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First Confirmed Air-Strike Kill...


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#1 DaZur

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:30 AM

Been playing around with the the c-bill versions of Air-Strike and Artillery and have had dubious success until last night...

I was playing with my -AL support Centurion fitted with a ERPPC and Art. 20 LRMs. I was on Alpine and I was doing okay raining on some distant targets, when I suddenly got mugged by a triple PPC to the face... Seems an Awesome took umbrage to my support tactics. Thus the "peek and pop" exchange began... We'd both peek out and pop off a shot at each other, he with his trip PPCs and I with my ERPPC or my Art20s... I finally ran out of my LRMs and was left with my ERPPC... Sadly, if I resigned to just my ERPPC he was obviously going to win. I peek and popped on last time and at the same time I locked on a Air-strike. I ducked back and was shortly rewarded a kill as a result.

While I admit the Arty and Strike consumables are pretty underwhelming, this once it proved to be entertaining and viable. :(

Edited by DaZur, 22 April 2013 - 07:32 AM.


#2 Agent of Change

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:33 AM

pics or it didn't happen. :(

#3 Ramrod

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:34 AM

OMG PAY2WIN


I kid, I kid :(

Edited by Ramrod, 22 April 2013 - 07:34 AM.


#4 3rdworld

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:35 AM

Confirming the kill would require proof.

This is just hearsay.
Not that I don't believe you, but this isn't how you confirm something. Either way, bet he was pissed.

#5 Joseph Mallan

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:38 AM

View PostRamrod, on 22 April 2013 - 07:34 AM, said:

OMG PAY2WIN


I kid, I kid :(

Well he did have to buy the Strikes to win...
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:P

#6 KuruptU4Fun

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:43 AM

View PostRamrod, on 22 April 2013 - 07:34 AM, said:

OMG PAY2WIN I kid, I kid :(


As the OP stated he bought it with C-bills not MC. So exactly how is that P2W?

#7 Ramrod

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:50 AM

View PostKuruptU4Fun, on 22 April 2013 - 07:43 AM, said:

As the OP stated he bought it with C-bills not MC. So exactly how is that P2W?


As I stated in my post which you quoted and only half-read, I said I was kidding. A callback to two months ago when everyone was going "just wait till the Arty and Airstrikes get put in, then you'll see REAL pay2win!"

And I thought Fedrats like me were the illiterate ones, not mercs too!

#8 Agent of Change

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:52 AM

View PostKuruptU4Fun, on 22 April 2013 - 07:43 AM, said:


As the OP stated he bought it with C-bills not MC. So exactly how is that P2W?


wooooooosh

#9 Ryokens leap

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 08:02 AM

Cool! U must have played tons of practice matches to get that good with arty & airstrike.

#10 DaZur

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 08:43 AM

View PostAgent of Change, on 22 April 2013 - 07:33 AM, said:

pics or it didn't happen. :(

You would at best see the berm I was hiding behind (Then again you would see the kill confirmation..) Alas.. Not anticipated, no pics. I do have some rather randy photos of my wife though... :P

View Post3rdworld, on 22 April 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Confirming the kill would require proof.

This is just hearsay.
Not that I don't believe you, but this isn't how you confirm something. Either way, bet he was pissed.

LOL! Dully noted... That said, the game system "did" offer me a kill confirmation, thus I'll accept that as confirmation.

View PostRyokens leap, on 22 April 2013 - 08:02 AM, said:

Cool! U must have played tons of practice matches to get that good with arty & airstrike.

Actually... I practiced maybe a 2 or three times before it made sense. Once you figure out where to place your cursor / reticle it's pretty easy... Key is, leading a bit if your target is on the move.

FWIW... the c-bill Artillery is nigh useless. Best it could be is a blob-buster... The Air-Strikes are far more practical and has far less scatter, thus a better chance to hit your target.

Oh, and I have yet to pony up for the mc iterations... and not real sure I ever will.

Edited by DaZur, 22 April 2013 - 08:44 AM.


#11 Agent of Change

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 08:49 AM

View PostDaZur, on 22 April 2013 - 08:43 AM, said:

You would at best see the berm I was hiding behind (Then again you would see the kill confirmation..) Alas.. Not anticipated, no pics. I do have some rather randy photos of my wife though... :P


I would accept these as proof of your airstrike kill.

i wasn't specific so those pics would count. :(

#12 DaZur

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:03 AM

View PostAgent of Change, on 22 April 2013 - 08:49 AM, said:

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I would accept these as proof of your airstrike kill.

i wasn't specific so those pics would count. :(

You sure you want to go down that road?... She's build like Highlander, moves like a Spider and hit's like a Hex-PPC Stalker... :P

Edited by DaZur, 22 April 2013 - 09:11 AM.


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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:05 AM

:(



#14 JimSuperBleeder

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:06 AM

I killed someone with Imp Airstrike. No way to really prove it though, that I know of, lol.

#15 DaZur

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:10 AM

View PostAgent of Change, on 22 April 2013 - 09:05 AM, said:

:D



Yeah... that's what I thought. :P

View PostJimSuperBleeder, on 22 April 2013 - 09:06 AM, said:

I killed someone with Imp Airstrike. No way to really prove it though, that I know of, lol.

Admit it... it was a perverse sense of accomplishment wasn't it? :(

Edited by DaZur, 22 April 2013 - 09:10 AM.


#16 Scratx

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:13 AM

More interesting would be stats showing how much damage people are actually doing with those things. Getting a lucky "finisher" blow in someone isn't exactly impressive.

#17 DaZur

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:44 AM

View PostScratx, on 22 April 2013 - 09:13 AM, said:

More interesting would be stats showing how much damage people are actually doing with those things. Getting a lucky "finisher" blow in someone isn't exactly impressive.

For me I see it as a weapon of opportunity / last act of defiance...

Keep in mind, so long as I can place my reticle on, over, near the target I can call in an strike package with each shell doing 10 points of damage. Add to that I can engage at ranges beyond the reach of my Mech-born weapons, it provides a true stand-off opportunity to inflict damage.

... In one match I got legged and was set upon by several Mechs so I actually called in Arty literally on myself... I know a couple shells hit before I got cored... (Then again... I might have killed myself?) :(

Edited by DaZur, 22 April 2013 - 09:51 AM.


#18 Warchanter

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:44 AM

Yeah, I can vouch - over the weekend (Sat or Sun) I got brain-panned by an artillery shot. Bang, right through the cockpit. I was in the game for a total of about 1:36 seconds - it was River City daytime I'm pretty sure and we were lower city spawn and had just gotten up to the collapsed roadway and got stalemated. I think the smoke marker must've landed pretty close behind me so I didn't see it and never moved...

Pretty much just ultra-unlucky I think...

#19 Coolant

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:51 AM

congrats to OP :( good job

#20 Gigastrike

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Posted 22 April 2013 - 09:59 AM

You mean to tell me airstrikes actually do damage!? :(





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