Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: Cover Is it practical for a BH to use?
It's useless unless you're really lucky. You need do drop into it at 512m. However it's so slow that in most cases the Jedi will have finished his lair and moved on by the time you get within 64m, Add to the the insane number of spawns in many places that will probably break it.
If it's going to be of any help the default crawl speed will have to be upped toat least 75% of walking speed.
As an update to the above Iwent after tha same jedi again today after he had got away earlier. I covered at about 400m and slowly crawled toward his house.
Anyway after what seemed like hours I finally managed to get a good spot to open up from and waited for a bit. After about 2-3 minutes, a guildmate of mine drove past and managed to break my cover. The Jedi was subsequently alerted and I had no choice but to make like a tree and leave.
I'll not be doing it again. It breaks far too easily and takes absolutely ages to get into position. Next Time I'll wait 500m away and wait for them to move I think.
Swalex1100 wrote:
I just tried to use cover as a poor mans cloak in a bid to stay hidden and sneak up on a Jedi Hiding in his house. I managed to crawl for about 300m without it breaking but alas a few Huurtons spawned on top of me with 150m to go and broke it, alerting him to my prescence.
Overall I think the idea was a good one and it would also mean that I could also use sniper shot as a first strike and catch him totally unawares, however is it practical? I was wondering if any other BH/Riflemen had tried this technique/tactic and what their thoughts and experiences were?
The best time is camping their house, they unknowingly come out and pull out their million dollar AV-21 then.. KABOOM...
Umm,
My style is ride me bike as fast as poss, then jump at the last moment. figure out what is going on when i get there. usually you can see if they are at a lair or near their house when stomin in. Need to judgge all this in the last 20 secs.
I used to use cover, but so much time was wasted due to A)being discovered and having to reapproach. and B) so slow even with TN AA +15 . by the time i have got my aim ready, all the group hunting the lair had finnished and drive right over my head lol. I felt so stupid.
So, now I choose the brave option and take the risk of storming in. 1/4 of the time, I get lucky with the jedi in the middle of something,
I think, it is really down to your style of play. Cover dont work for me, but sneaking around might be great for someone else. You have just got to be well aware of your surroundings and you can do very well with it and surprise the hell out of him/her with a great Alpha attack.