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[ImperialKnight]

If you see a Jenner-D or a Raven or anyone seemingly shooting stuff at you without damage, tell your team and kill it fast. It's a NARC spotter. That is the single biggest threat to your team

[DONTOR]

Id rather let them have fun with their NARC, kudos to them for bringing one. Besides Ill be wreaking havok with with their LRM boats, they wont be able to fire!

[TygerLily]

Here's another related tip: The bigger the boat, the better to brawl it.

[Jody Von Jedi]

TygerLily, on 19 March 2014 - 09:20 AM, said:

Here's another related tip: The bigger the boat, the better to brawl it.

Especially if they don't have short range backup weapons. Fun stuff.

Jody

[TygerLily]

I'd also say, if you're the scout, find out how many LRM boats there are and then let you team know.

If they have have several, then the best team move will be to utilize cover for a rapid advance. Get within minimum range (180 meters), kill their brawlers, kill their boats.

Edited by TygerLily, 19 March 2014 - 11:37 AM.

[RushOutlaw]

I tend to make a brew, feet up and break out the biscuits.

[Kalidane]

I played a hundred games over the weekend and didn't see a scout say more than a grid reference, and that may not have even been a scout. Intel like "3 LRM boats" is not something I've ever seen. Two lights running back through our lines without disclosing the 5 mechs spotted around the corner is something I've seen. Naturally my death on rounding the corner was due to my bad gameplay where I figured no more than two hostiles would be found...

Some matches after my death I realise I was the only one the whole match to use chat.

On and on.

The people who would gain the most from your advice will never see it. We all know this.

Lower your PUG expectations and do your best on the battlefield

[Szegedin]

Kalidane, on 24 March 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

I played a hundred games over the weekend and didn't see a scout say more than a grid reference, and that may not have even been a scout. Intel like "3 LRM boats" is not something I've ever seen. Two lights running back through our lines without disclosing the 5 mechs spotted around the corner is something I've seen. Naturally my death on rounding the corner was due to my bad gameplay where I figured no more than two hostiles would be found...

Some matches after my death I realise I was the only one the whole match to use chat.

On and on.

The people who would gain the most from your advice will never see it. We all know this.

Lower your PUG expectations and do your best on the battlefield

I'd chat more in my lights if my analog throttle signal didn't get lost when I open chat, resulting in a screeching halt...

Appears to be an insurmountable issue.

Edited by Szegedin, 24 March 2014 - 09:19 AM.

[Barkem Squirrel]

let them TAG and NARC to their hearts content. I will hide behind buildings, under bridges or behind mountains and draw thousands of missiles at me per match.

I kinda think of them as our 13th mech.

Now the LRM 10 ravens and jenners are a different matter.

[Acierocolotl]

Guys, don't get cocky. Let me tell you how it goes from the perspective of that NARC-packing ECM scout: It's rage.

You don't just slap a NARC on some big fat hippo casually leaning against a wall, you slap it up on a sniper who thinks he's safe while he leisurely ambles towards his snipery hill. You hit the enemy's LRM boat trundling along in the back ranks. You hit the Fatlas brawler desperately trying to close the distance across open space. A little judgement with the beacons goes a long way--the PUG boats can't see your targets, so you do the thinking for them.

All it takes is an exercise in judgement. Where your PUGgers in starter Stalkers were dumping LRM salvos into random hills, they're now dismantling heavy units with pinpoint fire. Your capable boaters are actively waiting for that precious beacon and making the most of it. The enemy just melts away, washed away like winter's snowbanks under spring's rain of LRMs, giving them time and inclination to type up friendly messages about my mother and her various skills in pleasuring men.

[Macksheen]

Acierocolotl, on 28 March 2014 - 08:13 AM, said:

Guys, don't get cocky. Let me tell you how it goes from the perspective of that NARC-packing ECM scout: It's rage.

You don't just slap a NARC on some big fat hippo casually leaning against a wall, you slap it up on a sniper who thinks he's safe while he leisurely ambles towards his snipery hill. You hit the enemy's LRM boat trundling along in the back ranks. You hit the Fatlas brawler desperately trying to close the distance across open space. A little judgement with the beacons goes a long way--the PUG boats can't see your targets, so you do the thinking for them.

All it takes is an exercise in judgement. Where your PUGgers in starter Stalkers were dumping LRM salvos into random hills, they're now dismantling heavy units with pinpoint fire. Your capable boaters are actively waiting for that precious beacon and making the most of it. The enemy just melts away, washed away like winter's snowbanks under spring's rain of LRMs, giving them time and inclination to type up friendly messages about my mother and her various skills in pleasuring men.

(1) Winter is drunk this year. It needs to get washed away faster.
(2) Not only your mother, but also blaming noob pugs, lag and matchmaker. They likely aren't blaming you though, more likely their own team - questioning their heritage, sexual proclivity, intellectual prowess and likewise.

[Magna Canus]

The most fun you can have is to take out a Raven, find a nice hidden spot and cycle through the enemy units until you find their LRM boats. Target a boat and type in chat to your team "Target A = LRM". Stay hidden and on target and let your LRM mechs hammer it. Rinse and repeat.

Being an effective spotter means having eyes on your target without it being able to spot you. TAG leads your enemy straight to you. NARC is now the better choice because you can "Hit and Run"; rush in from cover, NARC the ECM mech or target of choice and get out. Find a safe position and continue to spot.

(Raven 3L) The Snitch

[627]

Is this some kind of "chase the squirrel" advice?

[RiotHero]

I've had NARC on my Jenner-D(S) since the update and I mainly target ecm mechs. If I find a DDC it is my main target until it dies. After that I move to the next fattest thing I can find. Kill the big ecm first and then move through the meta mechs; highlanders, victors, phracts, and jagers.


I love when ravens brawl and once they get tagged with narc they scatter like roaches lol.

Barkem Squirrel, on 24 March 2014 - 09:18 AM, said:

let them TAG and NARC to their hearts content. I will hide behind buildings, under bridges or behind mountains and draw thousands of missiles at me per match.

I kinda think of them as our 13th mech.

Now the LRM 10 ravens and jenners are a different matter.

That's fine, you are still targeted. The enemy still knows exactly where you are when doing that. The enemy is still doing what it wants and holding you until the rest of their team moves in on you and rips you apart. It's called suppressive fire. Hide under that bridge and the next thing you see is a row of Atlai waiting to speak with you.