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2003-06-03, 10:02 AM | [Ignore Me] #16 | |||
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2003-06-03, 10:29 AM | [Ignore Me] #17 | ||
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I agree that there are way too many reavers out there. It is getting to be that there are more squadmembers flying outside the gal then inside (wich makes it really hard to hold a CC when half your members refuse to leave there reavers to defend inside the base).
However, you can quickly seperate the reaver n00b from the battle hardened vet when things get hairy. You would be suprised how many reavers kills you can rack up off those n00bs.
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2003-06-03, 11:25 AM | [Ignore Me] #18 | ||
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By far and wide, most reaver pilots have very little skill. Virtually all of the "omg owned n00b" tells I get are from striker users and reaver pilots, both of which rank pretty low on the skill totem pole.
I fly a reaver and I recognize the fact that it's a lame way to kill people. Infantry have very little chance to take one down, and a reaver costing 4 certs doesn't justify how overpowered it is at the moment. The sheer rate at which a reaver can mow down troops, MAXes, and most armored vehicles with rockets is ridiculous. |
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2003-06-03, 12:50 PM | [Ignore Me] #20 | ||
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There are many powerful weapons in the game. And when you use them, there are always going to be crybabies out there that feel that you took some kind of advantage of them. Ignore those fools and use whatever advantage any weapon gives you to kill as many of the enemy as possible.
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2003-06-03, 12:53 PM | [Ignore Me] #21 | ||
I trained up in Sparrow last night... finaly a MAX I can use!
Drop 8 reavers in about 30 minutes. And several did what I consider to be smart tactics. I just launch 6 missles in the direction before I get lock and watch all of them hit at nearly the same time. The great irony of it all is that on that Character I also have reaver... and have used it to chunk up the bad guys! So now I'm commited to seeing how high I can get solo, made br 5 last night without ever squading up... I'll see If I make 10 faster then I did with my "I'm friendly and play with everyone else" player PAX
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2003-06-03, 12:53 PM | [Ignore Me] #22 | |||
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If its in the game, use it. Something like the reaver was meant to be powerful, it is a close support aircraft. People who dont carry some AA max's or AV weapons in their squad deserve to be wiped with no chance. |
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2003-06-03, 12:54 PM | [Ignore Me] #23 | |||
Staff Sergeant
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Are you on the battlefield to try and impress total strangers, or are you there to kill the enemy? |
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2003-06-03, 12:57 PM | [Ignore Me] #24 | ||
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the longer you use a reaver, the more you will realize those cannons are insanely good.
Rockets=low flying spam fast cannon=high altitude easy vehicle destroying No use wasting rockets on ants or fast moving lightly armored vehicles. Just use the cannons. Easiest way to take out a magrider is cannons. Its the most annoying thing in the world to be taking damage as a magrider from a high altitude reaver. Only chance i had against this seldom used tactic is to cry for air support. Most reaver pilots will just fly low into my gunners sights. Usually you spam him with 100rounds of the cannon and he will be doing circles and twists trying to evade you, he thinks your 50feet above him. He will then realize he doesnt know where you are and will drive off, generally to a corner to repair. Soon as he gets out, dive rocket or just rocket from your high alt. Give some time after initial cannon fire for him to think hes safe so he can go repair Cant wait for the 35mm cannons on the bomber, those should be insane against vehicles Worst tell i ever got while flying a reaver was when i took out a vanu sniper who was part of a huge force on esamir. something like "you fuckin bitch hiding in that reaver, grow some balls and play with the big boys" and he ignored me right after. That coming from a sniper haha! |
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2003-06-03, 01:18 PM | [Ignore Me] #25 | ||
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I got a question for my fellow Rev pilots...
I've found that i'm spending the majority of my time carrying boxes and flying to and from a friendly place with an Inv station, than I do actially in combat. Anyone else find themselves doing this? I should mention though, i'm not complaining about that. I should NOT be able to loiter over the target endlessly with nearly a full loadout all the time, that'd suck for everybody. Including me.. as I've already learned that as the time you spend loitering is directly proportionate to the ammount of people trying to fire missiles up yer arse. Get in, unload and get out before you end up walking home. And for god's sake, don't hover there like a missile magnet. Then even I might sbe able to shoot you down
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2003-06-03, 01:55 PM | [Ignore Me] #29 | ||
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i don't understand how this conversation has gone on so long. basically there are two types of people in this thread, those who hate/dislike the reaver or think its over powered, and those who say, hey, bring some aa, you will kick my butt with it. Seriously though, take a look at the vanu aa max thread, its full of ways to kick the crap out of a reaver, and as somebody who plays both a reaver and av/aa max's and carries and av cert, i know the importance of being able to swat down an enemy aircraft. They are great on supportive fire, if your on the giving side and not the recieving. But aa can swat them down faster then they can take out the aa. so stop whining people, and start learning from your lessons learned. If you hate being knocked down by reavers, get a phenoix/striker/ devestator/rocketlet/lancer/aa max and kick the crap out of the pilot trying to gun you down. it supposed to be a war, you prepare for your enemy, then you fight it. if you have 18 levels of cert points and can't knock a reaver out of the air, then buddy, i never want to play on your squad because you suck. (wasn't aimed at any one person, just a general statement*) live and learn, thats the way life is.
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2003-06-03, 02:04 PM | [Ignore Me] #30 | ||
Dragoon Admiral
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You know what pisses me off about the reaver the most? It's armor. It's insanely strong for an airbone vehicle. I've literally unloaded 2 clips with my Lancer (12 shots) missing maybe 2 total shots on a Reaver with my Lancer, and you know what he did? He casually looked around for where the fire was coming from and killed me in 0.5 seconds.
Yep! Reaver are fine and utterly balanced! I love them so! I want the game's name to be changed to Reaverside, because they are just so damn cool!!!!1111 This may be futuristic, but for balance reasons you should not have extreme mobilty, extreme offensive power, very strong armor, AND the obvious ability to travel the Z axis at will. It seems they kind of realized this, and thus made the AA MAX, which would normally eat Reavers for breakfast but usually just ends up temporarily scaring them away (they just afterburn out whenever I try to shoot them with my AA MAX). The only effective VS counter to them is air support... Isn't that fair and balanced when the only way to take down something is to use it against itself? You disagree? Then prove it, you stupid motherfuckers you.
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