quess everyone is thinking “theres enought defenders there, why bother…” :))
somethings just dont make any sense…

cheers
mystiqq

(bogs) #6

Whenever I play that map, I run to the back door and babysit. I literally have to stand in front of the door the whole round while newbs run up to me shouting MOVE MOVE cause they want to run outside and give their uniform away…

(Z) #7

Agreed. I hate it when all those guys have a nice picnic on the Seawall backdoor, while I am being cut into pieces by all the fierce Axis, trying to build the freakin’ ramp.
The worst I’ve seen is one backdoor camper newb telling another one in public (green) text: “we need a uniform to open the door” :angry:
So much for sneaky tactics!!
The Axis were sure “lolling” like hell

(Brevik) #8

It gets a tad depressing holding the track switch on the railgun map and watching everybody else run off to the Axis spawn point. Then they get slaughtered and the train arrives and it’s me against 4 Axis and one of them’s usually got a rifle grenade or Panzerfaust or dishes out an airstrike…and…and…you get the picture…

There would have been mines for them to contend with but my erstwhile comrades have already stepped on them, earning me the “Ain’t got no friends award” too, just to add insult to injury. :bash:

I can’t believe that 90% of the people who play ET don’t appear to know the objectives of that map…

Even yelling at them doesn’t help. :banghead:

(weasel) #9

The best way to win for allies on battery is not the back door. Even if you get in, someone will know, and you probably won’t make it. The best thing to do is to get the ramp up, and then distract axis at the west bunker. Don’t actually take it, it’s to your advantage to have axis spawn outside the building. Have an engy and maybe someone else to back him up go inside and plant. By the time they get there from the west bunker, it’ll be too late. If you take the west bunker, they’ll spawn inside, and it’ll be harder to get to the gun, and harder to defend the dynamite. Of course, a smart axis team will have the engineers set their spawn to inside as soon as the game starts. The biggest problem people seem to have on that map is the spawns. Allies are getting raped with the artillery at the west beach, and don’t seem to realize they can spawn at the east side. Plus, they can build a command post and get the east bunker as well.