Actually, that's not true. I don't hate thumpers so much as I hate 80% of thumper users. I've seen people who are good with the thumper, and it's impressive to see. Unfortunately, thanks to the bargain bin SA cert every dork on the 30 day trial seems to have the cert and they all just looooove the looks of plasma. In the last week I have been killed by 'friendly' plasma thumpers in the following situations:
Alone, in my infil suit, crouch walking towards an enemy tower. There was nobody else around, and I'd just used DL previous to having plasma rain on my head. As the screen spun around, I watched this guy charging the tower just raining plasma everywhere on his way, apparently to make sure that no cloakers could get the drop on him. Boy, that's a fun death!
In a friendly spawn room of a base, where one enemy has made it into the spawn room. Three of us had spawned and were circling the enemy with our supressors to take him out, one guy comes in and douses the room with plasma. He got the enemy and all 3 friendlies. Nice work, a friendly spawn room is probably the ideal place for plasma.
On top of a base wall of a base we were trying to siege, when I was the only person up there. I was crouch walking and boomering the spitfires that somebody had put up that were shooting down at our folks when plasma fell from the sky. It failed to kill the spitfire, but was very effective at keeping me from continuing my friendly journey. You have a HUD, use it. Green guys are good guys.
I'm really tired of fools with plasma. If you're mentally challenged, please leave the weapon to those that are truly talented with it. There's no shame in laying the Thumper down, and there are other weapons that maybe you'll actually show a little bit of talent for using. Maybe you could concentrate all of your energy on taking down the evil equipment terminals at bases your team has the hack on, or something.
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2004-01-06, 01:37 PM
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