Extraction mode...where'd it go?

QUINT · Post by **QUINT** » 2008-01-01 22:00

???

A few tweaks, and that could be one of the most fun game modes ever.

I used to love it...then it was gone in .6

Devs?

~Q~

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » 2008-01-01 22:09

It was ...............extracted.

Post by **AtlantaFalcons** » 2008-01-01 22:12

It's still there, it's just broken.

I liked it too, but it never really got played that much.

ConscriptVirus · Post by **ConscriptVirus** » 2008-01-01 22:13

yeah i never got to try it cuz none of hte servers i played on had it in its rotation, but it looks really cool

GrayeKnight · Post by **GrayeKnight** » 2008-01-01 22:14

we've gotten "it's broken"

but... how? i remember playing it in .5 and it worked... just not enough people played it.

BloodBane611 · Post by **BloodBane611** » 2008-01-01 22:35

I thought the deal was that the DEVs couldn't get checkpoints working properly, so ditched it.

Spaz · Post by **Spaz** » 2008-01-01 22:38

I loved extraction! To bad it was almost never played.

Vicktor Vauhn · Post by **Vicktor Vauhn** » 2008-01-01 23:07

Other then the fact that no one understood what to do it was good fun. There was that one server that was running 24/7 extraction and people got the hang of it.

I didn't really like the one where you had to cross the river (I think one of the first PR maps to have to motorbike, back when it was almost impossible to drive.)

I would love to see it return though

Xander[nl] · Post by **Xander[nl]** » 2008-01-01 23:12

Yeah, I never really got to play it, but I can't image how much fun it must be to escort a VIP car with humvees and APCs, with airsupport by choppers and tanks securing vital tactical points etc.

I hope it will return someday.

Spaz · Post by **Spaz** » 2008-01-01 23:22

'Xander[nl wrote:;567361']Yeah, I never really got to play it, but I can't image how much fun it must be to escort a VIP car with humvees and APCs, with airsupport by choppers and tanks securing vital tactical points etc.

I hope it will return someday.

Why escort a VOIP car with APC's when they VIP is more safe in a APC

Chuffy · Post by **Chuffy** » 2008-01-01 23:23

Basrah .5 Xtract was probably one of, if not THE, best PR map. Far better than the AAS version thats for sure.

Whenever I played it everyone seemed to work together, even in a pub game. Some great moments driving in the convoy, having to stop to clear the area up ahead and feeling the nervousness and jitters start to rise because you didn't want to stay in the same place for very long.

IAJTHOMAS · Post by **IAJTHOMAS** » 2008-01-01 23:24

Because on some maps there was a VIP SUV you had to drive?

Xander[nl] · Post by **Xander[nl]** » 2008-01-01 23:25

Spaz wrote:Why escort a VOIP car with APC's when they VIP is more safe in a APC

Don't know if you ever played it, but you had to extract a VIP, which was 'activated' once someone got into the VIP car. (a black SUV)

Post by **fuzzhead** » 2008-01-01 23:31

will make a come back at some point, heavily tweaked.

Spaz · Post by **Spaz** » 2008-01-01 23:33

'Xander[nl wrote:;567379']Don't know if you ever played it, but you had to extract a VIP, which was 'activated' once someone got into the VIP car. (a black SUV)

I played it alot, and i know how it works. But it suppose to be a VIP in the car and irl the vip would be safer in a apc then a SUV even if its armoured hehe

Xander[nl] · Post by **Xander[nl]** » 2008-01-01 23:35

Spaz wrote:I played it alot, and i know how it works. But it suppose to be a VIP in the car and irl the vip would be safer in a apc then a SUV even if its armoured hehe

I quess it is/was best for gameplay, since you can take it out with smallarms fire, while you can only take out an APC with AT.
Agree, he would be safer in an APC.

@ Fuzz, omg that's wonderfull!!!!!11111

7eveN · Post by **7eveN** » 2008-01-02 00:00

i loved the black suv, altho i couldn't play that mode much coz i remeber that basrah used to lag alot.

Post by **Deadfast** » 2008-01-02 01:18

I only played it few times back then, but I remember it was an awesome fun !

Unfortunately no one knew what to do...

Guerra · Post by **Guerra** » 2008-01-02 01:53

Some friends and I had an extraction server, and once or twice a week it would be maxed out with players. We'd have extraction nights. Mostly it was Basrah extraction, since it was the best designed for it.

I'll never forget driving the VIP SUV safely to the airport when suddenly a car comes out of no where with a guy out of the sunroof with an RPG, fires it and a friendly humvee blocked the RPG for us. Ultimate sacrifice, probably for some greedy oil baron too. Haha.

Boy oh boy was it hilarious.

I miss extraction so much

It wasn't broken at all.

BloodBane611 · Post by **BloodBane611** » 2008-01-02 02:21

[R-DEV]fuzzhead wrote:will make a come back at some point, heavily tweaked.

Sweet! More game modes is always a +.

How the **** are you guys always 1 step ahead? Are the DEV's in my brain?