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Old 2004-02-15, 03:10 AM   [Ignore Me] #58
Dyentious
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I would have to state that the whole situation with the way MAX's are right now is completely dependent on how the balance of other weapons is at the moment.

as somebody else stated, decimators are being owned by tons of people right now, but all it takes is a small dev change to something and before you know it tons of people will be ditching their deci's for something else.

I think a lot of people get frusterated with MAX's because they are in a huge battle, and when they suit up and rush out they get owned very quickly. Well hell man, you're in a very powerful suit in a VERY large battle with tons of enemies, of course they are gonna try and take you out first.

The thing people never seem to take advantage of with MAX's, and wehre they truely shine, is in numbers. Yea, a single max by itself will get owned pretty fast, but if you have 3 or 4 MAX's all staying as a group, there is not much that is gonna take that down.
Some infantry with a deci? how many shots do you think he's gonne get off before 3 or 4 MAX's are able to take him down? People also need to remember is that part of the importance of being an engineer is to be able to REPAIR ARMOR. MAX's are much more powerful in a base when they are accompanied by an engineer that repairs them, but unfortunately people don't do this enough.

And all you people whining about the certs you paid for the MAX, you need to think about it a bit more. You're complaining about a guy being able to pull out his deci and take you out.. here are the certs in play..

MAX: 2 or 3 certs
The guy who killed you: Rexo: 3 certs, His normal gun he was carrying: 3 certs, the decimator he killed you with: another 3 certs.

Thats 2 or 3 certs vs 9 in play there. And even then, if a guy just killed you with a deci, you obviosly don't have enough support with you (some guy fireing a deci is easy pray for any other ally with you that has a gun), YOU failed to killl the infantry with your superior AI firepower, and he just landed ALL THREE shots with a slow dumbfire weapon. Lets not forget that the MAX also has an autorun mode which is very fast and makes it almost impossible for somebody to land a deci hit on you.

There are lots of things that could have been done here to prevent that from happening, but that requires teamwork. USE IT.

In general, people have a general feeling that they should be practically invulnerable in a MAX. This is not true, but the MAX is still a VERY powerful weapon when used correctly, and definately worth the certs if it is played right.
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