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Concerning Elite Dock Camping

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Post Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:04 pm

Concerning Elite Dock Camping

Ok, I never did get a chance to say anything about this to anyone because I have been really busy with finals, that is why I am going to post this. Anyway, rather than forcing the admins to action why doesn't everyone just agree to the time limit rule, here is the question you must ask yourself: Would I rather dock camp for a limited amount of time, or have PvP taken away on elite?
I say time limit, lets face it Elite IS the best server out there and it was even before the patch came around this leads me to believe that even when the other servers get the patch elite will still be the best. So I personally am willing to make a few sacrifices in order to keep Elite PvP, although I wish we as players could have worked this out, and I do not necessarily agree with the admins taking action, I have to face that IS what is happening and deal with it.
P.S. Sorry for blatently creating a thread that was closed but I really had to say that.

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Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:47 am

makes sense, we need better battles

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Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:39 am

lol we are far from NEO's pet, in fact I would say that we dissagree on the issue of dock camping, I see nothing wrong with the time limit but I wish that the players had been able to come to this consensus instead of it being forced upon us. I do not agree with dock camping at all I let the person launch and do not open fire till their shields are up.
P.S. Hornet did you even read the post that I made or just put that insightful little comment down?

Edited by - Godlike Entity on 06-06-2003 04:40:23

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:44 am

ummm if your getting dock raped just use another char.....

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:50 am

this should be locked too many similar topics

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 7:22 am

I've decided to "clean" this thread up... Let's see if we can avoid flaming in this thread... oh... and any flame in this thread (or on this board for the matter) is very likely to invoke the wrath of the admins...

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Christian "Bargib" Koerner
Editor in Chief, The Lancers Reactor

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 9:34 am

basically if your views differ from the admins.. don't bother posting it here, they will just delete it even if you do present your points in a very nice well thought out manner .. it doesnt matter, its there way or no way.. garbage..

Edited by - lad_42o on 06-06-2003 10:38:12

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:01 am

I do think the topics getting old, but I also agree with the fact that its something that should be stopped.

Killing someone when their docking is a lame way to get anything in their storage, and its to avoid any real confrontation.

The point of PVP is to fight head to head, and when one head is cut off due to game controls, its no longer head to head, its simply one head ripping the other one in half without any skills or atleast challenge.

I simply dont care about it anymore, but I bet you anything, if you protend to dock, and then boost out not docking and then beat the crap out of the people who were camping the dock, you will feel a lot better and the people will probably stop.

I mean its not hard to dock camp, but its not hard to fool the camper and just fake a dock and then slam his ass into the side of the station. lol

Just my 2 cents.

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Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:08 pm

heres the funny things.. try any of these so called dock campers on in a 1 on 1 fight and your still probably gonna lose.. I'm not sure what pvp you useully play but the type i play most does not always mean you go HEAD to HEAD thats more or less a duel.. lol think a pirate out there is gonna say hey let me anounce my presence and give away any element of surprise... pvp is anything goes.. if your DOCKING then your RUNNING and should die.. maybe you should not have tried and ran.. now if your coming out, well its like SPAWN KILLS in in other game out there same thing when you think about it.. everyone says spawn killing sucks but its not something (thank god) fps games have done away with.. you can um FAST DOCK and there is no animation just st8 loading just gotta hope the dock isnt tied up.. lol there is a lot more wrong with this game then this people GET OVER IT...

oh ya.. ever hear of one shot one kill.. guess that person had a chance right?? lol maybe they should get rid of sniper rifles, the other person doesnt have a chance if you get a head shot.. oh i can see it now ROFL

this is PVP PLAYER VS PLAYER... you got it??????? now go get some milk

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 2:07 pm

Lad you ok m8 you seem to have an ENORMOUS chip on your shoulder people are entitled to there opinions. Dock camping as it stands spoils enjoyment for players right? Right now any multiplayer game has one very important factor they all share and thats the player base.

If you start to annoy/irritate players there gonna leave there are 100's of FL servers out there and theyll just leave for better pastures and youll end up playing with youyrself scuse the pun

Post Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:17 pm

I do PVP m8 im currently a member of a clan trying to hold the Omicron Gamma System but the fights take place away from planets generally because no one wants to hit the planet while avoiding gun fire. I just dont understand why anyone would want to sit outside a docking ring i mean itd get boring where's the adrenaline rush in that?

Post Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:05 am



lol we are far from NEO's pet, in fact I would say that we dissagree on the issue of dock camping, I see nothing wrong with the time limit but I wish that the players had been able to come to this consensus instead of it being forced upon us. I do not agree with dock camping at all I let the person launch and do not open fire till their shields are up.


Now, that was really the dumbest post to the whole topic of dock camping
Read your own post again, and think what maybe could be wrong with that post

ever noticed that you do only dmg once the shilds come up

Post Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:12 pm

You can damage people when their shields are down I have done it many times, it kind of looks like lag b/c the damage only shows once their shields go up, but they have full shields and half health so something must be going on.

Post Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:18 am

you said it yourself, thats as simple lag, you can blow ppl away aswell when they are in docking sequence, its not suppossed to happen.

Post Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:36 pm

right, my point is I wait untill they are out of all that crap to shoot

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