block killers

lately ive been asked why are you so hardcore about your blocks being killed., a engineers block is his saftey. when you kill his blocks letting in enemy fire your are killing him and you and anyone in that base. just the same.,
even when i make huge openings people just trans my blocks regs and newbies. i go easy on the newbies.they might not know right off what the blocks purpose is or what it is..but the regulars or semi regs that constantly kill blocks and dont say anything but look at me.those are the people i get mad at..,i always warn the newbs and tell them why u dont kill blocks. i shouldnt have to do it 5 to 10 times to a regular or semi regular player,. i ask 99 pct of the time if i may kill or add to a block that isnt mine.. its a curtosy .a respect not for the block but for the player who built it, so if i had to make a huffy to make people realize that killing blocks is wrong then i had to .

I've played many maps many times and I've gotten to the point where I know where entrances are. If you've watched me play you've noticed I tend to walk backward while escaping monsters. So coming up to a blocked entrance backwards is frustrating for me. Although that's not enough reason for me to destroy them.

I think I've only destroyed at most five blocks in all the time I've been playing. I don't mind one row of blocks or maybe even two, but I do mind when the whole entrance is blocked. If I can't jump over the blocks then I WILL make a path so I can. I'm not a very good translocator user so I need the entrance to be open somewhat so I can hide w/o transing. Now, you may think "that's his problem... he should learn to trans." and I respect that. But you have to understand blocking an entrance to the best hiding/health regen spot just so an engineer can feel safe is a no-no in my book.

I'm not saying that's what YOU do, I'm saying those are the blocks I will kill in order to make quick safe retreat possible for both me and maybe others.

I agree with Fodder.

Lately, there have been several maps when all of the escape routes and power-ups were blocked off from the ground to the top. I have died needlessly due to most exits being partialy or fully blocked since I cannot escape. When this happens, I just leave the game since I do not want to destroy someone's blocks.

However, I've always been somewhat prejudiced towards engineers blocking up an area and laugh when they cower behind those blocks, thinking they are safe from monsters.

The best fort-like areas, I think, are 1 block high (to keep most of the monster traffic out), allows players to jump over them, and allows for a clear field of fire for everyone behind the blocks.

ive been putting giant openings in my walls for people who have issues transing,

if im in my base.and my walls are up.and i tell you several times to stop transing my blocks.,i make a huge window.and you continue because you think you can .then dont cry when a block falls on your head. lol.

I gotta agree with Fodder and Demon. Sometimes engineers make "forts" too fortified and can't go in or out without breaking one or two blocks. Last week I had to stay "away" from
bases cause of that. Fearing I might destroy blocks, decided to play on the other side of the map where I'd be myself, and in fact I was able to survive with my junkie just fine.

It's annoying to block entrances all the way to the top, specially if you're not an engineer and rely on others to survive. I agree that they have to prevent monsters from coming in but let's remember that the game is about helping each other. So when I play my engineer, I always make sure that the maximum height of obstacles is no higher than two blocks, so that anyone can jump and go in my base.

For future reference, intentionally killig teammates can get you banned ;p

PS: Remember you agreed to play by the rules
PSS: You're not a DJ

if its totaly blocked off yeah make it so u can get in,. but when it's not blocked off ,is what im talking about... when you dont have to kill a block ,but,you choose too.. because you see blocks as a problem for you. yes ,if u cant not stop killing blocks when thiers plenty of windows and openings then stay away from those blocks. nope im not a dj your right thanks for that pointer. and yes you can be bannd for killing teamates..

the 3 people i killed thus far is due to no admin present.and they refuse to stop,so dont take what i say personal unless you do these things purposly.

and for the record this isnt about full walls. this is about walls with openings..when thier is no reason to waste a engineers blocks and time,simply because you cant shoot threw a hole or go around or over or under due to panic transing.or simply just not careing, whatever the excuse is.unless monsters are on you like white on rice thier is no need to panic trans into a engineers base,recklessly<shrugs,
anyway this is my last post on this subject,feel free to delete the posts the point is known now.

(DC)DEMONSLAYER wrote:

The best fort-like areas, I think, are 1 block high (to keep most of the monster traffic out), allows players to jump over them, and allows for a clear field of fire for everyone behind the blocks.

I agree too.
I even like to just lay down small blocks. They cant be destroyed by crouching, and easy to jump over, but are still effective at reducing the influx of monsters.

Mystic wrote:

the 3 people i killed thus far is due to no admin present.and they refuse to stop,so dont take what i say personal unless you do these things purposely.

There have been times when players were purposely destroying blocks for no reason, and would not stop. A kick vote usually goes out to kick the player, but with a full server the required votes never make it in time, and the player is usually oblivious that the kick vote even happened. In which case there was no choice but to take action against the player since he was ruining the game for everyone.
Generally if this happens you could try and keep them entertained with a turret or vehicle. (If they are noobie enough, give them a TC on a titan wave

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Mystic wrote:

the 3 people i killed thus far is due to no admin present.and they refuse to stop,so dont take what i say personal unless you do these things purposly.

Gee, I don't even know how to kill a teammate and don't want to know!!!!!

in all honesty, i hate the engineer class. 99% of the time i hate the lil forts and blocks everywhere. Im a player who likes to be in the thick of it all but there is that 1% of the time that when being destroyed rather quick like i jump into those bases, and i thank you for that. but most of the time FOR ME its more trouble than helpful. I dont know how to destroy blocks. i have killed players accidentally due to the fact that i can not be trusted with a nuke and auto switch when i run out of amo!

and for that i am sorry! But trying to get into a place thats blocked off, even 1 block high i always pick the times where theres EVERYONE in those bunkers. and trying to get in is almost impossible. So i stay far away! how DO you destroy blocks?!