Deerber wrote...
ShutYerPieHolez wrote...
Jeremiah,
Thanks for some solid feedback! I'm not concerned about score, but intrigued about what tactics, strategies, considerations the top players use/employ to be as good as they are. The differential between players is too large sometimes to simply be physical (reaction time, dexterity, etc). Just curious as to the mental aspects that give players an edge!
Ok, this is quite a different thing from talking about score. Don't be misleaded by all the attention ****s around here: score isn't the way you judge how skilled a player is.
It's an indication, and the only objective one we have. That's the reason why everyone looks at it.
But it's so flawed that, honestly, it's just a general indication of how good that player is, nothing more. That is, IF they play the objective waves right. If they don't, no amount of scores matter, they're scrubs. The worst kind of players you'll ever play with, period. No skill in that.
So, provided that objectives are always the first thing on objective rounds, and that you understand that score is just an indication... I feel I can land some advices about how to kill stuff faster, which ultimately leads to the game being faster and you scoring more. I might not be an elite player, but after hundreds of hours of this game I can safely say I'm a solid player at least.
1. The first thing you need to understand is that there's no kind of defense in this game that works better than a good offense. That is, the faster you kill stuff, the less you're under fire, the less you die. The best offense is also the best defense. So, you should never spend your time in hard cover, waiting for your shields to regen. Well, almost never. There are a few exceptions. You should not because that's wasted time. You should always use soft cover and position yourself in such a way that you can shoot without being shot back. And, you should always use your time for either killing stuff or running towards the next thing to kill - there's nothing like "ok I'll hold my ground here and let them come for me". Nope. You go for them. Aggressiveness is the key word here. You need to rush the spawns and start killing the enemy as soon as they get onto the map.
2. Follows directly from the first: when building your character/choosing your loadout, always keep the offense in mind, not the defense. Shields, health, fitness... They're not important. So long as you position yourself correctly, you won't need them. There are a few exceptions, namely those character which needs to be played up close and personal, like vanguards. And in general, any character which has a hard time avoiding fire (like dodgeless kits). As a rule of thumb, you only want to invest into fitness and/or cyclonics ad shield cells if you either have no reliable way of avoiding fire or if you don't have anything better to go for.
3. Learn the mechanics of the game. I can't stress this enough. All the in game descriptions are either misleading or not tsaying everything. And I mean all of them. Not counting the enormous number of bugs around. You need to know how to get the best out of your character. To do so, you need to be on these forums. No other way.
4. Following 1. You need to learn how to predict spawn. When high level players play together, who kills more is pretty much only dependant on this. You need to understand where the enemy will spawn, based on the position of your teammates and you. Not much to say here, it's a matter of experience. Playing this game and rushing the spawns over and over again, you'll learn how to predict them.
5. Learn to prioritize enemies. The order in which you should kill stuff is: subbosses -> mooks -> bosses. You should always leave bosses for last, and never engage in combat with them unless you are forced to; or you don't think you can reach the other enemies before the rest of the team kills them; or you have no idea of where the rest of the enemies are; or, of course, if there are no other enemies around. If you rush the spawn and kill all the subbosses but the bosses are still up and not too damaged- you should run to find another spawn. Don't engage bosses.
Uh, that's pretty much all I can think of right now. Maybe I'll add something later...
Oh and... Inb4chinacalledtheywanttheirwallback
Good advice, especially point 5, I do that intuitively, thanks for the sum up.
Also, stay alive, Deerber!! xD
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