Anyone think the whole ANT idea is stupid?

[MrVulcan]

well, if the base is under a major battle, you will need ants right and left (or at least every 20-30 min or so), but if you are at a base with no battles, it only needs an ant once in a blue moon. This is from all of the spawns, vech creations, weapons created, turrits going off, etc etc (thats how i understand it anyways, could be wrong)

[1024]

It's way of limiting the abilities of bases, or else some of the bases would way too powerful.

[BUGGER]

20 min atleast

[Zylos]

True that. And you don't want people to hole themselves up in a base or else it'd be immpossible (almost) to capture the base.

[SpartonX]

I am probably going to look for an ANT runs in the beggingig of my plying time anyway, It's a good way to get expiernce, explore and get used to all the continents, and Hell somebodies got to do it. Besides, i like the idea of defending a convoy better than defending a base

[Ruthless]

they need to make hybrid vehicles powered by both the warpgate and oil from iraq. that way, they can cross water
im sure they brought oil with them when they entered the wormhole

[Sarah Jinstar]

*raises her hand* hey if we need an ant run I'm your gal! Keepin the troops up and running is one of the most important aspects in keeping control of a particular sector. Course a break to go into combat every so often doesn't hurt either

[simba]

Originally posted by Hunter83
Let's not also forget that we haven't played the game yet(most of us) so we don't know how well the devs brought everything together.
I don't understand how u can be critical of something you have yet to experiance. You may end up liking driving the ANT's.

well said, my point exactly.

And for the ant idea, I dont think its great, just okay.
And I for 1 would love drivin it 2 a warp gate, u get a lot of beps then, tho I would rather escort it.
only 6.52 percent on "I hate the idea".
I took I dont care coz I think they could have made some other thing that had made the game better than the ant, somethin similar 2 the ant thingie.

[shodan]

hey, as we're on the topic of ANT runs, my outfit is prob going to specialize in ANT runs (still going to the front line as well though), so if any base is under siege and needs power desperatley then just give [BOA] a shout.

Obvously we won't be perfect at it from the start, but we'll get more regular practice at it than any other outfit who does it only when absolutley necessary.

We'll prob also try our hands at other support roles in the game but we're just focusing on ANT runs for now.

If this sounds like the kind of thing you'd like to help out in, then join us [click here]

[Hezzy]

to my knowledge you need ANT runs because when a base runs out of energy, the enpire who owned it loses ownership, so its crucial when trying to lock continents down, also, i think you get a happy amount of experiance out of it too. One easy way to do it is to get a Galaxy pilot, and shove an ANT in the back, and just fly to a gate, fill up, and back again

[shodan]

I thought bout using a galaxy but wouldn't it be slower than jus driving? I'd imagine the galaxy would be quite a slow aircraft otherwise they'd be too good at what they do.

Hezzy: Nice to see my sig spreading doing a new one on Monday, so check back Monday afternoon

[Spider]

bah doesnt matter really at the number of people that wanna play the damn game in my region (well the association I take part of). They heard about it from me they think the vanu are cool and im up to 120 confirmed members. if we outnumber people we will own them simple no?

btw that's my kind of swat team muahahahahahah *coughs*

my other team on wich ill be mostly on will be BPD

a.k.a. Big Purple Dinosaurs

[Zylos]

500 veiws! w00t!

[�io]

1- You don't have to make ANT runs if you don't want to.

2- Unless your base is under constant attacks an ANT run won't be needed every 2 secs, just once in a while to keep systems up.

3- It's a great thing simply because it adds a whole new tactical situation. Attackers now have a 3rd target to attack on a base (1st and 2nd being gen and terminal) and defenders now have a 3rd item to defend.

[MiniOrca]

forgot where i heard this but i heard you can get the energy in the ANT, put it on a galaxy and use it almost as a bomb