Armor whores and passengers

2006-07-17 06:56:31

#1

OrangeHound: Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...; +1,335|7217|Washington DC

Hey armor whores!

Do you EVER get out of your armor to repair or lay mines if you have another player in the vehicle with you?

The good: the APC needed repair, so I jump out to repair ... my passenger jumps in the F1 position to cover me. When the APC is at full health, he jumps back to the F2 position. I'm in the F1 and we move on ...

The ugly: leaving the MEC base on Karkand in an APC and a guy screams "I need a ride" ... I back way up to get him. As I'm heading toward the action, I jump out to drop a mine to protect the back flags ... this guy takes the F1 seat and will not relinquish it even after constant screaming from me ...

So, I now trust NO passenger in my armor, even though I've had plenty of positive experiences like the one above. This one experience has made me leery of all passengers. If you are an experienced armor whore, what do you do when passengers are in your vehicle? Will you ever get out to repair or lay mines?

2006-07-17 07:02:23

#2

jkohlc: 2142th Whore; +214|7094|Singapore

im the driver and engineer and i got 1 passenger in my tank/APC
the tank/APC gets damaged so i hopped out to repair
boom my tank/APC is gone

2006-07-17 07:02:41

#3

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7310|London

I only get out and repair the mines if I'm sure no enemys are around.

2006-07-17 07:05:20

#4

Sambuccashake: Member; +126|7178|Sweden

I don't whore armor but I'm actually afraid to leave the tank for the very reasons above.

I've had a similar experience where the battle was gonna be really close.
(tickets were about 10-10)
And since I was a medic I bailed from my tank and revived 3 guys to save the ticket loss.

One guy takes the tank and drives off.
Now ok, if he'd only put it to good use I wouldn't be too upset but he drove off in the wrong direction (we had the enemy cornered) and didn't manage to kill a single soul.

We lost by 3 tickets.

Last edited by Sambuccashake (2006-07-17 07:07:01)

2006-07-17 07:06:58

#5

spawnofthemist: Banned; +1,128|7210|Burmecia, Land of the Rain

i now only let people i KNOW into my tank.. if someone gets in that i dont know, i will NOT repair it.

if its someone i know, and have played with before, and they have voice active then i'll get out to repair..

2006-07-17 07:15:15

#6

RightInTheFace: Member; +11|7213

it happend to me alot when im a medic
i see ppl who need revive so i jump out to revive them
and my tank is gone...
i think that u should not jump out if u dont wanna lose the tank
stupid ppl allways around and they will take ur tank
its sux cuz now even if 10 ppl need revive im not gonna help them

2006-07-17 07:22:25

#7

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7166|Cheshire. UK

I only share my Tank with someone I know and have played BF2 with before.....and you can make a pretty good team...Driver is Engy Gunner is med or Support

I jump out of driver seat to repair ( own tank that is) or lay mines.... gunner switches seat to cover me ...I finish he swaps back.......if medic and we see someone requiring assistance ....i pull up close pop smoke ..he gets out and revives.....he jumps in off we go......

If either of us is too slow to get back in and someone else gets in...we sit there with the turret going around in circles.....until he gets out or we die!

Works well !!

2006-07-17 07:23:58

#8

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7275|67.222.138.85

Not an armor whore, but if I see someone reparing I'll always jump in to cover him and to get him a repair point, even myself a few kills, but I always jump out when he's done.

2006-07-17 07:26:22

#9

Tjasso: the "Commander"; +102|7091|the Netherlands

Bastards ... covering while repair = OK ... dont spoil other peoples fun by taking tank or apc & then doing totally dumb things with it >>> i Agree stick to your team ... if some one is really good at beating the crap out of enemy with tank why bother getting it ! be usefull and be engi or AT to cover the guy who is in armour

A HOOAH !

2006-07-17 07:30:38

#10

Entertayner: Member; +826|7138

Why not just drive past me and I'll happily snipe his head off

2006-07-17 07:48:54

#11

cablecopulate: Member; +449|7306|Massachusetts.

I think as armor support, your job is to stay in that armor no matter what. No getting out to revive, no getting out to drop ammo bags, medic bags, whatever. Only get out to repair yourself if you're an engineer, and then do that far away from the action. You're a sitting duck outside of that armor, and if you get killed, then congratulations, you gave the enemy your armor.

2006-07-17 08:00:58

#12

trog: Member; +0|7236

cablecopulate wrote:
I think as armor support, your job is to stay in that armor no matter what. No getting out to revive, no getting out to drop ammo bags, medic bags, whatever. Only get out to repair yourself if you're an engineer, and then do that far away from the action. You're a sitting duck outside of that armor, and if you get killed, then congratulations, you gave the enemy your armor.

even away from the action, it's been a beneficial habit for me to toss out a mine as I hop out to wrench. If some sneaky bastage (enemy) swipes my tank, then they get what they deserve for being sneaky. Other than that, I agree. Only get out to repair... and away from the heat. There are plenty of corners that are good to use. The only problem, there are plenty of decent snipers that are watching those "out of the way" spots too.

just my .02

2006-07-17 08:01:55

#13

jamiet757: Member; +138|7190

OrangeHound wrote:
Hey armor whores!

Do you EVER get out of your armor to repair or lay mines if you have another player in the vehicle with you?

THAT is called stat padding my friend....free repair points on your own vehicle?!?! wow thanks for admitting it

2006-07-17 08:04:46

#14

spawnofthemist: Banned; +1,128|7210|Burmecia, Land of the Rain

jamiet757 wrote:
OrangeHound wrote:
Hey armor whores!

Do you EVER get out of your armor to repair or lay mines if you have another player in the vehicle with you?
THAT is called stat padding my friend....free repair points on your own vehicle?!?! wow thanks for admitting it

wow you're a complete noob..

what he means is.. when you get your tank damaged AND HAVE A GUNNER.. do you get out to repair so you dont die...

that my friend is NOT statspadding..

i hate people like you..

2006-07-17 08:06:41

#15

cablecopulate: Member; +449|7306|Massachusetts.

You know, mining my own tank in case it does get stolen is a good idea, I don't think I've ever done that before.

2006-07-17 08:10:16

#16

trog: Member; +0|7236

cablecopulate wrote:
You know, mining my own tank in case it does get stolen is a good idea, I don't think I've ever done that before.

It's so easy to have the wrench ready after dropping a mine, I suggest trying it. I've had a few sneaky spec-ops drop from random spots (top of the cement factory / top of guardhouse / other random buildings) while I was going to wrench it... and they found my mine.

Of course, I was away from the action and blame a less-observant commander for not spotting them.. just the same, I should've parked further away from buildings....

all in all, give it a try.

2006-07-17 08:16:20

#17

Cbass: Kick His Ass!; +371|7262|Howell, Mi USA

I don't hop out to do anything, either an enemy or teammate is going to take it. nobody cares.

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2006-07-17 08:19:56

#18

ketel0ne: Member; +3|7195

jamiet757 wrote:
OrangeHound wrote:
Hey armor whores!

Do you EVER get out of your armor to repair or lay mines if you have another player in the vehicle with you?
THAT is called stat padding my friend....free repair points on your own vehicle?!?! wow thanks for admitting it

With 8 repair points you should really think about "stat padding" yourself. Maybe you'll get to 16. Your an armor whore who doesn't even play engineer.

Last edited by ketel0ne (2006-07-17 08:21:28)

2006-07-17 08:22:21

#19

gameaddict: Member; +35|7248|let op drempels

hate passengers when in armor they only draw attention.

2006-07-17 08:26:11

#20

Capt.CupoNoodles: Member; +18|7334|Southampton, PA

spawnofthemist wrote:
jamiet757 wrote:
OrangeHound wrote:
Hey armor whores!

Do you EVER get out of your armor to repair or lay mines if you have another player in the vehicle with you?
THAT is called stat padding my friend....free repair points on your own vehicle?!?! wow thanks for admitting it
wow you're a complete noob..

what he means is.. when you get your tank damaged AND HAVE A GUNNER.. do you get out to repair so you dont die...

that my friend is NOT statspadding..

i hate people like you..

Spawn, I couldn't agree with you more...This means I can't repair my own vehicle if I CAN? Holy crap...someone tell that guy to go play Bubble Bobble or something...

2006-07-17 08:27:51

#21

Snoopafella: Member; +0|7218

If you get out to repair and they take it, fuck em, they'll probably die straight away anyway.

Last edited by Snoopafella (2006-07-17 08:28:58)

2006-07-17 08:28:33

#22

Cbass: Kick His Ass!; +371|7262|Howell, Mi USA

jamiet757 wrote:
OrangeHound wrote:
Hey armor whores!

Do you EVER get out of your armor to repair or lay mines if you have another player in the vehicle with you?
THAT is called stat padding my friend....free repair points on your own vehicle?!?! wow thanks for admitting it

thats not stat padding dude. y is is bad to repair your own tank? stat padding is when your purposly causing damage to your vehicle and repairing it over and over.

Last edited by Cbass (2006-07-17 08:29:22)

2006-07-17 08:36:15

#23

chittydog: less busy; +586|7403|Kubra, Damn it!

When I'm repairing my armor, I always lay under the tread. If a passenger jumps to the driver's seat and steals it, he gets a TK!

2006-07-17 09:05:17

#24

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|7221

When repairing I treat friendlies as enemies (just without the killing part)

2006-07-17 09:33:13

#25

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|7235

Capt.CupoNoodles wrote:
spawnofthemist wrote:
jamiet757 wrote:
THAT is called stat padding my friend....free repair points on your own vehicle?!?! wow thanks for admitting it
wow you're a complete noob..

what he means is.. when you get your tank damaged AND HAVE A GUNNER.. do you get out to repair so you dont die...

that my friend is NOT statspadding..

i hate people like you..
Spawn, I couldn't agree with you more...This means I can't repair my own vehicle if I CAN? Holy crap...someone tell that guy to go play Bubble Bobble or something...

LOL. I just hate convoying with non-engineer tank whores. They get all my repair, and all they give back is useless ammo. Jamie must be ammo bag stat padding while in armor.

trog wrote:
The only problem, there are plenty of decent snipers that are watching those "out of the way" spots too.

Yup. . Did that quite a few times last night on Karkand. One time grayed a tank. But no teammate saw the gray tank for a good 10 seconds. Team mate finally gets in, heads to suburb, then gets TOWed!!!!

Regarding the OP topic, almost every time, it's the noob tankers that steal the armor from me. Almost everytime, they die within seconds. The experienced tankers usually let me be gunner and repairman.

Last edited by Ilocano (2006-07-17 09:44:22)

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cablecopulate wrote:

OrangeHound wrote:

jamiet757 wrote:

OrangeHound wrote:

cablecopulate wrote:

jamiet757 wrote:

OrangeHound wrote:

spawnofthemist wrote:

jamiet757 wrote:

OrangeHound wrote:

jamiet757 wrote:

OrangeHound wrote:

Capt.CupoNoodles wrote:

spawnofthemist wrote:

jamiet757 wrote:

trog wrote:

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