"I never knew it was so much fun to build walls"

I think we should practice the art of building walls.

Fun things to do with walls:

-spell out words
-create stairs
-create a fort
-create a fort w/ APC inside (great last spawn defense, as enemies can't hit it directly)
-making entrances that look big enough for enemy tanks to rush through, but they can't
-surround an enemy vehicle with them (bonus points for building them up all the way)
-create art (single long thin walls works best, someday some1 will do it)
-trap enemy infantry inside (how you convince them to get in there is up to you)
-creating random single walls all across the map (the long thin ones)
-holding a territory (enemy have to decon walls b4 they can build)
-creating a lagfest (anyone looking at your 20 walls stuck together instantly drop to 3 fps, then you kill them)
-making walls look jumpable but aren't (build them just high enough that infantry can't jump over)
-seal up rooms (like those pesky ninja tunnels in streets of fire. bonus points if you seal up your own APC in them, so you can still use the tunnels)
-scale hills (who needs climbing gear when you can build walls?)
-making arrows (sometimes the comm needs to know what you are pointing at. a big helpful wall arrow should do the trick)

man we should create a new clan, dedicated to the art of wall building
don't worry commanders, we still fight the enemy... when they attack our fort, we defend it!

 

When I comm I mostly make starforts, they work well... Including stairs, towers, ect.

 

-spell out words
I've spelt out JPL and other related words.
-create stairs
Exploiting with walls is a great idea.
-create a fort
MASSIVE FORT
-create a fort w/ APC inside (great last spawn defense, as enemies can't hit it directly)
This is a great attacking idea on Canyon, hide in the north side of BE.
-making entrances that look big enough for enemy tanks to rush through, but they can't
emp_money, learn to make awesome walls.
-surround an enemy vehicle with them (bonus points for building them up all the way)
Do commanders count?
-create art (single long thin walls works best, someday some1 will do it)
I've done a few. I know Stu makes them Nazi symbols.
-trap enemy infantry inside (how you convince them to get in there is up to you)
Ninja in SoF. I chased him down as command and he went where the bikes are in the BE side. I walled the alleyway for lulz.
-creating random single walls all across the map (the long thin ones)
The super forts JPL (Caggers) used to create count.
-holding a territory (enemy have to decon walls b4 they can build)
This is a common tactic with me.
-creating a lagfest (anyone looking at your 20 walls stuck together instantly drop to 3 fps, then you kill them)
I've created so many walls in 1.73, I had people crashing.
-making walls look jumpable but aren't (build them just high enough that infantry can't jump over)
Just basic walls I can shoot over but can't get jumped.
-seal up rooms (like those pesky ninja tunnels in streets of fire. bonus points if you seal up your own APC in them, so you can still use the tunnels)
Exploit in GlycenCity by walling the NF middle spawn.
-scale hills (who needs climbing gear when you can build walls?)
This is to get up high things. SoF is one.
-making arrows (sometimes the comm needs to know what you are pointing at. a big helpful wall arrow should do the trick)
Simple trick.

 

do these count?


Fort ‡|JPL|‡ :D

 

ZOMG that is funny

Can you still build stuff on top of walls in 2.2?

 

You can build stuff on top of walls?!

 

It looks an awful lot like it in those pictures. That's very interesting - what happens when the walls are destroyed?

 

1.073, the turret only checked if the area was flat enough. If you had enough walls close enough at the same height, it would allow you to place a turret as commander. It was awesome when super forts where built up like this.

 

I don't see why that was removed

that is fucking awesome

 

hahaha the armoury of death.

no ammoz for you.

 

armory got stairs i think

 

the reason the thread was titled that in the news section is because during that podcast, the guy talking about empires hadn't played since like 1.0, so he was trying to think of what he could remember. He sort of got stuck with the fact that it was fun building walls. >_> about 1/2 of the podcast relating to empires is about building walls.

 

Some people make zwastikas...

 

Probly the best thing to do with walls is trap the guy who stole your tank. Wait until they get bored and leave it then recycle them and get your tank back. Bonus lolz if you can get the walls high enough so they cant jump out, make sure to get the screenie of them typing kill in general chat and being pissed that it doesn't work.

 

http://www.empiresjpl.com/?Screenshots

Lots of examples of epic wall bases, all made by me :p

They were meant to just be placeholders for the screenshots page, but I've never gotten around to taking some decent new screenshots to replace them.

Oh and the armoury in the picture on the first page has a staircase, its just hard to see (I made that one as well).

 

EPIC > JPL

 

lol, it would have been cooler if the be comm was trapped inside the O

 

Wanna scrim again to see if that holds truth?

 

Sure, I'd enjoy that once I reclaim my steam account and get things up and running again. Maybe this time we can borrow Bitchslap's server so Cyberkun doesnt whine about ping being bad on UK servers and I don't whine about ping being bad on west coast USA servers, East coast USA is pretty good usually, although I'd have to check for our +2 GMTers.

 

When will ya get your steam back? Right now that kind whines about that he ''bought it on ebay'' :D