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Excellent shots fella, looks like there were some really great games there, I'll have to see if I can try and make it in a few weekends when I'm free on a Saturday night.

Lets see some shots of the new maps next please, we've seen community game shots of these maps before, I'd be interested to see how epic community game battles look on maps like Ryloth, Tatooine: Bestine and Rhen Var: Ice Plains. Those sort of battles can't help but look epic surely.

Once again, nice work.

cool

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9 (edited by Safe-Keeper 2008-11-03 10:44:26)

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What I was reminded of by the CG was that you sometimes simply have to work together to be successful in FS. Many times on Bestine I saw someone grab a Combat Speeder and tear off with it into the Cliff Steppes CP, which either meant death, or worse, that the speeder fell into Imperial hands.

To take the City Steppes, you need to grab that Freerunner, fetch as many Combat Speeders as you can (I believe there are two in the city below the Steppes, not sure) and then gather your team and make your push. You should at the very least have the APC Freerunner going slowly up the hill with her aft-mounted gun facing the enemy.

Oh, and patience is key. Don't rush up the hill. Go slowly, pick off Imperials as you go, and make sure you've got your infantry with you, including at least one Support guy to repair. Sure, organizing this is difficult, but it's more than doable.

Another thing I noticed from watching the BR reels: don't park the Combat Speeder away from the action for then to go in on foot. The Combat Speeder isn't just a transport, it's also a very potent killing machine with its repeater gun, so make sure you let it take part in the fight. Oftentimes on Mos Espa, which I end up playing far more than Bestine for some reason, I'll spawn in the Commercial District and grab a Combat Speeder, for then to drive it to within line of fire of the action and hop from the driver's seat to the repeater. The gun doesn't have as much stopping power as the tripod MKII, I think, but it packs one heck of a punch and will mow down infantry, especially if you're careful and make sure to retreat when your health or your speeder's hit points are running low. The thing can practically win the fight for you all on its own.

OK, now that I'm done babbling, I'll try to get some nice screenies.

"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.

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FSDev| TALON wrote:

Lets see some shots of the new maps next please, we've seen community game shots of these maps before, I'd be interested to see how epic community game battles look on maps like Ryloth, Tatooine: Bestine and Rhen Var: Ice Plains. Those sort of battles can't help but look epic surely.

Once again, nice work.

cool

I was actually planning to speak to my Fellow DS'ers about changing the maplist.  We had Ryloth at 16p for a day a while back, it it was meant to be really good.  Bestine was played on the community night, but, unfortunately, the server crashed just before it came on, and no BR footage was enabled after the crash (I think).

Maybe reverse the rotation for the night, but keeping the "bad" maps near the end still.

BlackIntel Game Leader
DUKE815: Teamwork's complicated.  I've found that ramming a Lambda with a Y-wing at full boost is most effective.

11 (edited by Safe-Keeper 2008-11-03 11:29:52)

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Not the world's best shots, but there are more coming
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I just wish I had a state-of-the-art computer so I could run BF footage with everything set to high and FRAPS recording in the background. Then I could've made some nice little videos.

But no.

"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.

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Looks like there was a bestine file saved after all ^^, I'll go thru that after.

Endor Clearing now:

Medics - obviously good for reviving everyone except eachother:

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BlackIntel Game Leader
DUKE815: Teamwork's complicated.  I've found that ramming a Lambda with a Y-wing at full boost is most effective.

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Great shots there.

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Resident Metal Gear Solid fan

14 (edited by TIEpilot234 2008-11-03 15:53:13)

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FSDev| TALON wrote:

Excellent shots fella, looks like there were some really great games there, I'll have to see if I can try and make it in a few weekends when I'm free on a Saturday night.

Lets see some shots of the new maps next please, we've seen community game shots of these maps before, I'd be interested to see how epic community game battles look on maps like Ryloth, Tatooine: Bestine and Rhen Var: Ice Plains. Those sort of battles can't help but look epic surely.

Once again, nice work.

cool

The problem with those maps is they, well, suck. Ryloth ends up being completely air combat, while a few people sneak around capturing points. No teamwork whatsoever. Ice Plains, also a vehicle centered map like Ryloth, is better but is still doesn't provide epic battles. And Bestine is too big...Well, the big versions, anyways. Otherwise its great.

But it seems we have yet to see a really great vehicle centered map. And I think the problem is, when you aren't infantry, you seem to lose your sense of being vulnerable, and people feel more like going off on their own. Its just harder to successfully coordinate a squad of vehicles then it is infantry as well.

EDIT: Not to mention, its not good to have the entire team in vehicles...But when the maps are as big as Ryloth an Ice Plains, its necessary...No one likes walking.

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