Unbelievable battle last night on Johari-Solsar

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Last night on the Johari Server there was one of the greatest fire fights I�ve ever been involved in on the continent of Solsar.
New Congolmerate Vs. Terran Republic Vs. Sporadic pockets of Vanu Society. I was on the NC side, we held a pretty large majority of the continent at the beginning of the night, but, the Terrans kept pushing very aggressively.

The first battle in a string of many great battles was a tower that got jumped by a Vanu Galaxy. I was in a Sunderer with a crew of about 6, 2 gunners, 1 max and some other occupants. Our initial goal was to reinforce the battle that was occurring at one of the northern bases we had control of. As I set a course towards the base I was suddenly stopped in my tracks as my one of my Outfit members says �Our Tower just got HACKED by the Vanu�!! I say �You serious�? �Guys, we have GOT to stop them or our flow of captures will be hosed�.

I turn the Sunderer around and head straight for the tower. One vanu max, 2 medium armored soldiers are there. Boom Boom, two 75 MM cannons firing away, we�re hammering them and killing them. But their numbers weren�t low, my Sunderer eventually bit the dust, but definitely kept us alive and kept the Maxs at bay. My other squad mate smartly setup an AMS nearby so we could keep constant pressure on the tower. 15 minutes of fighting, and the Vanu were vanquished. This was the best example of how much fun a pure Squad vs Squad combat operation can be. It was definitely a 10 on 10 battle and certainly a foreshadowing of what the night was going to be like.

Fast forward a little bit to the northern areas of Solsar. The terran republic was pushing REALLY hard, we captured a tower outside (I believe an AMP base, not sure) their sphere. Roughly 2-4 NC squads were there in some of the most vicious firefights I�ve seen since getting into beta. Prowlers, Vanguards, Reavers, everywhere. The battle for this tower went on for well over an hour, I easily died 10 times, and may have killed between 12-18 people, destroyed a Prowler as well. Eventually this tower fell, the terrans were just overwhelming after a while.

At this point there was a lot of back and forth fighting for the northern bases, we retreated to an NC held base and started forming a defensive perimeter around the base expecting another Terran rush. It got juicy again, this time the Sunderer proved once again invaluable, I was able to position my squad near a tower they hacked and totally overrun them with brute force.

Towards the end of the night (Well for me at least), we were finally able to seal off the two bases and almost had them pushed back to their portal. Unfortunately I had to log off as it was very late at night. Obviously things change and the Terrans could have complete control of Solsar now. Be warned though, I�m coming back tonight, and I will be kicking ass and taking names.


Some things to note

1- I picked up many Cyclers last night, I really like this weapon a lot. The biggest benefit to it is the 50 round clip, and this is probably the biggest reason why people think it�s unbalanced.

2- The sunderer is an invaluable vehicle. If you�re in a squad and SOMEONE doesn�t have one you�re at a disadvantage. You need to realize how great this thing is, the fact that I can use it as a defensive tool and offensive tool is completely amazing to me. For instance, I was able to shield my engineer from fire last night as he was setting up turrets and motion detectors around our base. Also, I was able to take out a tower that had a lot of Terran Maxs dominating us for a while. I love this vehicle and will absolutely be certified in it in retail.

3- Voice over IP is a beautiful thing, issuing commands instead of typing them is just beautiful.

4- When you have a squad that FOLLOWS your lead and everyone is on the same page, balance issues seem to be a thing that is forgotton.

5- Pick up enemy weapons, use them. BUT, store them in your locker!! I now have a cycler in my locker for spare keeping!

6- The lasher is fantastic, KEEP one of these too.

That�s it for now, I hope you enjoyed my story.