Continental lockdown question.

Lillemanden · 2003-02-20, 12:13 PM

For a lockdown to kick in, do you have to own every base on the continent and the towers or just the bases?
Cause if it's just the bases, that would be a alternative to droppods even when a continent is locked. Still no vehicles though.

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-20, 12:18 PM

Just bases. And towers are not an alternative to drop pods. Continent lock blocks anything incoming from warp gates into the continent. You still need to drop in to take a tower, but it works as a good staging area.

Lillemanden · 2003-02-20, 12:40 PM

Hmm, so you are saying that you can only spawn at a tower when the continent is not locked? - Are you sure about that?

mistled · 2003-02-20, 12:46 PM

I think if your spawn point is already set there, you would remain on continent, but you couldn't get any reinforcements. So once the people who are on that continent log out, you'd probably have to droppod in since I doubt you can start the game back in a locked continent.

-- and no, we're not sure of much as far as the continental lock goes

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-20, 05:00 PM

I'm pretty sure you can respawn at the tower as long as you hold it, regardless of continent lock. But you do have to make the insertion by drop pod. From what I've read, towers are essentially minor bases (sans a few beneficial features) that don't count towards continental lock and can be captured without the 15 minute timer.

culkid · 2003-02-20, 05:20 PM

if the continent gets locked, and is taken by another empire, how can you send people to take it back?>

Lillemanden · 2003-02-20, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by culkid
if the continent gets locked, and is taken by another empire, how can you send people to take it back?>

Drop pods for sure, and maybe they can spawn at a tower hold by your empire.

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-20, 05:27 PM

There's a question for next devchat.

SandTrout · 2003-02-20, 06:22 PM

You break continent lock via Droppod invasion. However, this means you have no vehichles, and it's hard to get reinforcements.

SilentCacophony · 2003-02-20, 06:44 PM

I think if my team managed to lockdown a continent, I'd be damn sure to go take over all the towers as well. Gotta be ready for those bastards who stage an all nighter just so they can do a 100 man assault at 3 am when everyone is asleep.

Airlift · 2003-02-20, 06:48 PM

Wait, I thought they said it works liuke this:

You can manually bind yourself to a spawn point. When you die, you can choose to respawn at your bind, respawn at the nearest friendly point, or back at your sanctuary.

Eh?

Hamma · 2003-02-20, 06:50 PM

That is correct Airlift. I am fairly certain you can spawn at towers, they would serve as forward points for retaking the continent. But againn you are without vehicles. You would need to jack some or recap a base (thus unlocking the continent)

If you lose all towers and all bases your onlly choice is to drop-pod in.

You also need to be ON the continent in order to bind to the tower. You cannot login for the first time and choose to spawn there, all routes start at the sanctuary

Airlift · 2003-02-20, 06:53 PM

Can you bind from anywhere on the continent, or do you have to walk up to the terminal? If it is the latter, then the tower would have to be the nearest friendly spawn for you to get there, unless you've already been there to bind. Or maybe Nearest Tower is a new option, that would be nice.