When archers go bad! VERY BAD!

Leif_- · #1 February 27th, 2004, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by Argitoth:

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
Leif, I think there's a difference between firing at perceived enemies and accidentally hitting friendly targets, and deliberately firing at friendly targets because there are no enemies to shoot at. That kind of behavior sounds more like something that happens in an FPS populated by smacktards than anything realistic.

Thank you! sometimes I just can't deal with people who don't want to pay attention to the topic.

Umm... You complained about the archers targetting your own troops because it "wasn't realistic." I pointed out that friendly fire makes up a substantial fraction of casualties in war, and that it therefore perhaps wasn't so unrealistic anyway. How was I more off topic than you in that exchange?

Peter Ebbesen · #2 February 27th, 2004, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
One Last round? Well its not unrealistic in a battlefield. Could be worse [/QB]

Actually, it is pretty unrealistic to deliberately target your allies, whom you have carefully avoiding shooting at earlier, when the enemy has been defeated. Friendly fire happens mostly as a result of mistaken identities under adverse conditions, not as a result of firing at known friendly positions once you can no longer see any targets. If the archers thought those mages were dangerous as a result of mistaken identity, they should have shot them in the FIRST round, not waited until there were no other enemies near

I guess you could try the "Sorry, lord God, we thought the mage squad was enslaved by the enemy pretender when his army routed" excuse, but you would still be executed for it.

[ February 27, 2004, 11:23: Message edited by: Peter Ebbesen ]

Argitoth · #3 February 27th, 2004, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by Leif_-:

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Originally posted by Argitoth:

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
Leif, I think there's a difference between firing at perceived enemies and accidentally hitting friendly targets, and deliberately firing at friendly targets because there are no enemies to shoot at. That kind of behavior sounds more like something that happens in an FPS populated by smacktards than anything realistic.

Thank you! sometimes I just can't deal with people who don't want to pay attention to the topic.
Umm... You complained about the archers targetting your own troops because it "wasn't realistic." I pointed out that friendly fire makes up a substantial fraction of casualties in war, and that it therefore perhaps wasn't so unrealistic anyway. How was I more off topic than you in that exchange?

Because this topic isn't about friendly fire. It's about purposely targeting allies. I realise as soon as you saw the topic name you assumed I was a newb getting mad at the amount of friendly fire. This is not the case.

And I'm not trying to be grumpy.

[ February 27, 2004, 19:38: Message edited by: Argitoth ]

Gandalf Parker · #4 February 28th, 2004, 02:38 AM

Usually if you zoom in on the battles (pageUp/pageDown and arrow keys) you can see that targeting doesnt have much to do with it. Its usually more like firing toward in the general direction of the Last enemies seen.

But I havent seen the battle you are referring to so its just a comment based on my battles