Hogging!

[RoboDuck]

Ok almost nobody seems to realize the real value of hogs ... they're ****ing great you know?

First of all the hyperblaster is easy to use and has high fire rate and reasonable damage but that isnt the only weapon the hog has... you'd think that the gunner in the hog has the only weapon but that's not true

very differently from the GDF the hog not only has a turbo but when using the turbo it throws up a small shield in front of the hog that doesn't seem to negate weapons damage but it negates damage from crashing into stuff.... so take that damn hog and turbo boost it right into a tank... the tank is gone and with some proper driver you have almost no damage!

Be carefull of frontal assaults vs tanks though... they only need 1 good hit and you go BOOM! while the tank is unarmed

works great vs other vehicles to best vs armadillo's at start of game... just intercept one and turbo shield into him... with luck he's carying multiple passengers and you get good XP

Works against deployables to but not that well... can be usefull though if you go really fast so it deals enough (or near enough) damage to disable it... then you can still finish the job with the hyperblaster in gunners seat.

Also I wish Strogg had a Taunt like this: Mwuhahahhahahahh!

would sound kickass for strogg!

[murka10]

i always use hogs for ramming unsuspecting victims, at the start i hop into one and ram some guys coming from gdf base, after a tank comes i try to get behind it and ram it. best way to get behind is to spawn at the back strogg base(few spawn there, like all the icaruses and hogs are there too, why try to fight to get vehicles when some are standing there.

[somvone]

Oh yeah it's about time the hog got the limelight!

[Hakuryu]

I'll say it again... the Hog is the hands down most deadly vehicle in the game. I'd rather run into a Cylcops than a Hog.

It's kind of fun now slamming into noobs driving stuff, not realizing the Hog is an instant killer of most vehicles...got a full Armadillo of GDF yesterday

[RoboDuck]

Originally Posted by Hakuryu

got a full Armadillo of GDF yesterday

I bow to you my friend nice going!!

[Red_Roger]

The Hog is great. You can actually take the Hog to the second objective (planting explosives on the grate), it provides great fire support. The only way for the GDF to take it out is with a rocket launcher.

[Zaknifar]

To the orginal poster:
http://xenon.vps.kotisivut.com/~zakn...qw/00final.jpg

Didn't touch any other vehicle
All the other ones are too clumsy and slow. (well, not Icarus, but you wont get many kills by ramming it against a Titan )

[RoboDuck]

Originally Posted by Zaknifar

To the orginal poster:
http://xenon.vps.kotisivut.com/~zakn...qw/00final.jpg

Didn't touch any other vehicle
All the other ones are too clumsy and slow. (well, not Icarus, but you wont get many kills by ramming it against a Titan )

so people got lots of XP without vehicles in W:ET to... the point is the hog is a bloody jewel for taking out both infantry AND vehicles with more power then a Titan tank... and a titan tank has to hit a desececrator tank multiple times to call it ... one good hog charge and the Titan tank lies in pieces

also it's the only vehicle that can do this thing so the GDF basicly poo their pants when a hog comes in turbo and shield on straight for the front, they can't jump out in time and booooom! a whole squad of GDF sent to the death pool

[Aegeri]

I feel silly for never even realising this myself. Minding, I rarely (if ever) use vehicles in this game, but I'm going to have to try this now. Sounds like hillarious times.

[paZifist]

got captured 2 times with an armadillo yesterday. i hate it

[Cirok]

yeh the hog is crazy, i like to quickly turbo out of spawn to that road thats to the right of the GDF bridge(as they come outof spawn) i then turn around and turbo charge into the back of there tank, then there APC/infantry etc lol.

I love it.

[murka10]

become soldiers and shoot rockets at them

[Zaknifar]

Originally Posted by RoboDuck

so people got lots of XP without vehicles in W:ET to... the point is the hog is a bloody jewel for taking out both infantry AND vehicles with more power then a Titan tank... and a titan tank has to hit a desececrator tank multiple times to call it ... one good hog charge and the Titan tank lies in pieces

also it's the only vehicle that can do this thing so the GDF basicly poo their pants when a hog comes in turbo and shield on straight for the front, they can't jump out in time and booooom! a whole squad of GDF sent to the death pool

The point was that I never left the Hog It was pure hogging for 3 rounds straight. I was just agreeing with you: it's a killing machine capable of destroying everything in the beta so far

[RoboDuck]

Originally Posted by Zaknifar

The point was that I never left the Hog It was pure hogging for 3 rounds straight. I was just agreeing with you: it's a killing machine capable of destroying everything in the beta so far

ah didn't understand you... thought you meant you hadn't touched any other vehicle at all o.0

[Mithikal]

I decided to try GDF today, I got in my tank at the start of the map and drove out the main gate. A Strogg Hog came flying over the hill top full speed at me, I tried to shoot my cannon but it was too late, it destroyed my full hp tank in 1 hit and drove on through.

I didn't have a clue what hit me, guess this explains it. Gunna try it out later.

[RoboDuck]

Originally Posted by Mithikal

A Strogg Hog came flying over the hill top full speed at me, I tried to shoot my cannon but it was too late, it destroyed my full hp tank in 1 hit and drove on through.

rofl...
strogg voice: "So owned" "Strogg Strogg Strogg!"

yeah hog owns all vehicles lol especially considering its speed a good driver doesn't matter much in a Titan tank cause if he sucks at shooting he can't do much but put the same good driver in a hog and he turns in a killing machine

[Mithikal]

The speed that thing moves I'm suprised if even a good aimer could hit it.

True it was my first time in the tank but even if I was in a Cyclops I think the bugger could hit me pretty bad.

[RoboDuck]

Originally Posted by Mithikal

The speed that thing moves I'm suprised if even a good aimer could hit it.

well I usually get hit by Titans alot and normal gunfire alot... only the titans are a threat the normal gunfire hardly hurts and no one aims for the tires... if they all tried to shoot my tires then one would pop off and that would seriously decrease speed

also sometimes I go in a sort of suicide rush in hogs against titans... turbo really fast to them while they see me... sometimes they miss so with some luck I can take em down also once hit a titan but not hard enough to kill it then it had really low hp had to abandon hog trying to finish the job then titan shoot really close to self and the guy in it blows both me and himself up>.<

also if you can try to go hog style with an Armadillo if you see a hog cause escaping it is pretty hard so better to just run or try to turbo into so he doesn't hunt down your mates, did it today lol rammed hog in the side before he could turn also that guy was a good hogger had been killing lots of people with hogs o.0 but then I rammed him from the side and we both go boom but I got the kill and XP

[Hakuryu]

Another good tactic for the Hog I've been using recently is when the GDF hold the last capturable spawn. Drive the hog down the sewer runoff, turn around and park on the road between the EMP and final cap spawn point.

Wait for the GDF wave to respawn, give them 2 seconds then sprint straight toward the stairs 90% of the GDF go up to get inside... had 6 kills in one run doing this last night... the GDF rarely look behind them when spawning :P

I love adding insult to injury also... if you get run over by a Hog and it is blaring it's horn as it hits you... it's probably me :P

[RoboDuck]

Originally Posted by Hakuryu

Another good tactic for the Hog I've been using recently is when the GDF hold the last capturable spawn. Drive the hog down the sewer runoff, turn around and park on the road between the EMP and final cap spawn point.

Wait for the GDF wave to respawn, give them 2 seconds then sprint straight toward the stairs 90% of the GDF go up to get inside... had 6 kills in one run doing this last night... the GDF rarely look behind them when spawning :P

I love adding insult to injury also... if you get run over by a Hog and it is blaring it's horn as it hits you... it's probably me :P

lol nice... I sometimes do it to but not more in just a rush then pre planned it happened twice that one managed to get away... went all the way up stairs but couldnt get farther... it was really fun... especially cause those guys SAW ME! and they were like SHITTTTTTTTTTTT run run run! then bam driven over by an evil evil strogg

[Nuxil]

lol yea. i love the hog too... its awsome in hands of a good driver
a pure killing machine

[napalme]

You clunky alien freaks!

[Cankor]

OK, yes, the Hog has a devastating ram attack, but it has very light armor. A tank can one shot it easily. If the tanker sees the hog coming, the hog doesn't have a chance. The best bet for a hog vs tank is to come up on it from behind when it's occupied to the front, or get it coming around a corner while it's re-loading. Otherwise you are pretty much dead (although with two tactical shields on you you can take a tank hit and get him before he has time to reload unless his first shot has you from way back).

Against just about all other vehicles the hog rocks.

[Sublim3]

throw a couple sheilds from the oppressor on the front of the hog and even a direct frontal tank hit wont kill you

[Ashen-Shugar]

Hog like the Icarus is the gayest thing in this game