Kalaesk Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Anyone else recieve hate mail over using grapple to yoink people into firepits and acid. I love the taste of those tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unaint Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Nope =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukks Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well I haven't gotten any hate mail yet, however they surely must be feeling it cause I kill about 3-5 carriers each game in the acid pit, for a quick turnover. I also love using it to save people guard/pull then taunt the guy as team mate runs away on 100 health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall_Jack Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes this is happening from the DPS players most, those that hit you for 3k when you started picking tank gear and figured out you need to take the dps for PvP. An all-time high happened yesterday when in general chat someone was naming me a cheater and handed in a fake report on me (some person topping the charts at 400k damage in a single game and only that low because I pulled him from camping at spawn into the safezone and also into fire pits etc.), naturally I've filed a harassment form against this person in return. Got to love the internet drama. On forums and in the games people talk about how “unmanly” it is to pull people into the fire. “They need to learn how to PvP,” are outcries which would translate too: “stand at range while I shoot you with lightning and you only press ‘1’.” As a guild if we join as a group of 4 we sometimes get comments such as: “filthy premades” and other rubbish thrown at us and at launch we played very well winning roughly 95% of the games we played and people yelled names at us. For every bad comment so far you also build up nice rivals and allies that appreciate challenges and it adds extra enjoyment meeting them in PvP matches. I do however draw the line when they pick out names and start calling you a cheater in general chat it tarnishes ones good name on a server. I told the slanderer it was public harassment and privately tried to convo him to get any misunderstanding out of the way, but he was very rude and I can’t imagine I addressed him with ‘sir’ and tried the polite route. Luckily I’ve got a great guild, but also befriended many players outside of my guild that can give me a call if they need a tank. (Need a tank with great tank gear for PvE on The Progenitor? Contact: Gam’Alturo’Nix <Nuruodo did not fit =( , available when I'm not employed by my guild> ). Not that I am an angel I often type advices in chat on how to play and a lot of the players trying out PvP appreciate that (no longer possible with 50 brackets), but I can lose my patience when people keep repeating the same mistake (I do apologise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarelther Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 On forums and in the games people talk about how “unmanly” it is to pull people into the fire. “They need to learn how to PvP,” are outcries which would translate too: “stand at range while I shoot you with lightning and you only press ‘1’.” My response to these people. L2P. Positioning is just as important, if not moreso, then using abilities properly. Case in point, . Grapple into fire/acid is especially fun when you have No Escape. Even if the opponent has a CC break up, it'll usually take a second or two before they figure out they're rooted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainsawsamurai Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) No hatemail or other reaction for Acid/Fire. For pulling to the insta-kill ledge... ...I got a hearty laugh and an invite to the premade of the person whom I grappled. You guys must be doing it wrong. Edited January 21, 2012 by chainsawsamurai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanzibal Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 OMG no I forgot to try this! I did pull a guy into the safe zone in the area with the three cannons so my team could slaughter him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QiBao Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Since Grapple usually fails in Huttball, I imagine the hate mail would be from my own team. So no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rykke Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I play on a medium pop server so you more or less have seen most of the 50s in the WZs by now. Fortunately most of them are good sports and the few PMs I've gotten about this were praises of me being consistent with it and how they want me to go easy on them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall_Jack Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 In the 3 cannon area if you pull them up they will die instantly too, they just do it with delay. Big whooping explode after 10 sec. or so. Anyways the bad talking people are just a very vocal minority as is always the case. Just how I like to complain very vocally that the last 10 bags only gave me commendations and for the 3rd time an offhand drop, valor 53 I will be 60 before ever completing one set =*( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theangryllama Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 No hatemail or other reaction for Acid/Fire. For pulling to the insta-kill ledge... ...I got a hearty laugh and an invite to the premade of the person whom I grappled. You guys must be doing it wrong. See i got the hate mail (well whisper) for that... but yeah getting pulled, knockbacked and stunned/rooted in the fire and acid is really just par for the course in huttball. If your going in and not expecting that to happen at some point your delusional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threas Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 It's more fun to pull someone of the bridge in void star. Nothing pisses people off more that insant death with no chance of survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent- Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 That feel when you grab someone into the spawn zone behind the line and they explode with the ball and the rest of the team that help try to score stand there confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marb Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The first time I tried to do that was against a smuggler in cover. Standin in the acid spamming my grapple trying to wonder why it wasn't working. huuurr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasphemerr Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) 3/10 times I try to grapple the enemy ball carrier up to the safe-ledge they don't die, resulting in a pretty easy score. I'm not sure what makes it fail, it's not so easy to test. Edited January 22, 2012 by Blasphemerr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinnick Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) About half the time I do this it doesn't work. The other half of the time I get it and it's so beautiful... every time I execute it perfectly I thank Bioware for making a tank class which I love to PVP with. I care not what people think... when done correctly and efficiently it just emphasizes the point that we're bad@ss. Srsly though, it's just using our abilities to best we can and most of all the people complaining are just those who know they don't have the proper situation awareness to either NOT get Grappled or how to react. Bounty Hunters... UNITE. We shall continue to rock. Edited January 22, 2012 by Pinnick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurmez Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Anyone else recieve hate mail over using grapple to yoink people into firepits and acid. I love the taste of those tears. indeed, however when the ragers punt you into said hazards thats just fine and dandy apparantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagenVonTronje Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I abuse grapple gratuitously. Besides the old chestnut of waiting for them to get the ball then yanking the carrier directly into green stuff for a quick kill + turnover, you can also use it to take someone with you if you're obviously going to die. Just leap into green stuff, grapple someone that's irritating you, and laugh as they cry. And this is to say nothing of going fishing for spawn campers. I haven't gotten hate mail but it's pretty obvious it gets under their skin when they spend the rest of the match trying to get me into the toxic waste or fire (and usually failing). But I've got to imagine the most rage inducing moment is when I catch someone ALMOST about to get to the heal items at each side of the map, at very low health...and jet charge into them for an instant kill. I would rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZNICK Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 3/10 times I try to grapple the enemy ball carrier up to the safe-ledge they don't die, resulting in a pretty easy score. I'm not sure what makes it fail, it's not so easy to test. There score "line" is around 2 meters high or something like that. If you pull them from too close they score, if you get them from further back so they're higher the whole way, it kills them without the score. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SysOpPsyche Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Meh, a lot of people consider it a dirty tactic but honestly half of Huttball isn't damage its CC/KB/Snares. Grapple is great for 'Tackling' the ball carrier or anyone else and/or just getting them out of the picture for a time. Jet Boost is great for the same [defensively protecting the ball carrier or just breaking up a cluster on a walkway] as is the Jedi/Sith equivalent (sniper only good for defense unless they camp a choke point). People will complain about it because they equate success=stats not winning/losing or teamwork. If PvP could be determined statistically what would be the point of the players? Window dressing? Edited January 22, 2012 by SysOpPsyche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makhbet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I like pulling people into the spawn area in Huttball and Alderaan, that never gets old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinnick Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 People will complain about it because they equate success=stats not winning/losing or teamwork. QFT... so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenbruton Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I do however draw the line when they pick out names and start calling you a cheater in general chat it tarnishes ones good name on a server. I told the slanderer it was public harassment and privately tried to convo him to get any misunderstanding out of the way, but he was very rude and I can’t imagine I addressed him with ‘sir’ and tried the polite route. Luckily I’ve got a great guild, but also befriended many players outside of my guild that can give me a call if they need a tank. Dont stress. Nobody with a brain trusts anything anyone says in general! edit: In the end whomever wins is the best/luckiest. heck even the announcer encourages cheating! Edited January 23, 2012 by glenbruton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rykke Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Getting pulled into Acid and Fire is fair game and whoever QQs about that just have to put up with it. I have grappled people into the finish line to save a goal. Clever use of game mechanics yes but it's still very dirty. That was probably made so people can't charge up and camp you at spawn but grappling them into a glitchy death is extremely frustrating when on the receiving end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olvera Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Most of the time the ball carrier just throws the ball to one of his teammates after I grappled him in acid. He still dies but no turn over. But have had much success in Alderaan using grapple. Pulling away a sage from a tower while a knight charges me and pays no attention to the fact that no one is now guarding their turret. While a stealth class comes in and ninjas it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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