Hi so i read thru some pages of this topic, and decided to post some questions from my side too.
Meanwhile play more and more of that game, sometimes succesfull but usually ... lets say average.
I have problems to destroy enemy mechs, and i do really not get why.
I often encounter mechs which are lighter armed and armored then me, frontally, i aim, shoot, do some dmg, but get killed by them although I expect to be heavier armed and better armored.
I know meanwhile that to kill Head or CT, or both legs have to be destroyed.
I aim for that, and meanwhile I twist my torso to make my CT heavier to hit.
Very often without success.
What else could be my mistake?
Could it be my internet connection? It shows a 120ping, but i see often mechs warping while traversing in front of me,teammates appearing suddenly in line of fire in chokepoints...
My most successfull weapons are missiles so far, sometimes lasers work, but for example PPC make nice effects on the mechs i have targeted but on after battle report it says DMG = 69.... WTF!!!
I also make very very few kills which now while we have the 24 Operation is frustrating.
Is that bad luck or also could be caused by lag? Maybe when multiple players shoot at same time at target, the one with faster ping gets the kill?
I mean that sounds like tinfoil theories, but that weekend I did 2 kills in 3 hours, while i needed 3 matches to get 24 assists.
Meanwhile i start to raise my average dmg, battles with dmg > 400 happen regularly, but still kills are rare.
I even managed to do a dmg > 700 game without kills.
When my Stalker 4N with 4 large lasers encountered a cataphract frontally - i was dead .... long before my heat reached critical.
Anymore hints on gameplay for me?
How could i classify & improve my performance?
Do I choose some especially hard tomaster mechs? (I prefer to play with style so I get the ones visually appealing)
I get most reward currently with catapult c1 as supporter. The K version is usually dead meat in my hands.
I start to improve my gameplay with hunchbacks.
I love my locust where I try to draw attention or get some few picks with ML or shoot LRm 5x2 from behind and run at once away I get attacked...
Edited by aGentleWarrior, 16 February 2015 - 08:00 AM.