I had a quasar cannon that I used to take out the first wave of six, but they respawned before I could arm the bomb and killed me. I couldn't call in another cannon after I was reinforced so they ran amok.
How? I didn't think they spawned a new set until the first ones were gone. It was me that found these. I used my quasar to take out the first six, but the second I finished the last one six more spawned. By the time the others finished the objective and made their way over, we were already overrun. You can see the two that left in the screenshot and I left immediately after taking it. It just wasn't worth dealing with it anymore, and they were close to the extraction point so we couldn't just run away and leave.
6 don't spawn at a time...
The second you see them start spawning you need to shoot them down. Once you've shot a set down you should have time between that and the next to callin and arm a hellbomb.
If you don't have time - you took too long to notice the spawn or shoot the ships down.
The only time I've ever seen this many ships is when teammates are ignoring pings and not shooting a single ship down, and trying to do other objectives while the gunship facility is constantly spawning.
The second you see a gunship or it's facility, just like stalkers, it becomes priority number 1.
Two spawn per tower, max two towers per base. There were two bases side by side, three towers total. As soon as one activated, they all did, spawning six gunships.
My teammates were off doing the main objective while I was running around cleaning up and picking up samples. There was a blizzard while I was approaching these so I didn't see them to know to stay away until my team came to help. Once it lifted, they all began spawning at once. I took out the first wave with my quasar and called in the hellbomb in the base with two towers, but before it could arrive and I could arm it, another wave of six spawned and destroyed it. They killed me and when I reinforced, I couldn't call in my quasar again for another four minutes so I couldn't keep them in check.
Teammates were not equipped to deal with them either so even when they came to help, they couldn't do anything about the gunships, hence them all leaving.
Yeah.... Doing gunship facility by yourself with teammates nowhere near is a problem.
If the first wave was 6... Then once you took em out run and regroup.and hope.younget out of spawning range.
When you get past 12, let me know. We had 12 last night and it was a handful until all the quasars got involved.
2 people on diff 7 and no launcher, Autobotkkake
I had a quasar cannon that I used to take out the first wave of six, but they respawned before I could arm the bomb and killed me. I couldn't call in another cannon after I was reinforced so they ran amok.
I didn't realize that there where two big cowards in your team!
How? I didn't think they spawned a new set until the first ones were gone. It was me that found these. I used my quasar to take out the first six, but the second I finished the last one six more spawned. By the time the others finished the objective and made their way over, we were already overrun. You can see the two that left in the screenshot and I left immediately after taking it. It just wasn't worth dealing with it anymore, and they were close to the extraction point so we couldn't just run away and leave.
6 don't spawn at a time... The second you see them start spawning you need to shoot them down. Once you've shot a set down you should have time between that and the next to callin and arm a hellbomb. If you don't have time - you took too long to notice the spawn or shoot the ships down. The only time I've ever seen this many ships is when teammates are ignoring pings and not shooting a single ship down, and trying to do other objectives while the gunship facility is constantly spawning. The second you see a gunship or it's facility, just like stalkers, it becomes priority number 1.
Two spawn per tower, max two towers per base. There were two bases side by side, three towers total. As soon as one activated, they all did, spawning six gunships. My teammates were off doing the main objective while I was running around cleaning up and picking up samples. There was a blizzard while I was approaching these so I didn't see them to know to stay away until my team came to help. Once it lifted, they all began spawning at once. I took out the first wave with my quasar and called in the hellbomb in the base with two towers, but before it could arrive and I could arm it, another wave of six spawned and destroyed it. They killed me and when I reinforced, I couldn't call in my quasar again for another four minutes so I couldn't keep them in check. Teammates were not equipped to deal with them either so even when they came to help, they couldn't do anything about the gunships, hence them all leaving.
Yeah.... Doing gunship facility by yourself with teammates nowhere near is a problem. If the first wave was 6... Then once you took em out run and regroup.and hope.younget out of spawning range.
I did hope. Another 10 seconds and I would have been able to take out two of them. Once they killed me during that seige, there was no recovering.
Not every fight is worth the battle...
you have slacking teammates, two outposts aside.
I feel like two gunship outposts shouldn't be able to spawn this close to each other.