Continent lock

Cyanide · 2003-04-12, 06:16 PM

What exactly happens when a continent gets locked by a faction?

Future · 2003-04-12, 06:35 PM

Absolutely nothing right now go check the official boards theres a few posts there including a long one by me. Theres no insentive to lockdown a continent ATM.

Revenant · 2003-04-12, 07:04 PM

Wtf are you talking about?

When one faction locks down a continent, the warp gates to that continent don't work for the other 2 factions.

Prowler · 2003-04-12, 07:07 PM

Yep ^

Cyanide · 2003-04-12, 07:24 PM

So then how do the other factions get onto that continent? How could they break the lock?

Hamma · 2003-04-12, 07:25 PM

False, they changed the continent lockdown criteria. You now need to enter through warpgates, not via drop pods.

As of right now there are no other real incentives, yet

Prowler · 2003-04-12, 07:25 PM

HART Transport.

EDIT: nevermind Hamma owned my post

Hamma · 2003-04-12, 07:29 PM

Ginzue · 2003-04-12, 08:16 PM

"Yay Vanu Brothers! We locked down our first continet! It only took us 6 months but we did it!"
"Um sir what do we get now"
"Nothing but satafaction"
"No perks"
"Nope"

*In the distence TR and NC snickers can be heard*

Hezzy · 2003-04-12, 08:44 PM

Originally posted by Ginzue
snickers

I could sure go for one of those right now...

P.S: How are they going to make it hard to take a continent back if you can go through warpgates? *yawn*

Hellsfire123 · 2003-04-12, 08:49 PM

Cont lock means you cant use instant action to get there. I guess thats a plus.

Hey theres a thought. How many of you non-beta people know about Instant Action?

FraBaktos · 2003-04-12, 09:01 PM

wow that is so unbelievably stupid. So you are saying that they changed it so when you lock a continent they can still get in by warpgate? THAT SUCKS. Wow after hearing about this and then about the shitty flight model this game looks half as appealing as it once did. :o

Ginzue · 2003-04-12, 09:15 PM

Im shure they are working on it

Tieom · 2003-04-12, 09:29 PM

Well... sure hope they change that! The whole point was to prevent people from getting vehicles onto the locked continent.
So, what is it now? You can't HART onto a locked continent?
Begin the massive gate-camping bastiches.

BlakkyZ8 · 2003-04-12, 09:37 PM

Yes I can picture it now... hordes of people gate camping. Wait wasn't there supposed to be something to stop gate camping

?

Well stopping the HART was prolly implemented to stop people from dropping into the completely un-patrolled center area of a continent and easily breaking the lock by hacking an unguarded base... just my guess.