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[Koniving]

I would like to introduce you to a new first.

What you're seeing should shock you. It should appall you. It should be, absolutely, shameful.

But first, some context.
Despite my obvious lack of substance to the match (I was spotted, and unable to find or use any cover, I succeeded in drawing almost the entire enemy force out after me; to which my entire team started slaughtering their guys one after another from behind. Just seconds after I died, the enemy lost two guys and then a third just before I could finish typing why I did what I did. [Trial Summoner, what else could I do?]

Anyway. The game was at a 5 man lead, against ZERO enemies. The last enemy was a disconnect. The capture point is right there. And there is exactly 1 turret left. All other turrets destroyed.

And those of us who were dead simply watched.

• We watched... as the turret was ignored.
  
  • We watched... and said things about it.
    
    • "You are under attack."
      
    • "A turret is shooting you."
      
    • "Wake up."
      
      • And still... they ignored it. One looked right at it, and then looked away.
        
        • Another deliberately stood on it.
          
          • We were forced to sit...and watch... and so we did.

We watched as this one turret with medium lasers takes out 5 players, all of them mediums to assaults...


There was a base to capture (not even 3 meters away from the 2 of the 5 players). No one tried for it.
There was an enemy to kill. They shot it at random parts trying to milk that tiny bit of 20 extra cbills.
There was a turret to destroy... and they ignored it...
All this, and for what excuse was there?

I may never know.
But let me put this out there right now.

There are Turrets. They shoot you. You die. You don't ignore them. You don't sit on your rear end. You participate in the game, you attack, you capture or you kill, you don't milk the goddamn cow.
And for the love of freaking god... You don't STAND ON THE GODDAMN THING!

Edited by Koniving, 23 October 2014 - 09:21 AM.

[Mirkk Defwode]

This is a good test scenario to make sure that the end of the game is calculated correctly in the event of all parties dying or race conditions for the end of a match to determine the "draw" or "victory" states based off the end goal.

With it showing defeat but all parties on both sides deceased other than the disconnect (really should have those auto destruct after a wait period of say 120 seconds) then I'd say it worked correctly.

But yes turrets should be known as a risk. I got peppered by one while engaging a Daishi in my Madcat S last night...it was rather annoying.

[FupDup]

This sounds like the work of the Underhive...

[asdbnmrty]

From the sound of it, it should be pretty obvious they were a trolling premade.

[Ultimax]

Well played Mr. Turret, well played.

[Rebas Kradd]

Is the medium laser impact sound turned off for turrets?

Edited by Rebas Kradd, 23 October 2014 - 09:37 AM.

[Mcgral18]

FupDup, on 23 October 2014 - 09:18 AM, said:

This sounds like the work of the Underhive...

[Scratx]

Totally relevant.

[Mister Blastman]

FupDup, on 23 October 2014 - 09:18 AM, said:

This sounds like the work of the Underhive...

Hey now, don't drag them into it! The other day, ya know, like on the battlefield... I saw a mech shooting rainbows. No, really, I did!



Those fluffy little rainbows. They were so amazing. They captured my eyes. I couldn't look away...

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 23 October 2014 - 09:18 AM, said:

This sounds like the work of the Underhive...

They are an excellent source of Darwinism at work.

[LordKnightFandragon]

LOL, THAT is why I will never play Conquest. I just cannot bear to watch absolute stupidity on that level....and I cant bear to be witness to it in an actual game im playing....

I have always said this game is WoT with mechs and this OP, dear god it confirms it soooooooooooooo much words cannot explain.....

I am not even in that game and I just feel this sense of doom and omg how stupid can you be to suck that bad.......Dayum those players were..........ouch......just dayum......I will go back to my PVE EQ now.......stupid player base, its why I dont dare to log into many games on MWO....90 is my current count hahahaha.

[Alek Ituin]

Will somebody please explain the "Steering Wheel Underhive" meme?

pls?

EDIT: Oh, and I've directed team mates to run back to base when the enemy is beaten up. Last guy + 8 bajillion turrets and you've got a fighting chance.

Edited by Alek Ituin, 23 October 2014 - 11:43 AM.

[Lefty Lucy]

LordKnightFandragon, on 23 October 2014 - 11:42 AM, said:

LOL, THAT is why I will never play Conquest. I just cannot bear to watch absolute stupidity on that level....and I cant bear to be witness to it in an actual game im playing....

I have always said this game is WoT with mechs and this OP, dear god it confirms it soooooooooooooo much words cannot explain.....

I am not even in that game and I just feel this sense of doom and omg how stupid can you be to suck that bad.......Dayum those players were..........ouch......just dayum......I will go back to my PVE EQ now.......stupid player base, its why I dont dare to log into many games on MWO....90 is my current count hahahaha.

Unless they changed something in the last match there are no turrets in conquest.

WoL = Word of Lowtax = goons.

They were trolling you, 110%.

[Scratx]

Plus, Conquest bases flip much much faster now, it's actually viable to solo bases.

[AlmightyAeng]

They obviously had a bet involving alcohol on teamspeak, and were playing turret roulette to discover who was buying the next round.

[Deathlike]

For Cored-Rule, Turrets Ignore

[Bront]

Kon, next time shout "You earn CBills for killing the Turrets". THat will get their attention.

[Screech]

Was OP in the Summoner that did 10 pts damage?

[Bront]

Also, next time, try saying it like a pirate. "Yar, Here there be Turrets"

I'd say here there be dragons, but we know that's a lie.

Edited by Bront, 23 October 2014 - 12:49 PM.

[Jody Von Jedi]

Koniving, you crack me up.

Giving this some thought, those players "All" in-game chat could have been turned off. It's no excuse, but could be why they ignored your pleas.