Re: Titan, Pilums, Destroying consoles and bears oh my!

**Mech__Warrior** · 10-03-2008, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by pred011586

Question 1: Do pilum shots go through bodies?
Question 2: Would jumping in front of a pilum shot to save the shields be considered a suicide tactic and thus not allowed on TG?

Reason: If you happen to be in a situation with a multi-squad defense of your titan, if the first squad is defending the hanger bay but the engineers are still getting pot shots here and there regardless of the fire put on them, maybe it'd be good to have 2 assaults with rockets and defib at corridors 3 and 4 ready to take the hit from the pilum to protect the shields? If it's even allowed on TG due to the suicidal nature of the idea it'd definately be interesting to watch on BR after a match.

No, pilum shots do not go through bodies and jumping in front of the shield before it is hit (although it requires timing and luck)is a suicide tactic.

**pred011586** · 10-03-2008, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Razcsak

It would be interesting, but Pilum shots are almost always non-reviveable.

touché

Originally Posted by Mech__Warrior

No, pilum shots do not go through bodies and jumping in front of the shield before it is hit (although it requires timing and luck)is a suicide tactic.

I know it's suicidal, but would it be a suicidal tactic that's not allowed on TG. Going to revive a dead SL in a very open area is a suicide tactic but that's not banned. I would classify jumping in the way of a rocket to prevent damage to the titan shields as around the same suicidality (is there actually a word for that?) as reviving a SL in the situation above.

However, as Razcsak pointed out, Pilum kills are unreviveable, so the idea fails.

**Mordona** · 10-04-2008, 10:57 AM

Running out with the intent to get yourself killed is a suicide tactic. Doing something stupid that gets yourself killed is not a suicide tactic.

**pred011586** · 10-04-2008, 02:33 PM

Fair enough, curiousity satisfied =)

**Tarenth** · 10-04-2008, 06:53 PM

I'm curious, but has anyone tested the shield strength against the stock AV rockets, the AA rockets (they do vehicle damage as well even though they're a PITA to aim), and RDX?

**Shurikane** · 10-05-2008, 12:13 AM

AA rockets do no damage.

Only the AV rockets and the Pilum work.

**Reaperassault** · 10-05-2008, 12:50 AM

RDX is ineffective against the hallway shields, despite the fact that hit indicators show up.

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