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Skrimskraw:

--- Quote from: Phoebe on March 24, 2013, 09:53:13 am ---I could definitely use like... a private tutor of sorts

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dont be a stranger, I got time to give some hints, setup and flying wise.

All captains have diffrent ways of flying, so my best suggestion is to keep at it, and just play the canyon over and over, its the best map for learning to steer.

Skippy The Moonrock:
Im typing this out on my phone, so please excuse any errors in what I may type.

I purchased this game a couple days ago and I wasn't sure what my first role should be, even after the general consensus being to start as a engineer or a gunner, so I took it into a sandbox practice match. Fixing things was alright, and I wasn't any good at gunning at all, so I decided to take control of flying the ship. Started out slow by learning to adjust the positioning of my hand on the keyboard to allow muscle memory to adapt to needing to play with the R and F keys, then I moved onto flying my ship through some wreckage that I found on the map. Ended up only getting about 50 minutes of practice in before having to go to work.

Came home from work and decided I would go for engineer in my first real match, but fate didn't have it go that way. Literally nobody on blue team wanted to pilot a ship and they were jumping into engineer and gunner slots, so I was forced to pilot my own ship if I wanted to play. Worse still, the first map it threw me into was a 3v3 at Water Hazard . Luckily for me my crew did have mics and I believe it was my gunner had experience as a pilot and he was able to give me helpful tips about how I should angle my ship so I could have the most effective gun pattern lined up towards the enemy (silly me decided.my first ship should be a junker) and we ended up winning 5 matches in a row with a basic flak and chaingun junker. I apologized after the first match for any mistakes I may have made, but the guy said not to worry about it, and said that I had flown the ship as good as he would have.

If you need any help, even though Im fairly new, I am willing to teach you what I know if you decide to pilot a junker.

Ofiach:
I'm a somewhat decent pilot and here is my usual thought process.

What ship will I be fighting? What ship is most likely to be the biggest threat at which range? How can I neutralize each ships unique range advantages?

Face charging a spire that is using a lumberjack and a merc field gun is probably a bad idea. Trying to get in tight on the spire is your best option. Don't do it by flying in a straight line though. 

Put yourself in the enemy gunners position. How can you make it harder for him to use his weapons?

Basically as a captain you need to have a million variables swimming in your brain and develop an instinct as to when attack or retreat is best. Timing enemy reloads, understanding turning arcs, knowing what weapons are effective against what components, and keeping yourself in position to exploit one of these variables the second you see it.

A simple example is a full hwacha galleon, if the enemy pilot is any good he will get a couple salvos off while you are trying to close. How can you minimize the damage? Simple answer, Take the shots on your balloon. Now how do you achieve this? Easiest way? the second you see a hwacha's first round leave its gun chute vent down and the projectiles will either clip the balloon or pass over the top. This is a very singular "trick" and a good gunner will pick up on it so you have to change the tactic the next time you see the guy. Perhaps a false directional shift? Point your nose right but slam in reverse the gunner leads you but wait you were retreating and his shots pass in front harmlessly. There are a million little "tricks" like this to defeat any gun.

That is why I love piloting, the infinite variation of tactic and counter tactic. As the pilot you have to pay attention to everything on an opposing ship. What guns are firing, what systems are down, what the enemies engineers are most likely trying to fix, and how you can use this information.

Also feel free to add me in game I'm on alot and am always willing to help people who will listen and ask questions.

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