Ever been through an automatic door? Now you know how Base doors work... sneaky

[MrVicchio]

Author Topic: Sneaking through the enemy door...
headcrab13
Station Member
Registered: May 2002

posted 04-09-2003 03:00 PM user search report post
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When you enter a base that your empire is currently holding, the front door will open automatically when you approach it.
Doesn't this mean that an enemy could tail you into the base, and get through the door, just behind you, as it closed? In this case, you could walk behind someone that was entering, wait until the door opens, then shotgun them against the wall and enter the base without needing to hack the door.

If I'm mistaken on how this works, feel free to flame me, but I just assumed. Anyway, the problem with this is, an idiot team member could inadvertantly let a MAX into a poorly-guarded base, allowing the single enemy to take over the base by himself.

Another issue would be your own team members standing in the door way, letting hordes of enemies through the gate, just to be "funny". Or if they got bored. Or whatever.

-Head

Why do I get the feeling Sporkfire has done this??

SporkfirePS
Station Admin
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 04-09-2003 04:34 PM user search report post
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Doesn't this mean that an enemy could tail you into the base, and get through the door, just behind you, as it closed?
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Yes, it does. It's a tactical consideration that troops will have to make while defending the base.

Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative
Many questions can be answered by reading the PlanetSide Game Info and FAQ


SporkfirePS
Station Admin
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 04-09-2003 04:41 PM user search report post
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The base door is locked to enemies, but it can be hacked. It is activated by friendly troops in proximity to it.
The base is not a clamshell that you can hide out in with complete security. It is something you will need to defend with some smarts. If somebody does needless things that compromise the base's security, they should learn from their mistakes.

Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative
Many questions can be answered by reading the PlanetSide Game Info and FAQ

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/005335.html

[Hunter83]

And if they don't learn, if someone repeatedly stands in a door way to let enemies in, u can always grief them ;)

:love:

[FraBaktos]

*tsk* *tsk*. This guy doesn't know what hes talking about. A single max into a base? and CAP IT?!? HAHAHA. Everyone knows that a max can't carry a hacking tool! jk... I guess thats not common knowledge on the retarded forums. :p

[SpacemanSpiff]

MAX's with hacking certs would be a little too powerful for comfort. :)

[�io]

Well MAXs aren't unstopable, if you have AP rounds and element of surprise you can take them out more or less easily.

[TheRegurgitator]

Why does Mr. Vichio Talk to himself?










j/k

[MrVicchio]

Cause part of the job requires insanity.

Actually I just try to spice up the posts.

[Lexington_Steele]

Originally posted by MrVicchio
Cause part of the job requires insanity.

Actually I just try to spice up the posts.
And you do a wonderful job.

However you really should do something about that sig and avatar. :p ;)

[Exwolf]

Ahhh that cwazy Bush...

anyway.. I like the idea that you park a tank outside a door, hack the door... then another guy stands close enoguh to the door to keep it open while the tank shoots anyone trying to run out.

:-) yey

[Destroyeron]

:rolleyes:


Thats gonna be coo, sneaking into an enemy base behind a guy then stabbing him after the door closes.

[TheAngelOfWar]

heh, i love the original question in the post.

basically 'couldnt a max just follow behind someone, then kill him and take over the base?'

because those uber sneeky max's tail people all the time?

[Metroid]

Agree'd, change the sig + avatar, that bandwagon has already left the station about a year ago.

Tailing someone into a base isn't exactly easy, if your that close you've usually either been spotted or the base has so little external defenders that hacking into the base would be relatively easy anyways.. I don't know about you guys, but I rarely see MAX's running around without escorts.. cept for them bloody terran AI max's.. grrrr