Foxwalker, on 24 June 2019 - 09:31 AM, said:
I told the guy, that it was essentially wrong to ask people to do this and here was my reasoning:
Unless the non-LRM mech is specifically setup by the player to do this, mostly you can't without taking significant damage. If you are a burst damage mech, like Gauss or PPCs, you shoot and get back into cover before the enemy has a chance to target you. Same with an SRM mech. Holding locks past your own window to shoot, generally will get you killed.
He did not understand, sadly. Locks are held by the LRM boats themselves or the best way is concentrated fire. If enough mechs are also targeting the same target, than as your team targets and breaks off, the lock is maintained due to multiple targeting.
So to all you guys that say "please hold locks" at the begging of the game, don't. Instead call targets and ask others to call targets, and you will get those locks without begging.
I would say you have a rather backward view of "hold locks please".
I have been here a very long time and I can say with a great deal of observation that even long time players FAIL to press "R" even when they are FACE TANKING a target.
Hold locks please could mean "USE YOUR FRICKEN TARGETING SYSTEM FOR A CHANGE!"
Maybe remember you are packing a UAV and you happen to be in an ideal spot to use it.
Or perhaps saying "hold locks please" is directed at those players who are not piloting non armor sharing poke and snipe mechs but the players who hold the line and soak the hits.
Ultimately you don't have a responsibility to enforce your specific interpretation of an LRM mech requesting team work.
And before someone goes on and assumes I am some sort of "parasitic Lurm-tater" I pilot front line heavy mechs and brawlers predominately. I am on the front line frequently and often and I do hold locks (more so if they said please)