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voporak
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In PvP lately, I've started to think outside the box. While playing in a Cap & Hold recently, I was finding it hard to stay hidden and capture a node. So it dawned on me, to use the spatial objects to my advantage. I flew my small ship into the space between the center starbase and a hull plate next to it, while a cruiser struggled to even hit me.
On another occasion, I was farming the Borg in Kerrat, and since my current ship doesn't have a cloak like my Defiant, I had to find some way to keep from being shot at. I flew underneath a Borg structure and kept as close to the bottom of it as possible, protecting me from most Borg ships or KDF players.
Anyway, to the topic. In space PvP, it is possible to use the objects on the maps to benefit you - even though it may not occur to you in space. If you need to hide somewhere or just plain get out of battle, fly behind or under something. Here's some examples from the few PvP maps we have:
Cracked Planetoid: This place is littered with stuff you can use. You could fly underneath one of the main planet pieces and lure the opposing team into an awkward spot, and perhaps have some cloaked ships waiting. You can also fly inside that transparent orange thingy, and it functions are pretty decent cover.
Solar Wind: This place is hard on my fps, so I don't play here usually. However, I know that there's a starbase and some random junk laying around in it, which you can use to duck away from battle. I can't really give specifics since I don't play here often enough to know it well.
Briar Patch: Rocks, rocks, rocks everywhere. Most have openings in them that you can fly through. I've done some 1v1s for fun with my friends, and sometimes I'll end up chasing them around and through the rocks to catch them (was fun one time when the two of us were in carriers, and our little fighters were going all around the objects shooting each other). There's so many it's easy to get some effective cover and/or interesting dogfighting going. Additionally, there's also the platforms in the middle you can use.
Salvage Operation: C&H doesn't have quite as many obstructions to utilize, but you can still get an advantage. Like I mentioned at the beginning, you can hide in the main starbase area. I haven't yet tried to see about going underneath the node platforms and such.
Ker'rat: Kerrat has tons and tons of those Borg structures floating all around. You can go underneath, or if you have a small ship, wedge yourself into a "pocket" that exist in some structures while waiting for a reset. Don't forget cracked planetoid, it can offer some protection.
And that's that. If you stop to look at the map as a whole in PvP, you'll find that there's a lot you can do than just simple pewpew.
On another occasion, I was farming the Borg in Kerrat, and since my current ship doesn't have a cloak like my Defiant, I had to find some way to keep from being shot at. I flew underneath a Borg structure and kept as close to the bottom of it as possible, protecting me from most Borg ships or KDF players.
Anyway, to the topic. In space PvP, it is possible to use the objects on the maps to benefit you - even though it may not occur to you in space. If you need to hide somewhere or just plain get out of battle, fly behind or under something. Here's some examples from the few PvP maps we have:
Cracked Planetoid: This place is littered with stuff you can use. You could fly underneath one of the main planet pieces and lure the opposing team into an awkward spot, and perhaps have some cloaked ships waiting. You can also fly inside that transparent orange thingy, and it functions are pretty decent cover.
Solar Wind: This place is hard on my fps, so I don't play here usually. However, I know that there's a starbase and some random junk laying around in it, which you can use to duck away from battle. I can't really give specifics since I don't play here often enough to know it well.
Briar Patch: Rocks, rocks, rocks everywhere. Most have openings in them that you can fly through. I've done some 1v1s for fun with my friends, and sometimes I'll end up chasing them around and through the rocks to catch them (was fun one time when the two of us were in carriers, and our little fighters were going all around the objects shooting each other). There's so many it's easy to get some effective cover and/or interesting dogfighting going. Additionally, there's also the platforms in the middle you can use.
Salvage Operation: C&H doesn't have quite as many obstructions to utilize, but you can still get an advantage. Like I mentioned at the beginning, you can hide in the main starbase area. I haven't yet tried to see about going underneath the node platforms and such.
Ker'rat: Kerrat has tons and tons of those Borg structures floating all around. You can go underneath, or if you have a small ship, wedge yourself into a "pocket" that exist in some structures while waiting for a reset. Don't forget cracked planetoid, it can offer some protection.
And that's that. If you stop to look at the map as a whole in PvP, you'll find that there's a lot you can do than just simple pewpew.
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Oh dear god no >=/
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If you time it properly, you can tuck yourself behind a rock just before an escort unloads CRF on you..
Then hit the breaks as soon as your out of their firing arc...
This drives them nuts, and wastes their CRF or whatever other buffs they have applied.
I never thought of using this tactic as a main component in my strategy, but I will definatly use such manuevers, when the option is available, and I'm in a pinch.
It's not foolproof, and has to be timed well, but sometimes it's just enough to escape Sto'Ka'Vor, and live to fight another day.
That said I do have a secret fantasy involving those doughnuts, mask energy signature, warp plasma and emergency power to engines. Not worth the effort of implementing but it gives me a fuzy warm feeling to contemplate.
Ok it happens on very rare occasions, overall the maps are more decorative then actually fun and useful
In arenas, that is not really possible.