How do I fight people?

Bags · 2012-11-14, 12:49 AM

title. went around to hot spots, used IA, saw 1 enemy in 45 minutes

Ghost Runner · 2012-11-14, 01:18 AM

Head to the Center of the map on Indar to a place called The Crown pretty sure you will find a good fight there.

Rago · 2012-11-14, 01:33 AM

Go where the People go, after a few respawns you should find yourself in a Crowd

Ruffdog · 2012-11-14, 03:22 AM

Try to predict where the enemy zerg will arrive next (not hard). More fun than travelling with the friendly zerg.

Bags · 2012-11-14, 04:02 AM

Originally Posted by Ruffdog

Try to predict where the enemy zerg will arrive next (not hard). More fun than travelling with the friendly zerg.

I went to hot spots. No fighting.

Boomzor · 2012-11-14, 04:11 AM

At the moment you have to develop a sense of knowing where the empire zergs will go based on the the continent and the controlled hex pattern when you glance on the map.

I wish there were some better (or at least more obvious) tools to speed up that process other than the sheer trial and error by experience method of now.

Then again, joining a squad will pretty much instantly show you where the fight is - if you aren't unfortunate enough to end up in a totally clueless squad. Chances are that your squad mates are in a hot zone already.

[edit] Yeah.. the hotspots were rather mistelling, atleast before. Haven't used them in a while, but I know that there used to be hotspots way behind the lines, even if your empire controlled the entire continent and had the others gate locked. Not a soul there, but we still had hotspots. Might have been what you experienced. Or did you play during reasonable prime time?

[edit 2] Also, if all else fail, spawn an AMS sundie and START your own fight. There's a good probability someone will die nearby and spawn in on your AMS and get the snowball rolling.

Bags · 2012-11-14, 04:25 AM

Yeah but squads just try to boss me around to do failed gal drops. Not my cup of tea.
Thanks for the help though.

Boomzor · 2012-11-14, 04:28 AM

That might not be your cup of tea, but you do get a sense of where they are. You can always leave the squad after you get their location.

Or to be really clear, join a random squad, slam down a personal way point on the map near the squad members, leave squad and make your way to the waypoint in what ever vehicle you can access or find convenient.

ringring · 2012-11-14, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by Bags

I went to hot spots. No fighting.

Look for the flashing zones, particularly the ones nearest your WG. This means it's contested.

Go there and uncontested it.

But I know what you're getting at. For new people it isn't that obvious and there is still work to be done on the new person experience.

Mavvvy · 2012-11-14, 06:39 AM

In my small outfit we usually cover the zergs flank and all the other things the zerg doesn't do.

So we look at the map and cover positions where a clever enemy outfit would normally assualt from. 9 outta 10 times we get into contact. There is a bit of waiting around so not sure if this would be your thing. If in doubt head to the border or the capture points surrounding a main base when the enemy is making a push. As the other guys have said you need to read the map to guess the enemy's intentions.

Figment · 2012-11-14, 08:51 AM

PS1 hotspots were a bit more accurate by showing it per grid, rather than per region, even if it sometimes just tracked a dogfight over a few grids.

But hey, PS1 mechanic. Can't have that now can we.

*meanwhile Higgles reads and strokes the beard "Hmmmm"*

MgFalcon · 2012-11-14, 08:54 AM

Try not getting killed by friendly fire?

TheMarz · 2012-11-14, 09:34 AM

Not trying to be a penis but from your signature you played ps1 but can't figure out ps2?

Bags · 2012-11-14, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by TheMarz

Not trying to be a penis but from your signature you played ps1 but can't figure out ps2?

Well the thing is PS1 was a really well made game with years of development whereas PS2 is being rushed to launch with tons of gamebreaking bugs.

TheMarz · 2012-11-14, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Bags

Well the thing is PS1 was a really well made game with years of development whereas PS2 is being rushed to launch with tons of gamebreaking bugs.

Having the game "rushed or have bugs" in it has what to do with finding people to kill. All I am saying is if you played ps1 than you should have a solid idea of what to do in ps2