[First Impressions] BFR

Rbstr · 2004-10-18, 10:44 PM

So what do you guys think of the BFR's as they are in live right now, gimped and eveyware?

I for one think it was kinda fun untill i got OSed, i will not pass judgment on BFR ballence untill things stabilize though.

mechaman · 2004-10-18, 10:57 PM

I never got a chance to shoot anything with my BFR

Got locked out of my empries primary continent and there was no resistance on the secondary. The malfunctioning crap got annoying but otherwise I think they are cool.

EarlyDawn · 2004-10-18, 11:01 PM

What kind of malfunctions happen?

Rbstr · 2004-10-18, 11:30 PM

weapons lose relode/refire time, stop working, ammo gets destroyed, shields work less, sensors don't works aswell, eveything that jammers can do and more

Warborn · 2004-10-19, 12:26 AM

Can't say until they actually take certs. They're everywhere right now because they're free. Once they cost what they normally do we'll see how it goes.

Queensidecastle · 2004-10-19, 12:34 AM

Yeah it is really impossible to tell really. I know I was blown up very very easily. One battlefield was solid BFRs. The other battlefield was solid cloakers and mosquitos. I'm serious. 10 mossys and 5 cloakers. I could do nothing but die. I had a buddy with me that even had a burster but he couldnt stop the OS from a cloaker. Once it settles down I think BFRs will have thier place

CassH · 2004-10-19, 12:51 AM

Yes i hope everyone stops saying "o god im a atention wanting litle kid i hate the BFRs im going to leave if you dont get rid of them, whine whine whine do what i want not anyone else"

The same stuff was said when the skyguard came all pilots said that it will now be impossible but it died down and nobody cares anymore the same will happen with BFRs.

and the thing i hated was withing the first 5 mins of me haveing one i had a fatal malfunction and my BFR exploded without any Nmes on the cont.

martyr · 2004-10-19, 01:06 AM

that's what you get for not imprinting.
blame the NC.

har

CassH · 2004-10-19, 01:32 AM

Yea if it where up to the Vanu Sov it would have been done properly. but no those freedom fighters had to make them so mine went boom 5 mins after getting it.

Warborn · 2004-10-19, 02:06 AM

Oh, and I will say, once BFRs aren't out en masse, they won't be too big a problem I think. They're really pretty vulnerable in few numbers. Definitely not a replacement for MBTs, that's for sure.

Lonehunter · 2004-10-19, 02:36 AM

As of right now it's kind of a pain to operate one, every few seconds you're losing accuracy, reload time, AMMO!

NightWalker XI · 2004-10-19, 02:38 AM

How about some screenshots guys? I wanna see u or others in BFR's

hazzer2007 · 2004-10-19, 08:13 AM

/ v v e

Roswell34 · 2004-10-19, 10:07 AM

I want to see how the VS BFR runs.

Red October · 2004-10-19, 11:00 AM

Big, Slow Lumbering Giants. The Malfunction stuff was driving me crazy. But I do like the ability to customize these things.

My first run was less than spectacular (that or the NC need a nerf...LOL). The second time around, I kind of got the hang of it better and was really holding my own. Whailing like hell on the VS BFR's on Bel last night. Problem is, I couldn't finish them off, they kept running away, and since the Colossus can't run or I just never figured out how to do it. There not too hard to repair, just leave the battle to a safe area, get out and use that engineer cert. However, in a huge push by the enemy, leaving the battle is kind of hard to do. Eventually enough gang banged me and kaboom!

Fighting them as a cloaker (yeah that sounds smart)...

Son of a Bitch these things take a long time to hack. I think I could have hacked 5 tanks by the time I was halfway on the BFR. Never did finish hacking one, usually the owner or someone else came by and I either had to cancel the hack or I got killed.

As for attacking them, well obviously the AMP or Repeater are pretty much useless. Mines seem to do alright. But my question is, what do Jammer grenades do to these things? Because everytime I threw one, I got a message in my chat box that said "You hit the BFR with EMP blast" or something similar to that. My guess is, I'm messing up its systems...can't be sure since no one ever Jammered me. Anyone?

Frag and Plasma didn't seem to do much to them. But as a cloaker, I did notice that I wasn't noticed. Got up close and personal with them, which is why I always was able to lay a mine or toss jammers on them with out much effort.

With a little more organization (similar to a max crash) and troop support, these things can be devestating. But as of right now, I'm not going to cert with my main toon, but I will with another. Plus, I noticed one distinct disadvantage. A tower surrounded by BFR's, but only a few VS inside. No one in thier BFR would get out to help take the tower. Kind of a small problem there.