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Community Guide / Re: Kestril’s guide to teaching new crews.
« on: December 30, 2016, 06:26:48 pm »
Hopefully some of the hardcore 2 vs. 2 lobby stackers read this and welcome one notice at a time onto each/any of their ships (If you think I'm talking about you... I am )
Owning personal fuck-ups is my favorite mode of self-flagellation when playing with scrubs. I like my crew to know when I made a mistake so they know they can get better at the game.
I recently reorganized my macros for GOI so I can insta-spam lobbies and matches with 140-character tips with maximum efficiency. Prepare to see these often:
Macro 1 for Damage
Message 1: Weapons do 2 different damage types. When shooting: BIG hit markers = effective hits! SMALL hit markers = ineffective hits! Aim elsewhere!
Message 2: White hit markers = armor up or component alive! RED hit markers = armor down or component destroyed! So: small white = BAD! Big red = BEST!
Macro 2 for Repairing
Message 1: Once guns begin reloading, they will auto-finish with your ammo choice. Dismount & spot enemies with the spyglass OR buff nearby components!
Message 2: When ship modules are damaged, only 1 person can repair & the "cool-down clock" must refill before you can affect it again (including fires)
Message 3: When components are completely broken (RED), ALL crew can rebuild them TOGETHER! There is no repair cooldown on completely broken components
The other four macro keys are related to Chaos, #AdaptTheMaps, and the Mighty Pirate Voice Pack, so I had to condense my tips into spam that would be visible in the match chat (which is pretty limited and can't really be scrolled). If anybody wants the tip spam macros, I can upload the .mhm files somewhere (I'm using a Microsoft Sidewinder X4, if that matters).
Owning personal fuck-ups is my favorite mode of self-flagellation when playing with scrubs. I like my crew to know when I made a mistake so they know they can get better at the game.
I recently reorganized my macros for GOI so I can insta-spam lobbies and matches with 140-character tips with maximum efficiency. Prepare to see these often:
Macro 1 for Damage
Message 1: Weapons do 2 different damage types. When shooting: BIG hit markers = effective hits! SMALL hit markers = ineffective hits! Aim elsewhere!
Message 2: White hit markers = armor up or component alive! RED hit markers = armor down or component destroyed! So: small white = BAD! Big red = BEST!
Macro 2 for Repairing
Message 1: Once guns begin reloading, they will auto-finish with your ammo choice. Dismount & spot enemies with the spyglass OR buff nearby components!
Message 2: When ship modules are damaged, only 1 person can repair & the "cool-down clock" must refill before you can affect it again (including fires)
Message 3: When components are completely broken (RED), ALL crew can rebuild them TOGETHER! There is no repair cooldown on completely broken components
The other four macro keys are related to Chaos, #AdaptTheMaps, and the Mighty Pirate Voice Pack, so I had to condense my tips into spam that would be visible in the match chat (which is pretty limited and can't really be scrolled). If anybody wants the tip spam macros, I can upload the .mhm files somewhere (I'm using a Microsoft Sidewinder X4, if that matters).