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com reclaimable?
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 18:47
by manolo_
hi,
com leaves no wreck with ~2,5 kM, but u could reclaim him. so what do u think, should that be impossible?
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 21:55
by Sheekel
seen it b4, always causes large increase of commbombs
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 22:08
by lurker
I, erm, what sheekel? How does reclaiming a live unit with no corpse increase bombing?
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 23:27
by Sheekel
i thought he meant that coms should leave a wreck worth 2500m. misread the whole post.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 01:47
by Jools
manolo_ wrote: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.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 07:40
by 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
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 08:10
by 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
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 14:18
by lurker
Does this exploit exist in Spring too? I can't tell from your post.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 15:44
by Jools
No it doesn't, because you can reclaim commander in spring.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 15:49
by lurker
You can reclaim it in some spring games, but not all, so it's still a question to answer.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 15:52
by 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.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 14 Aug 2009, 15:55
by 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.
Re: com reclaimable?
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 12:38
by 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.