Yesterday I was playin ONS-Crossfire. I have no idea what my team was doing, but the node setup was such that there was only 1 primary node linking to the base. At the get-go, I jump on a manta waiting for others. Even voicing "all alboard manta." No one was around, no one came. So I jump in and leave. Apparently 2 guys were trying to get to primary on foot. =80 (shock & dismay). I don't know where the rest of the team was. So we build the primary node. My plan is this - I will help retake the center node while others take another secondary. (Again, I voicecomm 'going to center node, somebody go for node X')
I jet to center and start mixing it up (blue team already captured it). I manage to grab the ION painter and knock the node down to almost nothing - then I'm denied. (omg, the primary node was destroyed!)
I jet back to primary and fend off blue team. I retake it. From then on, it was an endless firefight with blue attackers. The problem is, I have no help! Between engagements I'm asking for help "all alone!" "need backup!" "help defend primary node!"
Eventually support arrives (ala 1 man). I have no idea where the rest of the team was or what they were doing, but in the end we got crushed. I was at the top of the list at 59 points if I remember correctly. Second place was like 17. Everyone below that was 9 or lower.
It must have been a pub server of newbies, I guess. I'm not a 1337 player, nor do I ever dominate. And this was one of the few circumstances where I place first by a long shot. Even so, the match was distressing. I felt like I was playing invasion at first node, in single player. Still, I was able to weather it in good humor. No anger, just a "where were you guys?"
I'd like to hear some of your stories were it seems like you've carried the team for good or ill, or just feel like you're left to fight it out alone...
I jet to center and start mixing it up (blue team already captured it). I manage to grab the ION painter and knock the node down to almost nothing - then I'm denied. (omg, the primary node was destroyed!)
I jet back to primary and fend off blue team. I retake it. From then on, it was an endless firefight with blue attackers. The problem is, I have no help! Between engagements I'm asking for help "all alone!" "need backup!" "help defend primary node!"
Eventually support arrives (ala 1 man). I have no idea where the rest of the team was or what they were doing, but in the end we got crushed. I was at the top of the list at 59 points if I remember correctly. Second place was like 17. Everyone below that was 9 or lower.
It must have been a pub server of newbies, I guess. I'm not a 1337 player, nor do I ever dominate. And this was one of the few circumstances where I place first by a long shot. Even so, the match was distressing. I felt like I was playing invasion at first node, in single player. Still, I was able to weather it in good humor. No anger, just a "where were you guys?"
I'd like to hear some of your stories were it seems like you've carried the team for good or ill, or just feel like you're left to fight it out alone...
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