"kill The Assaults First"
#1
Posted 23 April 2020 - 06:53 AM
What do you say? Kill their "battleships", or their "cruisers" and "destroyers", first?
#2
Posted 23 April 2020 - 07:18 AM
Lights on the other hand have significantly less firepower and are harder to hit, meaning that it can often take longer to kill them. For the amount of time it takes to kill a light you've removed significantly less firepower than in killing an assault. This is time that that assault is putting damage into your team.
This is assuming roughly equally skilled pilots who are actually somewhat good. In this case you almost always kill assaults first unless you can get a quick one shot kill on a light. Comp teams will normally prioritize heavier weight classes above lighter ones.
In solo queue however I do see a lot of bad players that gravitate towards heavier mechs. In that case they can be less dangerous than a decent light pilot, but as a general rule you should focus on killing whatever removes the most firepower the fastest and this is usually the assaults.
#3
Posted 23 April 2020 - 07:19 AM
#4
Posted 23 April 2020 - 08:50 AM
Conquest mode: Go for caps! Cover me from lights! Get Theta;while ignoring the other 4 caps. Why didn't you cap;when lost on points.
Assault mode: Guard the base! rush the base!
Skirmish: Go "scout!" hold locks plz! Get this light off me! Give me ecm cover!
Incursion:mirrors assault for the most part except i'm expected to get rad/jam at the start of match then cussed out when I didn't save the fatties from enemy lights.
Lights also get your less tactically minded mor-team members to chase the bait giving the enemy plenty of time to form a fire line,murder ball or just start dealing damage. You'd be surprised how many people have no idea how to fight off a light unless they have streaks.
#5
Posted 23 April 2020 - 09:21 AM
Nearly Dead, on 23 April 2020 - 06:53 AM, said:
What do you say? Kill their "battleships", or their "cruisers" and "destroyers", first?
Presuming you have a choice (as in, both types of targets present themselves simultaneously), that Light/Medium mobility you cited is the very reason you shouldn't focus on Lights/Mediums. Because they can easily use that mobility to disengage. Unless you see an opportunity to do more than just remove armor from a Light or Medium, you're just helping the enemy "armor share", you've built up a bunch of heat, done nothing but remove some armor, and now you're still looking at dealing with a fresh enemy Assault bringing you sustained pain, and now you might even be heat-capped and only able to dish out DPS limited by your dissipation.
#6
Posted 23 April 2020 - 10:00 AM
Nearly Dead, on 23 April 2020 - 06:53 AM, said:
What do you say? Kill their "battleships", or their "cruisers" and "destroyers", first?
your fighting more then one battle (a battle for numbers, fire power, player skill, etc)
its not that assaults are stronger its
shoot the big fat slow target
you see even a low tier potato can do that
now if you can take out a fast nimble OP light hey go for it
there is no set in concrete best way
just keep a few things in mind and be ready to adapt
Edited by Davegt27, 23 April 2020 - 02:39 PM.
#7
Posted 23 April 2020 - 10:06 AM
as someone who spends a lot of time in assaults (and lights too) if i have a light anywhere in my vicinity im going to deal with it. because if i dont then im not going to be doing the team any good. when i pilot lights i get a pretty good idea of how competent the assaults are by how they react to my first shots, if they look stupid then i will dog them till they die, but if they look competent and have a loadout that can hurt me i will bug out. so you don't have to kill the light, just convince him that you are the wrong assault to mess with and if he dies good you have helped the team.
obviously you don't want to fall behind, but it seemed lately that the assaults have been getting to the front first and the mediums are the ones sleeping. i had to downgrade the engine in my marauder iic because it was getting to the front too quickly.
#8
Posted 23 April 2020 - 10:19 AM
#9
Posted 23 April 2020 - 10:36 AM
#10
Posted 23 April 2020 - 11:00 AM
#11
Posted 23 April 2020 - 11:10 AM
#12
Posted 23 April 2020 - 11:48 AM
MechaBattler, on 23 April 2020 - 11:10 AM, said:
going after isolated mechs only works when you don't isolate your own mechs in the process.
#13
Posted 23 April 2020 - 05:02 PM
#14
Posted 23 April 2020 - 05:20 PM
#15
Posted 23 April 2020 - 05:40 PM
Sometimes you need a firing line. Sometimes NASCAR is the answer.
Sometimes the Assault is the prime target. Sometimes it the light.
Flexibility is key.
#16
Posted 23 April 2020 - 06:39 PM
OmniFail, on 23 April 2020 - 05:40 PM, said:
Sometimes you need a firing line. Sometimes NASCAR is the answer.
Sometimes the Assault is the prime target. Sometimes it the light.
Flexibility is key.
He gets it
#18
Posted 24 April 2020 - 12:12 AM
#19
Posted 24 April 2020 - 01:37 AM
Hey your not an assualt mech
Go away I will kill you later
Edited by OZHomerOZ, 24 April 2020 - 01:37 AM.
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