Ruthless Lee
The Eliminators
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Posted - 2013.08.10 00:33:00 -
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I just returned to the scouting life this week, and love it. Ran into you on one of my first days, Cyrius ... thanks for the MD to the face 
I'm finding the hit detection with the shotty to be really wonky, myself. I've had some good matches, where everything connects ... then some matches where no matter what, it's not registering any damage, despite the hit indicators. Some of the matches where I feel I played my best have turned out to be my worst-looking. It can be frustrating.
But for me, the big thing this week has been ... learning to pick my battles. I'm approaching fights knowing where the exits are and how to get there fast, now. I'm willing to go into a fight I can't win, but only if I can do some damage that helps the team on the way. I started the week really (no ... REALLY) rough ... lots of ugly scores. But I'm +20 overall on my kdr over the last four matches, even with some of the hit detection problems I'm still having. So, you know ... not beasting, but feeling a lot better now than earlier in the week. And making money, since my standard suit doesn't even fit many mods. Guess that helps...
Mostly ... I am staying off the grid as much as possible. Getting a good feel for where the main infantry sight lines are, the places the snipers like to watch, if there are any scouts on the other team, that sort of thing. Getting hacks when I can. Baiting other players into traps for my fellow blues to mow them down. Mostly, though, prowling the edges of the battles. Evening the odds a bit behind the scenes. Taking out any stragglers I find. And then ... occasionally ... when there's a big fight going on, just flanking a mass of reds at full speed, shotgunning one or two (or three  ) of them, then blazing away before they realize what just happened (if I'm lucky -- sometimes I'm not, and then, well ... you know. The life and death of a scout.)
THAT tends to help tilt a fight in your team's favor, let me tell ya.
I love Chunky Monkey's "Most Importantly of All", by the way ... right on the money. Sometimes, you just know it's go time.
So glad to be back to the scout life again. Game is so much more fun ... it's just high-risk, high-reward, all the time. Haven't messed around with with remote explosives much (yet) ... but have a bomber fit that I want to try out. Have just sort of made this week about getting into a groove with the shotty again. Despite it's problems ... and the last night or two, there have been plenty, including just a straight up failure to fire, even though I have a nearly full clip ... I don't see me replacing my shotgun permanently any time soon.
Should have my advanced scout suit by weekly reset  |
Ruthless Lee
The Eliminators
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Posted - 2013.08.10 00:45:00 -
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Cryius Li-Moody wrote:Ruthless Lee wrote:I just returned to the scouting life this week, and love it. Ran into you on one of my first days, Cyrius ... thanks for the MD to the face
any time, MD to face for everyone.
Yeah, I ... wish you'd been running shotgun (and having some of those hit detection issues) THAT match, dude!  |