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[Punisher8492]

I have had more mental health issues but have returned. I have a few quick questions.

1. Should I or shouldn't I buy a joystick?
2. If yes which one
3. Best way to get the most out of the controls and be efficient in an assault mech. (I bought me a Warhawk, an old favorite of mine)
4. Best load way to customize my mech?

[martian]

Punisher8492, on 04 December 2022 - 10:10 PM, said:

I have had more mental health issues but have returned. I have a few quick questions.

Welcome back!

Punisher8492, on 04 December 2022 - 10:10 PM, said:

1. Should I or shouldn't I buy a joystick?
2. If yes which one
3. Best way to get the most out of the controls and be efficient in an assault mech.

In my opinion the mouse and keyboard combination is probably the more effective alternative to the joystick.

Punisher8492, on 04 December 2022 - 10:10 PM, said:

4. Best load way to customize my mech? (I bought me a Warhawk, an old favorite of mine)

Congrats!

Try quad ER PPCs and fill every empty room with double heat sinks. Good for sniping from afar.

Using ballistic arm for Class Ten or Class Twenty autocannon (Ultra, LBX - whatever you wish) and lasers in the other arm also works.

If I can suggest someting, avoid LRMs. On Saturday / Sunday PGI gave away a lot of Daishi C assault OmniMechs with ECM for free. You could have a problem getting locks.

[Punisher8492]

Slowly getting my edge back

[w0qj]

A warm welcome back to MWO !!

Punisher8492, on 05 December 2022 - 02:30 AM, said:

Slowly getting my edge back

[Punisher8492]

I am guessing not getting killed is a case of practice makes perfect eh.

[D V Devnull]

Punisher8492, on 06 December 2022 - 02:02 AM, said:

I am guessing not getting killed is a case of practice makes perfect eh.

It takes a lot more than that, as there are no respawns in what most consider normal gameplay. You also have to be lucky enough that the MatchMaker puts you with a Team which uses their Communications willingly, and coordinates well enough to actually have a fighting chance on the battlefields. Otherwise your death is virtually ensured in most cases, because your survival was horribly undermined by your Team's inability to keep each other alive during the course of gameplay.

~D. V. "It takes far more than simply practice to acquire survival on the battlefields." Devnull

[martian]

Punisher8492, on 06 December 2022 - 02:02 AM, said:

I am guessing not getting killed is a case of practice makes perfect eh.

1. Stay with your team, unless you really know what you are doing. Especially, if you are piloting the Warhawk.

2. Never be the only 'Mech that the entire enemy team can see.

[Ignatius Audene]

Big no to joystick! Instead half your mouse speed. When u are done half it again. Then half and half and just to be sure it's not moving half.

[martian]

Ignatius Audene, on 17 December 2022 - 11:49 AM, said:

Big no to joystick! Instead half your mouse speed. When u are done half it again. Then half and half and just to be sure it's not moving half.

But not too slow. Otherwise he would have a problem with the tracking of Locusts and Fleas.