Base Jumping

[MadMarkus]

posting for two reasons...
1) Strategy I use
2) Maybe people don't know you can do it

I use it mostly on valley (as GDF) in two spots (farthest spot going over the tunnel and back of Cyclops spawn), but it comes in handy on some other maps as well (for either team).
I mostly play FO and sometimes I need to be up high so I can look into enemy territory(no pun intended) and call in arty. Once i do that, there is not always a point to staying up there (no one needs ammo for rockets or covert) so I base jump off the nearest cliff to get back down (MCP, spawn, ammo, cause confusion behind enemy lines)

Find a nice stright drop off, leap out, and tap "use" a few times, hit the ground running. The higher the drop off the safer you are, shorter drops cause a small (to moderate) amt of damage depending. Its a good way to get away from the tormentor that spotted your laser as well...you can at least get down and toss a few nades before he tells people where you are.

Plus...I just think its cool:cool:

[DiZasteR]

isnt that just called a parachute? and the uber strogg shield thingey

[MadMarkus]

A chute off a stationary object is called base jumping, but yea its called that...I didn't know you could do it off a cliff in ET untill I played for like 100 hrs...so maybe Im a slow learner and maybe I can help others Ive seen jump to their deaths in the same sit.

[DiZasteR]

hehe :) i think i wouldve never foudn out if i hadnt readen some other post..

[Dead1nside]

It's sort of like Battlefield, you can jump out of vehicles or cliffs and high buildings without killing yourself. It's certainly useful.

[Seanza]

I kinda take this "strat" for granted. It's a common thing I found when I used to fall from the skies in my Beta 2 days.

So yeah, you've kinda caughtened on to it a little straight but you were being helpful posting it here for others who weren't in the "know" of how to do it.

Good job!

[MadMarkus]

Thanks Seanza,
I knew I could do it out of an aircraft...but It was not "common sense" to me to think it would work off of a cliff (why would I be wearing a chute on the front line kinda thought). I only tried it when I jumped off a cliff on canyon and saw the hand symbol.
Ive been outta gaming for the last 6 years (son born) and have only gotten back into it with the release of QW:ET.

[Szakalot]

run ur own server
allow cheats
use noclip to get as high as the skybox allows (u can go above it but thats really not u want to do)
turn the noclip off just below the skybox
u win