WARNING! A TR tactic you need to know about.

[Arakiel]

Wait a minute, are you implying that pounder maxes can be used to kill mass infantry at little risk to themselves? Shocking.

[ColdbringeR]

The more i think about it, the more skeptical i am that this tactic actually exists, or even works for that matter.

First off, if they expect this particular lab to get rehacked as soon as it's taken by them, then they are obviously talking about a biolab that is in enemy-heavy territory. Let's say.. Aton, Solsar?

So this organized Terran squad manages to get an absurd number of MAXes (with engineer/medic support) to this base at the same time. (sorry but you can't fit 10 MAXes in a few galaxies or sunderers.) Anyway, they move in and do their thing. The hordes of NC come in and hack the base, while no one notices them in the back room (or cares perhaps...). Right... So the NC hack the base back.

Now once the hack is complete there are going to be one of two things happening next. Either the NC are going to scramble to the next linked enemy base, or they are going to notice the base they just secured being rehacked and all rush back down to secure it completely.

If the NC move on to the next base, then the odds are that this Biolab is going to be cut off in short time. Making this tactic rather short-lived.

If the NC move back down to resecure the base, then i assure you, not even 10 pounders are going to stop the masses of NC that will be storming that control console.

For this tactic to work (and still get enough XP from it for it to be worth it) it would require...

...the right number of Terran MAXes and engineer/medics.
...the right timing in which to move the MAXes and engineers from room to room.
...the right number of enemies attacking this base.
...the right level of stupidity among those enemies.
...the hope that this base does not get cut off.
...the hope that this base does not run out of power while the Terran are hacking it.

All of these things put together force me to dub this tactic... UNLIKELY. I'll have to reserve my belief that it works, until i see it working for myself.

[Stregone]

First they need to capture the base via normal means. After the base is theirs they can grab as many max suits as they need.

[gonnagetyou]

=ColdbringeR=

Believe me this tactic does exist and it does work for this particular group. I've seen it happen twice now. These guys have it down to a science and they have the bodies to do it.

It is rare and I doubt many others will be able to duplicate it to the level of control these guys have. At the time I was very impressed by how they played us like puppets. Experience with dealing with it and learning to recognize what is happening at the time it is going down will eventually render it not as effective.

I'd say most these guys have probably been around since Beta and know how to play the system. There are a lot of new people jumping into the game that can be taken advantage off when the conditions are right. At night the squads tend to be a little less organized which helps to create the conditions I was speaking of.

I don't want to blow this all out of proportions. Just inform people and give them a heads up if they don't know already.

[ColdbringeR]

Originally posted by Stregone
First they need to capture the base via normal means. After the base is theirs they can grab as many max suits as they need.

Well this would mean that they would need to hotdrop in regular armor, get everyone to the spawn room in one piece, hack the equipment terminals, and then change armor.

...adding even more challenges to their list.

[Sando138]

One way to fight that and destroy it easily, assuming that it can go through the roof of the base, would be a well placed BFTB. A BFTB, or Bolt-From-The-Blue, is a command rank 4-5 benefit that wil be implemented soon, with 5 being able to clear a large section of base courtyard and 4 being able to get a tower roof or so, according to what i've heard. It's unlikely that orbital weapons can penetrate the walls of the base, however, so no spawnroom destruction or targeted gen hits.

[MilitantB0B]

It seems to me that a team like that in any empire could do the same thing. If you had 10 VS or NC MAXs backed by engineer and Adv. Medics, it would take alot to dislodge them as well. Yes, the TR AI max is better geared for indoors fighting then the other MAXs (aside from the scattergun NC MAX wich is also geared for indoors, just not geared as well ) and that means that this strategy will work better for them, but if you can have that much orginizstion and that many people, you will probably own just like those people.

On a seperate note, it seems to me that as soon as you took out there medic backing they would be left to respawn at wherever they have left. You did remeber to take that tower on the way in, didn't you?