Detailed map images like you said sound like a really good idea, IDK how much help it would be to vets but might help the noobs realize which uplinks to use and what hills to not go charging over, a bit of basic tactics never hurt anyone.

Just keep in mind this is a forum and no-one takes the time to read anything more than two sentences long.

Fellow Hungarian mates put together a few very-very detailed EVE and DUST guides, you can find them here.
http://www.isktheguide.com/

The Vol. 3 (DUST) maybe a bit outdated but I recommend to mail the author (Laci) with a request to help with updating it.

Just as I said, send them a mail with your ideas to improve the PC or whatever chapter.

Top Tier? Who....
I have always thought you as more like mid tier considerin I never seen you in any of the A-team battles in any of the wars...

But yes you are kinda forum famous.

Ohh that was right after I left the scene. Blue donut was my fault :p I will take the blame. It happened because I left pc. I was the one hope for the game and I failed. JK JK

lack of organization? was it really that bad? When I fought with TP we were all pretty organized, same with OH. Never fought on AE's side but I fought against their A-team plenty of times to know how good they are. If you fought with those corps A teams then you should have been introduced to some of the same tactics I have.

Then nevermind. You don't know any of the strategies I have been introduced too. Defending is pretty straightforward but taking points each takes strategy. Not just run in firing blindly. I get that and I fought with top corps who had their own strats for taking objectives other than running in blind.

I guess it is true what everyone says.... The skill level has really dropped since the old days.

I miss cubs.

Meh, Zatara was 100x worse and he is just a cheap imitation. After pc, I would go play 3 games and turn corp comms back on and he is stilll talking about the pc match . LOLOL.

How about your third world education level.
Please do not waist you time on a guide if your going to use your 1st grade righting skills.

A game??????

I am talking about 1st grade basics like starting sentences with Capital letters.
Oh and BTW these forums even have spell check for you and underline misspelled words for you to review and fix.

LOL A game!

You still live with your mommy don't you?
Pssst, look in a mirror.
You see that neck full of hair?
Yeah that is what is known as a neck beard and contrary to what you mommy might be telling you, no that will never get you laid.

*eats taco*

WAS or IS still that bad? I've always been kinda curious about PC but since I don't really talk to anyone in game and my corp consists of me and 3 friends none of which play anymore my options are somewhat limited.

I feel ya on the crap connection thing, I'm downtown T.O. and it's ok'ish for the part but good luck doing anything on a sunday.

IDK about famous but I know who you are... admittedly that doesn't likely help lol

I agree about the tactics changing -- that is very true.

Ghost is a quality player, however, with a good tactical/strategic head on his shoulders -- no doubt about that.

Ghost would be welcomed with open arms in ML, and if he wanted to play for us he only needs to put in an application. We generally don't pay people for their services, however, so there's that.

It really won't. What would be useful, right now, would be a straightforward written guide that introduces new FC's to the core strategic ideas that are going to be necessary for PC:

- How you're going to layout your team, basic composition ideas. The new FC should walk away with the guide with a firm understanding that s/he MUST have a rough composition and strategy before the game starts.

- How you need to start a match, with particular emphasis on how to build your team for speed capturing objectives and laying uplinks. Again, and FC should walk away understanding that the beginning 30s of a match must be executed well for your team to have a ghost (the puns!) of a chance of winning.

- The basics about drop ships, uplinks, and other spawning measures. In the current climate it's essential that any aspiring FC understand the crucial nature of spawn points and placement.

- Vehicle basics, including an emphasis on how losing infantry members on-the-ground is a serious cost for calling in a tanker/ADS pilot/whatever.


Essentially what you want is the "here's the bare minimum of what you need to play PC competitively" guide.

I started in on writing a document like this, but didn't find the time to finish it. It seems that I've thrown away all my notes, which is also a bit unfortunate as I'd offer them to anyone who's seriously looking at providing some documentation.


To your question about color coded maps, attack lines, and "natural battle line formation", all of that will be too detailed for anybody who needs documentation to make use of. Only a very small number of people are going to decide that they want to start a team into PC, a smaller number will come to the forums or wherever else and find your documentation, and then an even smaller number will have the mental tenacity to digest that type of guide.

Those FC's who already have a grasp of the tactics and logistics probably aren't going to find something like this particularly useful either. Map colorations and battle lines? If you're already experienced, you know what's going on. If you're not, then there's very little way that you're going to look at material like that and be like: "Oh, the next level." Maybe if we had a glut of middle-tier PC teams looking to step it up to the next level that type of material might be useful. At the present though? The split looks more bimodal: There are a lot of newer teams that don't understand basic Skirmish strategy, such that they'll instantly lose to any team that does. Then there are a core of teams who do understand those strategies, and they're pretty much the "top" teams that are left playing by this point.


If you end up making that introductory guide then I will call you Dust famous at least. ;3

Sure.

yes you are. welcome to the big leagues

I know this is off topic, but I am curious as to why so many people don't start their sentences with capital letters these days?

Of course when I send texts on my phone I use a stylist, write my text out longhand, and use character recognition software to convert into a character font before sending, so maybe I would not understand...

As a dyslexic myself I don't buy the dyslexia argument for poor capitalization.