Nasty Levitating Mantis...

[Ctfunnygirl]

When did the mantis sudden achieve the power to fly UP on top of mountains when they are in trouble? In the past they would run and I could ab after them and finish them off.

Is that one of the AI "upgrades" added to the game? Yesterday, I changed into a Vega ship in order to do a bp mission and the marauders I had in flames flew up to the top of a mountain, repaired and came back to do me in - because of course I can't repair as I once did.
Same thing on Earth with some snipers.

If the mantis have the ability to do so, why would we not have some similar ability? My blaster can't reach the nasty mantis sitting on top of a ridge, yet they can and do fly through walls - materializing on the same side as I - and they can and do shoot down from a lofty spot that I can't even see with my camera angle.

And often these same nasty mantis suddenly seem impervious to obs. Today on the moon a detonator actually laughed and stuck its tongue out at my squad mate as it flew by after being pounded by an ob. In my nearly rared out level 60 tank I had an extremely difficult time on the moon with the super mantis now on the planet. Should we not have a chance of getting through the turrets solo without perishing or seriously depleted in health?
Because prior to each turret is a nest of mantis and right beyond are some nasty tongue-sticking-out characters as well. So it's fight fight fight the nest... kill the turrets and fight fight, hit repair, ab and pray that it doesn't give out in the middle of assassins and pyros - because the repair sure as shootin' hasn't cooled down yet.

If the high level players want a challenge offer them some sort of optional elite level - call it E60 or whatever and give them ghosts that normal players don't have to deal with.

It used to be that I could breathe going back to the moon and not struggle for my life. Struggle and frustration doesn't make a good game.

Can we go back to having fun? Please?

Lool - Askone Server
Captain of The Family Business

 

[Sinned]

Yeah very funny thing lol.
They keep giving advantages to the mantis.
Its almost impossible to escape a mantis now, you cant even escape a detonator because they are damn fast and smart now.

Anyway thats more challenging and I dont have a problem with that.

Regards
Dark Lord

 

[CapnSanta]

Actually, CTFG is quite right, the mantis should not be able to retreat up to the top of mountains etc. What, pray tell, gives them to defy the laws of physics? Normally when maps for planets are made they have "no go zones" that restrict movement thus preventing you from going all over the place at will. The mantis need to follow the SAME laws of pyhsics in game that we do. It's as simple as that.

 

[Cepheus]

At the risk of defying my neutrality I gotta aggree with Santa

 

[CtMurphy]

So true O.O plus if you're trying to escape a group of mantis now they literally climb on the wallas the get you on the other side, yeah that's right they ain't lettin' ya run no more, they is out for REVENGE! :O lol

 

[Ctfunnygirl]

LOL! For those of you who have pm'd me in the game....

CtMurphy and CtFunnygirl are NOT the same person.
We've never met and play on different servers.

Yes.. we do sorta write in a similar manner... but nope - he ain't me, and I ain't him.

Thanks for your support CtMurphy. Whoever you are...

 

[CtMurphy]

LMAO! I know right! wow why do yo have such a similar name to mine :O I love your style though O.O but I can prove we not, just go onto askone server, i'm a rank 60 on that one too, all systems I have storms, + engi in mizar and engi AND tank in Gemini. we is totally different O.O i'm on solaria and a few other servers to, plus I always have the same name on each server as my forum name ^.^

and no oone has pmed me about being the same person as you >.>

Go figure :O

wow O.O we do write similar ways on't we O.O i'm just gunna stare t a mirror and see you now ^.^ hahaha joking but still. though I use wayy more smilies

 

[pieters2]

If the high level players want a challenge offer them some sort of optional elite level - call it E60 or whatever and give them ghosts that normal players don't have to deal with.

Yea thats a really good idea, i was helping a friend out today getting trough the moon missions and he had to sit the entire time in orbit because it was impossible for him to even get there (he has moon tech), heck it was for me (r60 sol tank, all rare) extremely difficult to finish the missions. Most of the mantis where 2 or 3 shots for me now 5 or 6, i don't mind if its on earth that way but on the moon...... SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

I helped also in gem with the turret missions and vamdoom, they are allmost impossible now

 

[Anonymous]

i also agree

Trojan

 

[CtMurphy]

If the high level players want a challenge offer them some sort of optional elite level - call it E60 or whatever and give them ghosts that normal players don't have to deal with.

Yea thats a really good idea, i was helping a friend out today getting trough the moon missions and he had to sit the entire time in orbit because it was impossible for him to even get there (he has moon tech), heck it was for me (r60 sol tank, all rare) extremely difficult to finish the missions. Most of the mantis where 2 or 3 shots for me now 5 or 6, i don't mind if its on earth that way but on the moon...... SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

I helped also in gem with the turret missions and vamdoom, they are allmost impossible now

Aye I agree with this, I'm one of those that appretiate the extra challange but you can't go making the new guys playing experiance almost impossible to the extream ^.^ Draconis is fine as it is me thinks except for how long it takes to unlock the Draco ships but for the rest of the systems I think you should have left most as they were already O.O

PS... I think it's a good time to give antares a new look O.O it's so far behind all the other systems now and kinda a dead system for me O.O I rarely go there anymore because Gemini and all the other systems are just more appealing