BF2S Forums BF2142 needs to have Titan ATTACKER Pin

I'm surprised they never made one.  I'm for it.  It would give me some motivation to get my lazy ass off our titan. 
There also needs to be a Frag Fodder pin for all those to get fragged several times in a row while trying to attack the enemy titan.

I think he ment a pin not a badge.  You know, one you can get every round.  A counter-part to this:



Titan Defender Pin:  7 Titan defends IAR

Last edited by Ganko_06 (2006-10-30 23:14:45)

Yeh, I re-read the title after posting and realized this........those three badges can make up for the lack of a pin slightly - 40 + 500 + 1000 = 1540 pts. This is equivalent to 38.5 pins, I guess pins would be better because you would earn many more than 39 in 60hrs of titan mode.

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

Yeh, I re-read the title after posting and realized this........those three badges can make up for the lack of a pin slightly - 40 + 500 + 1000 = 1540 pts. This is equivalent to 38.5 pins, I guess pins would be better because you would earn many more than 39 in 60hrs of titan mode.

If there was the pin, many brave souls would be rewarded for their action in attempt to assault the enemy ship. The pin should have lower titan attack score on it, like 5 titan attack score.

I know there is Titan Destructor Pin, and it seems that you can only get that twice and after destroying 8 guns, the attack score is not awarded, thus you cannot just attack guns for the points. (I have destroyed titan guns OVER and OVER again to see if I get anymore using my Orca. I call Talons and Doragons as Orca. Anyone remember C&C?). So, I wouldn't think there would be a problem of having those gun attackers getting loads of points that way.

Anyway, other ideas anyone?

The chances of getting a problem solver pin in a round are very slim. Its much more probable to add a titan attacker pin and it would instantly even out the discrepancies of titan mode. Heck, they should make the pin easier to get, like 5 kills on the titan to encourage titan attacking.

Last edited by Elamdri (2006-10-30 23:39:43)

Elamdri wrote:

The chances of getting a problem solver pin in a round are very slim. Its much more probable to add a titan attacker pin and it would instantly even out the discrepancies of titan mode. Heck, they should make the pin easier to get, like 5 kills on the titan to encourage titan attacking.

LoL. Thats exactly what I have said in the reply that is located 2 slots above you.
Anyway, thanks for the input.

GotMex? wrote:

Hells no... if they had an attacker pin EVERYONE would go and attack leaving the Titans empty. It's a fact that people in online games don't like to defend, so by just having the defending pin, you make a great incentive to get people to stay defending their titan.

You mean like 80% of the team being on the ship? They already have GREAT INCENTIVE, since it is so much easier to guard and get points that way.

I hope you know how to get GREAT amount of points defending. If you do, then compare the experience defending and attacking. The solution will come out unless you cannot use your brain.

EDIT: People figured out that it is nearly impossible to get killed it a dozen guys are defending the titan with them. Therefore, they are so confident in getting the high points without having to attempt to attack the enemy ship and receive one death almost certainly.

Last edited by StormEye (2006-10-30 23:57:08)

I think it is a good idea to implement a Titan Attacker Pin.
That way more people will go and attack the enemy Titan isntead of only defending their own.
Yesterday for example I was playing a game. Shields for both Titans were down, but everyone of our team was staying on our own Titan and I was attacking the enemy Titan all by myself.

StormEye wrote:

How is everyone. I want to talk about the new pin that needs to be made so that it would give more incentive for those brave souls who attack the enemy titan to find APM mines, RDX packs, Sentry guns, Support + Grenade whores, knifers, etc.

By having this pin, people will be wanting to attack the enemy titan more than just sitting inside their own titan.
It is much more difficult to attack the enemy titan compared to just defending and I am not sure why they only have the defender pin.

Anyone else think this way as well?

I think you're mistaken.  As it stands, it's easier to defend a titan with a small number of people than it is to attack it.  You get more points because it's easier to defend AND because you get the Defender Pin (and hopefully the kill streak pins).

What will change if the Titan Attacker pin comes in?  Nothing.  Some more people will be tempted to attack the enemy titan but realistically, these people will just add to the fodder mown down by the RDX packs, sentry guns and whatever else is there.  The defenders will get more defender pins to their names.

What we really need is for people to learn that attacking a well-defended titan is futile.  If the first wave of attackers is rebuffed effectively, they should concentrate on winning the ground war.  Eventually the defenders will realise that it's not the cash-cow they expected, since they have nobody to defend against.

The game is little more than two weeks old (or two months if you count beta + demo time) and tactics will evolve.  When people stop defending, perhaps the titan-raiding can start again.  But adding an incentive for attacking won't make it harder to defend corridors and the cargo bay.

I entirely agree that there should be a Titan assault pin as it will mean both less people defending and more people attacking Titans. Most of the games at the moment seem to be won or lost on silo capturing rather than anyone getting anywhere near the reactor core.

Any decent well organised team can effectively assault a titan and come out the better, it will be a little while before the slightly more intelligent players catch on to these tactics, even longer before your average player does, but in the end people will be able to assault a titan effectively.

Only then will the titan assault pin make a difference, what it will do for now is speed up the learning process as more people will be willing to attack and therefore learn from players who working effectively, so I'm all for it.

spawnofthemist wrote:

Towelly wrote:

Any decent well organised team Myself and spawnofthemist can effectively assault a titan and come out the better, it will be a little while before the slightly less intelligent players catch on to these tactics, even longer before your average player does, but in the end people will be able to assault a titan effectively. But still not as effectively as me and spawn.

Only then will the titan assault pin make a difference, what it will do for now is speed up the learning process as more people will be willing to attack and therefore learn from players who working effectively, so I'm all for it.

Tis true

(btw I do notice the hypocrisy between this post and one I made around a minute later)