KalOfTheRathi wrote:Both sides have some good points.
First, the tendency to rush the other sides Red Line is the boring part. It is understandable but unfortunate that this is happening with noobs. When the rushed side is not noobs sometimes everything just went the wrong way.
Second, it is their own Kitten fault. How do you teach them not to do that? Well, Dude, they are noobs. They are trying to figure out how grenades work! Great Kitten, give 'em a break.
If you are running with a bunch of noobs (often indicated by the generic Corp names) go into teaching mode. My take is to drive hard into the middle of the area and hold a Letter Objective. If I have access to a Turret in the open I will use it. Or run one of my Militia Heavy Fits and 'Hold The Line'. I have turned the battle on more than one occasion by not letting one Letter change hands. The noobs run to the unprotected Letter to get points ... and killed but they are moving and don't get Red Lined. I am a Sniper/Logi Bro but I run whatever is needed so that is the deal with Militia Heavy. I suppose I should say Logi Bro/Sniper as that is how it seems to work these days.
I used to just drive to my own goals and I still will on occasion. Testing out my Fit for the Tact Sniper, a Stealth Scout or my three Equip Slot Logi Bro with dual Hives and an Uplink. But those moments tend to be more rare than everyday events now.
Mark some of the noobs and tell them what they were doing wrong, standing on that side of the Turret will let the Sniper take you out. Oh! I thought I was in the Turret. That conversation actually happened. I also dope slapped a noob that stole a friends HAV and only managed to get 25 WP for the entire match. Told another I have their name and I will not forget it. If they want help fine, if not I will not forget the name.
My KDR has taken a dive since the Invasion of the Noobs. But it is creeping back up. And I am finding others that have a mic. The difference is night and day of course, but noobs don't know that. When I find someone I will work with them. An occasional noob will ask how we pulled that move off and I get to reply to email that says, "we had mics".