How much dammage can gens take?

Jaged · 2004-02-07, 07:56 PM

How much health does a generator have? How many boomers does that translate into?

Doop · 2004-02-07, 08:05 PM

I'm pretty sure it's nine boomers...and I'm estimating around 1,200 armor or so.

Firefly · 2004-02-07, 08:06 PM

Nine boomers does the trick, though I have occasionally dumped a full rexo inventory on there just to make that bad-ass explosion.

Jaged · 2004-02-07, 08:07 PM

So would it be concevible to lay 9 boomers and toss a jammer so there would be no time for a "the generator is under attack warning"? I have a new plan

Spee · 2004-02-07, 08:20 PM

Jeez, you just figured that trick out?

Not to sound like a douchebag or anything, but seriously. Old hat.

Firefly · 2004-02-07, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jaged

So would it be concevible to lay 9 boomers and toss a jammer so there would be no time for a "the generator is under attack warning"? I have a new plan

Yes. This is an old maneuver. Unfortunately now everyone does it, and then they deem themselves "special operations" afterwards.

Lonehunter · 2004-02-07, 08:59 PM

No, 9 boomers use to do it, but now a days it takes at least 11 maybe 12.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Jaged

So would it be concevible to lay 9 boomers and toss a jammer so there would be no time for a "the generator is under attack warning"?

That's pretty much the only way I would do it.

MilitantB0B · 2004-02-07, 09:38 PM

They need to just give the detonator an alteranate fire that detonates all active boomers. That way demolitions and sabotage can go off much smoother.

BadAsh · 2004-02-07, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Firefly

Yes. This is an old maneuver. Unfortunately now everyone does it, and then they deem themselves "special operations" afterwards.

so you are saying someone that can count to 9 is not "special" ?

SandTrout · 2004-02-08, 01:21 AM

11 boomers for gens now.

This is an old maneuver. Unfortunately now everyone does it, and then they deem themselves "special operations" afterwards.

You'd actualy be suprised how few people actualy do this, especialy with the introduction of the pain module.

Someone that can either A) Get to the generator wearing reinforced armor and have enough time to set up 11 boomers, or B) sneak in with infiltrator and lay 11 boomers (at least 7 of which must come from an inventory terminal or locker) is not doing special opperations? You have a very narrow view of special operations.

BTW: the only reason you might think that a lot of people use this tactic, firefly, is because I just tend to do it a lot. I fall into the type B category above.

Lonehunter · 2004-02-08, 01:24 AM

I have found a very interesting bug lately, don't know what triggers it, but sometimes when I go into a gen room with a Pain mod, it only damages me in the little entry room, once I get by the Gen it does NO damage. Allowing me to place my CE peacefully.

Firefly · 2004-02-08, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by SandTrout

Someone that can either A) Get to the generator wearing reinforced armor and have enough time to set up 11 boomers, or B) sneak in with infiltrator and lay 11 boomers (at least 7 of which must come from an inventory terminal or locker) is not doing special opperations? You have a very narrow view of special operations.

BTW: the only reason you might think that a lot of people use this tactic, firefly, is because I just tend to do it a lot. I fall into the type B category above.

No I have a realistic view of special operations, since I work with the spec-ops community in real life. There's nothing special about the method used to one-shot a generator. You're either attentive and you're savvy enough to do it, or you're a retread idiot who gets killed fifty thousand times. I wouldn't call super-skilled pilots "special ops", so I don't consider teams who specialize in generator blasts as special ops either.

It takes a little skill, a little common sense, and a little simple understanding of game mechanics to successfully infiltrate a back-line base, hack a terminal and slip into rexo with a full load of boomers, and then take down a generator. It's done more than you realize. During mass invasions, where there's a defined combat front, every time I click on the map I automatically scroll to interlink bases and tech plants. And more often than not, they have a downed generator.

Jaged · 2004-02-08, 03:21 AM

Earlier today, I was trying to do this to a base with no pain mod. For some reason I still took damage as if there was a module in place.

And I am sorry if I am a little slow on coming up with that tactic, but I just got CE. I had never contemplated its uses before.

Seer · 2004-02-08, 03:56 AM

I have to agree with Sandtrout on this one. Sneaking into a base with a payload of 11 boomers is something that is easier said than done. I'd call it a special op, seeing as that's what it is.

Jaged · 2004-02-08, 04:00 AM

Couldn't you do it in several loads? Or would the boomers deconstruct if no one is holding the trigger?