Is this a viable way to play a stealth class?

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:29 am

Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Mar 14 2009, 11:33 PM) What he said. Only a bios scout anything like the escape potential a stealth fig has.

I present the jury with boost3 belt scouts and heavy dreg scouts. Also if you look phoenix says running away not hiding, and nothing is better then running away then a dreg heavy scout or a belter heavy scout with boost3, (ok maybe a dreg heavy int with boost3 is good at running away, but not as far as the scouts)

Post by **zombywoof** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:32 am

No, the boost 3 belters heavy scout gets to boost off and pound the ripcord key.

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:36 am

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Mar 15 2009, 12:32 AM) No, the boost 3 belters heavy scout gets to boost off and pound the ripcord key.

But the dreg heavy scout is so fast its in a constant state of running away even when attacking

SaiSoma · Post by **SaiSoma** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:04 am

The Pope of Chilitown wrote:QUOTE (The Pope of Chilitown @ Mar 14 2009, 04:30 PM) blinding and enraging them in one fail swoop.

I'm sure you have your answer by now, but it's one FELL swoop, not fail.

Before you respond, no, that's not nitpicking. It's called expecting one to know WHAT a phrase actually is if one is to use it.

Correct · Post by **Correct** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:15 am

No better way to run away than to disappear.

Sushi · Post by **Sushi** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:47 am

zecro wrote:QUOTE (zecro @ Mar 14 2009, 04:54 PM) The hard truth is that you're not going to be flying dedicated stealth ships a lot.

Fixed.

As someone pointed out earlier, you should have stealth in mind for pretty much every ship you fly. It's always worth it to control when your ship is or is not seen, whether or not it has a cloaking device equipped.

As I'm sure you are rapidly discovering, Allegiance has an extremely satisfying and well-implemented stealth dynamic. Enjoy!

P.S.
QUOTE (original poster)one fail swoop[/quote]
I think you meant "one fell swoop," but I am appropriating this unintentionally clever pun for the use of describing sudden and epic failures in the future. Thanks!

fuzzylunkin1 · Post by **fuzzylunkin1** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:19 am

I'm with Pheonix on this - you can run away in a scout very well if you know what you're doing. If the enemy knows what he's doing, it won't matter if you're in a SF or scout anyway. You've just got to be able to predict what he'll do.

notjarvis · Post by **notjarvis** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:09 am

The Pope of Chilitown wrote:QUOTE (The Pope of Chilitown @ Mar 14 2009, 09:30 PM) Back when I used to play Battle field 2 my favorite class was the spec ops because you could travel around the map taking out the opposing commander's radar arrays effectively blinding and enraging them in one fail swoop.

One other thing - if you spend a lot of the game doing this in a stealthy scout/SF, AND drop probes around the map in useful places. Your commader will love you and always accept you on his team.

Spinoza · Post by **Spinoza** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:43 pm

MOAR STAR CONTROL FANS FTW !

Seriously, one of these days we need to start working on a starcon core.

Makida · Post by **Makida** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:55 pm

Spinoza wrote:QUOTE (Spinoza @ Mar 15 2009, 01:43 PM) Seriously, one of these days we need to start working on a starcon core.

YES PLEASE.

I seem to remember some other core experimenting with backwards-utilized tracking torpedoes, too...

Also, a scout that can explode on command and nearly take out a capship in the process would be very fun.