Topic: Why flying a borg cube is nothing for me. (Read 6414 times)

Aenigma · « **on:** January 21, 2003, 10:02:28 am »

Borg Cubes are the most fearful ships in the game. No sane person would take on a player borg cube alone, so if you, as borg cube attack a single player, they will do HET, activate cloak (if they have it) and warp out. The only time you get a real good fight is when they come and get you with multiple DN's and they wouldn't attack you if they knew they had no chance.
That's why i think flying a cube is boring, the only things to shoot are AI, who are to dumb to flee. You can't even get a decent pvp-battle most of the time and. Not that i actually fly borg (their ships don't even look nice

), but i can't imagine why flying such a thing would be fun at all.

Aenigma

korus · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2003, 10:14:12 am »

As a Borg player myself, I have yet to get the chance of flying a Cube. If the server admins ever lower the insane cost of them I'd like to have that chance... Now if only they address the Warp Core issues, and give Borg all its powers that would be cool....

Korus

Vysander · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2003, 10:43:26 am »

I fly in a sphere and there's only about 3 people in act C who would actually duel with me. Besides them, i've had fleets of 2 CA's and a DN run from me (all human), the only other type of 'people' who actually confront me are the ones with 2+ sovs in their fleet (both human)....

so it's a boring life... all I do is attack planets over.. and over.. and over again. Given that the borg are outnumbered on act C, there's 2-3 of us turning planets while the horde of klingons and feds turn them right back. Can't engage them due to them warping out... *sigh*.....

And if I could actually HIT something with that plasma i'd be rom

well... if I wasn't 'stuck in battle' that would help too

Max zero · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2003, 11:05:28 am »

I know the feeling. Once your in Sphere or better getting anyone to duel 1 v 1 is a chore. Hell any type of duel is hard to get. Short of being completely outclassed, 3 v 1 etc.

Most Borg players go for the Cube because there is nothing else to do. Taking planets over and over is boring.

I guess there is a problem of being too scary.

DONOTDELETE · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2003, 11:15:56 am »

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I know the feeling. Once your in Sphere or better getting anyone to duel 1 v 1 is a chore.

Hopefully the patch will address the two main issues that keep some (at least me) from engaging the Borg (Human Cube):

Cube ram (Borg warp rams then grabs you with "unbreakable" autotractor)
Big prestige hit in D3 for loosing your ship

korus · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2003, 01:37:39 pm »

Well I hope the mythical patch that's coming will address these issues, and give the Borg something truly to be feared. Adaptive shielding, assimilation would be cool to have that Sov half Borg... Hehe... I guess having armor regen is out too... Oh well...

Korus

Vysander · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2003, 03:54:39 pm »

As most anyone who has encountered me would tell you on Act C, I fly solo, I don't even bother with AI anymore

Whiplash · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2003, 07:49:19 pm »

So why do you do it? Fly borg, I mean. Isn't this game supposed to be fun? If it isn't fun, don't play it.

W.

Vysander · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2003, 07:51:05 pm »

Nah, I just rotate through them all...

I went

borg -> Federation -> Klingon -> Borg (now that I knew what I was doing) and next is romulan

BuckStrider · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2003, 09:38:46 pm »

Whats boring is the missions itself...You get the "Uplifting" planeatry assaults....The "Nailbiting" distress call...The "Ever Popular" Starbase/Battle Station Assault (what a joke) and for the true feature...The "Favorite Mission of Them All" scan mission

Vysander · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2003, 09:49:59 pm »

well some of those are really really fun if the other side has comparable human opponants (in ability and ships)

had a fun convoy mission where I ended up defending the convoy and we beat back a superior romulan force..... and the planet ones with human forces are the ones where I am generally forced to disengage due to damage.. so good fun there too

when it works of course... too many times my defending ships are placed right behind the attackign ones.. not fair for the attackers

Aenigma · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2003, 10:02:28 am »

Borg Cubes are the most fearful ships in the game. No sane person would take on a player borg cube alone, so if you, as borg cube attack a single player, they will do HET, activate cloak (if they have it) and warp out. The only time you get a real good fight is when they come and get you with multiple DN's and they wouldn't attack you if they knew they had no chance.
That's why i think flying a cube is boring, the only things to shoot are AI, who are to dumb to flee. You can't even get a decent pvp-battle most of the time and. Not that i actually fly borg (their ships don't even look nice

), but i can't imagine why flying such a thing would be fun at all.

Aenigma

korus · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2003, 10:14:12 am »

As a Borg player myself, I have yet to get the chance of flying a Cube. If the server admins ever lower the insane cost of them I'd like to have that chance... Now if only they address the Warp Core issues, and give Borg all its powers that would be cool....

Korus

Vysander · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2003, 10:43:26 am »

I fly in a sphere and there's only about 3 people in act C who would actually duel with me. Besides them, i've had fleets of 2 CA's and a DN run from me (all human), the only other type of 'people' who actually confront me are the ones with 2+ sovs in their fleet (both human)....

so it's a boring life... all I do is attack planets over.. and over.. and over again. Given that the borg are outnumbered on act C, there's 2-3 of us turning planets while the horde of klingons and feds turn them right back. Can't engage them due to them warping out... *sigh*.....

And if I could actually HIT something with that plasma i'd be rom

well... if I wasn't 'stuck in battle' that would help too

Max zero · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2003, 11:05:28 am »

I know the feeling. Once your in Sphere or better getting anyone to duel 1 v 1 is a chore. Hell any type of duel is hard to get. Short of being completely outclassed, 3 v 1 etc.

Most Borg players go for the Cube because there is nothing else to do. Taking planets over and over is boring.

I guess there is a problem of being too scary.

korus · « **Reply #18 on:** January 21, 2003, 01:37:39 pm »

Well I hope the mythical patch that's coming will address these issues, and give the Borg something truly to be feared. Adaptive shielding, assimilation would be cool to have that Sov half Borg... Hehe... I guess having armor regen is out too... Oh well...

Korus

Vysander · « **Reply #19 on:** January 21, 2003, 03:54:39 pm »

As most anyone who has encountered me would tell you on Act C, I fly solo, I don't even bother with AI anymore

Whiplash · « **Reply #20 on:** January 21, 2003, 07:49:19 pm »

So why do you do it? Fly borg, I mean. Isn't this game supposed to be fun? If it isn't fun, don't play it.

W.

Vysander · « **Reply #21 on:** January 21, 2003, 07:51:05 pm »

Nah, I just rotate through them all...

I went

borg -> Federation -> Klingon -> Borg (now that I knew what I was doing) and next is romulan

BuckStrider · « **Reply #22 on:** January 21, 2003, 09:38:46 pm »

Whats boring is the missions itself...You get the "Uplifting" planeatry assaults....The "Nailbiting" distress call...The "Ever Popular" Starbase/Battle Station Assault (what a joke) and for the true feature...The "Favorite Mission of Them All" scan mission

Vysander · « **Reply #23 on:** January 21, 2003, 09:49:59 pm »

well some of those are really really fun if the other side has comparable human opponants (in ability and ships)

had a fun convoy mission where I ended up defending the convoy and we beat back a superior romulan force..... and the planet ones with human forces are the ones where I am generally forced to disengage due to damage.. so good fun there too

when it works of course... too many times my defending ships are placed right behind the attackign ones.. not fair for the attackers

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