Burnt Earth Policy

[Captain1nsaneo]

I do it for exp on both ends. Getting certs is really the only reason to play the game currently for me. Also gives me something to do while waiting for bases to flip.

[Ysanne]

These things are in the way when I spam my rocketpods into a towers general direction.

[Rolfski]

Destroying terminals is a viable option, nothing wrong with it.
Whether it's always a smart thing to do, of course not.

[Figment]

There's no downside to it:

- You get experience points if they're enemy
- You deny enemy usage if they're friendly
- You can spawn in any suit you want aside from MAXes, so dieing is equally if not more effective at times to get back in with a new suit
- AMSes have terms too, so attackers don't really need them
- You don't need them after spawning to grab a basic suit, just only need it for resupplies without an engineer ammo pack
- The base does not lose energy (PS1: NTU) till it drains and turns neutral

The only downsides:
- Need someone in engineering suit to repair once you hold a base (...provides exp too)
- Can't grab new utility equipment as quickly if it is actually nearby for once
- Can't grab resupplies without engineer if it's a friendly term
- Can't grab vehicles without engineer if it's a friendly term
- Can't use infiltrator to turn term and grab resupplies without enemy engineer if it's an enemy term
- Can't use infiltrator to turn term and grab vehicles without enemy engineer if it's an enemy term

But the downsides are actually plusses from the opposite point of view, so that balances itself out.

[Baptist]

In Consortium it's a tactical thing, one of our rules is never blow up Terminals and anyone in our outfit caught doing it gets verbally abused, if you're close enough to shoot it, the squad infiltrator is close enough to hack it.

In saying that situational things like defending towers, attackers will secure the bottom floor and spawn a Sunderer from a hacked terminal, if defending it's often advantageous to blow up the terminals making defence easier.

[Ruffdog]

Originally Posted by RSphil

some just like blowing shit up