PSA to BMG users during Sieges

[Indra Echo]

Put on sunglasses, end of problem. Sheesh!

This isn't happening to you, so is not an issue for you. I wear my sunglasses at night. It does happen to me, but to the OP, just accept that it is what it is. You can't change the behavior of others. Do what you can to get away from it. If it lags you out and you are on xbox, I can offer some suggestions to help you get back in and get rewards from the siege, or to even get back to it before it ends and not lose anything.

On the PS3, you need to have a friend at least in that phase. On the xbox, just make note of a few people at the siege and do find player when you're back in. Then view gamertag 2-3 times until join session in progress comes up and select that. If it doesn't work, use another name and try. Sometimes, the phase is too full so you can't get back in but it works most of the time.

And if you can't see things, try running away from the BMGer or even asking specific people (nicely) to stop spamming as it's causing too much lag. They probably won't stop, but it's worth a try.

[Indra Echo]

So pulling out my BMG on occasion to help keep everyone up around me when things get a little hairy is now the wrong thing to do? Got it. Trying to be helpful is bad.

No, not at all. This is about spamming the BMG, people are using it constantly even on those at full health.

[Indra Echo]

I play on Xbox 360 but I play on a 40 inch tv and my couch is like 10
Feet away from it I also have my settings to 3/4 brightness

That may help and individual setting might help minimize this as well but make other things harder to see. I think Trion could help with this by lowering the glowy nature of BMGs somewhat. It's the visual effects of things that cause a lot of the lag.

I know that the TV show Jeopardy used to have this nasty red glowy background on it that would cause a horrible buzzing noise when it was in view. So, it could help if some of this stuff was toned down at least a little.

[melkathi]

3) Killing blow rewards promote killstealing. Solution: Remove or tone down the killing blow bonus, or make it dependent on how much damage you've dealt. Furthermore, make the assist points dependent on damage dealt as well. (Isn't that how it's done anyway?)

Something has to be done with the killshot/assist points. I seem to quite often end up trying to defend one point on my own. I take downa couple Vs and splash damage will have seriously hurt some - then I go down. Before I manage to self revive, a couple of people finally show up and one gets that final shot on the Volge that killed me. I get 66 points for assisting. I feel like such an idiot at times like that.

[herrbishop x]

That may help and individual setting might help minimize this as well but make other things harder to see. I think Trion could help with this by lowering the glowy nature of BMGs somewhat. It's the visual effects of things that cause a lot of the lag.

I know that the TV show Jeopardy used to have this nasty red glowy background on it that would cause a horrible buzzing noise when it was in view. So, it could help if some of this stuff was toned down at least a little.

I find the 3/4 brightness (on tv not in game brightness) curbs bright things from being too blinding while also keeping
Dark objects still clearly visible. The only problem I had was arenas where 99ers blended in with backgrounds

[melkathi]

I wear my sunglasses at night.

[Yrkul]

I guess you never see me doing a /dance in a middle of a Siege. Because that's what I do now if people insist on healing me after I got 20k. After all, those people desperatly need XP points for their BMG mastery, so why not give 'em some ?

No worries, mate. I still haven't used my medic loadout during sieges. Once I get bored of just DPSing I might, though.

And it's a sir inside that superdeformed GUGES-D.

[SSlarg]

well, I will not be using mine much longer
about to max out my level finally. as such,
I will be moving on to the next weapon to max out.



EDIT: got to remember unless you grind the levels
BMG's take 800 years to max out (feels like it anyway)
I've been using mine since about the 5th day
and just now about to max out.

[J_matt]

Well you cant stop people using the BMG, i actually haent ocured much bmg users on sieges and you dont need to use a bmg to get a high score on sieges..

Anytime im at a siege when near start to end im always no1 with a score between 32-35k per siege and thats only using an AR with 250 dmg and 74 clip so whoever said using the bmg is the quickiest way to reach 20k is not right. also easiest way to lvl up the bmg in my opinion is using it on scrapper emergancies

[janzig]

well, I will not be using mine much longer
about to max out my level finally. as such,
I will be moving on to the next weapon to max out.



EDIT: got to remember unless you grind the levels
BMG's take 800 years to max out (feels like it anyway)
I've been using mine since about the 5th day
and just now about to max out.

Yes, I am guilty of using a BMG during Seiges. There...I said it. Why?

Well, I can top sieges/arkfalls often with my SAW, AR, or Wolfhound load-outs, but the game encourages using all the weapons. Great thing about the weapon system. I started using BMGs and actually liked them.

Problem is BMG damage blows chunks, so most BMG users start playing with healing too. Then I discovered that showing up late to an arkfall with my AR often means I get NO KEYCODES. But showing up and healing means I get my full allotment. Now I carry a BMG as a secondary weapon- just in case the arkfall is about over when I get there.

But this all doesn't hurt/hinder any other players. And I LIKE using the BMG, for both the damage and healing. I realize that the heal amounts won't save anyone under focused fire, but I do like to think I am helping other people out. I'm the guy that ALWAYS stops to rev a downed player- even with my Overcharge arms glowing red.

I have no control over the visuals in the game. They designed it, I play it. If the BMG streams lag you out or blind you, I'm sorry, talk to Trion.

Other than that, I pull out BMGs at sieges every now and then for a change of pace. You can hit 20k without too much trouble just healing, and yes, some people get a shield recharge from the BMG that keeps them up. So I think having one or two BMGers at the siege does help.

I don't spam it on full health players.