J4yne C0bb
molon labe.
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2014.01.17 21:50:00 -
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Grutzrul wrote:Seriously though, how does a noob survive outside the academy while still being useful to his team?
1) Join a corp.
2) JOIN A CORP.
3) Seriously. Join a corp. This game is not meant to be played solo. You can lone wolf it, eventually, after you learn the maps inside out and know where most of the engagements take place, and where you can find good cover, etc, but until then... join a corp. Lots of corps like taking noobs and helping them out, just look through the recruitment threads.
4) Become a logi, and learn what other people do by running around behind them, and paying attention to what they do. You can focus on learning instead of shooting, and still support your squad. Remember, you can create free PSN IDs, so create 2 or 3 more with 1 Dust character on each, and just let them accrue SP, until you figure out what you want to do with them. Turn one into a logi, and learn with him.
5) Don't worry about KDR, it means next to nothing in this game. The only thing that matters is the W. Some classes like logi frequently go negative -- yet they are orbital generators because of the WP they accrue. That guy on the winning side that went 3/10, and is at the top of the board with 2200 WP? Those are logis, and are critical to a team's success -- he's the reason you got pounded flat by orbitals 3 times during the match. Aim to be like him. Personally, when I play logi, I'm happy if I hit 1.00. That means that I was able to give as good as I got, which makes me the zero sum game -- I wasn't a slayer, but I didn't drag my team down either, and I still generated a buttload of WP during the match.
Another class that can go negative frequently is forge gunner -- I can easily go negative if I spend an entire Dom chasing tanks. If I go negative KDR, but we got the win because I was able to protect my squad by keeping 3 tanks at bay, but not actually kill any of them, does that make it a bad round for me? I think not.
In other words, KDR largely doesn't mean squat, unless you aim to be an assault slayer -- a "successful" match greatly depends on what class you are playing, and what role you were performing during the match.
Good luck merc!
Min Logi | aka Punch R0ckgroin, Fatsuit
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J4yne C0bb
Molon Labe.
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2014.01.21 05:18:00 -
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Grutzrul wrote:I noticed Ambush mode seems to have a lot more people around my level, not sure if it is a fluke or something.
Glad to hear you're doing better. And a friendly pro-tip : Stay the hell away from Ambush. Lots of vets use it to grind their weekly cap by protostomping noobs with little to no SP. Best to stick with Skirmish or Dom, at least then you can start learning how a squad works together to win a match. Ambush is for suckers and mercs who are gluttons for punishment.
Min Logi | aka Punch R0ckgroin, Fatsuit
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