10 replies to this topic

[Eisenhorne]

Is simply not die.

I don't care if your not doing any damage, or just firing off a shot every once in a while. The key to winning is simply not dying. All too often I see my teammates run over hills by themselves, into groups of 3+ enemies, and get mowed down without doing any damage and without helping their team. You are MUCH better off hiding behind a building until the battle starts, then engaging a target thats already busy.

Happened to me at least twice tonight; losing my 4 pug players (when I'm in a 4 man premade) makes it very hard for us to win. All we ask is that you don't die. You may think, that gee, its boring waiting for the shooting to start... I want to be the aggressor. That is a role best left to experienced players who know the maps very well, and know the capabilities of their mechs to withstand damage. I'll poke and make advances for cover, sure, but I sure as hell won't charge the enemy by myself. The game is about surviving as you get into position to strike, then gutting the enemy before he can do anything.

Just live long enough, and you'll see its a lot more fun.

[zraven7]

I am a new player. Any new players out there, listen to this man. I've been playing a week, and I have had NO ONE get upset at me for waiting until shooting has started to engage. ESPECIALY if you are playing a light or a medium weight mech, wait for someone else to engage the enemy, and then lock onto that enemy, and take pot-shots at it's back. The distraction alone can win the fight for your team mate. I play a Cicada, and I never engage an un-engaged enemy mech if I can avoid it. This is, believe it or not, a HUGE help to your team.

Edited by zraven7, 23 January 2013 - 08:04 AM.

[Fabian Wrede]

Also if you the only ecm on your side stay close and cover main group untill battle starts. Don't leave them open to LRM from enemies

[Tenam]

Another helpful tip to keep in mind.. wait for your assault mechs, they are usually a lot slower than most of us. They are there to help soak up attention and damage. Don't hang them out to dry way in the back . At the start I usually go looking for an assault mech on my side and stick to him.

When they do engage (as ZRaven said) watch to see what they are shooting at and attack the same target to focus fire and take the opponent out quicker. Dead things don't shoot back, wounded's usually can.

[Zabnicki]

Sound Advice,
My mechs, tend not to be straight-up killers, they fall more into striker, harrasser types,(cicadas, dragons etc.). I rarley get kills but, I felt bad that my machines were not doing the damage that the other players were laying down so, I would charge headlong into the fray, hoping to score kills. This usually meant that I would get to see the end screen via spectator mode. I think I like the live until the end way over the die in the first contact way.

[Vodkavaiator]

I would say the best thing a new player can do for his team is to use an ECM equipped mech.

[Eisenhorne]

Vodkavaiator, on 23 January 2013 - 12:23 PM, said:

I would say the best thing a new player can do for his team is to use an ECM equipped mech.

That helps, but I'd rather have a new guy in a centurion behind a building waiting for an enemy to be vulnerable than a D-DC w/ ECM charging over a hill to die instantly.

Or in an ECM raven, thinking he's invulnerable, being swarmed and again instantly killed.

[RagingOyster]

IMO the best thing a new player can do is ask questions and listen to the answers!

"Where to?" "Who do we focus?" "What should I do" "Where should I go?" "Plan?"
All these things are important to ask, and listening to a veteran player and following their suggestions will do wonders for your team and your stats.

[Eisenhorne]

RagingOyster, on 23 January 2013 - 12:30 PM, said:

IMO the best thing a new player can do is ask questions and listen to the answers! "Where to?" "Who do we focus?" "What should I do" "Where should I go?" "Plan?" All these things are important to ask, and listening to a veteran player and following their suggestions will do wonders for your team and your stats.

Definitely, but you'd be surprised how infrequently anyone types anything game-related in team chat. Generally the chat is used to boast about sexual conquest over the opposition's mothers.

[RagingOyster]

Eisenhorne, on 23 January 2013 - 12:32 PM, said:

Definitely, but you'd be surprised how infrequently anyone types anything game-related in team chat. Generally the chat is used to boast about sexual conquest over the opposition's mothers.

I start every game by doing 3 things:
1. Saying "good hunting" in all chat
2. Taking command
3. Start making suggestions, asking what kinds of loadouts we have etc etc

And it usually works. I think tons of people are just waiting for someone to step up and start talking, planning and leading.

[zraven7]

Eisenhorne, on 23 January 2013 - 12:32 PM, said:

Definitely, but you'd be surprised how infrequently anyone types anything game-related in team chat. Generally the chat is used to boast about sexual conquest over the opposition's mothers.

This made me laugh a lot harder than it should have...