[PvP] Combat Recon

Even 3 intys are not capable to make it, not sure if a engi send a warp gate and averyone atacks the capt.Ill try to do that!

than you are doing something wrong ^.^ or the enemy captain is just that good i guess.

Had the first match without an end yesterday since a long time. my inty didnt even get close(he had 3 engi’s and he was in a command ship…) thought i almost warp gated into him(missed him by a hair >.<)

Even 3 intys are not capable to make it, not sure if a engi send a warp gate and averyone atacks the capt.Ill try to do that!

 

Depends on the enemy captain and how many people / how well they defend him.

 

However, Kipps and myself killed a well-entrenched enemy captain just the other day with an Engineer/Fighter combination. I dropped a gate which took us exactly above the enemy captain, we could literally see the white of his eyeballs. Unleash hell - win. This kind of stuff is why I love this game mode, it forces players to think and respond to the situation at hand in more creative ways.

 

I can only imagine how much more tactical depth this will have in the future as I’d suspect and hope that additional tiers will provide us with more tactical options.

* replace captain with capital ship :slight_smile:

 

srsly, i like this game mode, but suiciding captains, who got their damage completely by asteroids and friendly effects, should pass on their role to another team-member, and there should be some option to say “not me!” before the selection.

g4 that would make it possible that no one would be captain, or that always the same person becomes captain someone in a special ship for that and all…It could be abused to xxxx…

Even 3 intys are not capable to make it, not sure if a engi send a warp gate and averyone atacks the capt.Ill try to do that!

This is what I usually notice with the smart teams:

 

  1. A mix of ships capable of nuking a single enemy Captain (be it Ceptor or Fighter)

  2. This group rushes in and attacks the enemy Captain

  3. Unbeknownst to the defending group, an Engineer is standing by with a Warp Gate and warps into the fray while the friendly team is taking down the captain, their tank severely worn down

  4. Engi reps them all up and they’re able to kill the Captain and, possibly, some ships in the vicinity thanks to a suicidal Engi pilot.

 

Though the Engi backup is very rare to see.

In less coordinated teams, and less smart captains, you can solo captains or just suicde warpgate into them ^.^

Microwarp is also a good method to get enemy cpt down, from 38 cpt i killed at least 25 got down this way.

microwarp no longer kills against frigates and fighters I believe…

g4 that would make it possible that no one would be captain, or that always the same person becomes captain someone in a special ship for that and all…It could be abused to xxxx…

 

Well, I wasnt thinking about direct influence over whether you become the captain. Of course, if nobody wants to be the captain, the captain is rolled amongst all; it would be enough if it would decrease your chance in the random process, like big survivability now increases that chance (AFAIK).

 

However, the system is abused already, by trolls coming in with golden ships, and suiciding in the next asteroid field right after game start, and many people try to increase their chance by selecting one of their big mommas as ship until 10 secs (even if i am unsure whether that helps)

microwarp no longer kills against frigates and fighters I believe…

Can kill anything except fed and emp frigs.

I love this game mode my absolute favorite! and I do to play as a frig every time! always use a guard ship!

And forgot the worse part is when the captain rushes out and dies lol :frowning:

Oh god I so hate this mode. Who would ever think of such an abomination?

I only play frigate.

 

I hate this mode.

 

PLEASE give us the option to choose which mode to play, so that I don’t have to play this anymore. Everytime I’m being chosen as Captain I die, no matter what I do. Tried running away with warpgate doesn’T work if your being followed by other warpgate hunters. It sucks really because I keep losing the games and ruining my teams game.

 

PLEASE LET ME CHOOSE NOT TO PLAY THIS. I BEG YOU!

 

You’re basically asking a way to only play modes you win at ? :confused:

He probably plays only long range frig.

The thing i dont like is that you are always visible. If you are cpt you cant hide from enemies, cloak dont work. on the other hand cpt can see every ship even cloaked ones.

I really like this game mode but there is a exploit I found and I don’t know where to go with it so I will say it here. On the map that I think was called Destroyed Station or something like that, one of the stations has a hole that small ships can hide in that I personally think is really bad and should be fixed. It’s in a L shape so once you go in people can’t see you.

All maps have such spots, you just have to find them.

I guess I don’t mind them I just see them being a potential problem is all.

suggestion :

add clickable option when countdown : I want to be the captain