Drop and give me 20, soldiers!
The Hydra was going down, slowly, until the SEG 10s spawned and killed everyone. As Jakster said, the way to do it was to pull it away from the SEGs and try to kill it in some space, and I've no doubt that if they'd had the time to do so, they (not necessarily UU but someone) would have killed it.
Strategy had to be adapted because of the unexpected and devastating SEG attack, and, yes, because of the PvP.
btw Xen, you missed out 5. Stopping noobs from aggroing SEG 10s and Warrior Exterminators onto the teams shooting the Hydra.
From my perspective, I got killed at about the time the Hydra spawned, by someone who I don't think was working with the big socs but was just trying to get an easy spree HoF, which was a bit annoying but it's PvP and that's what happens. I was only there to watch anyway so it didn't really make much difference to me, I just watched dead
It was certainly nowhere near as annoying as finding out that another Hydra (probably the last one and potentially one that contained a unique loot or discovery) was destroyed without being looted.
Ah Oleg, they should make you a general in the space maries. That's probably the same course of action any wise strategist would take.. After all this was a considerable threat, and thus if it had been done correctly, it could have been a triumph.. sadly it was not..
Now as for the rest of you so called ubers.....
Now then..
If a bunch of ubers who have a grudge against not only innocent bystanders who are trying to help them taken down a menace like Hydra and it's cousins (The SEG10's and the exterminators , but also have to shoot each other in the back (indisciminately I might add), just in the hope of getting some global or HoF, only finidng out that without the added support they are powerless to stop this threat, and the highest crack team of ubers decide to take the cowards way out, and drown the bot , in order to save their sorry butts from being embarassed from CND to CP, and even to RT, well I have this to say..
You're not Space marines are you?
Are you???!!!
(I CAN'T HEAR YOU!)
That's right, you're not really space marines. so how can you call yourself ubers?
First off Space marines don't shoot each other in the back.. They work as a finely oiled piece of machinery. They are disciplined soldiers who fight the enemy and who work in harmony in order to achieve their goal. Do I make myself clear?
Second, Space marines don't kill off their own forces, or shoot those allies who are trying to help them, achieve their goal. (which in this case was to kill a lousy stinking intelligent robot and it's smaller and more annoying cousins.)
Third, Granted you did find a solution to killing the enemy, but to do so in what I would call "A coward's way out", really shows me that you're not even military material.. (And yes what will happen if the CDF gets disbanded?)
Then you better start thinkng like Space Marines!
So you best get your head out of the sand numbnuts, and start acting like ubers, Instead of some namby pamby little schoolgirls who squeal in delight every time a big bad bot called Hydra stomps around firing its lasers and weapons at you!
After all soldiers, This is WAR we're talking about, not some freaking game of hopscotch here!
But after what one (who will remain unnamed) intelligence officer told me today about what happened.. I'm really ashamed to say you're even human let along call yourself ubers, or even dare I say it.. Space Marines.
Believe me, if people had more discipline, and learned how to fight effectively in a team format like manner and learned to work as a group effectively toward a common goal, then the robots would never be down on Calypso at this very moment, now would they?
So the next time the Hydra rears it's ugly head (or if the bots decide to unleash some new "Uber weapon"), don't act like a bunch of numbnuts.. Work as a team to get the job done..
Is that clear?
Alright I'm done venting.. Dismissed.
Benjamin Ben Coyote -- "The Blind Sniper"
(oh and guys.. My father was in the US Marine Corps.. 30 years, 1 month, 1 day, and he was a grunt in the trenches, not some 2nd lieutenant who had his finger up his.. well I won't go into details now shall I?
