Re: Monday Night's Password Games

**Mateo** · 06-21-2005, 11:29 AM

Last night quelled many of the fears that I had about the whole demo period: we had great play from everyone, no randomness, just straight up tactical goodness.

And trading pot-shots with gapenator, well, that's just fun.

**morose** · 06-21-2005, 11:38 AM

Wanted to let everyone know how enjoyable it was as well. One of the premier nights of gaming in recent history for me. Spent one round doing nothign but going back and forth with a squad of MEC across the rail lines... each trying to push into the other's territory, and getting pushed back. The feel of that playing out. Just truly awesome. Then the air cover that came in on hotel and just hovered there while we secured it (like Polish mentioned).... again, the feel of that was just spot on. Great times!

I hope to become a regular around here. I have a feeling my World of Warcraft guild is going to get grumpy with me come Wednesday. I'll have a hard time playing anything buy BG2 for a while if I can have an evening like that even once every 10th game!

**TG_Gapenator** · 06-21-2005, 11:38 AM

We had us a sweet little sniper battle going on there at Construction. That was incredible.

With the exception of my miserable command skills, the night was amazing. Came straight here this morning and became a supporting member.

TG all the way!!

**Pokerface** · 06-21-2005, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by morose

I have a feeling my World of Warcraft guild is going to get grumpy with me come Wednesday.

We have a WOW community here too, so if your guild spurns you, we've got you covered.

**Mateo** · 06-21-2005, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by morose

I hope to become a regular around here. I have a feeling my World of Warcraft guild is going to get grumpy with me come Wednesday. I'll have a hard time playing anything buy BG2 for a while if I can have an evening like that even once every 10th game!

You know we have a WoW Guild, right?

**Mateo** · 06-21-2005, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Gapenator

We had us a sweet little sniper battle going on there at Construction. That was incredible.

With the exception of my miserable command skills, the night was amazing. Came straight here this morning and became a supporting member.

TG all the way!!

Dude, you got to tell us USMC snipers how you get so many shots off so quick! What are you, superhuman?

**Jusb** · 06-21-2005, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by TG_Mateo

Dude, you got to tell us USMC snipers how you get so many shots off so quick! What are you, superhuman?

Ive found that one thing you can do is make sure you reload your clip when its in red when theres a lull in the action. Its made a big difference for me if i always have at least 3 shots to work with every time before i have to reload. It gives you the full clip to work with and every second counts when you have an entire squad moving on your position.

**Nemesis** · 06-21-2005, 11:49 AM

MEC sniper rifle is weaker than USMC....however you have a 3 shot (I believe) clip that you can burn through without having to reload.

**Dog** · 06-21-2005, 12:02 PM

I too had a good ole time...
USMC air squad.. we were talking,,, talking to our commander,,, getting assignments... swapping roles as pilot, gunner, blackhawk or Cobra(apache?)...
Shining moment was taking out a squad of MEC just as they landed to take out artilery... rockets, machine guns, beeeuuuuttttiiifffuuulll...........

Humiliating moment was my pilot (who shall remain nameless) in a low hover over a flag, with allies on the ground, hitting the wrong key and bailing... instadeath for many, including his pilotless gunner...

**Mateo** · 06-21-2005, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dog

I too had a good ole time...
USMC air squad.. we were talking,,, talking to our commander,,, getting assignments... swapping roles as pilot, gunner, blackhawk or Cobra(apache?)...
Shining moment was taking out a squad of MEC just as they landed to take out artilery... rockets, machine guns, beeeuuuuttttiiifffuuulll...........

Humiliating moment was my pilot (who shall remain nameless) in a low hover over a flag, with allies on the ground, hitting the wrong key and bailing... instadeath for many, including his pilotless gunner...

And he almost got a TK for his trouble. I was right under where the helo landed!

**morose** · 06-21-2005, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by TG_Mateo

And he almost got a TK for his trouble. I was right under where the helo landed!

And that... is why I'm a grunt and just follow orders. Just gimme a rifle and some grenades, and I'm a happy man. I can only deal a little damage at a time to my own squad that way.

Riding along as a gunner in a buggy is a trip though...

**TG_Gapenator** · 06-21-2005, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by Nemesis

MEC sniper rifle is weaker than USMC....however you have a 3 shot (I believe) clip that you can burn through without having to reload.

Indeed, the MEC Sniper rifle is not bolt-action, like the USMC. It has a clip but it is much weaker. I don't think I ever got a "one shot, one kill" on you guys.

I would find a sweet spot, aiming-wise, and rattle off a number of shots till I saw the "body flop"

**TG_PolishBoogieman** · 06-21-2005, 12:12 PM

Alright, I'm in...couldn't resist becoming a supporting member. Too much fun to be had! Look for me as "Clip" instead of "PolishBoogieman."

**RandomGuy** · 06-21-2005, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Aces&Eights

I was on that squad when that happened! I laughed for 5 minutes. Before the chopper hit us that was one of the most intense and enjoyable moments of the evening for me. We where there, on the beach, keeping the US from coming to repair the artillery. Most of the enemy was coming at us from the river base, then all of a sudden I hear "there is a boat behind us!". I whipped out my anti-tank rocket, spin around, and send a rocket right into that boat. The shouts of "good shot!" from my teammates were priceless. I really felt like I had done my job on the squad.

Holding the enemy artillery was definately the highlight of the night. That, and getting an accidental shock paddle kill. While trying to revive a teammate the enemy who killed him ran around the corner straight into my discharging paddles!

Heh, up until that chopper killed us (ALL of us - couldn't do it again if he tried) our squad was indestructible. That boat incident was the closest point. I found a sweet spot behind the sand ridge where I could take pot shots but mostly stay hidden and revive you guys holding the ridge. Things were going well because I finally learned how to properly aim the shock paddles.

**TG_Rizzo** · 06-21-2005, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Aces&Eights

Most of the enemy was coming at us from the river base, then all of a sudden I hear "there is a boat behind us!". I whipped out my anti-tank rocket, spin around, and send a rocket right into that boat. The shouts of "good shot!" from my teammates were priceless. I really felt like I had done my job on the squad.

Aye, it's moments like this that make being part of a squad that sticks together so much fun.

One of these moments from last night was defending middle base with my squadmates when a tank rolled in and started wreaking havoc. Everybody was pinned down and doing their best to avoid getting blown to bits when I snuck up and stuck some C4 on that bad boy and then--KABOOM!--blew it to the high heavens! And there was much rejoicing... "Yaaaay."

(of course, I won't mention the number of times I tried that throughout the night and got summarily destroyed)

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