The Ark vent

[Quovatis]

I just noticed the vent over the bioscanner room on Ark. The only way to get into it is a tiny hole a few rooms away that's hidden, and even then you have to go prone to get the teleporter beacon through it. Once there, it's a fairly big room that leads to a long duct system with ladders that lead to the bioscanner.

Anyway, does anyone ever use that vent or even knew it existed? I don't really see the use of it, as it's really too far away to spam flyer drones (unlike the similar doorless room on Salvage). It also takes far too long to traverse the vents to gain what little advantage you get by surprising the GDF from the vents. Why not make it accessable by everyone so agressors have another route in?

Oh, and if you ever want to try to get out of the room the way you came in, it can be done, but it's very hard. You have to time your jump and teleporter fire just right.

[Ojam]

yeah I've been in the vents, but never have time to find this other room to figure out how to get to it from outside the bioscanner room. You could throw flyers out from in the vent, just sit far enough back so that nades can't reach you.

[Quovatis]

The entrance is at the top of the stairs leading out of the bioscanner. It's on the right side if you are going toward the bioscanner and the tiny hole is on ground level a little off the main path behind some equipment. It's about 1/3 the size of a standard vent entrance and very difficult to spot. It takes a good 60 sec of walking through the vents to reach the actually bioscanner room.

[Arioch]

It's not a bad spot if you need to fly a drone down to protect a p[lanted charge from getting defused.

But it seems that playing on a server with bots that they will toss grenades or fire rockets into the vent in the bioscanner room even before you pop your head up from that final ladder.

[ZaZen.]

Hmm a Search button whats that do? :p

http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13598&highlight=ark

This is a 'how to' film from SlippytheWeasel (http://stage6.divx.com/user/SlippytheWeasel/video/1752413/ETQW-Ark-Sneak)

ooh. so thats what it does. Oh well live and learn. :)

ZaZen.

[TankGoat]

I though OP is talking about Ark.
That one with a bioscanner, and the GDF command wish to see strogg's mother. Not the one where GDF haxoring strogg's 1337 tech :rolleyes:

[Singh400]

I though OP is talking about Ark.
That one with a bioscanner, and the GDF command wish to see strogg's mother. Not the one where GDF haxoring strogg's 1337 tech :rolleyes:No one is talking about Salvage.

Salvage has a very short access vent. Whereas Ark has a very long and difficult to get into access vent. (40+secs)