Boldot

I didn't say they were GOOD reasons, I hinted at the fact that I think they are crappy reasons, but the problem is that they are still reasons.

Oh, I don't think what they did is commendable by any means. I totally disagree with how it was handled, and that it should've been stated that teaming would be disallowed. But as it was, it was not. Honestly, not the fairest of events that could've been hosted. What I'm saying is that you are arguing with no merit behind it, something that is going to be ignored and responded to in kind with "omfg stfu newb" and some such. I would encourage you to stay and enjoy the rest of the zone, as there is much more to it than these people and their lame tactics.

Because at some point, you have everything else you would want that is cheaper. At that point, you need some reason to keep earning money, thus the 10mil items.

Ok, what they did was lame, not illegal. I don't remember seeing anywhere that it was decreed teaming was against the rules. And secondly, Stoked did not "wallhack" as you so claim, he used Antideath and after the pseudocloak appeared behind the other team. Antideath is NOT "wallhacking" so if youre going to start accusing people of things, get a rational argument, bot !@#$%^&*ing and whining because wahh things didn't go my way.

Blows

Update time! Now has entire ?buy menu cataloged as ?iteminfo sorted by each catagory (links are by the store locations.) Adding list of ? commands later tonight, as well as pictures for sector 4!

Somebody has a 10mil item already? Ick...

The thing about Lightning fields, is that being much smaller and shorter, it is much harder to use them as effectively. Personally I love using them, admitedly I don't get as many chances to use Lightning, but nothing can compare to the destructive power of brick attacking someone within a lightning field. If you're looking for more ideas for fields, one that I heard someone mention once was an emp field, something that shot like an L1 emp bomb with a pretty long interval between them (If there was a way to have the bomb do 0 damage and still EMP them, you could make it have a much shorter interval.) Oh, and the idea of a field negator is pretty nice actually, if you just couldn't be shot while in it, but I would tend to not make it LARGER than searing heat, as it would completely destroy needler, lightning would be horrible, and brick attack useless.

From what I saw of it, it was more than just some talking trash, it was repeated inflammatory remarks, which continued after both warnings and smaller punishments were used. Ignoring these, and continuing with said remarks after smaller amounts of punishment failed to curb the behavior obviously leads to larger kinds of punishment. I don't believe he was "wronged" in the situation, I think he acted like an idiot who needed to be put in line, and was rightfully and justifiably put there.

Why? The secret items are not meant to be purchased, or even used. What good does it do knowing about them when they will have absolutely no impact on your life in any way?

Short bus

boy

Somebody who feels that every single bloody post MUST have him as the last post, or else all of time and space will CEASE TO EXIST! (no really, you do NOT have to feel compelled to respond to every post, especially since you RARELY contribute anything at all, to any dialog.)

It makes more sense, as speed is the wb's main "weapon," and if a terr can keep up with it, it entirely negates the point of having a wb. Terrs SHOULD be slower, I should be able to outrun a terrier in my jav, whereas right now, there are many that have more speed AND more thrust than me (which is not an easy task to accomplish.)

Don't think he's even bothering with an alias, I saw him on just yesterday (or rather I saw the leave message just after I got in.)

drunk

I have been on pub freqs, and I have been on private freqs, and on the rare giant pub freqs, and frankly, private freq players win more because they are better, and know how to flag better. No, its not because they have more money (it helps less than most people think), its because they understand how flagging is supposed to happen, and what it takes to defend and attack. Most pub players do not understand rushing, one of the more important aspects of flagging. From what I have seen, you can find pubbies with almost just as much stuff as the defending players. True most pubbies don't have a shark with 2 cc's, 1 seige, 1 tunnel, salvo and AD, but I have started to see more and more lancs with summon, and even AD being used by pubbies. There are tons of people with close combat (very often 2) and radiating coils. Yet they want to lay antimatter mines next to the lanc, or fly over the lanc and not push or rush, or they just give up while they are at an advantage, Its enough to drive a guy batty. I like the idea of the giant pub days, but pubbies need to learn HOW to flag, instead of just letting vets do the flagging while they are just fodder. The way I see it, if you increased the pub size, it wouldn't help pubbies much, it would only allow vets to !@#$%^&*emble a larger team on a pub freq. Pubbies have the amazing ability to lose even when they double the defending team (I witnessed this today, 8v4 and 4 was winning.)

Shoo

Retro's

I use fields quite a lot while basing, and frankly, Im probably going to stop. Not because they are lame or whatnot, I love using them. The problem I have with fields, is that by using them, I often times lose money for the flagging game rather than earn anything. Most people who have the money for it, will go for AD on their ship rather than field launcher, which to me is much more powerful. Because of this, I'm ususally the only one on the freq who uses fields. Rarely have I been on a freq when someone else uses them more than as a passing fancy (I believe I was on Ceriums freq when that was.) And btw, ID drive is faster to get there than the TW usually. And honestly, I've only seen 1 or 2 other people really use them effectively. If there is a problem with fields, its a very minor one that doesn't need to be fixed immediatly.

I belileve the buying system itself is fair, as everything is "available" to everyone, and those who put in the time end up with better stuff. I have seen people when they first enter the zone, and put in more time than me, and end up having more expensive stuff than me. Centering has started to get a bit lame with all the shredder terrs running around for new players, but that is an entirely different issue.

I don't think limiting the private freq's is quite the answer, but I do like the idea of uncapping the pub freqs. The way it is now is decent, but could really continue on a bit. I like that until 8 players you can choose to join the pub freqs, what I don't agree on is the fact that they cap out at 10. Even if they went to 14-16 it would help tremendously, because it would take a really strong private freq to hold off almost double the attacking players (although that would be tremendous fun trying.) The problem this poses is that it destroys a lot of private freq usage, which to you may seem like a good thing. I have never liked the great divide that HS has had in recent times between rich vets and starting newbs, but knowing what its like from both sides, it is entirely possible to overcome, its just that most people don't have that kind of patience. What I believe what most caused this gap, is the way money is earned. Before it was flagging, balling, or 1 btying, being in the crappiest ship possible trying to vulch kills for giant profits. The money system of more bty=more money is completely non newb friendly. If there was any sort of big change to happen, what I would most like to see is something along those lines, where more money is earned the crappier the ship you have, not just based on the number of consecutive kills.

I tested this recently, and in a completely unupgraded wb, I was able to earn 10,000 in about 20 minutes. I do!@#$%^&*ented it with as many screen shots as I could if you would like proof. Get on a pub freq that has mutlitple people on it, even if you dont get a kill you get their money. If you can get on a pub freq thats basing, thats even better. If all else fails, vulch. No, it is not the kind of zone where instantly you are on the same level as everyone else, thats what gives it its appeal. You have to play to get better stuff. I know its quite daunting at times, but honestly its not that hard to earn enough for a few basic upgrades. I do understand that it can be quite annoying trying to fight some of the larger ships with more money on them, so don't fight them. There are plenty of other people trying to do just the same thing you are, they just arent whining about it.

chorine

Holy crap, it went off topic? when!?