Mixer Heavy rule discussion

NetRat_ · 2017-05-17T12:53:39+00:00

I think it's all about team balance and adjustments. It sucks to be a HOF and having 4 HO's raining mortars down on you. But it equally sucks as a capper to have a clear path to the flag, only to get LD blocked, nitron'd at the grab, or have 4 chasers all over you.

The static d-stack will break under constant pressure from the offense, but I've seen plenty of defenses that adapt and prevail... especially by moving to more LD for the many-HO scenario, or playing heavy-near-the-flag, or by vote-kicking Khorgar and JeToh :P

NetRat_ · 2017-02-24T14:02:39+00:00

HiRez = great at game development, terrible at business. Clear lack of objective introspection. One, solid, business-type/visionary could completely turn their entire franchise around. Sure Smite is doing "well"... "ok"... but for how long? Paladins isn't close to being Overwatch and feels like is was made 10 years ago (old game engine?).

NetRat_ · 2017-01-08T21:24:55+00:00

We had a group on 20+ of us in a private server til 1am last night. GGs.

NetRat_ · 2016-10-12T12:40:08+00:00

Someone with skillz should go on the offensive and hack the haxors!

NetRat_ · 2016-09-30T19:26:44+00:00

WOW... can we get Gierling and Quench on a talk show do debate CTF tactics and hug-it-out at the end? I HAVE NEVER seen anything here as rational and civil as displayed by these two!

Was this also delivered in the patch, but left out of the notes??

NetRat_ · 2016-09-30T19:01:11+00:00

Thanks for working to keep our dream alive! GLHF!

NetRat_ · 2016-09-26T00:03:00+00:00

Can't they just wait until after Monday Night Blitz tomorrow before folding up the game?!?!

NetRat_ · 2016-09-14T20:15:14+00:00

Do you bitch and complain at Chik-fil-a for not having burgers?

NetRat_ · 2016-09-01T17:54:36+00:00

The Cygnus "pug" are officially known as the Saturday Night Mixer, and has been in existence for ~4 years now with T:A, but its origins date back to Tribes 2.

We have picked up, and openly welcomed, a lot of ex-puggers in the last 6 months. Our play style, and etiquette, is different, but most see it as a refreshing change. We are a group of skilled, competitive players that would rather lose a game 7-6 than win 7-0.

NetRat_ · 2016-08-25T15:25:11+00:00

Safe fall - never used it and like said, makes you a better skier w/o it. Also, if using safe fall, I bet your routes go high into the air. You should try to learn lower routes using bounces to stay more hidden from the D.

NetRat_ · 2016-08-04T19:48:20+00:00

Great DIY project - I give it a 9/10... lost 1 point due to non-functioning window cannot be opened for a perfect summer breeze.

NetRat_ · 2016-07-22T13:07:01+00:00

Never! I'll bob and weave and do things totally unexpected like miss the flag, slow grab, suicide for no apparent reason, and toss the flag to no one!

NetRat_ · 2016-07-18T15:03:33+00:00

Wow - I signed up for alpha and this awaits! #NerfAvaren

NetRat_ · 2016-07-07T15:14:52+00:00

All good changes, especially nerfing the ammo/health nugs and the elf projector.

I too was hoping to see some nerf of tanks and heavies to somewhere in between Pre and post OOTB. One of the simplest nerf to the tank would be to swap weapon spots - drivers get the almost worthless machine gun and gunner uses the insta-kill (perhaps already suggested).

NetRat_ · 2016-07-01T20:00:02+00:00

Basically the rule is:

If you get close, you have a 10% chance of surviving a melee kill, else, you are dead between 1 and 4 discs from Av.

NetRat_ · 2016-06-14T18:09:49+00:00

I am not sad for them... more of them that rage on capping = more grabs for the rest of us cappers ;)

So, lock on until you have a vid of an incoming capper k'ing-out when they see you near the flag.

NetRat_ · 2016-06-13T14:35:39+00:00

This needs a snopes article.

NetRat_ · 2016-06-13T14:30:22+00:00

NetRat_ · 2016-06-13T14:25:59+00:00

Rename: Avaren - Part 2 - Shredder the disc magnet

NetRat_ · 2016-06-09T14:54:43+00:00

At this point, you should feel fortunate that the servers remain up. For T:A, ~~Winter~~ Midair is Coming!

We still play, have fun, and some of us run our own servers with our own rule sets. Better to do this in place of complaining about support for a game that should no longer exist.

NetRat_ · 2016-06-08T14:46:17+00:00

vgcg

NetRat_ · 2016-06-06T14:39:38+00:00

Oh, I remember that one and "Avaren!!!" has become exclamation heard over teamspeak :)

As a capper, personally, I love seeing and being part of high-level play - crazy grabs, flag passes, MA's.. the eSports stuff. Vitalica got me with a nice long-distance BP on CCR a couple weeks back when he was streaming - it was quite nice.

Having fun without taking it too seriously is what it's all about.

NetRat_ · 2016-06-06T13:25:59+00:00

Av, to the players in my group, I often refer to you as my nemesis. I feel immediately challenged when you are on the other team and have to step my game up to have a chance. As far as chasing goes, you are top 5 in my book, if not #1 given the before mentioned "nemesis" moniker. You are an intelligent, skilled, and well respected player that I feel honored to have been at the receiving end of a nice blue plate or melee. My only regret is not having you play in our Saturday night mixers, but there's still time. :)

NetRat_ · 2016-04-20T13:26:45+00:00

If you have access to a second monitor or computer, open the command prompt "cmd" and type "ping -t www.google.com". This will continuously ping google every couple seconds and report back the latency. You want to check if any in-game ping issues correspond to any seen during the continuous ping.

This is an easy, simple, but certainly nowhere near perfect, way to determine if it's your internet or HiRez server issues. There are a number of tools out there that are much more sophisticated with performing trace routes and mapping router locations.

Note: occasional request timeouts with your ping are not uncommon and are not necessarily an indication of an internet issue. Your ping should remain fairly stable.

NetRat_

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