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[Stone Wall]

By wandering off from my team here, a wingman and I take out 1/4th of the enemy. Sometimes your team needs the snipers/LRMs to be harassed to win.

https://youtu.be/w6csJ1aGb4Q

Thanks Mr. Love. GG

[Mechteric]

It helps that you were fast light mechs, that probably wouldn't have worked in slower mechs!

[Stone Wall]

CapperDeluxe, on 25 August 2016 - 05:41 AM, said:

It helps that you were fast light mechs, that probably wouldn't have worked in slower mechs!

That's what is fun for me in a Jenner. It feels like the enemy is in slow motion while running circles around them.

[knight-of-ni]

hmmmm.... Tier 4 founder's account? Sleeper cell?

Saw the video, and I wouldn't call that wandering off... not on a relatively small map, with lots of cover, in a Jenner. However, the (slower) mech's you fought did wander off. They allowed themselves to be isolated from the rest of the group by sitting in one spot for too long and got picked off. Those are the mechs I look for in any match. In time, they'll learn ....or they'll get tired of being picked off and rage quit.

Watching just the minimap, a good tactic for the red team could have been to either push or flank the moment there where three of you on that Viper, but they were passive instead, which proved fatal.

[invernomuto]

Stone Wall, on 24 August 2016 - 11:59 AM, said:

By wandering off from my team here, a wingman and I take out 1/4th of the enemy. Sometimes your team needs the snipers/LRMs to be harassed to win. https://youtu.be/w6csJ1aGb4Q Thanks Mr. Love. GG

I like how you nailed that Cyclops .

Edited by invernomuto, 25 August 2016 - 06:28 AM.

[Mudhutwarrior]

Sometimes.... not always. Promoting that will get a lot of pugs killed.

[Stone Wall]

Mudhutwarrior, on 25 August 2016 - 06:44 AM, said:

Sometimes.... not always. Promoting that will get a lot of pugs killed.

Definitely not always. I enjoy playing wreck less/stupidly/dangerously. It adds some adrenaline knowing I could turn the corner into 4 Assaults and be instant toast.

Nope not an alt account. I agree though knnn. The team should have helped the Viper, but they were probably focused on the bulk of my team. I do the same thing on larger maps. First to scout, then to take out solo Mechs, then I return to the team.

Edited by Stone Wall, 25 August 2016 - 07:04 AM.

[El Bandito]

And sometimes it is good to be AFK for the first 5 minutes of the match. Came up on the enemy flank in Tourmaline Desert with my belated Dakka Whale just as they were pressing onto my teammates. 6xUAC5s created havoc in their ranks and my teammates took the advantage to finish them off.

[Stone Wall]

El Bandito, on 25 August 2016 - 07:34 AM, said:

And sometimes it is good to be AFK for the first 5 minutes of the match. Came up on the enemy flank in Tourmaline Desert with my belated Dakka Whale just as they were pressing onto my teammates. 6xUAC5s created havoc in their ranks and my teammates took the advantage to finish them off.

That happened to me one time. I was AFK and returned to the enemy team running past my Mech, setting me up for backshots and spotting. It was a fun game.

[LordNothing]

i know one time i was in fp, in a pug drop against one of the big units. sure we were gonna loose thats not the point, but when the enemy came in i knew they were headed to the drop zone. i was in a ac5x5 mauler. so after i counted 12 mechs sneaking on by on hellbore, and everyone else was hugging the gun, i decided to slip in behind them. my team was going "noooooooom youre gonna die alone". i didnt die alone, i took 4 of those mechs with me. at the end of that wave only one other player managed to score a kill. then that big unit got 23 kills with their remaining 8 mech.

i figure no point trying to debate tactics with potatoes. when you see one of those once in a blue moon opportunity to kick buttocks, take it. i could have let it slip by trying to convince a couple of the pugs to tag along. after that i managed to rack up 3 more before they blew the gun. the other pugs called it a loss. but for me it was a good game.

[627]

To be true, I did this with my Alt Account all the time. A reasonable fast splatcent can finish off a single assault without problems.
But this really depends on the teams.

In Tier 5 as fresh account, you can roll up the enemy team from behind because noone turns around.

Tier 4 this gets a bit tricky and won't work always but I'd say in 3 from 5 matches you can get your 5-6 kills from behind.

But in Tier 3 where that account currently is this isn't even 50/50 anymore, running off alone will get you killed or at least heavily damaged - people stay together and have more situational awareness whats going on most of the time.

And trying this on my main account is purely suicide, no matter what.