VinceBlood Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) The scene: Sechura, Dark Sector Defense in favor of the ever-persistent Orion. The team: Myself (Limbo), an Ember, a Vauban, and an Excalibur. It started like every Sechura defense I've played. Find some energy, find the pod, Vortex up and shoot the cluster. Easy enough. Vauban really is a boon to Infested defense, and with an Ember to back us up, we basically roasted Infested marshmallows stuck in a black hole. Occasionally I'd use Cataclysm with the team's permission for added damage at the end of a wave. Then, Mr. Excalibur decided to head off and do his own thing about Wave 4. He ran ALL the way to the other end of the map (you know, the big map with the huge dam in the background and the massive expanse of snowy nothing, alongside 2-3 conveyor platforms) and took to repeatedly spamming Radial Javelin on spawning Infested. He did this until Wave 7 when we finally asked him to bring the enemies back. We weren't actually getting affinity for his distant kills. No answer. Vauban: Hey, can you fight closer to the pod? I have Vortex, it's easymode.Nothing. Excalibur kept using Radial Jav and obliterating anything near him. Me: Dude we're not getting XP with you all the way over there. Bring it in a bit? Still nothing. Still more Radial Javelin. Still no affinity save for the few enemies that spawned from other areas. Ember: Hey ****er, get your dumb *** back here for ****'s sake! NOW! Wave 9 starts, still no replies. So I run over to Mr. Excalibur and Banish him. Suddenly, the silent antagonist speaks in a tapestry of profanity so thick and tightly-woven it's probably still floating through the atmosphere of Pluto. He yelled, he caps-locked, he swore, he called me a few sexually derisive names, and each message said "STOP BANISHING ME" in one form or another. Me: I'll stop banishing you when you stop being a hallway hero and help us get XP. Here's the kicker: Even though he was banished, and even though he couldn't hit anything, he kept attacking and using Radial Jav. Over and over, as if one attack might break through the Rift and get him his sweet, sweet affinity. All he had to do was come back and I'd unbanish him. He was &!$$ed. He kept cursing and tossing f-bombs and even a few more colorful terms I hadn't heard since my drill sergeant grandfather passed away in 2012. Vauban: lol just keep doing it. Excalibur has disconnected from the game. It was then that I realized that Limbo is very, very powerful indeed. And with great power comes great responsibility. The Rift, as Excalibur found out, is the great equalizer. EDIT: I realize Frame abilities work through the Rift. Maybe he was also using weapons, and due to distance I could only see when he used Radial Jav. The truth of it is, however, that his killing stopped as soon as I banished him. And man, he was ticked off either way. A buddy and I will test if Banish messes up Radial Javelin later tonight. Edited November 18, 2014 by Vince613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesyra Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) but warframe abilities work through the Rift...... Edited November 17, 2014 by VYR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford_343 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) WTB votekick. Edit: I realize implementing a vote kick function is by no means a fix to people being ignorant, and I'm not sure it would be a good idea overall. Edited November 17, 2014 by Radford_343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakshal Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 WTB votekick. WTB abuse of mechanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceBlood Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 but warframe abilities work through the Rift...... That's what I thought too. But he spammed the crap out of it and it stopped working as soon as I banished him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorefarmer Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Banish, aka the Backhand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasron Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 well that because of people like him that i got my excal nerf so many fcking time. You got to love how many people can rot your day in a instand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford_343 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 WTB abuse of mechanic. If you mean that a vote kick function is easily abused, I would agree, see post edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 but warframe abilities work through the Rift...... ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ant. Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Take a handshake, m8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceBlood Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) ^ I have a buddy with Excal. Later tonight once I'm home we're gonna check to see if Radial Jav's projectiles are messed up by Banish. He stopped killing stuff as soon as I banished him, so who knows. Maybe he was also firing willy nilly and I was seeing it as a power cast. Either way, he got real bent out of shape. Edited November 17, 2014 by Vince613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ropefish- Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakshal Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 If you mean that a vote kick function is easily abused, I would agree, see post edit. That is exactly what I meant... and now I see your edited post. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelshark Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 lol hallway hero DENIED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFOLoche Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) WTB abuse of mechanic. Needing a team majority(So 3/4 saying yes) would help against the abuse. Unless a group of 3 people are willing to go out and troll/abuse the mechanic. In which case, you report them. There are too many times where a votekick would've really helped my friends and I, and I can only think of a few where it could be abused. The good far outweighs the bad(Said bad already being present). Edit:Also, to be on topic, as an Excalibur user, I'd like to give you a good applause for stopping a mindless drone. ..That sounds sarcastic, but I do mean it, not a fan of people who do dumb stuff like that. Edited November 17, 2014 by UFOLoche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceBlood Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 There are too many times where a votekick would've really helped my friends and I, and I can only think of a few where it could be abused. The good far outweighs the bad(Said bad already being present). Like when a Frost keeps using a HUGE Snow Globe on an Infested Defense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
democrator Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 ^ You are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eymerich Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 this ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VioDuskar Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 my feelings^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CY13ERPUNK Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 just another example of how the affinity system ingame is weighted too heavily on kills and who gets them instead of mission success and objectives =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaru Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Now I want to see that tapestry of obscenities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailith Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Like when a Frost keeps using a HUGE Snow Globe on an Infested Defense? What's worse is when the globe is juuust tiny enough to encompass the pod and the Infested pounding away on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dualstar Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Its only a matter of time before theese people realise that Volt has the one ability that lets guns work across dimensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutzdes Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Damage abilities work through the Rift. Energy regen makes abilities more spammable. It takes a LOT of radial javs to kill the Elder on Sechura. Maybe he was using energy restores to refill energy and I don't know if banish could mess up using the restores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceBlood Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Now I want to see that tapestry of obscenities... I'd get banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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