Misguided game mechanis

Mudflap · 2004-01-12, 07:28 PM

OK, I realized that some of the basics of the game are all wrong after I did something totally stupid.....I Instant Actioned! Instantly I was transported to wherever I was needed most, and would have the most fun right?

What I found....once more....was that IA is the stupidest thing in the game. Users who know what they're doing won't touch it....not with a ten meter cattle prod. The only people who use it are the newbies, or people who are too dumb to drool properly, and people like myself, who think that after the 50th time, maybe it'll take them to a good fight.

IA takes you to wherever you have the fewest troops, which normally means that you're getting rolled. So, now we have a force of newbies and fools to hold back the zerg. Great thinking....really. No wonder why there are so few new subscribers. No wonder why so many people bitch after only a couple days of playing about how their empire's weapons are so underpowered. Fix the dang IA system already. Make it worth something please!

TeraHertz · 2004-01-12, 07:31 PM

I use IA with my emerald charachter becasue it takes me to the place im needed most. Step out, open fire. Kiss your ass goodbye. Good for a quick blast and a well implemented idea in my opinion. You get action. Lots of it. Instantly. Does exactly what it says on the box.

Jagd · 2004-01-12, 07:31 PM

IA is just a dumb idea anyways. This game requires tactics and strategy, and randomly hotdropping into the middle of a firefight doesn't involve either.

321 · 2004-01-12, 07:34 PM

I've never even used IA I like to know where I'm going.

HawkEye · 2004-01-12, 07:41 PM

TeraHertz · 2004-01-12, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by 321

I've never even used IA I like to know where I'm going.

Normaly so do I, but when Im out for a few quick kicks on a different empire, IA is ideal.

Rayder · 2004-01-12, 08:06 PM

Well, instant action is kinda pointless now, cuz one guy attacking a mine can cause a hotspot

Queensidecastle · 2004-01-12, 08:23 PM

IA should be totaly and completely random. It should have nothing to do with the size of the defending or attacking force. Unfortunately it sticks you on the only friendly tower on the whole cont where you are getting pwned or it puts you where there is not anyone there to shoot at

xmodum · 2004-01-12, 09:06 PM

i only used AI one time ... when i was a newb and i just got the game , it took me to a tower with only a few friendlies and no enemys at all. i hate it , i can just wait for the hart

KIAsan · 2004-01-12, 10:25 PM

I use it when I just miss the HART, and want to kill a few minutes. IA out, look around for a minute, dematerialize back to sanc, jump on the hart (you get a quick look at forces on that particular cont). Sometimes, you luck out and get where you want to be.

If I'm just goofing around, I'll throw on my burster, IA in, wander to the surface and kill a few unsuspecting planes. Then mosey my way back to sanctuary.

About the only bug with IA, is that you can IA into a camped spawn. Not nice to hit IA, only to be greeted by a hail of bullets/decis.

Fenrys · 2004-01-12, 11:14 PM

I use it regularly. Sometimes you get sent to a good fight, but most of the time you don't. Even when you don't, there are usualy a few friendlies around that can tell you where the action has moved to.