Uh-oh to bad pilots

KeviN · 2003-02-11, 09:50 PM

Just wandering, if you were piloting a galaxy, with a full squad onboard, and you crashed (not shot down, but crashed) would you get the 13 (or whatever the crew # is) grief points?

Flameseeker · 2003-02-11, 09:52 PM

The Devs said something about this. Cuz crashing that would give you like 20k grief points, banning you instantly. They are tweaking grief system, don't worry.

Arshune · 2003-02-11, 09:52 PM

They mentioned this in the dev interview the other day...they said that crashing a galaxy gave enough grief points to cause an instant ban the way they had it and they needed to tweak it. Other than that, I don't know. I think it'll be something you'll want to avoid though, making that many people mad can't be good for business.

Edit: Now dang YOU, Flameseeker...

KeviN · 2003-02-11, 09:55 PM

Ok, thanks guys, just wanted to find out, before, umm.. Anything bad happened.

Zetre · 2003-02-11, 10:00 PM

that would really be funny. You get banned for life because your cat suddenly ate your mouse cord, hehehehe

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-11, 10:09 PM

I dont think the galaxy instantly explodes upon scraping the ground I think it kinda skims a bit first ,but i could be wrong

KeviN · 2003-02-11, 10:11 PM

That's not good, I got two cats! They could chew up the mouse and keyboard connections. :P Over Voice Chat: We are nearing our destination, prepare to jump when the- meow! BAD KITTY! *static*

SpaceDrake · 2003-02-11, 10:22 PM

Originally posted by KeviN
Over Voice Chat: We are nearing our destination, prepare to jump when the- meow! BAD KITTY! *static*

That wouldn't be too bad - this'd be the indication that it's time to jump out. Regardless of where you are.

God, I hope that happens to me (runaway Galaxy via kitty, I mean) just so I can brag about it.

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-11, 10:26 PM

I hope theres a emergency eject light and sound that the pilot can activate in an emergency

Observer105 · 2003-02-11, 10:53 PM

Good thinking...a light might help

*DING*, the pilot is no longer available
*DING* THE PILOT IS DEAD

Falcon · 2003-02-11, 11:17 PM

lol i have anidea to fix your cat from eating your mouse cord...

get a logitech MX700 it's wireless and extremely sexy!!! it's definately worth the $ for it. i have one

Gilgamesh · 2003-02-11, 11:29 PM

Not so much worried about cat getting my mouse, but did you know that Windows operating system can lock up, or crash aka Blue Screen of Death? i know its a very rare occurence as Windows is such a stable system (sarcasm).

also, I know this will never happen to anyone but me, but sometimes I loose my IP connection, ill just be playing along and for a minute or two, all data slows or stops between my pc and server. and sometimes have had the really bad luck of just loosing IP all together.

dont worry, i dont intend to fly a Galaxy or any other transport.
and i know that my pilot wont suffer from the risks that i have.

TheGreatCarbini · 2003-02-11, 11:46 PM

Gilgamesh do you have Windows 2000? I haven't had a crash in forever with it.

Aryeh · 2003-02-12, 02:19 AM

Originally posted by KeviN
That's not good, I got two cats! They could chew up the mouse and keyboard connections. :P Over Voice Chat: We are nearing our destination, prepare to jump when the- meow! BAD KITTY! *static*

OMFG! I don't know why I found that so funny, but that idea just cracks me up.

KabuX · 2003-02-12, 03:55 AM

I think a tk forgive system like they have in some CS mods would solve this problem.

If they tweak it in such a way that an actual griefer pilot does go around loading up galaxies to crash and has only a light penalty for it that would be a bad thing.