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[That Dawg]

Yes, its STILL in my bag of tricks- just not the do all exploit all, arty hack I'd hoped for LOL
I like nothing more than dropping an arty strike as last man standing when they have 3-4 sitting on MY base!
Would probably work well with a drop, and some nutter in a big block spider cranking thru their midst relaying that on comms. Might get two arty drops on them when its still up.

AND.....if you do drop arty on that enemy UAV, please shoot it down immediately afterwards

Edited by That Dawg, 29 September 2014 - 05:45 AM.

[Lily from animove]

That Dawg, on 28 September 2014 - 08:33 AM, said:

I've used the drone trick about a twenty times now looking at my notes:
No more, not enough return for the risk.

I discovered I wound up doing collateral TEAM damage three times-including a team kill ffs. I'm guessing a spider ran thru our forward group, or they pushed the line, launched and retreated?

8 times missed the drone and tossed 40K at the ∞ guessing it landed off the map- easier than you'd think, that drone thing floats up and down! I assumed it was rock steady stationary.
7 times I KNOW I hit the drone (zoomed in, had distance reading) and nothing, no red cursor telling me I'd done well
Only twice they were good solid hits. The little yellow text thing scrolled down component hits etc.

I'm much more worried about spotting an enemy drone in the air and my team is seemingly oblivious to it.
Perhaps an achievement??
"F The Police" Knock down 5 enemy drones during battle.
"News Channel PGI" kill ten drones.
"Occupy THIS" kill 50 drones

Do it on opposed drones only if they herd under a drone using it as an approach scanner for their team. Especially on the new map this is how many teams use the drone.

Edited by Lily from animove, 06 October 2014 - 02:00 AM.

[That Dawg]

^ Yup.

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Its still in my bag of tricks

I just wanted to let someone reading this thread realize its a trick, not a tactic that works reliably.
I'm more obsessed with shooting down enemy UAV's now than using it as an arty drop.

now...I will drop arty zoomed in if I see that dam little red light from a 3rd person view drone.
Moreso if its early in the game.
I LOVE DOING THAT.

[Stoneblade]

Did this during the Tourney last weekend

Edited by Stoneblade, 07 October 2014 - 07:49 PM.

[King Arthur IV]

funny thing is, if you can drop the uav on them, you could of probably just dropped the arty first.

[Jody Von Jedi]

King Arthur IV, on 10 October 2014 - 12:03 PM, said:

funny thing is, if you can drop the uav on them, you could of probably just dropped the arty first.

A light mech probably launched the UAV. Then Stoneblade just took advantage of the teammates UAV.

UAVs are launched directly over where your mech is standing, so there had to be a teammate on the other side of the map to launch it.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

Typical males missing the important details... you all missed that its not showing on his mini map. Its an enemy UAV launched by the hill huggers themselves...

Edited by AH Keira_NZ, 10 October 2014 - 12:37 PM.

[DONTOR]

Mmmm tactics, so delcious.

[Eglar]

Agelmar, on 16 September 2014 - 05:47 AM, said:

On a strange note, I scored a UAV kill yesterday on Alpine with an Arty strike....

Heh, I did that 3 times out of 100+ matches on the last weekend-tournament. Had good hits each time. Think that first time I saw it was on Jagers Stream, with tfun trying it out.

[Jody Von Jedi]

AH Keira_NZ, on 10 October 2014 - 12:36 PM, said:

Typical males missing the important details... you all missed that its not showing on his mini map. Its an enemy UAV launched by the hill huggers themselves...

That's what I get for not watching the entire video.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

Jody Von Jedi, on 10 October 2014 - 12:45 PM, said:

That's what I get for not watching the entire video.

Its because of that defective mutant Y chromosome... it stops you all reading instruction manuals before trying to operate machinery too.

Edited by Keira RAVEN McKenna, 10 October 2014 - 08:53 PM.

[Jody Von Jedi]

Keira RAVEN McKenna, on 10 October 2014 - 01:37 PM, said:

Its because of that defective mutant Y chromosome... it stops you all ready instruction manuals before trying to operate machinery too.

Yes, that is the stereotypical male. I however, work in technical support for a living, so I have to read the manual.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

lol but do you REALLY read it... hmmm?

[Escef]

Keira RAVEN McKenna, on 10 October 2014 - 12:36 PM, said:

Typical males missing the important details... you all missed that its not showing on his mini map. Its an enemy UAV launched by the hill huggers themselves...

Keira RAVEN McKenna, on 10 October 2014 - 01:37 PM, said:

Its because of that defective mutant Y chromosome... it stops you all ready instruction manuals before trying to operate machinery too.

Wow, well, that's sexist.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

Escef, on 10 October 2014 - 08:13 PM, said:

Wow, well, that's sexist.

You're a 38yr old guy... are you seriously telling me that's getting your nose out of joint? Really?

[Escef]

Keira RAVEN McKenna, on 10 October 2014 - 08:54 PM, said:

You're a 38yr old guy... are you seriously telling me that's getting your nose out of joint? Really?

You're a 25 year old woman and approve of sexism? Really?

Or does it offend you when someone points out your BS?

[That Dawg]

Love it!
In todays society of STBO, (search to be offended) we have a young man pointing out a young woman saying something thats not really offensive, funny really, but IF you were to change that to gay, a special needs, overweight, a race (any race) or religion......holy shtbiscuits, we'd have a riot!
By the way, the dude is right, by strict politically correct rules in todays clutch my pearls society, what you said was sexist, and inappropriate.
Lucky your not running for office, or you'd spend the day explaining what you really meant


p.s. I dont need to read instructions, my people invented those things...its genetics. Stare at it, answers will come.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

LOL.... you guys are a funny bunch

[Escef]

That Dawg, on 11 October 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

Love it!
In todays society of STBO, (search to be offended)...

I was searching for something? News to me, I just stumbled upon it. Wasn't particularly offensive, just stupid.

That Dawg, on 11 October 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

...we have a young man...

38 is young? Um, ok, thanks, I guess.

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That Dawg, on 11 October 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

]...pointing out a young woman saying something thats not really offensive,...

Not really inoffensive, either.

That Dawg, on 11 October 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

... funny really, ...

You thought THAT was funny? Wow, you got crappy taste in humor.

That Dawg, on 11 October 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

...but IF you were to change that to gay, a special needs, overweight, a race (any race) or religion......holy shtbiscuits, we'd have a riot!

Well, yeah, the point is to elimate the double standard. If I had told her to ST*U and get back in the kitchen and bring me a sammich, well, I suppose the fart joke loving crowd would find that funny, too. smh

That Dawg, on 11 October 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

By the way, the dude is right, by strict politically correct rules in todays clutch my pearls society, what you said was sexist, and inappropriate.

I wasn't aware that saying one's plumbing does not limit or enhance one's mental faculties was "politically correct".

[Appogee]

Cool trick, thanks OP.