Poll: Attack or Defense?
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My approach is based usually on the game and weapons.
Faster games such as the UT series I'm usually on the full offensive.
BF I find myself almost always on the defensive.
MW1 I usually found myself more balanced but still more on the offensive side as I do like my heavy machine guns playing a support roll.
Faster games such as the UT series I'm usually on the full offensive.
BF I find myself almost always on the defensive.
MW1 I usually found myself more balanced but still more on the offensive side as I do like my heavy machine guns playing a support roll.
First let me say thanks for putting a clear question forth, instead of just saying 'which is best' and leaving us asking what the objectives of the map you have made it clear.
Defence here.
My mind is geared towards strategy and lets face it, in most situations the only 'attack based strategy' one needs is selecting all your units and rolling over the enemy with the hopes that your target is one of the things you squish flat. Even in FPS the best attack seems to be nothing more then throwing waves after waves of your respawnable avatars at the objective point. Give also the rate of team play online... well it is near impossable to get a random group of people to attack all at once, instead of individually, let alone to work out things like pincer attacks or sneaking one or two units behind the lines.
Defence though. Normally that tends to have lots of options. In RTS you normally have limitations, such as a small group of units that need to move around to respond to threats and be kept alive. Even in FPS, online or off, you have to place turrets and figure out not just the best places to defend from, but how the attacking force is going to respond to your presence. It becomes a mix of guess work, skill and luck that gives a good challenge indeed.
Now I just wish maps where not so static. It is just too damn easy to plan if you know the enemy can only come through a handful of bottlenecks.
Defence here.
My mind is geared towards strategy and lets face it, in most situations the only 'attack based strategy' one needs is selecting all your units and rolling over the enemy with the hopes that your target is one of the things you squish flat. Even in FPS the best attack seems to be nothing more then throwing waves after waves of your respawnable avatars at the objective point. Give also the rate of team play online... well it is near impossable to get a random group of people to attack all at once, instead of individually, let alone to work out things like pincer attacks or sneaking one or two units behind the lines.
Defence though. Normally that tends to have lots of options. In RTS you normally have limitations, such as a small group of units that need to move around to respond to threats and be kept alive. Even in FPS, online or off, you have to place turrets and figure out not just the best places to defend from, but how the attacking force is going to respond to your presence. It becomes a mix of guess work, skill and luck that gives a good challenge indeed.
Now I just wish maps where not so static. It is just too damn easy to plan if you know the enemy can only come through a handful of bottlenecks.
The piles of bodies at the bottom of the stairs right by my gun slits surely tells you something.
Defend to build up while attacking to keep your defenses intact. Once your defenses are fortified, forget them and go all out with attacks. That's how you win. Defenses are a secondary, a nuisance, a detail that only exists to keep producing more tanks for the continued attacks.
So in case you didn't' feel like reading all that..
ATTACK!!
So in case you didn't' feel like reading all that..
ATTACK!!
any kind of strategy game or semi strategical shooter i've just learned and had it built into me to be a defender, cuz most of the time on legendary or insane mode you get RAPED thinking your hot shit and attacking head on, plus most games like empire earth or age of empires (games i adore for the pc) you basically pwn all if you are defensive, otherwise i have never once seen someone win going fullout offensive
I am special, I attack until I'm on the enemies side of wherever then I turn defensive on their positions. (eg sniped from behind!)
I like to run the assault. Defensively.
Which means that I'm on the attack, but tactical about it. To minimize injuries.
Which means that I'm on the attack, but tactical about it. To minimize injuries.
