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Problems with griefing in Crystaline entity fleet action

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Anyone else have this problem? Every time I try that fleet action the instances are full of griefers who go around and intentionally destroy the large fragments so that the rest of us can't beat the main entity. they even spam the chat with messages trying to convince the n00bs that the object is to shoot the fragments too! It is getting out of hand. something must be done, because that mission has been made unwinnable by them.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Bingo.

    This is why the CE is such a pain in the TRIBBLE to kill.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have a theory its not really on purpose. Which is almost worse of course. I really just dont think people know what they are doing sometimes. Would it be a surprise?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Greifing can only happen when hit hits below 30%... if your flying a cruiser and have ramming speed/emergency power to engines, use them both, evasive manuevers and full impulse, come at it from under it angled to hit it then when your at max speed ram it and you'll kill it before you hit 30%.

    i witnessed someone do this and the large fragments never had a chance to spawn if its done around 35-32% left when hit. Even sooner if you have like two people do it at the same time. you might die, but you'll deffinately take it with you.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Your not suposed to shoot the fragments?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    TO KILL CRYSTALLINE ENTITY:

    1) Divert all power to Engines. This will make you go fast. You will be able to outrun the fragments. Trust me.

    2)Circle the entity while avoiding the shards. You will be able to outrun any chasing you if you've done step 1. Keep moving. Dont sit still.

    3)Apply ALL your firepower to the entity. Period. Shoot nothing else. There is no need.

    So.....Max engine power, circle the entity, keep moving, and shoot the entity.

    Thats it. That is ALL you need to do.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    only proablem with is.
    kiting them around is fine for the reg crystals, and you can do it with the large ones with the right people (as long as eveyone is on the same page, all running at max engine power preset, which atm they are not ), but as soon as the large ones hits a ship, or gets mined it breaks up into smaller healing shards.

    destroying the large ones ( not the reg crystals mind you, the large fragments ) with your Beam/Cannons/or Turret weapons it stops them from making smaller shards when they are destroyed.

    and you have less of a chance for them to gain agro on some ship passing to close while trying to kite, hitting their ship and brakeing into smaller healing shards.

    since this fleet action is a challange now, no more insta blowup with tons of escorts, no more super ramming speed.

    folks have to learn what fragments to kite, and what fragments to blow up with beam/cannon/turret weapons :p

    beacuse in the end now you arent going to out dps and drop the entity from 33%-30% to nothing while all thoughs large fragments are just banging off peoples ships making million small healing shards. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    TO KILL CRYSTALLINE ENTITY:

    Divert all power to Engines. This will make you go fast. You will be able to outrun the fragments. Trust me.

    Circle the entity while avoiding the shards. You will be able to outrun any chasing you if you've done step 1.

    Apply ALL your firepower to the entity. Period. Shoot nothing else. There is no need.

    Thats it. That is ALL you need to do.

    The problem is that everyone else has to be doing it too, and judging from my experience tonight, getting that to actually happen would take a miracle.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The problem is that everyone else has to be doing it too, and judging from my experience tonight, getting that to actually happen would take a miracle.

    Exxxactly. What a pain in the *** right? Just try to spread the knowledge or whatever. Not that it will help. : \

    Also, I had to fly away and change instances. I got stuck for HALF AN HOUR and nothing was happening. Nothing. People were shooting the shards, sitting still barely moving, getting blown up all over the place.

    Changing instances will help if you're stuck with a bunch of........well.....you know.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    this is amazingly funny... they make if too easy, then they do a 180 an make it too hard. Im not so sure they get the concept of "middle ground"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The entire CE fight has been a joke since day 0, started off being a farmers dream with people full impulse ramming and one shotting it, and now its a griefers dream. I expect it'll get nerfed pretty soon, lets hope it settles down so its a fun fleet action instead of a /facepalm
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    TO KILL CRYSTALLINE ENTITY:

    1) Divert all power to Engines. This will make you go fast. You will be able to outrun the fragments. Trust me.

    2)Circle the entity while avoiding the shards. You will be able to outrun any chasing you if you've done step 1. Keep moving. Dont sit still.

    3)Apply ALL your firepower to the entity. Period. Shoot nothing else. There is no need.

    So.....Max engine power, circle the entity, keep moving, and shoot the entity.

    Thats it. That is ALL you need to do.

    Yeah, that's what me and the handfull of other people who were actually helping were doing, unfortunately, when there are twice as many ships shooting the damned fragments instead of the entity, it's not as effective.

    The devs need to do something about it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    got to take into consideration that most people don't read... just shoot...

    small fragments don't seem to do anything from my point of view... it's when it goes under 30 and starts to spawm large ones and the giant fleet that is shooting the small one is right in front next to do theres is not enough distance before the large ones wipe out a good section of the fleet and the shard have little time to come back..
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