ingramli, on 03 August 2017 - 04:45 PM, said:
I disagree, after 1 year of playing, i didnt advance beyond T4, which i think PSR is doing its job, i am not good enough to complete with those T3 or above, simple as that.
Though I cite the above for context, I am approaching the following commentary to your collective comments in this thread. I shall endeavor to give you the benefit of the doubt as it seems that your collective commentary is more a cry for help than trolling so here goes:
You, my friend are a terribad.
Welcome. I too am a terribad.
I am nearing T1 after more than two years of terribadness. There is away out of the underhive and here for you to take or leave is my advice on how I learned to live with my terribadness and even perhaps a little, start to overcome it.
First some background: I am a barely functional alcoholic and I usually play inebriated and on weekend evenings suffering from the DTs. I have bad vision, arthritis, absolutely no patience, zero impulse control and the hand eye coordination and reflexs of a sedated tree sloth. My aim is awful. I charge in when I shouldn't. I almost always forget to twist. I practically race to be the first one to get shot.
So, how to compensate for all that?
Don't.
FIrst thing is: accept your terribadness. Accept your limitations, your stupid habits, all of it. Own up to your crappiness.
Now, start out with something that lets you take advantage of your short comings. For me it was light mechs. Perfect for charging in raising hell, and causing trouble. Doesn't much matter what you shoot or even if you hit anything. Your presence is often enough (especially at low tiers) to cause enough havoc with the enemy as to help lead your team to a win. Drop a couple UAVs and some arty and boom: less down arrows and more equal signs and even...yup some up arrows.
What? You always die in lights?
Fine. In that case play defensively quirked mechs and embrace the face tank. See being a crappy player, you need all the help you can get. So own that, and only play the most heavily quirked mechs. That means often you will be short range but high damage. Play to it. Get in there. Pick a target and kill or cripple it even if you die doing so...you suck after all so if you can take at least one enemy with you or negate that one enemy's contribution for a good chunk of the match then that is probably the best you can hope for. So take mechs that can take a beating and can get in there and survive long enough to do some hurt. This means some of the worst mechs in the game are the best mechs for you: Cataphracts, Dragons, Gargoyles, etc.
Next thing: stop worrying about the meta. Again, you suck. The meta assumes a level of competence that you lack. Thus ignore it. See, when you can barely hold a mouse, trigger control is hard, and so to is properly running the often very hot meta builds that this game has. So if you want to play mechs that actually need to get into the fight, and do something other than create havoc by their mere presence then again focus on your faults and accept them. For me, I did that by building low heat, 1-2 button builds. No PPFLD, because my aim is bad. I went with LBX, and UACs, and lasers with long burn times (so I could at least get some damage on the target) and often chain fired (since I could then get an idea of how to compensate my aim), SRMs, etc. It doesn't matter that your builds suck as long as you can fire off the weapons and occasionally hit something.
Next, don't LRM. Just the don't. Again, know thyself, and based on your comments you are as shi7y a player as I, and I will tell you right now that LRMing my be an occasional panacea but more often it is just a waste of a mech and even your minimal contribution will be made less so with LRMs. Ignore the Sirens' call of the LRM.
Next, if and when you start to get the occasional win (not before then). Start playing with others. Be honest with them and your own status as a terribad. They will almost universally be accepting of you in any TS server room (save those dedicated to comp play). Ask for their advice, and take it. Just shut up an listen and most importantly do what you are told. If you ever respond with "well, I don't like bringing ________________ because ____________ works better for me" take a large mallet and smash it into your face because as a terribad you are not entitled to have such preferences or opinions.
Finally, once you get a modicum of confidence and start actually hitting things, getting an occasional kill, maybe even ~300 damage per match, start making little efforts at doing thing like looking at the paper doll of the target and trying to actually hit the red spots. Try pulse lasers instead of long duration lasers, then eventually PPFLD weapons.
There is obviously a lot more to it, but the basic idea is to accept your faults, and first embrace them and then start compensating for them. Most people have to walk be for they can run; you are still learning how to crawl. So if you can't get up, then do what you can do while down on that floor. Eventually you will get to a point were you can stand on your own. The walking and the running will come later.
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