So! Installed the game today, haven't had a chance to play it (Hopefully will tomorrow or Wednesday).
What sort of advice can you give to shiny-new-newbies? Things that are Bad Ideas, things that actually work, etc
Newbie help
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I'll post something here tomorrow on my break ^^.
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Use cover a lot, use your special ability a lot, don't be a hero too much. 
Sorry, I have no more specific advice even though I played closed beta. Actually I'm interested in some guidelines myself.
Sorry, I have no more specific advice even though I played closed beta. Actually I'm interested in some guidelines myself.
"South of the Alps and East of the Adriatic, paranoia is considered mental equilibrium..."
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So, here's some really basic advice!!
- Use Q to mark enemies. Just point and click q. That will make them appear in the HUD and the minimap.
- While driving, press T to activate the third person view. Use the third person view until you get to combat to avoid running over team mates and getting stuck in buildings.
- While taking off with a plane, use the spacebar and C to increase/decrease your altitude. Use this to lift off in highly crowded areas or near buildings. Then use A and D to turn around without spinning so you can point to the right direction. Really handy while flying Galaxies.
- Never try to get into a Sunderer from behind or the front to void being run over. Always use the sides.
- You can shoot from inside out in a spawning room, but not from outside in. The explosions just outside the door will however damage people inside, so stay away from it!
- Never try to win a long range engagement with anything as NC. Maybe if you're in a tank you can do "something" but your real strength relies on close combat.
- Use your ability wisely. It may take a while to reload.
- Medics can heal themselves with their ability (that also heals all friendlies in an area around you)
- You can use the jetpack on the light assault to jump from high cliffs or top of buildings and brake before landing to avoid taking damage. You can also use this to jump from a ship while flying.
- You take no falling damage if you jump from a Galaxy. AFAIK that doesn't depend on the altitude.
- Grenades have a bright red dot on them, so you can spot them if they are nearby. Needs practice though.
- Grenades are harder to use than they should. The first few you throw will more likely just kill you and some allies instead of going through that door to the room full of enemies. Pay attention to your grenade and prepare to run from it anytime you throw one!
- As engineer, never repair any vehicle from behind or the front. Always the sides!
- The missile launcher from the heavy assault is an awesome weapon against infantry as well, specially against engineer turrets.
- The medic can revive people by "healing" the corpse (point and shoot the weapon for a while). Try to revive team mates whenever you can if you're a medic or don't rush to respawn if there's a medic nearby.
- The heavy assault's shield has a little movement impairment while running or walking.
- If you play with non-lowest graphics, you can see a faint shadow where cloaked infiltrators are. Veterans can kill even cloaked people, so don't trust your cloak to be unbeatable!
- Infiltrators can hack enemy consoles and turrets by pointing and pressing E.
- You can overload shield generators by pointing and pressing E.
- Always run from cover.
- Always let that other guy go first.
- Tanks have less armor from behind and the sides. The difference is huge, to the point that a lighting will die with 2 shots from the back (sometimes even 1) and it'll take 4 or 5 from the front. The armor on the bottom is lowest, but it's hard to hit if you don't have mines. The top armor is also a little less, but not that much.
- Vanu and terran pilots tend to overuse their hovering abilities, so sometimes it's worth to shoot them a round of your tank gun! If you hit them, they die.
- While assaulting a base, always take the spawn points outside first. They almost always have teleports that let you go inside and flank their main line.
- You can hit enemy ships with your instant action drop pod. That will kill you as well, so just decide if it's worth it to die in order to take out that full enemy galaxy! (you can also hit friendlies, so take care xD).
- You can change continents from a console in the warpgate or with instant action on the map.
I think that's all for now.
- Use Q to mark enemies. Just point and click q. That will make them appear in the HUD and the minimap.
- While driving, press T to activate the third person view. Use the third person view until you get to combat to avoid running over team mates and getting stuck in buildings
. - While taking off with a plane, use the spacebar and C to increase/decrease your altitude. Use this to lift off in highly crowded areas or near buildings. Then use A and D to turn around without spinning so you can point to the right direction. Really handy while flying Galaxies.
- Never try to get into a Sunderer from behind or the front to void being run over. Always use the sides
.- You can shoot from inside out in a spawning room, but not from outside in. The explosions just outside the door will however damage people inside, so stay away from it!
- Never try to win a long range engagement with anything as NC. Maybe if you're in a tank you can do "something" but your real strength relies on close combat.
- Use your ability wisely. It may take a while to reload
.- Medics can heal themselves with their ability (that also heals all friendlies in an area around you)
- You can use the jetpack on the light assault to jump from high cliffs or top of buildings and brake before landing to avoid taking damage. You can also use this to jump from a ship while flying.
- You take no falling damage if you jump from a Galaxy. AFAIK that doesn't depend on the altitude.
- Grenades have a bright red dot on them, so you can spot them if they are nearby. Needs practice though.
- Grenades are harder to use than they should. The first few you throw will more likely just kill you and some allies instead of going through that door to the room full of enemies. Pay attention to your grenade and prepare to run from it anytime you throw one!
- As engineer, never repair any vehicle from behind or the front. Always the sides!
- The missile launcher from the heavy assault is an awesome weapon against infantry as well, specially against engineer turrets.
- The medic can revive people by "healing" the corpse (point and shoot the weapon for a while). Try to revive team mates whenever you can if you're a medic or don't rush to respawn if there's a medic nearby.
- The heavy assault's shield has a little movement impairment while running or walking.
- If you play with non-lowest graphics, you can see a faint shadow where cloaked infiltrators are. Veterans can kill even cloaked people, so don't trust your cloak to be unbeatable!
- Infiltrators can hack enemy consoles and turrets by pointing and pressing E.
- You can overload shield generators by pointing and pressing E.
- Always run from cover.
- Always let that other guy go first.
- Tanks have less armor from behind and the sides. The difference is huge, to the point that a lighting will die with 2 shots from the back (sometimes even 1) and it'll take 4 or 5 from the front. The armor on the bottom is lowest, but it's hard to hit if you don't have mines. The top armor is also a little less, but not that much.
- Vanu and terran pilots tend to overuse their hovering abilities, so sometimes it's worth to shoot them a round of your tank gun! If you hit them, they die
.- While assaulting a base, always take the spawn points outside first. They almost always have teleports that let you go inside and flank their main line.
- You can hit enemy ships with your instant action drop pod. That will kill you as well, so just decide if it's worth it to die in order to take out that full enemy galaxy! (you can also hit friendlies, so take care xD).
- You can change continents from a console in the warpgate or with instant action on the map.
I think that's all for now
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wasd
"South of the Alps and East of the Adriatic, paranoia is considered mental equilibrium..."Re: Newbie help
Yeah, wasd is the way to go. The effect is not really that much, but you can actually change your landing spot considerable (by landing on a tower from just near the walls for example)
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Yeah, I wondered if it was doing anything it was barely noticeable.
The tutorial videos on the website are good for shortening the learning curve, I watched about half of em during installation.
The tutorial videos on the website are good for shortening the learning curve, I watched about half of em during installation.
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downloaded it last night. Will give it a try today and bear in mind the advice here.
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Heavy Assault's Gauss SAW is a very nice gun. I recommend spending 30 cert points on better sights for it. I use the x2 reflex sight. It doesn't obscure vision too much, and helps nicely with the medium / long range shots. Not a sniping scope by any means though.
Like all Gauss weapons, the SAW only pulls straight up, so it's easy to control the recoil by pulling back on the mouse gently when firing. If you take single shots don't try to compensate, just wait a moment and the gun drops back onto the target.
Look around for the various 1 Cert point upgrades, especially on classes you like to play as.
Like all Gauss weapons, the SAW only pulls straight up, so it's easy to control the recoil by pulling back on the mouse gently when firing. If you take single shots don't try to compensate, just wait a moment and the gun drops back onto the target.
Look around for the various 1 Cert point upgrades, especially on classes you like to play as.
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I've tried running an infiltrator (Sniper is my typical role in FPS games), but I can't hit a damned thing! It's waving all over the place like a drunken whore, so I'm sticking with Heavy until I've accumulated enough Cert points to do something about it.
My new rig has accomplished its mission: While I get an astounding 15 FPS, that's far better than the 5-6 fps my laptop gets. Which means the game is quite playable, and I've run into no issues. Since it's the CPU that's limiting things, I'm probably going to up some of the gameplay-related graphics stuff (View distance and the like) and see how that goes.
Also - How do engineers work? And vehicles? I picked up a tank one game a while back, but it was just laying literally in the middle of the road between two places, but where are they supposed to spawn? I'm so lost in this game it's hilarious.
My new rig has accomplished its mission: While I get an astounding 15 FPS, that's far better than the 5-6 fps my laptop gets. Which means the game is quite playable, and I've run into no issues. Since it's the CPU that's limiting things, I'm probably going to up some of the gameplay-related graphics stuff (View distance and the like) and see how that goes.
Also - How do engineers work? And vehicles? I picked up a tank one game a while back, but it was just laying literally in the middle of the road between two places, but where are they supposed to spawn? I'm so lost in this game it's hilarious.
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Engineer is best Cert farming for you I think. Repair turrets, use them and repair some more. Repair broken terminals, friendly vehicles and those battlesuits (max).
Drop the ammo resupply where allies are fighting for more free certs. Place your engineer turret somewhere and learn to use it (great at base defence on choke points). Try tossing your grenade at enemies, sometimes it works. When all else fails crouch, aim and let fly with the carbine.
Profit.
After you accumulate 30 Certs (remember you get 8 free ones just for logging in per day) you can get a better scope for infiltrator.
I recommend turning crouch and run keys to toggles, so you don't need to hold them down. Remember aimed fire is vastly more accurate. I like a rotating minimap as well, much easier to find my way around and react to threats.
Drop the ammo resupply where allies are fighting for more free certs. Place your engineer turret somewhere and learn to use it (great at base defence on choke points). Try tossing your grenade at enemies, sometimes it works. When all else fails crouch, aim and let fly with the carbine.
Profit.
After you accumulate 30 Certs (remember you get 8 free ones just for logging in per day) you can get a better scope for infiltrator.
I recommend turning crouch and run keys to toggles, so you don't need to hold them down. Remember aimed fire is vastly more accurate. I like a rotating minimap as well, much easier to find my way around and react to threats.
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@ Andon: http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/that-moment-you-realize-you-can-hold-your-breath-with-shift.49447/
p.s. I didn't get that by myself, a fellow RT showed it to me and I was flabbergasted!
p.s. I didn't get that by myself, a fellow RT showed it to me and I was flabbergasted!
"South of the Alps and East of the Adriatic, paranoia is considered mental equilibrium..."Re: Newbie help
That's.... well, changes the whole game for me, really.
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Got Andon started by having him ride shotgun in my heavy tank. We got two imperial heavy tanks + change before being blown up, and Andon got to repair my ride quite a bit.
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