Retribution (Whats fare?)

sfericz · Postby **sfericz** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:19 pm

Wheres the limit in taking it too far once you've been eliminated and using your power-ups? Last game I played(4way Dom) I was knocked out early. But gave as much havoc as I could. Letting the Evil Dawinia's take over for a little. Some players complained a little maybe. But will there become an unwritten rule, not to over do it?

RabidZombie · Postby **RabidZombie** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:27 pm

I love/hate the payback option.

On the one hand, if you get an upper hand by taking out an opponent's Spawn Points, payback destroys you.
On the other hand , payback is so sweet.

allen · Postby **allen** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:42 pm

When I lose and get the payback option I always attack the person who put me out of comission. Or I try to favour another team so he could get wiped out.

It's a good method to keep hosts from quitting if they get beat.

Kuth · Postby **Kuth** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:08 pm

If I'm reduced to a floating head on the sidelines, I want to be a Godlike floating head with the power of life and death over the battlefield.

Meteors, nukes, even selecting which boxes have the plague.

zach · Postby **zach** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:59 pm

However silly it may sound, I have yet to have had the retribution abilities even once ...

Mas Tnega · Postby **Mas Tnega** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:34 pm

What's fair is going for the leader with a vengence. I've yet to see retribution do anything particularly frightening on its own.

Of course, "on its own" is the key phrase there...

bert_the_turtle · Postby **bert_the_turtle** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:42 pm

Definitely, it's OK to target the one who knocked you out. Teaches him a lesson in kindness. I also helped the evilinians win once (even though it was them who killed me, got infected early, so I considered them to be my slighly misbehaving children). Was great fun. The way I see it, there are no limits. Retribution is not to be enabled in competetive games, and I think in a game where it's normal that with just one bit of bad luck, a team gets consumed by evil, one should not take things too seriously.

(While I'm not eliminated, I sometimes hold back powerups just because my opponent is already down and I don't want to nuke him on top of that. Leave them a bit of hope, I say, so they don't quit/shut the server down. It works great.)

Mas Tnega · Postby **Mas Tnega** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:48 pm

bert_the_turtle wrote:Definitely, it's OK to target the one who knocked you out. Teaches him a lesson in kindness.

That isn't always the leader, though.

bert_the_turtle · Postby **bert_the_turtle** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:01 am

And? Teaches him a lesson not to kick the one who is currently down, but rather fight the current big bully.

PegasusJF · Postby **PegasusJF** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:35 am

I have no sympathy for those I smite. Perhaps my enemies should be a little be less blood thirsty.

Edit: IMHO, there should be no restriction.

kiniki2004 · Postby **kiniki2004** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:53 am

I like to fight for the underdog...

If someone is dominating I'll help out the little guy...

Last night there were a load of Evilwinians gaining a massive foothold... So I sent some retribution their way whilst the other two players battled it out...

Unfortunately they still became all too powerful... but I did my part

Miktor · Postby **Miktor** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:49 am

I usually help balancing the game so that the last guy might actually get a chance...

Jabe · Postby **Jabe** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:03 pm

I think it should be totally configuarable by the host... but then I think that about everything.

(I know Icepick's opinoin differs here

).

Nimbus · Postby **Nimbus** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:22 pm

What about co-op games? Dose team-membership extend post-mortem? I once helped the enemy win after I died (Why? -for shits 'n giggles, of course) and my teammate got pretty pissed off...

Aegis Tyra · Postby **Aegis Tyra** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:45 pm

I try to make things interesting, rather than destroy completely - if I can lay down a Dark forest to force everyone into one massive chokepoint, I will, rather than using it on a SP. If I get a nuke, unless it's to hit Evilwinians/Futurewinians, I usually with-hold it until all three other players are in one big fight... then drop it and watch them flee.