So, I’ve heard of players being betrayed for their power weapons. I even had my Warthog stolen by 2 players once; they Spartan Charged me when I thought they wanted to board, and when it flipped over and I fell out, they mounted up and drove off. I’ve also heard of players in the top spot of a game being betrayed by someone who wants a better score. But I have never heard of a player in WZFF that deliberately sabotaged the entire team’s chances at winning the game…until my game last night.
I’m not talking about unskilled playing, or not using REQ’s, you’ll see what I mean in a moment.
So, we finished Round 4 on Escape from A.R.C. (4ea Banshee Raiders) and since I still had rockets left in my SPNKR-EM, I went to engage the 2 Legendary Knights in the tunnel – Round 5 was Defeat All Promethean Bosses (2 Knights, 3 Wardens). Once I expended rockets I engaged with my DMR until killed. When I respawned I ran upstairs in the Garage to engage with my now Kinetic Bolt DMR, while my REQ level refilled high enough for a Scorpion. Someone else already was hammering them with a Scorpion, and another player was hitting them with an Incineration Cannon, so we were doing pretty well. The 2 Knights went down fairly quickly, my REQ level was refilled, Scorpion time. Out of the garage I came with one of the camo’d Scorpions w/Wheelman mod (proven combo) and headed for the tunnel. I could see the back end of either a Scorpion or Wraith engaging the Wardens, and a Scorpion at the entrance to the tunnel. As I cleared the garage “door” I heard another Scorpion come out behind me – things looking pretty good. As I got to the tunnel entrance, the tank there seemed to be having some driving trouble, he was kinda sideways. As he was straightening out he ended up perpendicular to the traffic flow, so I went to pass him at his rear. He backed up. I backed up, went to pass at his front. He pulled forward. It dawns on me – is this guy really blocking the tunnel so me and the other tank can’t get through? Then he turn his turret and shoots me. The other tank is trying to crawl over his back end, I’m trying to crawl over his front end, meanwhile Mr. Roadblock is moving back and forth, still sideways in the tunnel, and shooting us both. I finally crawl over his front, but the other Scorpion is still blocked. As I get over I finally can see one of the Legendary Wardens and have a great line of sight to engage from a good distance. I start shooting the Warden, and I’m now getting shot from behind by Mr. Roadblock, and taking hits from Promethean minions, as well as the Warden. Suffice it to say, I get damaged out pretty quick, and die.
At this point no one’s been getting any effective hits on the 3 Wardens. We’ve got less than 30 seconds remaining on the clock. As I’m waiting for my respawn that will never come, I’m watching a few guys engage the Wardens with small arms, because no one has a REQ level high enough for bigger stuff at this point. We lose, not one Warden taken down.
Now, clearing the 3 Wardens on this level is always a close thing when a team pulls it off. But when you have a player in a tank, who is not only not firing at the Wardens, but deliberately keeping 2 other tanks from engaging the Wardens, that is a sure-fire guarantee of failure.
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
P.S. Yes, I reported him for Unsportsmanlike Behavior, with detailed comments, and blocked him.