Whee, weapons lock.

[Madcat170]

If you didnt play the game, it wouldnt matter about the greif any way, so you wouldnt care, so you wouldnt have to worry about it. Not playing the game to avoid greif is simply, thick.

Just stop Zerging its so much easier to avoid greif its stupid.

[Rayder]

Yes but not playing is the only way to avoid grief altogether

[Hamma]

I've never been wep locked even when the system was b0rked back in beta.

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Originally Posted by Madcat170

If you didnt play the game, it wouldnt matter about the greif any way, so you wouldnt care, so you wouldnt have to worry about it. Not playing the game to avoid greif is simply, thick.

Just stop Zerging its so much easier to avoid greif its stupid.

The problem lies with playstyle, not whether alot of friendlies are around or not. I run with the zerg as much as anyone, and I don't have a grief problem. I even use the thumper! I have no sympathy for people with weapons lock. They did it to themselves.

[flypengy]

Not playing is not the only way to avoid grief.

You need to realize what is causing you grief. Are you using plasma inside a tower? That could be a problem... Shooting your lasher mindlessly? That can do it...

Once you've realized what is causing you grief instead of bitchin' that it should be changed, change how you use it. Avoid using plasma indoors You will get grief. Don't mindlessly spam with your weapons, if someone is in front of you, don't fire unless you're sure you have a clean shot.

If all else fails, be a cloaker for a couple of days till your high grief subsides. If you're running around with a pistol/boomers and are still getting massive amounts of grief that you are weapons locking, there is only one solution:
Go to your Start menu, doube click Add or Remove Programs, select Planetside, and choose to uninstall.

[jetface]

I don't understand how anyone gets weapons lock, aside from playing with low FPS (time to upgrade), which I don't think the grief system considers, and it shouldn't. I've had some unpleasant experiences of vehicles driving over my stationary skyguard. One time I had a guy run up to my stationary magrider, run into it, and I got grief. I do my fair share of jackass killing as well. In fact, if someone is bothering me, I like getting grief from blasting them or crushing them with my tires. Its like extra points. The gal drop idea is hilarious. Can you drop passengers over the ocean?

Despite all of these grief activities, I have never gotten anywhere near weapons lock. Usually I am well under 100. You have to pay attention to what is going on around you, learn to use the radar. You've got to learn to use your brakes and steering wheel to avoid friendlies while driving (except for the magrider, which doesn't seem to have any brakes). You can almost be certain that if there is a friendly around and you are driving, they will run right in front of you as soon as they can. Sometimes, you have to check your fire, maybe even move up to the front lines and stop hiding behind a tree or human shields so you can get a clear shot. You'll find, if you check your fire, the guys who run around like crazy doing their best to block your shot will soften up the enemy before they die, giving you a chance to clean up the mess.

Anyways, 1000 grief, how do you do it?

[Madcow]

Originally Posted by jetface

Can you drop passengers over the ocean?

When the game had been out about a week I got on a Gal with a pilot named ScubaSteve. Once we were full we started heading towards a battle, and when we got close to the battle he veered off course and all of us were trying to figure out where he was going. He got a ways out over the ocean and said "Scuba lessons start now. Go, go, go!" and forced us all out of the Gal into the ocean. I was in a MAX and drowned about 3 steps from air after using run mode to get as far as possible. I thought it was pretty stinking funny myself, and it cost him 0 grief points.

[jetface]

That is hilarious, although I bet you went ScubaSteve hunting after that.