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Gameplay / Re: Cant play 3v3 or 4v4

« on: December 25, 2014, 06:08:10 am »

In my experience 4v4s are usually a clusterfuck anyways.

You want to start crewing together in a 2v2 or 3v3 in a pub, getting to know your cremates and fellow captains, then work your way up to a 4v4 eventually (adding new players and inviting friends along the way).

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Q&A / Re: Working up to galleon as new pilot?

« on: December 25, 2014, 05:36:18 am »

I also tend to bring karo, claw and tar or drogue chute, claw and tar since speed isn't the primary contribution to that ship. Why fight its slowness when you can better utilize other tools instead? Maps like Paritan or even dunes doesn't always justify it if you can benefit with something else - and ofc this is entirely based on your team formation and the strategy behind the engagement in game. I esp like tar on this ship because of what Vom accurately describes as the blender ships' love to stay behind a galleon. Generally I'll pop a tar and turn to engage them if I'm able to, sometimes teamwork from other ships will be necessary tho so careful judgement will have to be used here.

On more unusual occasions I'll shy away from engine harming tools so that I can have my crew focus more on shooting rather than repairing, but everything in every game is situational and you have to carefully weigh in your choices when it comes to complimenting your allied ships and countering your enemy ones.

Great advice Ayetach, just realized we also played together for a few games last night where we were the meat shield and you were sniping! Lots of kills, a couple sloppy deaths by me but definitely getting better with all this advice and more practice!

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Q&A / Re: Working up to galleon as new pilot?

« on: December 23, 2014, 05:24:37 pm »

Outside of this I would never suggest stacking guns. One hflak can oneclip kill most ships. A lj just needs 2-3 hits on a balloon to kill it. A hcarro just needs oneclip aswell. And we all know that 2 hwachas volleys wont disable more than the whole ship .

This is great info. DULY NOTED!

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Q&A / Re: Working up to galleon as new pilot?

« on: December 23, 2014, 05:21:20 pm »

Wow! Even more awesome advice, loving this community!

Really good advice about teamwork, and the weakness to balloon busting close range enemies. I got the chance today to play a ton with a constant crew and allied captain, and after going 5 wins straight we switched to galleon. It was the first time it worked for me (gatling/hwacha/flak setup) and with the whole crew on guns shooting at the same time- taking fire but giving much more back- we started getting kills.

The most satisfying moment was in a 4v4, with two crews filled with players I'm now familiar with. We delayed 3 ships while our allies killed the 4th, and started picking off the others one by one. We saved an ally by disabling the guns on the two ships that were after him. And we pulled off a badass ram/broadside that completely crushed a spire. Really really satisfying after many failed attempts at galleon earlier!

After flying for several matches, I think the most important thing I've learned is to keep firing. That means always make sure you are in arc (dragon claw = must), don't move the ship too much for the sake of your gunners, and prioritizing shooting over everything else for crew. Telling your teammates to keep shooting and repair guns only was, I found, the best call in many many situations. That included hull down, engines down, and all sorts of stuff on fire. The solution to every problem was shooting it, and the times where we died was when we had no shot.

Will keep flying, and look forward to seeing some of you in game eventually!

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Q&A / Re: Working up to galleon as new pilot?

« on: December 23, 2014, 04:27:55 am »

Is that rear gun something that is manned by the pilot usually?

Also, whats your opinion on the range finder in a long-range setup?

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Q&A / Re: Working up to galleon as new pilot?

« on: December 22, 2014, 05:13:09 pm »

Thanks a bunch for the great advice guys.

I like the idea of having armor strip + a balloon popper for the light gun on left. And flare in the back sounds ingenious!

Just got out of novice flying a junker and saw a lot of the mistakes I was making while killing galleons, and their weaknesses (get above them and flame them). Am now learning the other roles, and played an engineer on a galleon manning a gat, which is when I noticed armor stripping was a really big deal for getting kills.

I will post my learnings in this thread. Thanks again!

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Q&A / Working up to galleon as new pilot?

« on: December 22, 2014, 07:42:27 am »

Just got this game a few days ago.

Been playing and I absolutely love it! (minus my lag/disconnects from China)

I tried the roles, and once I tried the pilot role I knew it was for me. Reminds me of leading roams in Eve Online at a smaller, more accessible level.

Now, I LOVE the galleon. I love everything about it from the strategy to the teamwork required. Unfortunately, I'm finding it pretty hard to win in matches unless I have the right crew (especially good gunner).

I want to ask:

• Some tips for piloting the galleon
• If I have a long range setup on my port side, how do I shred armor? (what light gun do I use to shred armor at medium=>long range?)
• Maybe an alternative ship I can fly to get more experience without letting down my allied captains.

So far, for the galleon I know that:

• I need to point my port-side guns at the enemy as much as possible
• My best defense is a ton of offense (repair guns, turning engines before repairing other shit)
• I should try not to move so my gunners have a better shot
• I should help repair the balloon as a pilot so my engineer can shoot more
• I should setup and let the enemy come to me, and get my ally to defend me
• I shouldn't try to run away or chase in most cases
• 4x hwachas doens't always work...

Cheers,
Pin

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for Aus/Asia players (Asia Server)

« on: December 21, 2014, 02:07:02 pm »

Just got the game a couple days ago and love it. Send me a friend invite!

Play out of China and would love to play on a server where I don't lag like crazy.