Killing 0 KB pods is bad - Why?

neotoxin · Post by **neotoxin** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:56 pm

I always pod kill (0)'s. It's not like they stand a vital threat against the team, plus it's common courtesy. I mean how many times, while a noob, do you remember getting LOST going back to base? You didn't know about BP back then, and here you are ramming an enemy base because you forgot that it's an enemy base.

Not all noobs are like that, but there's a @#(!load of em. And if I see a noob ramming any of my bases while I'm comm, I undock and pk them. Once I pk'd a noob with a 28kb. 28! How does that happen?!

redavian · Post by **redavian** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:26 pm

ramming bombers i the ultimate, skill free way to a high kb

Correct · Post by **Correct** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:54 pm

neotoxin wrote:QUOTE (neotoxin @ Jun 16 2008, 11:56 AM) I always pod kill (0)'s.

Explains why I have to repeatedly tell noobs to not kill pods.

Dream_Shadow · Post by **Dream_Shadow** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:02 am

if an nme pod is hanging around a base we're trying to get a bbr run from,?? that's an eye I don't need, so kb 0 or 40..... dead pod.

MrChaos · Post by **MrChaos** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:09 am

@#(! just yesterday I pked two people who got into an accident and where on the side of the road walking. Funny I didnt think people did that kind of damage to your front end when you hit them, and the stink from the gook they left on my radiator was pretty aweful. Pheeeeeeeeeeew!!!! /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

SpacePenguin · Post by **SpacePenguin** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:27 am

You have no honor!

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:55 am

You know even 10% and 21% (considered low KBs) are a @#(!heap more damage than normal, equivalent to a free PW and Missile Damage GA?!

Terra told me he loves killin' low KB pods because of this fact, and now I do the same. Mainly because I am insecure about my life.

Icky · Post by **Icky** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:07 pm

MrChaos wrote:QUOTE (MrChaos @ Jun 17 2008, 12:09 AM) @#(! just yesterday I pked two people who got into an accident and where on the side of the road walking. Funny I didnt think people did that kind of damage to your front end when you hit them, and the stink from the gook they left on my radiator was pretty aweful. Pheeeeeeeeeeew!!!! /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Better safe than sorry when dealing with pedestrians in pods. It's awfully suspicious...

Sushi · Post by **Sushi** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:15 pm

CronoDroid wrote:QUOTE (CronoDroid @ Jun 17 2008, 07:55 AM) You know even 10% and 21% (considered low KBs) are a @#(!heap more damage than normal, equivalent to a free PW and Missile Damage GA?!

Terra told me he loves killin' low KB pods because of this fact, and now I do the same. Mainly because I am insecure about my life.

A free ride home is worth more than any GA. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

scouto2 · Post by **scouto2** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:35 pm

Ok, simple and quick answer:

Usually pods are not killed.

Ok, semi medium easy long answer,

There is no set rule about killing pods, but the general consensus about this is that if the KB is higher than 15 (correct me if I am wrong), (KB stands for Kill Bonus, you get more points the more you kill), then you kill the pod, otherwise they will get more points (correct me if I am wrong again).

Now, if the pod has a KB lower than 15, then you shouldn't kill it. The pilot actually wants you to kill the pod so he doesn't have to sit through the elevator music that is riding the slow pod back to a base. (Short lame joke: I love the Giggacorp luxury pods that come with the luxury craft. They have cup-holders and guitar hero on a plasma screen TV!)

When you kill a pod, its pilot gets transported immediately back to base. That's why you generally get yelled at for killing pods. Now, sometimes it is hard to not kill them when you have a sticky mouse or finger, and cannot stop firing quickly enough.