A Little Fun with 1.21

PhoenixxFire · 03-11-2006, 02:36 PM

Well, I was playing for a short while yesterday on Zatar, and there weren't very many players on, so I joined the JETS squad to provide some intel and AA support. The round went along as it usually does, with the center island changing hands throughout the round, so on and so forth.

What really interested me came into play with about 8 minutes left in the game.

I was driving back to the Factory flag, so that I could set up an AA site to counter the enemy jets in the vicinity, and I saw this while looking around:
(click for larger size)

"hmm", I thought, "A little strange."

So I asked Robocop, if he was seeing the same thing I was, since I saw him getting out of his tank and walking in the direction of what I was seeing (What!? Robo getting out of his perfectly good Tank!?)
So we both approached cautiously to the indicators in our view.

Lo and behold! This is what we saw:

And I think Robo's reaction seemed to describe both of our feelings at the time.

So, yeah

.....Im not sure what happened, or how it happened, but there it was.

So you say "What do you do next?"

Hehehe. "Testing".

As you can see here, Robo did a little "testing" with his trusty shotgun:

And the results are evident in this picture:

As you can see, the one in the back is no longer there.

From our calculations, it took Exactly 5, point blank, shotgun blasts to destroy one of these UAVs.

We ended up doing other, various bits of testing, of which Evil Lemon helped in (He joined us a couple of minutes after the initial discovery)

As you can note here, Robo was able to put the wrench to this thing, and repair it while I did a bit of "testing" of my own:

Unfortunately, the round timer ran out as I was working on our most ambitious tests. Moving the UAV with a buggy.

Hope you enjoy our test results, and maybe you can perform your own controlled environment tests with the wonder that is the 1.21 patch.

(admins feel free to move this to the pics and galleries forum, I just wanted to show it to the BF2 section first)

Santa · 03-11-2006, 03:32 PM

Im not surprised that Robocop was the first to repair a UAV with a wrench.

perry · 03-11-2006, 03:38 PM

I noticed those random red "UAV" markers last night but just kinda shrugged it off. Now I'm going to have to track one down!

delphi00 · 03-11-2006, 04:05 PM

But how di the UAV get there in the first place?

icky · 03-11-2006, 04:38 PM

Amazing. I wonder what's making that happen.

Beatnik · 03-11-2006, 05:07 PM

Very interesting. I like the concept of downed fueselage. This raises the possibility of teabagging the pilots that have owned me in the past.

xTYBALTx · 03-11-2006, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beatnik

Very interesting. I like the concept of downed fueselage. This raises the possibility of teabagging the pilots that have owned me in the past.

**eGoatBoy** · 03-11-2006, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TG_Santa

Im not surprised that Robocop was the first to repair a UAV with a wrench.

There could be an ambush tactic in there if you can figure out how to plant a UAV...it would be the equivalent of the enticing 'shiny thing' on the ground that the curious can't resist...and when they gather you can whack 'em.

Okay maybe not so practical...but it struck me that with Robo out of his tank, wrenching away at a downed UAV and Phoenixx watching intently I might actually have a chance to shoot them...

Cheers.

**SuperDudeBT** · 03-11-2006, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eGoatBoy

There could be an ambush tactic in there if you can figure out how to plant a UAV...it would be the equivalent of the enticing 'shiny thing' on the ground that the curious can't resist...and when they gather you can whack 'em.

Okay maybe not so practical...but it struck me that with Robo out of his tank, wrenching away at a downed UAV and Phoenixx watching intently I might actually have a chance to shoot them...

Cheers.

Good idea! +rep

PhoenixxFire · 03-11-2006, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eGoatBoy

l...but it struck me that with Robo out of his tank, wrenching away at a downed UAV and Phoenixx watching intently I might actually have a chance to shoot them...

Not a Chance

I was looking around a lot, and I still had air support in the squad. Hehehe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Santa

Im not surprised that Robocop was the first to repair a UAV with a wrench

No kidding. I think he would've figured it out eventually anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by delphi00

But how did the UAV get there in the first place?

That, I have no idea about. I didnt cause it, I just merely took it for what it was.

**ThePenguineer** · 03-11-2006, 11:36 PM

This may answer the question of what those random, red distance markers on my 3-D map are actually marking.....

Nah.....

elmerfudd · 03-11-2006, 11:37 PM

Was it still providing intel?

PhoenixxFire · 03-12-2006, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elmerfudd

Was it still providing intel?

I have no idea, youd have to ask someone on the other team (MEC I believe) that was on at that time.
Although I doubt it, because we had no enemies approach us (Except for planes flying by, that were chased away by our own).

Thierry · 03-12-2006, 06:14 PM

Awesome C4 trap, lay a couple of packs under it, wait till half their team gets near to see whats going on and then hitting the trigger

03-11-2006, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
PhoenixxFire Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Moron Valley, Southern California Age: 22 Posts: 489	A Little Fun with 1.21 Well, I was playing for a short while yesterday on Zatar, and there weren't very many players on, so I joined the JETS squad to provide some intel and AA support. The round went along as it usually does, with the center island changing hands throughout the round, so on and so forth. What really interested me came into play with about 8 minutes left in the game. I was driving back to the Factory flag, so that I could set up an AA site to counter the enemy jets in the vicinity, and I saw this while looking around: (click for larger size) "hmm", I thought, "A little strange." So I asked Robocop, if he was seeing the same thing I was, since I saw him getting out of his tank and walking in the direction of what I was seeing (What!? Robo getting out of his perfectly good Tank!?) So we both approached cautiously to the indicators in our view. Lo and behold! This is what we saw: And I think Robo's reaction seemed to describe both of our feelings at the time. So, yeah .....Im not sure what happened, or how it happened, but there it was. So you say "What do you do next?" Hehehe. "Testing". As you can see here, Robo did a little "testing" with his trusty shotgun: And the results are evident in this picture: As you can see, the one in the back is no longer there. From our calculations, it took Exactly 5, point blank, shotgun blasts to destroy one of these UAVs. We ended up doing other, various bits of testing, of which Evil Lemon helped in (He joined us a couple of minutes after the initial discovery) As you can note here, Robo was able to put the wrench to this thing, and repair it while I did a bit of "testing" of my own: Unfortunately, the round timer ran out as I was working on our most ambitious tests. Moving the UAV with a buggy. Hope you enjoy our test results, and maybe you can perform your own controlled environment tests with the wonder that is the 1.21 patch. (admins feel free to move this to the pics and galleries forum, I just wanted to show it to the BF2 section first)

03-11-2006, 03:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Santa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 3,355	Re: A Little Fun with 1.21 Im not surprised that Robocop was the first to repair a UAV with a wrench.

03-11-2006, 03:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
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03-11-2006, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Beatnik Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Age: 33 Posts: 4,307	Re: A Little Fun with 1.21 Very interesting. I like the concept of downed fueselage. This raises the possibility of teabagging the pilots that have owned me in the past. __________________ -F- Beatnik

03-11-2006, 11:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
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03-12-2006, 06:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
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