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Post by iw5000 on Jul 3, 2014 8:42:37 GMT -5
I think my Titan killing sucks right now. I'm not sure why. I think part of the problem is the lobby situation, the 2 on 1 stuff, getting stomped that way. It's makes me hesitant to call them when playing solo. So I have lacked practice time with them? But also, I think I have a hard time judging just how weak opponent titans are at times. Or misjudging I should say. I then at times just shoot, launch, and then bulrush to punch them out. If this triple attack doesn't work, I tend to get stuck in these protracted slugouts where I take a lot of damage.
Witty...let's get some TitanFall teams going this holiday weekend. What times/days are good for you? Let's get the other clan guys together too (and/or anyone else with that too)
Tired of playing solo.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Jul 3, 2014 9:30:48 GMT -5
I think my Titan killing sucks right now. I'm not sure why. I think part of the problem is the lobby situation, the 2 on 1 stuff, getting stomped that way. It's makes me hesitant to call them when playing solo. So I have lacked practice time with them? But also, I think I have a hard time judging just how weak opponent titans are at times. Or misjudging I should say. I then at times just shoot, launch, and then bulrush to punch them out. If this triple attack doesn't work, I tend to get stuck in these protracted slugouts where I take a lot of damage. Witty...let's get some TitanFall teams going this holiday weekend. What times/days are good for you? Let's get the other clan guys together too (and/or anyone else with that too) Tired of playing solo. Stone: in the danger of stating the obvious, are you aware that you can see how much shield and health the enemy titan you are fighting has? The question might be silly, but I am embarrassed to admit that I for one did not notice it for 2 entire generations Regarding holiday availability: I should be able to play the entire Sunday and Saturday day time for a few hours. I aslo have today off so will be playing the entire day during day time.
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Post by mannon on Jul 3, 2014 9:35:34 GMT -5
Yeah I didn't notice it for about half my first gen and it took me most of the rest to really start paying attention to both theirs and mine instead of just going by my gut feeling of which of us was on top. Turns out gut feeling based on who's been hit and how much isn't that accurate. heh Though it gets better after you have been paying attention and get a feel for how long shields take to recharge.
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Post by lazy on Jul 3, 2014 10:45:53 GMT -5
Hey IW when my team is getting outnumbered by titans i either put my titan in auto mode or save dropping it, auto is good tho' cos it keeps the other team busy for a few seconds, then take out a few titans by rodeo or with archer rocket, then you won't be far off getting another titan yourself and hopefully do a bit of stomping. It's amazing how quick a match can turn around. On the lobby side of things i find it best to not swap and change just let the match making do it's thing. I usually start playing and don't change lobbies at all and i never really feel cheated or annoyed because it evens its self out. On another note in the heat of battle i sometimes get mine and their health mixed up and think I'm doing great then all of a sudden get told to eject, and what makes this worse is I've been playing this game for quite some time now.
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Post by iw5000 on Jul 3, 2014 10:47:49 GMT -5
I think my Titan killing sucks right now. I'm not sure why. I think part of the problem is the lobby situation, the 2 on 1 stuff, getting stomped that way. It's makes me hesitant to call them when playing solo. So I have lacked practice time with them? But also, I think I have a hard time judging just how weak opponent titans are at times. Or misjudging I should say. I then at times just shoot, launch, and then bulrush to punch them out. If this triple attack doesn't work, I tend to get stuck in these protracted slugouts where I take a lot of damage. Witty...let's get some TitanFall teams going this holiday weekend. What times/days are good for you? Let's get the other clan guys together too (and/or anyone else with that too) Tired of playing solo. Stone: in the danger of stating the obvious, are you aware that you can see how much shield and health the enemy titan you are fighting has? The question might be silly, but I am embarrassed to admit that I for one did not notice it for 2 entire generations Regarding holiday availability: I should be able to play the entire Sunday and Saturday day time for a few hours. I aslo have today off so will be playing the entire day during day time. To answer your question. I am not sure? Maybe not?
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Post by iw5000 on Jul 3, 2014 10:50:16 GMT -5
Yeah I didn't notice it for about half my first gen and it took me most of the rest to really start paying attention to both theirs and mine instead of just going by my gut feeling of which of us was on top. Turns out gut feeling based on who's been hit and how much isn't that accurate. heh Though it gets better after you have been paying attention and get a feel for how long shields take to recharge. I will have to watch closer when I play later tonight. I 'think' I tend to go the visual route and look to see if they are on fire? Like smoke/fire coming out, means their health bar is below 1/2 or 1/4? If I see that, I tend to think (incorrectly?) that a full clip, plus a rocket salvo, plus a follow up punch should be enough to finish them?
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Post by volgon on Jul 3, 2014 12:17:48 GMT -5
Yeah I didn't notice it for about half my first gen and it took me most of the rest to really start paying attention to both theirs and mine instead of just going by my gut feeling of which of us was on top. Turns out gut feeling based on who's been hit and how much isn't that accurate. heh Though it gets better after you have been paying attention and get a feel for how long shields take to recharge. I will have to watch closer when I play later tonight. I 'think' I tend to go the visual route and look to see if they are on fire? Like smoke/fire coming out, means their health bar is below 1/2 or 1/4? If I see that, I tend to think (incorrectly?) that a full clip, plus a rocket salvo, plus a follow up punch should be enough to finish them? Your titan's shields/hp are the bars at the top of the UI (which you probably knew), and the bars down and to the right of those are the shields and hp of the last enemy titan you attacked functioning identically to yours (IE, the outer ring of blue bars is their shield, inner row of yellow bars is health). When the bars (yours or the enemy's) turn into yellow and black warning stripes, the titan is "burning down" and takes continual damage until the bar empties and the titan explodes (or, if the titan has the nuclear reactor perk, the pilot can eject to trigger a larger, higher damage explosion).
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Post by mannon on Jul 3, 2014 12:33:35 GMT -5
Just because the wording is a bit unclear, you can eject anytime and the nuke will still go off.
Forcing early eject can be quite useful and for those of us on PC I recommend an eject macro so you have a one button solution. You can use AutoHotkey if you don't have nice mouse drivers to put a macro on a mouse button like I did. For xbox I dunno, I guess just practice. Being quick on the eject when you do get doomed also saves you from being finished off.
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Post by iw5000 on Jul 3, 2014 12:40:21 GMT -5
Shit. I am dumb. I never knew that was there.
That might explain a lot.
When is the opponent's Titan health bar show? When you aim it?
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Post by Pegasus Actual on Jul 3, 2014 13:28:52 GMT -5
Pretty much when you aim or cause damage. My most effective Titan fighting strategy is 40mm cannon w/ extended mags, and just managing the shield situation. If you can squeeze in a shield regen while preventing your opponent from doing the same you can push in and it's pretty much game over.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Jul 4, 2014 1:18:49 GMT -5
Shit. I am dumb. I never knew that was there. That might explain a lot. When is the opponent's Titan health bar show? When you aim it? Looks like this happens to a lot of people. As I said, I did not notice it for 2 full generations
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Post by mannon on Jul 4, 2014 13:22:25 GMT -5
There's a whole lot of stuff going on in the UI that I really never noticed until I watched videos of other people playing. heh There's just too much going on when I'm playing for me to decode everything on the HUD. The other titan's health bar was one of those things. Actually I think I noticed it playing back some of my own matches. Then there's things like the time subtract when you get a kill. I still forget to look for it, though. Tucker Plays Games pointed that out and that the amount of time is proportional to the damage you do so if you do pay attention you can get a direct idea how much damage you just did to that pilot that ran off. I also still forget to look at the readouts showing how many titans on the field.
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Post by Dumien on Jul 4, 2014 13:31:15 GMT -5
The think that took me the longest was the dot arrows that appear when you use a burn card like map hack. I'm like... wait...are they going this way or that way....wait why did that one disappear. WHAT'S GOING ON!
Also wallhanging....I didn't know about wwallhanging til 4th gen. eheh.
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Post by mannon on Jul 4, 2014 13:45:17 GMT -5
Yeah the arrows took me a bit too. Eventually after getting to dot locations with arrows and no pilot in sight a few times I finally figured it out. heh I actually read about wallhanging before playing, but I still rarely use it. In fact it seems to hurt me more than help most of the time. Except with the smart pistol. I use it a ton with that, usually wallrunning around and then I stop and take out some minions and use wallhang to keep my height so I can continue wallrunning immediately. Vs pilots I dunno. I've heard it's a good way to kill your momentum to throw somebody off and I've seen it used for ambush, but for the most part nailing myself in place with no momentum doesn't usually help me much. Particularly when I do it on accident. heh
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Post by iw5000 on Jul 7, 2014 11:45:02 GMT -5
The list grows long..... on things that I didn't know about.
Wall hang? I have done this before accidently, but not sure how I did it. Dot arrows? Time subtract?
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Post by mannon on Jul 7, 2014 13:54:56 GMT -5
Yes if you ADS while wall running you will jab a knife in the wall and hang stationary for a while. Somewhat useful, though it drops you to hipfire. I mostly use it just for getting a quick lock on a pack of minions without losing my height then moving on though I did just Saturday pull off the patented hang above a doorway and wait for the guy who was shooting you through it a second ago to come through it so you can cave his skull in from above with a shotgun. ;3 Also if you're already ADSing while in mid air it seems like you'll grab a wall if you touch it, intentionally or not.
The dot arrows are little white arrows above and below pilot dots on the minimap that indicate if the pilot is above or below you. If they are on the same level there is no arrow.
Time subtract is how much titan build time is subtracted when you shoot things. Every time you shoot something time is subtracted based on the amount of damage you do, which means a pilot kill where you did all the damage is always worth the same amount of time, (I forget how much).
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Post by wittyscorpion on Jul 7, 2014 14:25:47 GMT -5
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