I have a mod for Morrowind that makes damage do more if you've been falling (cause of the extra speed behind the weapon). I jumped off a cliff to hit a particularly tough enemy, hoping that my tremendously high acrobatics would save me. It didn't.
Suicidal/desperate strategies you've tried in games
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It's super effective! For me it's my last resort in SC2, lift up buildings, spam AA turrets with excess minerals, hope for best.Wayneguard said:
Dawn of War 2. Chaos Marines vs Tyranids. Tier 1. I'm losing badly, most of my points being captured as I realize I've been unwillingly hoarding my ressources. In a mass suicidal plan, I build the maximum amount of acolytes (I believe they're called), rushing into the midst of the hormagaunt and termagaunt swarms. About 4 suicide bombs go off, another 4 grenade barrages being launched into the midst of the chaos. In the end, my sorcerer with a small number of surviving minions left the fray, alive but hurt. Then came the sacrifices to regain my power...
Battlefield 1942 was the best place for this stuff.
Not to mention it was hilarious to watch and to play with these tactics. I'll never forget the time on El Alamein where the Allied team assaulted the Axis base in a B17 crashing from the sky into our Airfield, with a few parachuting out and stealing tanks.
That or the classic engineer riding on the hood of a jeep with dynamite.
Fucking hilarious.
Miss that game...
Not to mention it was hilarious to watch and to play with these tactics. I'll never forget the time on El Alamein where the Allied team assaulted the Axis base in a B17 crashing from the sky into our Airfield, with a few parachuting out and stealing tanks.
That or the classic engineer riding on the hood of a jeep with dynamite.
Fucking hilarious.
Miss that game...
Dungeons and Dragons Online.
I like to play a Drow Paladin to get high saving throws, + a shield feat or two, + Intimidate to draw aggro, + Defender specialization. Throw in Smite Evil, and I can pull a decent balance of tanking and quick mage takedown, with a little bit of Lay Hands to endear myself to whoever I just boosted to full HP. Also, I like to have wands of Bull's Strength, Bless, and healing. Did I mention Smite Evil recharges over time instead of per rest? (I LOVE Paladins. Hell, one of their top abilities in the Defender specialization is called Glorious Stand.)
There was one time where we started off an instance bad. On either Hard or Elite, I honestly can't remember. Anyways, we had someone who wouldn't let the rogue do his job, so he got blasted by traps and rage quit. The rogue died soon afterwards - from a trap. We're down to 4 people now - myself, my brother, (wizard) and two clerics. Morale is low. This particular instance has tons of mages and tons of constructs - always a royal pain.
We struggle through these confrontations, barely keeping it together. We lose my brother (the wizard) and so it's me and two clerics - not exactly high damage dealers! Thankfully, we all brought wands of healing. I brought wands for every status ailment ever (again, endearing myself to the party) and my Use Magic Device is pretty high, so we save spellpoints and do our best. Still, we take a beating, and are low on SP by the time we near the end of the instance.
So, we're already dreading the final confrontation. There are only three of us, and we know we don't stand a chance against the boss. We round the corner, and then we see him. The boss. His two lackeys. And the (random) rare spawn that outclasses the boss.
Everyone dies a little inside. At the same time, there's no way we're going to lie down and take it. We charge. I remember just in time - I have some cookies from the Festivult that give me some sweet bonuses, at the cost of being able to cast spells. I have no spellpoints. This seems fair to me. I chow down on anything that looks beneficial. I spam Intimidate.
I despair.
The clerics are barely keeping me alive. My Lay Hands is soon expended. I am literally backed into a corner while the rare spawn is pounding away at my shield and I watch red numbers rack up over my head. I can't see anything, but I think the lackeys are hitting me too. I have no idea how I'm staying alive - the clerics have their hands full already, and they have no SP - they must be spamming wands of moderate healing, maybe major. This goes on for probably 20, maybe 30 seconds, but it felt like hours. I realize I have some cookies left in my inventory - they're on a hotkey and I have no idea what they do.
I push them all.
Meteor Swarm! Robot Dog Summon! Spell effects fill the hallway and I have *no idea* what's going on anymore. Time speeds up and I smite wildly, abandoning all hope of defense. And then it's over. We're all alive, standing there in disbelief. I have no idea how our enemies died - I certainly don't remember killing them. Maybe the cookies did.
I was mildly addicted to DDO before that occurred.
From that point on, I was hooked.
I like to play a Drow Paladin to get high saving throws, + a shield feat or two, + Intimidate to draw aggro, + Defender specialization. Throw in Smite Evil, and I can pull a decent balance of tanking and quick mage takedown, with a little bit of Lay Hands to endear myself to whoever I just boosted to full HP. Also, I like to have wands of Bull's Strength, Bless, and healing. Did I mention Smite Evil recharges over time instead of per rest? (I LOVE Paladins. Hell, one of their top abilities in the Defender specialization is called Glorious Stand.)
There was one time where we started off an instance bad. On either Hard or Elite, I honestly can't remember. Anyways, we had someone who wouldn't let the rogue do his job, so he got blasted by traps and rage quit. The rogue died soon afterwards - from a trap. We're down to 4 people now - myself, my brother, (wizard) and two clerics. Morale is low. This particular instance has tons of mages and tons of constructs - always a royal pain.
We struggle through these confrontations, barely keeping it together. We lose my brother (the wizard) and so it's me and two clerics - not exactly high damage dealers! Thankfully, we all brought wands of healing. I brought wands for every status ailment ever (again, endearing myself to the party) and my Use Magic Device is pretty high, so we save spellpoints and do our best. Still, we take a beating, and are low on SP by the time we near the end of the instance.
So, we're already dreading the final confrontation. There are only three of us, and we know we don't stand a chance against the boss. We round the corner, and then we see him. The boss. His two lackeys. And the (random) rare spawn that outclasses the boss.
Everyone dies a little inside. At the same time, there's no way we're going to lie down and take it. We charge. I remember just in time - I have some cookies from the Festivult that give me some sweet bonuses, at the cost of being able to cast spells. I have no spellpoints. This seems fair to me. I chow down on anything that looks beneficial. I spam Intimidate.
I despair.
The clerics are barely keeping me alive. My Lay Hands is soon expended. I am literally backed into a corner while the rare spawn is pounding away at my shield and I watch red numbers rack up over my head. I can't see anything, but I think the lackeys are hitting me too. I have no idea how I'm staying alive - the clerics have their hands full already, and they have no SP - they must be spamming wands of moderate healing, maybe major. This goes on for probably 20, maybe 30 seconds, but it felt like hours. I realize I have some cookies left in my inventory - they're on a hotkey and I have no idea what they do.
I push them all.
Meteor Swarm! Robot Dog Summon! Spell effects fill the hallway and I have *no idea* what's going on anymore. Time speeds up and I smite wildly, abandoning all hope of defense. And then it's over. We're all alive, standing there in disbelief. I have no idea how our enemies died - I certainly don't remember killing them. Maybe the cookies did.
I was mildly addicted to DDO before that occurred.
From that point on, I was hooked.
..I never thought about it like that. But it makes perfect sense.Jedi Sasquatch said:
OT: Dynasty Warriors 4 & 5. I went headlong rush for Lu Bu in the battle of Si Shui Gate, while playing as an entirely unbuffed Sun Shang Xiang.
For those who can't picture this: Teenage girl carrying a pair of chakrams, bullrushing a guy roughly 10 inches taller and a hundred pounds heavier, who is carrying a gigantic halberd. Said guy also has the reputation of 'badass extraordinaire' and grown men piss themselves just hearing his name.
Bad bad bad idea. It was awesome though.
I think the most suicidal strategy I've used would be in a DoW match where I played as the Eldar. Nothing had happened for ages so I snuck a webway gate in behind my opponent's base and teleported every movable structure I owned to that point. Then I proceeded to unload a webway full of warp spiders & banshees into a wall of assault termies and dreadnoughts.
After not much time the ground was covered in banshee corpses and, while he didn't have much of an army left it was more than what I had. So then he found the 'Build Librarian' button and revealed my buildings but moments later met the Avatar of Khaine and the start of my comeback.
This time I completely annihilated him.
After not much time the ground was covered in banshee corpses and, while he didn't have much of an army left it was more than what I had. So then he found the 'Build Librarian' button and revealed my buildings but moments later met the Avatar of Khaine and the start of my comeback.
This time I completely annihilated him.
In every racing game ever: when my e-brake fails or my car handles for shit, I slam into the side-rails to stabilize movement.
Give one of your teammates a C4 and have him run up to a tank. Drop a C4 and detonate it right away. Tank goes up, teammate is downed, I run in with a medkit and he's all better. Standard strategy for Conflict Desert Storm and it works real nicely against the heavily armored tanks that only die from an RPG to the rear otherwise.
