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Posted - 2014.02.06 16:56:00 -
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Lazy Scumbag wrote:Sergamon Draco wrote:I want to add 1thing forget about kd/r,because if you start to think what is your kd/r it can mess your game.Also there is only two things where you need kd/r and those are 1.you get in leaderbords (that place is only for posers) 2,Some of those "top"corp`s want people with top notch kd/r K/DR is way overblown. Its better to play a match and die 20 times than to sit in the redline trying to keep up the KD. Try to help your team. It's amazing how many people don't even try. I've stood at the objective in full domination matches where only two enemies even tried to approach.
I agree that KDR is overblown, but I can't imagine any condition where dying 20 times (ie, accounting for 13% - 40% of your team's deaths, depending on match type) is a good thing. It will happen, but minimizing such occasions is something worth striving for.
The point I'm trying to make is that focusing on not dying is a great way for new players to get into the game without obsessing over statistics, since adopting this strategy leads to a play style that I've found sort of lends itself to better stats anyway.
Everything Brokerib has written is stellar, but he didn't go to into actual battlefield strategy too much. So, I'd like to offer some advice as a newish player (~12m SP, ~10m actually invested) that's helped me a lot.
Examples:
- Focus on gaining WP, eg, drop equipment, hack, etc. Any type of equipment, any type of installation/objective. Focusing on this will probably lead to traversing the map a lot each match, which leads to discovering all sorts of nifty spots for dropping uplinks and nanohives, as well as discovering great sniping/FGing spots. Also, knowing the layout of buildings and city areas is critical to running successfully as a scout, since turning a corner into a deadend usually = death.
- Never engage enemies head-on. In fact, until you're really comfortable moving around the maps, hacking, using turrets, etc., be super devious and opportunistic about engagements. Fight dirty, back stab, whatever, but just understand that, as Brokerib emphasizes, until you are in better gear or skilled enough to use standard gear at an advanced+ level, direct engagements are not likely to turn out in your favor. Playing this way while rolling with a squad mostly includes breaking off from the group to sneak around to the back of the enemy and engaging the enemy using mid-long range weapons while the rest of your team rushes in. This sounds sort of cowardly, but there's nothing "honorable" about dying uselessly in an intense engagement, and besides, playing a little further out will help your gun game and teach about flanking.
- If you find yourself away from your team (because you got lost or decided to be a ninja) and in a complex, find the clone reanimation unit and hack that first, before the objective. This serves two purposes: you'll probably find enemy equipment to destroy while making your way to the CRU, plus you greatly minimize the chance that a recently killed enemy will notice you're hacking an objective and spawn at the CRU that's aways a stones throw from it. It's also not a bad idea to hack the supply depot beforehand, too, as there are often uplinks underneath or near them.
- Snipe. From the red line, even. Sure, a lot of people whine about red line snipers, but whining about the non-exploitation of a non-bug that's readily available to everyone is sort of lame. I'm not suggesting that new players do this to the exclusion of other activities or play styles, but it's a good way to learn maps and work on your gun game (no aim assist!) if you're getting hammered and feel like a change of pace. Additionally, if you decide to tower snipe, you'll get practice flying dropships, which comes in very handy, and which many teams seem to appreciate. The militia-level Gorgon is great to start with since it's the smaller frame. You can land in smaller spaces and navigate more effectively amongst structures. It only costs ~28g ISK, so you can easily replace a couple a match.
- Don't forget to bring a towel! Oh, wait, scratch that.
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