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Some beginner advice for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

OMG!!!

I hate quarry so much, but I have to say I enjoyed last night's game on Exclamation.


So I was GDF, I started out the game being a medic, when strogg blew the generator, moving onto the energy cells, I became covert ops. Now surprisingly, GDF (my team) won the map. We were all just fooling around with different things and stuff. So a dark matter canon fired, and our AIT didnt arrive yet.

I've been practicing intercepting DMC's with the anansi, and hammer's with the tormentor. So just as I fly up in the anansi, just a few feet off the ground, the Jet airplane that drops Supply crates, husky's, AIT's, AVT's, APT's, and radars, came just in time to drop off the AIT, but thats not the cool part.

AS IT FLYS OUT OF THE SKY, it INTERCEPTS THE DMC. It was AWESOME!!!!

I mean perfect timing, the jet airplane intercepted the DMC. Damn, it was awesome, there was a big explosion in the sky, then a second later, the plane just "decayed", obviously un damaged. But yeah, it was the best. It must have sucked to be the oppressor behind that target lol.


And later on in the salvage (I actually like salvage, hate the ark and quarry), when the strogg comes in to destroy the salvage, I go in disguise, I've been in disguise like the whole salvage (covert ops), but indoors, dang, I was backstabing people like crazy... AND NEVER GOT NOTICED. it was awesome, like Im just running after people as they spawn, backstabing them one by one, backstabing people just before they fire their obilterator, after the game in the review...apparently I made some people cuss lol.

Yesterday had to be my day of ETQW.
 
Cool--I always want to mess with all those aircraft but it's not easy :p

I like Quarry, but I played a ton of Ark and Salvage and they're my least favorite now, along with Area 22. Hmmm... I guess I like to defend! (And I still play as Strogg mostly so far.)

The African campaign is my favorite, followed closely by Pacific (especially Sewer and the flyer stage of Volcano), and the first 2 maps of the American campaign (especially Outskirts).

But then I switch to GDF it will probably be the opposite!

Funny, I keep hearing that Quarry is really tough for GDF, but as Strogg I still see many defeats. Defending the keys instead of just the ship seems to be key (no pun intended).
 
bluedoggiant said:
OMG!!!

I hate quarry so much, but I have to say I enjoyed last night's game on Exclamation.
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I love Quarry as GDF. I especially enjoy dodging the trees in the Anansi and I love the games on The Exc!amation server but it's always full. :(

I've tried like to hit an incoming DMC with a LAW from the Anansi but it never works - I don't think it's possible - though I have seen the Hammer intercepted with a Rocket fired from a soldier. :)
 
I bet a LAW can intercept it if you get it just right.

You can survive a direct hit from a Hammer if you make a ball out of 2 tactical shields :) And you can fit several teammates in there too--if they think to join you.

So you can make a portable bomb shelter ahead of time if you're worried about airstrikes :)
 
nagromme, go to the stats site and compare you and I. We're close :p!

1ncr3du10u5 said:
I think I might drop to third place this evening, TheSock is right behind me! :eek:
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TheSOCKnamedED...

That guy is annoying, its really weird, I am ALWAYS on the same server as him, he is an anansi hog, its really annoying, I needed the anansi, and he wouldn't let me use it (covert ops at slipgate). And he always chooses to be medic when he flys, so our only medic is flying, his excuse is that "I'm just high".

But he is a good medic (when he does his job), and a good player overall. But at the end of each match during the review, he has this thing called the SOCK award. The sock award is his way of saying most kills, and believe it or not, he always gets the most kills.
 
It's weird--my accuracy is prettygood, yet my K/D ratio is not. I guess I shoot well but dodge poorly!
 
OMG

I just came of Exc!mation. the closest game EVER.

Canyon, we planted the HE charge at 39 seconds left, it takes 40 secs to blow.

I convinced my team to defend it at all costs- u never know

we got a half way disarm, 3-2-1, game over, He charge didnt blow.

JUST as the game announces the winner, the HE charge BLEW!!, and we got the GDF Win! Message, apparently strogg got the Strogg Win! message too!!

It was a draw, but damn, VERY close game, it was crazy at the end of it, we could barely play the next map cuz of our excitement. I just came out of sewer.

Now tell me, it doesn't get closer than that.
 
An actual tie? I didn't know such a thing was possible! Cool :D

I've seen games won in the last 4 seconds, but never AFTER the timer stopped!

I'd be interested to see if both sides see it added to their win/loss record.
 
nagromme said:
An actual tie? I didn't know such a thing was possible! Cool :D

I've seen games won in the last 4 seconds, but never AFTER the timer stopped!

I'd be interested to see if both sides see it added to their win/loss record.
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Yea, I have played so many games of island and outskirts where we transmit the data on the last second, I've done so once.

But after the timer stops...now that is a record.

It was crazy, and my team was fooling around cuz they thot it wouldn't blow in time, I was like telling them, you never know, just defend it at all costs.

I mean I can't explain, it was like some kind of party after the map ended.
 
I downloaded etqw pro, tried to join a etqwpro server, the game restarts and shows the etqwpro.net logo, but then it shows a white screen with a black bar on the side, I can't get it to work!! what's the problem?
 
Check the ETQWPro site--I thought about registering there and asking myself, but I haven't.

Last I heard, ETQWPro does not support Mac, because the 1.5 toolset does not support Mac. (I don't think the 1.4 version did either--something in an email from Aspyr suggested that SOME modded QW servers will work on Mac and some won't--I'm nor sure what the difference is. I usually play on Ranked servers, which by definition are not modded.)

Now, I don't know if that means they need the toolset to be running ON a Mac, or if they just need Mac support to be added to the tools that run in Windows.

Either way, if you find out who to write to (Splash Damage?) to plead for Mac support, let me know!

Although I think I'd probably prefer the regular "bells and whistles" QW to the ETQWPro mod myself.
 
Does anyone know how to specify country so that when you go onto the stats web page it shows your country of origin flag over there?
 
SierraBravo said:
Does anyone know how to specify country so that when you go onto the stats web page it shows your country of origin flag over there?
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Yea I wonder too...


Where have you been nagromme? You have been idle for a while.

Incred, have you ever thought about joining a clan? I think you should join (iVi) (my clan), its a pub clan, we have our own 24 slot ranked server at leetservers.com in the east coast, think about it, we are very open, i think we are the biggest on etqw.
 
MAC Clan still recruiting?

Hi Nagromme

Are you still recruiting for the MAC clan? If you are, can I join please?

I've got a few free evenings this week to put in some target practice! :D

DD
 
Hi, All.

Yep, still recruiting--all skill levels welcome :) (We're more about fun than hard-core competitive gaming.) Welcome aboard! I sent you a clan invitation in-game. Look for it below the server browser.

I'm back in the game this week, thanks to FINALLY finding a new mouse I can stand. A 12-button VX Revolution. (NOT MX Revolution.) It's great.

And as of today, I'm no longer playing 99% Strogg. It has been 80 hours of alien fun, and I'm still not close to getting bored, but I want to get used to the human side too so that I can hop into any team that needs me.

So I may be a little n00bish for a while as I get my bearings after 2 months of all-Strogg habits!
 
I run a dedi occasionally, but not often since the latest patch. I tend to play on whatever gives me a good ping! Usually ranked, usually in the evening (US).

(I'm the same name in QW.)
 
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