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[FRAG MAN]

Hi all,

I am wondering if there is an option I am missing for the statistics received when your mech is killed? At the moment I just see final armour/health scores of my mech plus what weapons damaged me.

I am interested in seeing the stats of the enemy mech i had targeted (plus the mech that killed me if different). Also the angle of the camera changed to where the kill shot came from.

I know im dead means im dead. But it would be nice to see how close I was to getting the other mech. And if the kill shots are coming from another mechs i wasnt aware of I would like to learn my blind spots that im not checking.

Thanks

[mailin]

If you press R, your target info appears in the upper right hand corner of your HUD. However, this only works while you're alive. Other than that, there's no way to do what you're asking for.

Edited by mailin, 06 May 2015 - 01:44 AM.

[FRAG MAN]

Thanks for the reply Mailin.

I have just got back into the game after playing War Thunder and its little things like my above that really help with learning to be better. Maybe in a future update

[Koniving]

Here's some visuals to help you recognize enemy and your own health.
Bottom left, my health. What can you tell me about it?

Most of my front side is yellow outlined. Outline is armor. Solid space is structure. A muted brown is undamaged. Yellow is lightly damaged, and it gets progressively red. Cherry red is bad, and black is dead. Notice the situation with my head/cockpit?



Although a recent kill happened here, the guy I targeted is very much alive. Actually he literally just died.

His health is in the upper right. Notice what's going on with it? Also, take a peek at the minimap. I have an enemy behind me as well as in the distance in front of me. Also check out the weapons. Notice I have green weapons (optimum range, full damage) and black ones (out of range, [or in this case within minimum range] cannot hit, no damage).


Some quizes and info with plenty more pics.

Spoiler

This enemy has died. Notice how the kill was achieved?

Losing both legs is always a death/kill.

In this image, you can see the enemy still has a lot of armor, but has burned out some of his own internals. Possibly due to heat or ammo explosion (in this case overheating).

You can also tell locks can be maintained even without holding strictly onto the target. Notice the yellow weapons? Sub-optimal range, reduced damage.

Where would you hit to kill this guy?


If you were to attack me, where would you shoot?


This enemy is technically dead, but I got the screenshot just before the sensor registered it.

Can you figure out how he died? Yep, it's that guy from earlier.

Which side am I better off attacking?


Can you tell where I just hit the enemy by the indicator?



If you were to face the mech I'm in... what would be your fastest route to kill me?


This is after firing a PPC. Can you figure the best place to focus your fire?

Lets expand this a bit for additional info and some tricks!

Spoiler

In this scene my heat is reaching fairly high even though it shouldn't.

See the monitor behind the HUD with yellow heatsinks, and red ones? Red ones are destroyed. I've lost heatsinks so I've lost cooling power.

This guy isn't in the best shape. Can you tell what weapons of his are destroyed?


You can remove the HUD completely by hitting Right CTRL + F11.


You don't have to kill to make money. The "Savior Kill" bonus here will come whether you made the kill or did damage in the last 6 seconds before its death. It is for assisting in or killing an enemy who has almost killed one or more of your allies. The more allies nearby that are almost dead, the bigger the reward. Highest reward I ever got for a single kill was 71,500 cbills on top of the usual kill + component destruction rewards. It pays to stick with the group or at least hit what they are fighting whenever possible.


Using left CTRL, you can look around. If you have armlock disabled you can aim left/right so long as you have lower arm actuators.

You can use this to get some precision aiming from your arms, shoot at weird angles, and get locks for firing missiles around corners!

Edited by Koniving, 06 May 2015 - 03:26 PM.