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Warhawk - The Official Thread
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Raist said:
What are we, chopped liver?
But really, that's why I'd like to see a clan consolidation. It's pretty clear that a lot of the people that originally signed up for the clans have moved on, so if we can get all the active people into one or two clans now that the invite bug is fixed, we'll at least have an easy way to see when some of us are on and join in the games with each other.
Figure we send out clan messages and maybe a new thread, and get the respondants into as few clans as possible.
Sea Manky said:What are we, chopped liver?
But really, that's why I'd like to see a clan consolidation. It's pretty clear that a lot of the people that originally signed up for the clans have moved on, so if we can get all the active people into one or two clans now that the invite bug is fixed, we'll at least have an easy way to see when some of us are on and join in the games with each other.
Figure we send out clan messages and maybe a new thread, and get the respondants into as few clans as possible.
I second the need for clan consolidation. I feel lonely on Gafn
freethought
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icechai said:I feel Manky's a lot harder in a dogfight
There's no doubt. Only time I ever beat Manky in a dogfight was when TTP and I ganged up on him. Mind you, sometimes I do beat him in terms of score, usually by about 3 points, then next game I'll end on around 60 while he clears 100. Turns out he sat out half of the previous round. Damn you Manky!
Okay, today I get those last three ribbons, so don't expect much help if we run into each other.
Gah you and freethought kept clearin my mines in that last map... I put time and effort into that you know , always managed to fall into that one extra mine I placed.
There was one round I kept sniping someone I think it was SL most accurate I've ever been with a snipe I cried a little it wasn't a ranked match because it was a freak incident like the 10 kills without dying Resistance medal.
, always managed to fall into that one extra mine I placed.There was one round I kept sniping someone I think it was SL most accurate I've ever been with a snipe I cried a little it wasn't a ranked match because it was a freak incident like the 10 kills without dying Resistance medal.
Steroyd said:Gah you and freethought kept clearin my mines in that last map... I put time and effort into that you know
which is why I officially hate that map
well, it kind of was like an strategy - i cleaned it up for Sea monkey and then he scores... in the end, 3:0 is what counts :lol
freethought
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spwolf said:good games on SCEE server too, kudos steroyd... we might not have gotten the points, but we got the win
and then my Wowhawk crashed for first time in a month... lol... too intense.
I just joined the Sony server you were on and it immediately froze. My network connection has been screwy all day, I officially give up. See you tomorrow.
Some great games today though, nice rotation Steroyd. I love that Archipelago layout. Really intense matches on there.
freethought
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spwolf said:
Not sure, I want to say Archipelago but it might have been Eucadia.
hukasmokincaterpillar
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Saw a dude pull off the craziest Binoc kill tonight on the med Island Outpost ctf map, not sure where he was perched but he must have had a terrific angle. I was heading into their base with a jeep when I hear somebody on the mic say "Get out of their base, I got the Binos". So I hit the breaks and back out a bit. A couple seconds later the left side of the screen is FILLED with blue names. Like 10 or 11 guys got owned at once. It was beautiful. I just moseyed on in for the flag, it was a ghost town.
I've kinda ignored the Binos up to this point... I think I might try 'em out a bit more. :lol
I've kinda ignored the Binos up to this point... I think I might try 'em out a bit more. :lol
Steroyd said:
Well, it's been checking for updates, but that appears to be somewhat random, as it hasn't downloaded a patch yet (unless they changed the patching process from the beta).
But yea, a friend over at another website hinted at a Patch coming soon that was finished this friday, so I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything. He's generally a very reliable source (he works for Santa monica Studios IIRC).
OK, I'm still pretty heated that the Warhawk thread was banished to the cemetery known as the Online Forum. Meanwhile, Halo3 torments us with endless threads about god knows what. Let's get a Wowhawk thread back into the Gaming Forum.
I thought weapons balance and preference would be a good topic for debate. I'll start off listing my preferences and then maybe list a couple of items I think they could change. Please share your thoughts too. The Warhawk thread was riding high prior to the move, so I'm sure we can get some traffic in here.
Anyway, my preferences are:
Troop - Flamethrower - My aim isn't that great. I've managed a number of rifle and grenade kills in the last week, but by far my best and favorite weapon is the flamethrower. There's a problem with proximity, but the target circle is so huge, it's hard for me to miss while juking left and right. That and you can use grenades to steer enemies into the flame.
Vehicle - 4x4 - I'mgonna put 4x4, but only b/c I've grown fond of it on Island Outpost and Eucadia. I'll drive around collecting mines and rox (and the flamethrower for one-on-one encounters) and then go around mining turrets and zones, while randomly spraying anti-air rox around.
Warhawk - TOW Missle - I've learned how to use the lightning weapon well, and it's just not that powerful. I've become quite good at popping over the top of a ridge and cluster bombing turrets. But nothing beats the full-on splatter action of a TOW missle. In those CTF games where base campers just sit there collecting points, the TOW makes a meal of the whole lot of them when they move in to recover the flag. Timed properly, you can clear the base in time for your convoy to make a clear retreat. Also great for clearing chokepoints, or just for fucking with randoms trying to commute between zones. Nothing like decloaking to drop a TOW on some poor shlub who's just spawned in the wrong place. :lol
So, those are my preferences. Now for a few nitpicks:
1. TOW spamming - I love this weapon, but it can make some maps unbearable. Eucadia and Island Outpost seem to suffer the most from this. Maybe it's b/c there are two or three TOWs on the maps (I think they both have one really high over the center of the map). Whatever the case, it makes it hard to play CTF on those servers without some sort of organization. OTOH, the TOW has a distinct sound to it, and if you don't take cover before it hits, you kinda deserve to die.
2. Mines - Can we get these things better labeled for friendlies? I sometimes have to get a little too close to a mine to identify it. As a result, I sometimes just detonate them whether they are friendly or not. The same with the air mines. I wouldn't want to make them completely useless, but just make it so I don't need to detonate my team's mines each time I want to return to base.
3. Stealth - Why do I sometimes get lock on a stealth plane, and other times not? It seems very arbitrary, but there might be a system to it. Is there a rhyme and reason to getting missle lock on a plane that is in stealth mode? Or is it simply the luck of the draw? I've found this has happened to me too. I'll be in stealth mode, and then I'm getting swarmers sent my way. And they're not getting lock before I engage the stealth either.
4. Gun turrets - I find these things worthless. The few times I've been shot down by one, I fell asleep at the wheel during a dogfight. I don't get killed by them on foot or in vehicles. I definitely don't kill anyone with them either. The missle turrets rock. . Very powerful. The gun turrets...ugh. I know some people who swear by them, but without an increase in range or fire rate, I hate these things.
OK, let's talk some Warhawk, folks. Maybe we can get some people back interested in the game. The thread move is the single most damaging thing to the GAF community. Not even the server problems turned people away like this. But the day the thread moved, the GAF members started dropping off fast. PLEASE move the thread back, or let's get this one going. This game is awesome beyond belief, and doesn't deserve to get buried the way it is right now. The mod responsible should be tarred, feathered and maybe beaten a little bit for this crime. PEACE.
I thought weapons balance and preference would be a good topic for debate. I'll start off listing my preferences and then maybe list a couple of items I think they could change. Please share your thoughts too. The Warhawk thread was riding high prior to the move, so I'm sure we can get some traffic in here.
Anyway, my preferences are:
Troop - Flamethrower - My aim isn't that great. I've managed a number of rifle and grenade kills in the last week, but by far my best and favorite weapon is the flamethrower. There's a problem with proximity, but the target circle is so huge, it's hard for me to miss while juking left and right. That and you can use grenades to steer enemies into the flame.
Vehicle - 4x4 - I'mgonna put 4x4, but only b/c I've grown fond of it on Island Outpost and Eucadia. I'll drive around collecting mines and rox (and the flamethrower for one-on-one encounters) and then go around mining turrets and zones, while randomly spraying anti-air rox around.
Warhawk - TOW Missle - I've learned how to use the lightning weapon well, and it's just not that powerful. I've become quite good at popping over the top of a ridge and cluster bombing turrets. But nothing beats the full-on splatter action of a TOW missle. In those CTF games where base campers just sit there collecting points, the TOW makes a meal of the whole lot of them when they move in to recover the flag. Timed properly, you can clear the base in time for your convoy to make a clear retreat. Also great for clearing chokepoints, or just for fucking with randoms trying to commute between zones. Nothing like decloaking to drop a TOW on some poor shlub who's just spawned in the wrong place. :lol
So, those are my preferences. Now for a few nitpicks:
1. TOW spamming - I love this weapon, but it can make some maps unbearable. Eucadia and Island Outpost seem to suffer the most from this. Maybe it's b/c there are two or three TOWs on the maps (I think they both have one really high over the center of the map). Whatever the case, it makes it hard to play CTF on those servers without some sort of organization. OTOH, the TOW has a distinct sound to it, and if you don't take cover before it hits, you kinda deserve to die.
2. Mines - Can we get these things better labeled for friendlies? I sometimes have to get a little too close to a mine to identify it. As a result, I sometimes just detonate them whether they are friendly or not. The same with the air mines. I wouldn't want to make them completely useless, but just make it so I don't need to detonate my team's mines each time I want to return to base.
3. Stealth - Why do I sometimes get lock on a stealth plane, and other times not? It seems very arbitrary, but there might be a system to it. Is there a rhyme and reason to getting missle lock on a plane that is in stealth mode? Or is it simply the luck of the draw? I've found this has happened to me too. I'll be in stealth mode, and then I'm getting swarmers sent my way. And they're not getting lock before I engage the stealth either.
4. Gun turrets - I find these things worthless. The few times I've been shot down by one, I fell asleep at the wheel during a dogfight. I don't get killed by them on foot or in vehicles. I definitely don't kill anyone with them either. The missle turrets rock. . Very powerful. The gun turrets...ugh. I know some people who swear by them, but without an increase in range or fire rate, I hate these things.
OK, let's talk some Warhawk, folks. Maybe we can get some people back interested in the game. The thread move is the single most damaging thing to the GAF community. Not even the server problems turned people away like this. But the day the thread moved, the GAF members started dropping off fast. PLEASE move the thread back, or let's get this one going. This game is awesome beyond belief, and doesn't deserve to get buried the way it is right now. The mod responsible should be tarred, feathered and maybe beaten a little bit for this crime. PEACE.
I love using the flamethrower to defend the flag or spawnpoint.
The pistol and machine gun seem underpowered, and frankly the autoaim and fast movement make them pretty rough.
On the gun turrets: are you talking about the little mounted ones scattered around the map, or the big anti-air guns? I chop down WarHawks all the time with the AA's, and I generally prefer them to the AA missile launchers.
One thing I really hate are the landmines. They stand out as incredibly unbalanced to me, and they can make a match really lame if someone just keeps spamming them at a spawn point.
The pistol and machine gun seem underpowered, and frankly the autoaim and fast movement make them pretty rough.
On the gun turrets: are you talking about the little mounted ones scattered around the map, or the big anti-air guns? I chop down WarHawks all the time with the AA's, and I generally prefer them to the AA missile launchers.
One thing I really hate are the landmines. They stand out as incredibly unbalanced to me, and they can make a match really lame if someone just keeps spamming them at a spawn point.
I know, but traffic in that thread has slowed to a crawl, and the regular GAF servers have mostly gone down. The Online forum is where threads are sent to die.Firewire said:
Hehe, just trying to get some discussion going. Warhawk discussion belongs in the Gaming forum, so I'm trying to get some non-online discussion going. Yeah, I'll have to break a few eggs to make this omelette.Pharmacy said:
Strike at Karkhan?keyrat said:
I've seen some amazing comebacks at Badlands that reminded me a lot of the Karkhan map in BF2. I agree, some asymmetrical maps would make for some more interesting matches, but then I'd also think you'd have to make those two-round matches so that both teams get a shot at it. That way you don't end up with one team that has like twice the points of the other. PEACE.