Artillery exploit?

[K-Boom]

I like to play as commander, and since I have been playing I see that the commander kills with artillery usually show yellow.

But I've noticed sometimes some artillery kills showing up blue (friendly commander) or red (enemy commander)

Like this:
usmccomander [Artillery] oneplayer
usmccomander [Artillery] twoplayer
usmccomander [Artillery] threeplayer
usmccomander [Artillery] fourplayer
instead of showing yellow...

Then I figured that these guys were acually scoring for their kills with the artillery, and we all know that artillery kills and any other commander kills don't count, which IMO is a big mistake from EA, should reward good commanders with commander points for killing with artillery.

Well, then I figured these guys called the artillery strikes and resign from commander post, let artillery drop, get the kills, and apply again as commander.

I figured this 2 days ago, and I have done it a few times and never saw anyone complaining. But today I was USMC commander at a match in Mashtuur City and a player <Wkl>Anubis (ironically he was my mentor, thats how I figured how it was done), he said I was exploiting.

SO, I never saw anyone saying this was exploit, IF IT IS thank god I just used a few times, but I remember this player doing it A LOT of times at Strike at Karkand 24/7 64 player server from the *=SAS=* clan, the server is not online anymore unfortunately, but we still get good Karkand servers (my favorite)

For the matter of the doubt I won't do this again but I wanted the opinion if its an exploit, because I have seen many players doing the same thing, getting artillery kills to count.

IMO, EA should change the commander score system, so the artillery kills should count as 1 commander point or 1 teamwork point. Commanders dont get so well rewarded.

My 2 cents

[glasseye]

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i thought kills did count for points, just not as commander points.

[Harmor]

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i thought kills did count for points, just not as commander points.

Commanders do not get combat, teamwork, or commander points when they kill people with artillery while they are commander.

[Eddy01741]

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Maybe they did this exploit, there commander, tey arty somewhere, they resign as commander, and they get points for kills, i'm not sure it works, but i've heard of this exploit before, it's the easy way to get points if it actually does work.

[K-Boom]

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The artillery kills count 0
Actually their main purpose is to help clearing an area for an attack

What happens a lot too: the friendly infantry walks into artillery fire before the barrage ends.

Eddy01741, thats exactly what I have described... Well, so if its an exploit, lets not do it. Good to know. vbmenu_register("postmenu_327047", true);

[Kukov]

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That's very clever. I guess it's an exploit...but it's such a minor one that anyone who gets really upset over it really needs to grab a coffee and read the paper for an hour or so.

[ODD-BALL]

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i guess if you see someone doing it, and it pisses you off, as soon as they fire the arty and resign, apply for commander and take their fun and kills away....

[Harmor]

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I thought you can reapply for commander for 5 minutes?

[HYP3R]

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Ok.. I am confused. How come at the end of the round It shows all of my kills as commander. Also, even in my sig you can see my kill streak shows (67). That was me as commander killing 67 people in one round with artillery only. So you are telling me that I didn't get credit for any of this?? Hmm something is a miss here.

[Harmor]

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Ok.. I am confused. How come at the end of the round It shows all of my kills as commander. Also, even in my sig you can see my kill streak shows (67). That was me as commander killing 67 people in one round with artillery only. So you are telling me that I didn't get credit for any of this?? Hmm something is a miss here.

If you're not commander, you get 2 points for each kill. If you are commander you get ZERO.

What's funny is that if you have say your Knife out and kill 67 people with artillery as commander the game thinks you killed 67 people with your KNIFE (easy way to get badges).

I'm pretty sure this is a bug and hopefully will be addressed in v1.03 patch.

[Eddy01741]

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Ok.. I am confused. How come at the end of the round It shows all of my kills as commander. Also, even in my sig you can see my kill streak shows (67). That was me as commander killing 67 people in one round with artillery only. So you are telling me that I didn't get credit for any of this?? Hmm something is a miss here.

No ya don't, it's kinda wierd, it's like your team average, and commander points don't play into your global scoore too much either, if you have like 1000 commander points you only get like 250 extra global points i think.

[Ozirtz]

Ok.. I am confused. How come at the end of the round It shows all of my kills as commander. Also, even in my sig you can see my kill streak shows (67). That was me as commander killing 67 people in one round with artillery only. So you are telling me that I didn't get credit for any of this?? Hmm something is a miss here.

Good question, was wondering the exact samething. I have had 87 kills on Karkand as commander and it counted them. No idea what you guys are talkin about.

No ya don't, it's kinda wierd, it's like your team average, and commander points don't play into your global scoore too much either, if you have like 1000 commander points you only get like 250 extra global points i think.

Thanks I get it now... They show up at rounds end, but in EA's eye's they are nothing and no creds are given lol.

[Eddy01741]

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Thanks I get it now... They show up at rounds end, but in EA's eye's they are nothing and no creds are given lol.

Yeah, i don't even know what the exact numbers are,but i if all my commander points counted full, i would have about 500 more global points.

[j4k3]

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Well, then I figured these guys called the artillery strikes and resign from commander post, let artillery drop, get the kills, and apply again as commander.

I figured this 2 days ago, and I have done it a few times and never saw anyone complaining.

BINGO!!!!

Btw, this has already been posted in the tips and tricks section.

[imported_TheDragon]

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Ok.. . Also, even in my sig you can see my kill streak shows (67). That was me as commander killing 67 people in one round with artillery only.

what??? 67 kills with arty?
I am ranked about 3500 in world as Commander
and avg about 15 kills with arty
and I use it ALL the time
how many TK's did you get
I feel AWFUL if I get even 1-3 per game
usually none