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[SkyCake]

just played a match, pretty decent going... ended up 3v1 for other team...

Atlas. phract, flame, all in medium condition, no lost appendages versus a lone jenner with crit legs... the phract and the flame go sit in the base while letting their atlas buddy get slowly killed by the jenner... then the jenner rumbles the flame sitting on the cap, preventing the vic and the flame just sits there trying to eak out the cap win, jenner gets pushed of off cap and the COWARDS win... like honestly!!!! 3 mechs, all heavy or bigger, cant take on a single jenner?!?!?!?!

just disgusting!!!

[Joseph Mallan]

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[Ngamok]

Bad pilots.

[Xavier Davion]

All's fair in Love, War, and Video Game tactics. Whatever is the easiest will usually be the path that people follow. That or maybe the Jenner was just to awesome for the three of them to handle and they decided to opt out and get the win.

[Mercules]

Did you have a point?

3 vrs 1 in a brawl = win 98% of the time
3 capping vrs 1 capping = win 98% of the time

If there is nothing but a light mech left what you do NOT want to do is chase it to the middle of the map and then have it run off and cap your base while you are too far away from either to do anything about it. The logical tactic is to simply go stand on the opponent's base with 2+ mechs and force them to come to you if they want to do anything about it.


Not cowards, just smarter than those who might call them that.

[Eric darkstar Marr]

LOL I wouldnt say cowards but taking the main objective, the atlas really can't handle shorty mechs so its to be expected it got killed. Not to say that the pilot could have out piloted the jenner but that did not happen.

I'm betting a smart 6 ml Jenner pilot did it and was smart., wait till you see a 4 drop jenner squad take all 8 kills in a few minutes of the game its some funny stuff.

[Jman5]

My best comebacks usually only happen because the other team is too dumb to just cap win.

[Nightcrept]

SkyCake, on 25 January 2013 - 10:28 AM, said:

just played a match, pretty decent going... ended up 3v1 for other team...

Atlas. phract, flame, all in medium condition, no lost appendages versus a lone jenner with crit legs... the phract and the flame go sit in the base while letting their atlas buddy get slowly killed by the jenner... then the jenner rumbles the flame sitting on the cap, preventing the vic and the flame just sits there trying to eak out the cap win, jenner gets pushed of off cap and the COWARDS win... like honestly!!!! 3 mechs, all heavy or bigger, cant take on a single jenner?!?!?!?!

just disgusting!!!

Game balance in this game is absolutely abominable.

[Az0r]

You need to post less and blog more OP.

[Cearrdorn]

The enemy's gate is down. This is the only valid information in war, all other data points are useless. Because they didn't lose the way you wanted to win, does not mean they lost (face.) If you got forced off the cap, they did win legitimately because YOU committed the cowardly act of leaving the killbox. Just because they forced you to fight in the killbox or lose, doesn't make them cowards. You leaving the killbox so you didn't die, does per your coward argument.

Also, don't take the comment personally I'm explaining it in the language you used. I personally have no feelings about your bravery or lack thereof. I often complain about capture warrior, though this doesn't feel like it qualifies personally.

Edited by Cearrdorn, 25 January 2013 - 10:41 AM.

[Jack Corvus]

I have a tale of stupidity to relate as well. Last Sunday, I dropped into a game, and it was off to a good start. No one had crossed the Frozen city ridge completely yet but we had thrown a few large rocks over and did some damage. A lone cataphract tried to cross in the hilliest part of the ridge, one that I had been shooting at before. I moved my trial stalker over to that area (slowly, of course), and engaged in short range battle. As I was fighting (out of sight of anyone, we were locked in battle in a depression on the ridge), a catapult (I will not name the pilot, but it was appropriate his last name included the word Grief) on my team who was initially nowhere near the battle moved into position behind me. As I pulled the trigger and finished off the enemy cataphract, the friendly catapult comes to a stop behind me and pulls his own trigger, killing me with a massive SRM volley. Double explosions.

[Sigifrid]

Cowardice is playing smart? Who would've thought it...

[Rofl]

It was probably not a matter of can vs can't but of want vs don't want. Then again, no one else posting here was in the game nor are we those 3 pilots so our statements are pretty invalid.

Cearrdorn, on 25 January 2013 - 10:40 AM, said:

The enemy's gate is down.

Nice Ender's Game reference.

+1

[Doomstryke]

maybe they wanted the XP boost that you don't get from wiping out the other team?

[CDLord HHGD]

Nice to see a whine thread about a Jenner again. haven't seen one of these since oh...... ECM and Ravens....

[PurpleNinja]

Why don't you just killed the Jenner?

[Viper69]

Why didnt the atlas just back up against a wall or building. Hard to circle someone to death if you cant circle them.

[SkyCake]

Mercules, on 25 January 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

Did you have a point?

3 vrs 1 in a brawl = win 98% of the time
3 capping vrs 1 capping = win 98% of the time

If there is nothing but a light mech left what you do NOT want to do is chase it to the middle of the map and then have it run off and cap your base while you are too far away from either to do anything about it. The logical tactic is to simply go stand on the opponent's base with 2+ mechs and force them to come to you if they want to do anything about it.


Not cowards, just smarter than those who might call them that.

did you read the post AT ALL????

THE JENNER WAS FIGHTING THEM!!!! HE WANTED TO FIGHT!!!! AND THEY SHEEPISHLY REFUSED, WITHIN SITE OF THE CAP

[Cearrdorn]

SkyCake, on 25 January 2013 - 11:14 AM, said:

did you read the post AT ALL????

THE JENNER WAS FIGHTING THEM!!!! HE WANTED TO FIGHT!!!! AND THEY SHEEPISHLY REFUSED, WITHIN SITE OF THE CAP

Then he should have stayed in the killbox and destroyed them. I'm not getting your point, if they were refusing combat then standing in the box denies them the cap. all he has to do is pilot one of the most maneuverable mechs in the game inside a fairly large box and kill them both. If they were shooting back, then he was in the killbox and it was a strategy to avoid chasing him over hill and dale. In either event strategy that wins is not cowardice in the context presented.

[Mercules]

SkyCake, on 25 January 2013 - 11:14 AM, said:

did you read the post AT ALL????

THE JENNER WAS FIGHTING THEM!!!! HE WANTED TO FIGHT!!!! AND THEY SHEEPISHLY REFUSED, WITHIN SITE OF THE CAP

Oh, they have ESP now and knew that. I mean.... A pilot would never set up a pretense of wanting to fight to lure them away from the cap then circle around to cap himself. OH, wait... that is exactly what he would want them to think so they would chase him.

Logic still dictates that when dealing with a mech that could disengage from the combat at will they should force the issue and ensure he HAS to fight them. Giving your choice of description though you don't really follow logic but instead judge situations based upon pre-conceived ideals of how you think things should work.