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Subject: Annoying Flags...
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Poll: Should the flag be picked up with the ' X ' button?  [closed]
Yes:  60%
(9 Votes)
No:  40%
(6 Votes)
Total Votes: 15

I was just wondering if any of you found it annoying, how when you get into a heated battle for a flag, and you accidently walk over it and pick it up. Quickly after picking the flag up, you get wasted because of that fraction of a second without a weapon on your arm. I feel that they should have you pick the flag up like you would pikc a weapon up, only not count as a weapon, just a flag. I know the trade off is if you time it wrong you may miss an opportunity to seize a flag, but i mean...what do all you say about it?

  • 04.16.2004 10:55 AM PDT

I disagree; being able to throw the flag to other players easily is not a feature I want removed.

  • 04.16.2004 10:57 AM PDT
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Its a team game your team should be the ones doing most of the fighting.

  • 04.16.2004 10:57 AM PDT
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Yea and the same for oddball too

  • 04.16.2004 10:58 AM PDT
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Im not saying remove the ability to throw it to a team mate quickly, im saying in picking up the flag, is where it gets annoying at some points. I love the fact that you can toss the flag quickly with the trigger, and i wish it to remain like that.

  • 04.16.2004 11:07 AM PDT
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yea but there's another problem with that. if you picked up the flag with X and then went over to another weapon still holding the flag and pressed X you would have 3 weapons.

  • 04.16.2004 11:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: hlrmsfrk14
yea but there's another problem with that. if you picked up the flag with X and then went over to another weapon still holding the flag and pressed X you would have 3 weapons.


I think the guys just might have the foresight to avoid that...

  • 04.16.2004 11:25 AM PDT
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I also like how you can throw the flag to your teammates, do not remove it.
It would take away from alot of the teamwork.

  • 04.16.2004 11:26 AM PDT
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it is annoying but so is my little sister you just have to get over it

  • 04.16.2004 11:27 AM PDT
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I think it's fine the way it is. There are times when you throw the flag and it bounces back at you, but this can be avoided. It takes a good assessment of the situation to be able to toss the flag to fight a few enemies and then proceed on towards your base. It is already built into the game so that you will not return or pick up the flag as long as you are firing. Have you not noticed this?

As for Oddball, I think one of the best strategies is to throw the ball in your attackers hands and start blasting them. It tends to throw some people off-guard long enough to take down their shields, or kill them entirely.

[Edited on 4/16/2004 3:32:30 PM]

  • 04.16.2004 3:28 PM PDT