- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The thing is, especially in CTF, all vehicles and weapons should be used to their advantage. Tanks are good, but in some maps they are too cumbersome. Like in the ice map, when you are going around the corner, the nose of the tank sticks out before the driver can see around the corner, which often leads to someone with a grenade blowing up the tank. The tanks can be invincible if used right, but they also can be very weak. The fact that you can't control the turret and drive train separately (like you can in Call of Duty), is a weakness of the vehicle. It would be nice to be able to drive backwards while pointing the turrent forwards.
And with Shee's, my biggest problem with them is usually the placement of them in games. For the most part, unless you are really really good, they are hard to take down. Especially when you only spawn with a pistol and machine gun. There are A LOT OF PLAYERS out there who are kill thirsty and will get quite good at flying the shee and talking out walking players. A Shee vs. a walking player is usually an advantage to the banshee. In CTF, they are usually not at all interested in getting the flag. They just fly around looking for people to kill. I very rarely can take them down with hand held weapons. I have to maybe practice more with the Shotgun, I hear they are good against the shee. Is there a strategy to this? Shoot them with the shotgun from behind maybe? Becuase that outer front shell of the banshee is hard to penetrate. I"ve hit it directly with a rocket before and the banshee has survived.