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Andur Beta Tester Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 5835 Location: Spain	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP chthonicHorror wrote: I guarantee you that the role you're most interested in is the one you'll be the best at. While I partially agree with the rest of your post, I have issues with that sentence. Most players are interested in being a cool sniper guy, but most of those aren't willing to put the needed effort to be good at it. They would be more useful to the team using a Headhunter to "snipe" medics or spamming the point from afar using a Longbow. You can check agendastats: there are way more Recon characters than Robo characters, and still, the Robotics class has more playtime than Recon.
Wed May 11, 2011 2:36 am

chthonicHorror Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:04 pm Posts: 54	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP Andur wrote: You can check agendastats: there are way more Recon characters than Robo characters, and still, the Robotics class has more playtime than Recon. What that says to me is that plenty of people go Recon and change classes when they realize it's not what they thought it'd be and/or the class sucks.
Wed May 11, 2011 4:32 pm

SuperModel Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:52 am Posts: 97 Location: Hot Girl Island Steam Gamer Name: SUPERMODEL	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP debaser71 wrote: the issue isn't spec...it's the skill gap more people need basic fps 101 skills LoSing, juking, dodging, never running or jetting in straight lines, sweep sniping, tracking, target prioritizing, choosing the right weapon for the situation, situational awareness, lag leading, etc...basic basic stuff /sigh freakin' tab target EQ clones are ruining gamers ^this and players with bad ping,fps, ancient artifacts for pc,mouse and keyboards will make you incompetent. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sm34Ja5 ... re=related
Wed May 11, 2011 4:49 pm

V0ldis Beta Tester Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:17 pm Posts: 3850	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP HiRezDuke wrote: Nice guide. Keep updating the OP with helpful and productive information, and it will stay a sticky. I HAVE A NAME. And although I have ignored this thread for months, I have finally updated it. Sorry... Also I like how this thread that I basically ignored has twice as many views than my AvA video thread which I spent more than 10 hours on I'm guessing. _________________ CAPS IS CALM
Wed May 11, 2011 7:13 pm

V0ldis Beta Tester Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:17 pm Posts: 3850	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP updated again. If you have any additions or changes to suggest, I WILL actually implement them. _________________ CAPS IS CALM
Thu May 12, 2011 12:01 am

Andur Beta Tester Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 5835 Location: Spain	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP How about a list of basic .ini files editing? Things like enabling overhealing (for nanite medics) or disabling mouse acceleration.
Thu May 12, 2011 5:16 am

V0ldis Beta Tester Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:17 pm Posts: 3850	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP Andur wrote: How about a list of basic .ini files editing? Things like enabling overhealing (for nanite medics) or disabling mouse acceleration. good call. _________________ CAPS IS CALM
Thu May 12, 2011 11:14 am

rogerknowles Joined: Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:15 pm Posts: 17	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP Good stuff..thanks
Mon May 16, 2011 8:05 am

FrostyThePyro Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:00 pm Posts: 800	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP Robos: Your turret will not shoot, or target through you, if your turret is trying unsucsefuly to plow the assault with a medic on him, step in front of the laser causing the turet to break los and target someone esle, if your lucky, it will pick the medic, if not, some other more squishy smuck gets to die. you have the best backstab in the game with power sap, when someone tries to break your stuff and leavs there back exposed use it, guns dont fire without energy, and its super easy to outheal melee damage. Recons: if your a sniper, you want acuracy return rate, as that determines the fire rate of you sniper rifle. For bombercons, you are not helping if you just hang out stealthed after throwing all your bombs, use your d*** smg. A shater is not going to catch players, unless you hit them with an emp bomb first _________________ Burn Baby Burn.
Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:00 pm

Wobberjockey Beta Tester Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:30 am Posts: 8726 Location: In a handbasket, heading somewhere	Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP chthonicHorror wrote: Federov wrote: DO NOT roll a recon or robo as your first character. You will be really bad at it. This is just bad advice. Make your first character the class you're most interested in or suffer the consequences. no it isn't recon and robo rely far more on map knowlege and positioning than the other 2 classes. it is extremely likely that a new player will have a much harder time with one of those 2 classes on a map that is new to them than a medic or assault would. that said there is no reason you are limited to one character _________________ original art at http://tinyurl.com/shazbotsig The Tribes READ ME. Quite possibly the most important thread you'll never read
Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:59 pm

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Andur

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Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 5835
Location: Spain

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

chthonicHorror wrote:

I guarantee you that the role you're most interested in is the one you'll be the best at.

While I partially agree with the rest of your post, I have issues with that sentence.

Most players are interested in being a cool sniper guy, but most of those aren't willing to put the needed effort to be good at it. They would be more useful to the team using a Headhunter to "snipe" medics or spamming the point from afar using a Longbow.

You can check agendastats: there are way more Recon characters than Robo characters, and still, the Robotics class has more playtime than Recon.

Wed May 11, 2011 2:36 am

chthonicHorror

Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:04 pm
Posts: 54

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

Andur wrote:

You can check agendastats: there are way more Recon characters than Robo characters, and still, the Robotics class has more playtime than Recon.

What that says to me is that plenty of people go Recon and change classes when they realize it's not what they thought it'd be and/or the class sucks.

Wed May 11, 2011 4:32 pm

SuperModel

Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:52 am
Posts: 97
Location: Hot Girl Island
Steam Gamer Name: SUPERMODEL

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

debaser71 wrote:

the issue isn't spec...it's the skill gap

more people need basic fps 101 skills

LoSing, juking, dodging, never running or jetting in straight lines, sweep sniping, tracking, target prioritizing, choosing the right weapon for the situation, situational awareness, lag leading, etc...basic basic stuff

/sigh

freakin' tab target EQ clones are ruining gamers

^this and players with bad ping,fps, ancient artifacts for pc,mouse and keyboards will make you incompetent.

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Wed May 11, 2011 4:49 pm

V0ldis

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Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:17 pm
Posts: 3850

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

HiRezDuke wrote:

Nice guide.

Keep updating the OP with helpful and productive information, and it will stay a sticky.

I HAVE A NAME.

And although I have ignored this thread for months, I have finally updated it. Sorry...

Also I like how this thread that I basically ignored has twice as many views than my AvA video thread which I spent more than 10 hours on I'm guessing.

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CAPS IS CALM

Wed May 11, 2011 7:13 pm

V0ldis

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Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:17 pm
Posts: 3850

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

updated again. If you have any additions or changes to suggest, I WILL actually implement them.

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CAPS IS CALM

Thu May 12, 2011 12:01 am

Andur

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Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 5835
Location: Spain

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

How about a list of basic .ini files editing? Things like enabling overhealing (for nanite medics) or disabling mouse acceleration.

Thu May 12, 2011 5:16 am

V0ldis

Beta Tester

Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:17 pm
Posts: 3850

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

Andur wrote:

How about a list of basic .ini files editing? Things like enabling overhealing (for nanite medics) or disabling mouse acceleration.

good call.

_________________

CAPS IS CALM

Thu May 12, 2011 11:14 am

rogerknowles

Joined: Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:15 pm
Posts: 17

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

Good stuff..thanks

Mon May 16, 2011 8:05 am

FrostyThePyro

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:00 pm
Posts: 800

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

Robos: Your turret will not shoot, or target through you, if your turret is trying unsucsefuly to plow the assault with a medic on him, step in front of the laser causing the turet to break los and target someone esle, if your lucky, it will pick the medic, if not, some other more squishy smuck gets to die.
you have the best backstab in the game with power sap, when someone tries to break your stuff and leavs there back exposed use it, guns dont fire without energy, and its super easy to outheal melee damage.

Recons: if your a sniper, you want acuracy return rate, as that determines the fire rate of you sniper rifle.
For bombercons, you are not helping if you just hang out stealthed after throwing all your bombs, use your d*** smg.
A shater is not going to catch players, unless you hit them with an emp bomb first :twisted:

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Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:00 pm

Wobberjockey

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Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:30 am
Posts: 8726
Location: In a handbasket, heading somewhere

Re: Tips and Tricks for New Players in PvP

chthonicHorror wrote:

Federov wrote:

DO NOT roll a recon or robo as your first character. You will be really bad at it.

This is just bad advice. Make your first character the class you're most interested in or suffer the consequences.

no it isn't

recon and robo rely far more on map knowlege and positioning than the other 2 classes. it is extremely likely that a new player will have a much harder time with one of those 2 classes on a map that is new to them than a medic or assault would.

that said there is no reason you are limited to one character

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Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:59 pm