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[GalaxyBluestar]

Voidsinger, on 17 January 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

Okay, enough of the no capping rubbish.

1. While capping doesn't have a C-bill bonus, it does have a fairly potent XP bonus (75 for every team member, 50 for those who assist in cap), which is far greater than a single kill.

2. Just because you may want to twiddle your thumbs if you reach a cap point without sighting the enemy, doesn't mean he will (just lost a game that way. 6 mechs doing nothing , as the enemy started capping. They went back, too late).

3. The mission is an assault. You go in expecting battle, but the ultimate goal is too win.

4. Mech size, Assault mechs hate caps in general, however lights lack the endurance and constitution for prolonged battle, and the cap is part of survival techniques for lights.

5 Capping makes you think about both offence and defence.

6. You want Death Match, ask for it.

couldn't agree more, the threat of a cap adds to battlefield awearness and stratgys to play out, death match will just enforce the blob vs blob factor that's made the game stale. also people who can't defend a base deserves everything they get and the team who out foxes them with such a simple move deserves the xp they need to level up to the dominant min/maxers ASSP. double xp weekend should be a warning, defence will be the key stratagy, you have been warned cap whingers.

[JeepStuff]

Tocryn, on 17 January 2013 - 07:23 PM, said:

I should have been more straight forward. Quick caps are what i have a problem with. I guess death match is what ive been looking for. I mean caps are find if your out numbered but early in a match id still like to see some battleing.

Here's my opinion on the quick cap. Yes, very annoying. But it needs to SOMETIMES happen in order to keep the fear of it alive so that you are forced to think about it in your strategy. Does it happen too often? Yeah probably. But in my opinion it's still better than taking it out of the game completely. Keep the fear alive baby.

[Heffay]

You mean I can win a match and troll people hard enough that they can rush here and make a forum post??

SIGN ME UP!!

[Tarman]

Heffay, on 17 January 2013 - 09:46 PM, said:

You mean I can win a match and troll people hard enough that they can rush here and make a forum post??

SIGN ME UP!!

Head to cap. Stay as long as you are unimpeded by red targets. Win. Reap delicious tears next to your XP and cash. Learn colourful new phrases.

[Solomon Ward]

As much as i hate it when we shredded through the opposing team - see the Base capture and know we won´t get back in time to stop the cap

It was our one-sided offensive approach which made it possible in the first place thus a tactical mistake.

Edited by Solomon Ward, 17 January 2013 - 09:57 PM.

[GalaxyBluestar]

darkfall13, on 17 January 2013 - 08:08 PM, said:

This "DON'T CAP! CAPPING IS THE DEVIL'S WORK!" mentality is really messing up game play. Just last night in Forest Colony our team had the privilege of having a disco during the countdown AND being a man short to begin with. So the 6 of us vs 8 and we fought tooth and nail and managed to kill 7, with 1 enemy left and 2 on our team we lose, you know why? Our SRM Cat ran dry and left and hid in the F*kin cave! He refused to cap. The Hunch fought valiantly while the enemy Awesome hunted him down. Instead of using the opportunity to cap against a distracted foe.

i've suffered in a similar fashion of open wins being refused by idiots. all your team earnings suffer for the loss, those who worked hard for their points had them denied by the selfish scum.

http://mwomercs.com/...44#entry1696844

as much as i hate to say it the sooner we get TDM for those people who just want a boxing ring shooting gallery out of the objectives gameplay the better.

[Corvus Antaka]

win/loss ratio

[KingNobody]

Bishop Steiner, on 17 January 2013 - 07:23 PM, said:

Just FYI.. the top 2 scores on this match?
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll243/killerpeaches7/MWOClient_2013_01_16_22_34_02_175_zps8484a0e5.png

Both Spiders.

It took a full 15 minutes, and the tie was to a totally disarmed Stalker trying to cap.. but when the rest of our side had wandered off and got themselves dead, those 2 guys went and killed the remaining 5 mechs, a Cataphract, 2 Stalkers, an Atlas and a pair of Ravens.  If I recall correctly neither had the benefit of ECM either.

I remember that match, it was a great game, and the end really showed how Spiders can shine.

[M0rpHeu5]

Cap to break the enemy force, make the annoying ravens come shoot me and leave my team. If they don't come easy win for me.

[4er3BaPa]

...because real name this mode is "4ss 0ut"
...because use only one tactics - stay together + concentrate fire

Edited by 4er3BaPa, 18 January 2013 - 03:19 AM.