Hijacker27
Marauder
- Joined
- May 14, 2007
- Posts
- 5,405
- Location
- Mississauaga Ontario, Canada
- Society
- Crimson Devils
- Avatar Name
- hijacker Hijacker27 inferno
The Backstory
So there I was, blowing up drones for my skill testing thread, when I saw a 3.1K PED blaus hof scroll by on chat. I looked at the name (akishaz aki fiolog), and said to my self (and society), "I bet that's in PvP4". So I finished up my run, quickly wrote up my blog, and headed to akmuul.
Donning my armour (a rag tag mix of martial, lich, infiltrator and sala SGA), I grabbed some bombs, probes, and ammo and tp'd into PvP4 in search of this claim (and some of my own along the way). As I pressed the teleport button the second time to continue my search, I noticed a green dot appear as I left (so I teleported back and killed it), and noticed this green dot was in the same society as akishaz. Chances were, the gd was on its way to help akishaz get his claim out, so I noted where he was, and made a mental note of his trajectory. I then made a quick sweep around the area (and found nothing), so I tp'd a few more times around PVP4, looking elsewhere. My searches turned up nothing, so I headed back to where I initially thought the claim would be. My prediction turned out correct, as I teleported almost directly onto the claim.
Unfortunaly, the claim was being guarded by Karlos (I believe of Warning to Society) so aki must have gotten away while I repeatedly shot Karlos in the back. I then left and checked my FL to see who would be interested in helping steal the claim. Only Pupa was online, so I sent him a PM asking if he'd like to do some PKing (he said yes) and we headed back to the claim. Unfortunately, nobody was there, so he went back to killing Mulaak'f. However, on my next sweep by the area, I noticed there were additional dots guarding the claim. Since I'm not exactly an uber, I decided to call up Pupa again, and we went to the claim. We fought bravely, but there were 4 of them, and only 2 of us (and we weren't exactly organised), so we ended up back at the revive terminal a couple times (and only taking a few of them with us). Pupa then had to go, and I was back to running around the zone by myself again.
A few minutes later, I checked my FL again, and saw that Joker Poker Uber Smoker was online, so I called him up and asked him if he wanted an attempt at the claim. Same thing happened, we weren't as organised, and were outgunned; making the return trip to the revive terminal. Since we were outnumbered, Joker got the idea to even up the odds and invited some of his friends to the hunt. We sent them to the revival terminal a couple times, but they then called in Foudil. We then got more reinforcements (and pupa logged back in), but they then added more of their own. Long story short, it ended up being a miniature land grab (claim grab), in the north-west region of PvP4.
Each team had their fair share of firepower (sets of eon, ML-45s, lr66s, al29s, tons of damage enhancers, etc), however the other team always seemed to one up us. A few dozen toxic shots later, our team decided we had had enough, and went our own ways. In the end, I don't think anybody actually managed to get any blaus off of akishaz, but it was a ton of fun, and I believe everybody had a wonderful time.
What I learned
Although I've spent my fair share of time in PVP4, this is the first time in VU10 that I've experienced a war that has included upwards of 20 people at once. From this experience, I've had the opportunity to decide some things about the recent changes in PVP.
Damage Enhancers
With the enhancer system, along came a new dynamic to player vs player combat. Previously, if you owned a decent set of armour (eon, infiltrator, hermes, etc) and a nice enough FAP (at least ur125), you were nearly invincible to anybody that couldn't use an LR65 or larger. While I've nearly got the LR65 maxed, I decided to use a tiered up LR53 instead ('only' tier 6). With this gun I made many a kill against players with this kind of set-up, sometimes doing 100+ damage through plated eon with such a 'mild' PK weaponry. I'm sure Foudil wasn't too happy about being killed by such a weapon, the few times I got a kill shot in. The days of pea shooters versus tanks are long gone, and many a time, it's whomever got the first shot in, that got the last shot in as well.
Rocket Launchers
These weapons are difficult to use, as unlike every other weapon in the game, they move slowly and are easy to dodge (The AoE is really small now, and I believe they pass through people, meaning you have to hit their feet to do full damage). However, when you DO hit, they are definitely deadly (pending you can use anything higher than V-rex 1000), and the smoke they kick up when they explode adds a new level to combat, making it difficult to see (and therefore hit your target). There were times where each team was firing barrages of rockets at each other, and it felt like a real war zone, it was chaos.
The Terrain
For the most part, I HATE the way Mindark/FPC has designed PvP4 in VU10. It's covered in ridiculous hills, making it almost impossible to move around, for miners, hunters, and pk'ers alike (possibly one of the reasons there's hardly anybody in the zone any more). However, the area we were in had a nice layout for large PvP battles. We found that the best tactic for winning was using the hills as cover, and dragging our foes towards us, because they couldn't hit us from a distance. We would then ambush them as a group as they came over the hill, temporarily evening out the odds. The team that had the higher ground definitely had the advantage, and planning our path of attack was essential in inflicting casualties upon the enemy.
In Closing
Many people have stated that VU10 negatively affected PVP combat, and that it was no longer any fun to fight it out in PvP4. However, I must say that it has changed from whomever has the bigger gun, to whomever has the better team, and takes advantage of what resources they have available to them. I know I had a blast (even though I probably spent 300 PED and didn't get any sleep).
Thanks again to all that showed up to fight it out, I hope you all had as much fun as I did.
So there I was, blowing up drones for my skill testing thread, when I saw a 3.1K PED blaus hof scroll by on chat. I looked at the name (akishaz aki fiolog), and said to my self (and society), "I bet that's in PvP4". So I finished up my run, quickly wrote up my blog, and headed to akmuul.
Donning my armour (a rag tag mix of martial, lich, infiltrator and sala SGA), I grabbed some bombs, probes, and ammo and tp'd into PvP4 in search of this claim (and some of my own along the way). As I pressed the teleport button the second time to continue my search, I noticed a green dot appear as I left (so I teleported back and killed it), and noticed this green dot was in the same society as akishaz. Chances were, the gd was on its way to help akishaz get his claim out, so I noted where he was, and made a mental note of his trajectory. I then made a quick sweep around the area (and found nothing), so I tp'd a few more times around PVP4, looking elsewhere. My searches turned up nothing, so I headed back to where I initially thought the claim would be. My prediction turned out correct, as I teleported almost directly onto the claim.
Unfortunaly, the claim was being guarded by Karlos (I believe of Warning to Society) so aki must have gotten away while I repeatedly shot Karlos in the back. I then left and checked my FL to see who would be interested in helping steal the claim. Only Pupa was online, so I sent him a PM asking if he'd like to do some PKing (he said yes) and we headed back to the claim. Unfortunately, nobody was there, so he went back to killing Mulaak'f. However, on my next sweep by the area, I noticed there were additional dots guarding the claim. Since I'm not exactly an uber, I decided to call up Pupa again, and we went to the claim. We fought bravely, but there were 4 of them, and only 2 of us (and we weren't exactly organised), so we ended up back at the revive terminal a couple times (and only taking a few of them with us). Pupa then had to go, and I was back to running around the zone by myself again.
A few minutes later, I checked my FL again, and saw that Joker Poker Uber Smoker was online, so I called him up and asked him if he wanted an attempt at the claim. Same thing happened, we weren't as organised, and were outgunned; making the return trip to the revive terminal. Since we were outnumbered, Joker got the idea to even up the odds and invited some of his friends to the hunt. We sent them to the revival terminal a couple times, but they then called in Foudil. We then got more reinforcements (and pupa logged back in), but they then added more of their own. Long story short, it ended up being a miniature land grab (claim grab), in the north-west region of PvP4.
Each team had their fair share of firepower (sets of eon, ML-45s, lr66s, al29s, tons of damage enhancers, etc), however the other team always seemed to one up us. A few dozen toxic shots later, our team decided we had had enough, and went our own ways. In the end, I don't think anybody actually managed to get any blaus off of akishaz, but it was a ton of fun, and I believe everybody had a wonderful time.
What I learned
Although I've spent my fair share of time in PVP4, this is the first time in VU10 that I've experienced a war that has included upwards of 20 people at once. From this experience, I've had the opportunity to decide some things about the recent changes in PVP.
Damage Enhancers
With the enhancer system, along came a new dynamic to player vs player combat. Previously, if you owned a decent set of armour (eon, infiltrator, hermes, etc) and a nice enough FAP (at least ur125), you were nearly invincible to anybody that couldn't use an LR65 or larger. While I've nearly got the LR65 maxed, I decided to use a tiered up LR53 instead ('only' tier 6). With this gun I made many a kill against players with this kind of set-up, sometimes doing 100+ damage through plated eon with such a 'mild' PK weaponry. I'm sure Foudil wasn't too happy about being killed by such a weapon, the few times I got a kill shot in. The days of pea shooters versus tanks are long gone, and many a time, it's whomever got the first shot in, that got the last shot in as well.
Rocket Launchers
These weapons are difficult to use, as unlike every other weapon in the game, they move slowly and are easy to dodge (The AoE is really small now, and I believe they pass through people, meaning you have to hit their feet to do full damage). However, when you DO hit, they are definitely deadly (pending you can use anything higher than V-rex 1000), and the smoke they kick up when they explode adds a new level to combat, making it difficult to see (and therefore hit your target). There were times where each team was firing barrages of rockets at each other, and it felt like a real war zone, it was chaos.
The Terrain
For the most part, I HATE the way Mindark/FPC has designed PvP4 in VU10. It's covered in ridiculous hills, making it almost impossible to move around, for miners, hunters, and pk'ers alike (possibly one of the reasons there's hardly anybody in the zone any more). However, the area we were in had a nice layout for large PvP battles. We found that the best tactic for winning was using the hills as cover, and dragging our foes towards us, because they couldn't hit us from a distance. We would then ambush them as a group as they came over the hill, temporarily evening out the odds. The team that had the higher ground definitely had the advantage, and planning our path of attack was essential in inflicting casualties upon the enemy.
In Closing
Many people have stated that VU10 negatively affected PVP combat, and that it was no longer any fun to fight it out in PvP4. However, I must say that it has changed from whomever has the bigger gun, to whomever has the better team, and takes advantage of what resources they have available to them. I know I had a blast (even though I probably spent 300 PED and didn't get any sleep).
Thanks again to all that showed up to fight it out, I hope you all had as much fun as I did.
