com reclaimable?

[manolo_]

hi,

com leaves no wreck with ~2,5 kM, but u could reclaim him. so what do u think, should that be impossible?

[Sheekel]

seen it b4, always causes large increase of commbombs

[lurker]

I, erm, what sheekel? How does reclaiming a live unit with no corpse increase bombing?

[Sheekel]

i thought he meant that coms should leave a wreck worth 2500m. misread the whole post.

[Jools]

hi,

com leaves no wreck with ~2,5 kM, but u could reclaim him. so what do u think, should that be impossible?

I come from an OTA background, so I share my views. In OTA this is not possible, so this leaves one exploit possible. You can select a builder and chosoe reclaim. If you then select different blips on the (mini)map, the comm would be the only one that cannot be reclaimed, so the cursor shows a not possible symbol.

Of course, in xta, the location of the commander is not such a secret usually.

[manolo_]

i did it sometimes in the past to get the 2,5k M for lvlin up, but i mean, it souldnt be possible to reclaim the com

[babbles]

well, it's a huge risk and in xta, lacking a comm can really screw you over

the decoy comm would also have to be unreclaimable imo

[lurker]

Does this exploit exist in Spring too? I can't tell from your post.

[Jools]

No it doesn't, because you can reclaim commander in spring.

[lurker]

You can reclaim it in some spring games, but not all, so it's still a question to answer.

[Jools]

No no. Manolo meant this: in xta the commander doesn't leave wreck when killed (as in some mods), but it is still possible to reclaim a live one. He wonders whether this possibility should be removed.

[lurker]

I'll just wait for you to edit that; the total time of my brain fart was about 30 seconds from writing to when I removed it. I'd forgotten which way he was asking from the day before.

[FaerieWithBoots]

Reclaiming the comm for a shitload of metal is fun imo. This wouldnt happen in any serious game ofcourse . But in ffas or team games it can be a nice addition to the eco game.

One of my favorite strategies in an ffa is to reclaim my commander and build a nuke straight away. Good laughs guarenteed Even if you fail.