Posted 17 September 2014 - 08:24 PM
So, I wont speak too conquest as i do not play it outside of some random "lets just see" nights as in general PUG conquest is herding cats.
That said, most common mistakes-
CAMPING.
No really, camping kills, all the clans OP PLZ nerf threads and the like, campers. Camping allows the enemy to figure out a position where they can put the advantages they have to work. be it long range snipers, LRM boats that need some spotters, Team full of brawlers: WHEN YOU SIT ON YOUR ASS THEY MOVE INTO POSITION TO KILL YOU. LRM boats will get their spots and you will get pinned in, or forced to move somewhere you dont want to. Brawl squad is pleased as peach you decided to **** off and let them cover the ground to come gank you. Snipers obviously have a range advantage, or position advantage because you just sat there and they moved to a spot they can hit you much more easily then you can hit back.
This is like the crux of errors on every map. There are indeed certain points on most maps that emphasize the issue. For instance, camping C4 corner on Canyon. FFS people, it is a pointy corner that cant possibly shield the whole team, has bad vantage points to locate and spot the enemy, leaves almost no room for flanks or escapes etc, and worst of all it can be flanked from every direction on the map at the same time. Got that twin PPC highlander, wanna snipe some guys? Sure go hump a ridge at C4, get blown away by enemy clan mechs, then go to forums and cry about nerfs. Or hump a ridge at C4, get spotted by ECM raven that ran off to the side(either side) and get pinned down behind the one pointy rock by enemy lrm boats, go to forums and cry about lrms. Or stand there and ridge hump C4, trying to get that damn blackjack over in the middle, while enemy DWF/DDC squad moves in from well, any direction and promtly facewrecks you to cinders. Then go to the forums.......
Anyway, the team that is the most aware will win, followed by the team that is decisive and moves as a unit and forces the enemy to fight in areas/terms they arent ready for. It's why we see things like wolfpacks destroying lances 3 times their tonnage, medium and heavy brawlers wiping out half the enemy team, well most of the matches considered ROFLSTOMPS are mostly populated by campers and non-campers that ran over them.
Learn the maps layout, learn to look at the damn radar, move to respond to the enemy, move to take offense to the enemy, move to keep the enemy from gaining advantage and better yet giving advantage to yourself while doing it. WIN.