I've got a 4.7 K/D with a controller. You can be competitive without switching! Stay strong!
Though getting good with a KB/M is not a bad thing if you own a PC.
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Titanfall |OT| Titan Online. Signal When Ready.
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I've got a 4.7 K/D with a controller. You can be competitive without switching! Stay strong!
Though getting good with a KB/M is not a bad thing if you own a PC.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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What scopes/attachments do you guys use for your rifles? I usually stick with the lowest magnification.
Ahh, yeah with the Carbine I stopped using as much since it was the first weapon unlocked, so I didn't know it has such crazy accuracy from longer distances. I tend to try the weapons that go unused by most people to see if I can break the image of "this weapon is drastically better than this other."
OK, Gen Challenges are the first real downer about this game for me. I'm having absolute no fun playing with the plasma rail gun, I just don't like it.. the satchel charges also feel like a grind.
I understand the logic behind this progression, but actually forcing me to play with stuff I don't enjoy is sucking the fun out of this game. It may work for some people, not doing it for me.
I would rather get stuck at gen 5 or whatever but keep actually enjoying the game than pursuit the 10th gen, it is a shame really this "punish to progress" systems do suck.
I understand the logic behind this progression, but actually forcing me to play with stuff I don't enjoy is sucking the fun out of this game. It may work for some people, not doing it for me.
I would rather get stuck at gen 5 or whatever but keep actually enjoying the game than pursuit the 10th gen, it is a shame really this "punish to progress" systems do suck.
this has certainly not been my experience...
What setting do you have your controller sensitivity on? I switched it to high.. have not tried very high yet..
Mobius and pet octopus
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Here is that weapon chart I saw
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...lRclFMdkNlWU84aDBobFJYelE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
But here is just a cutout
This shows the hemlock has higher damage per shot even at long range. I guess the real benefit it has over carbine is the ROF and the headshot bonus.
The math on the hemlock's headshot is 105 per shot. So 2hk is the minimum stk for hemlock.
The math on the carbine is 70 per headshot, so 3hk is the minimum stk for the carbine from full hp (200 according to the chart).
The carbine has full auto + slightly larger mag (6-10 shots depending on extended or not) over the hemlock.
I actually think that headshot difference is something of note as well as the faster ROF.
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Also note, 1 burst kill is possible with a single headshot. The upwards recoil should pretty much guarantee that if you aim around the upper chest.
I was incorrect about it having longer range before damage drop off, but still does higher damage even at longer ranges. Mid range is where it should excell over the carbine completely. In my experience with FPS this is generally where a burst rifle is best.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...lRclFMdkNlWU84aDBobFJYelE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
But here is just a cutout
This shows the hemlock has higher damage per shot even at long range. I guess the real benefit it has over carbine is the ROF and the headshot bonus.
The math on the hemlock's headshot is 105 per shot. So 2hk is the minimum stk for hemlock.
The math on the carbine is 70 per headshot, so 3hk is the minimum stk for the carbine from full hp (200 according to the chart).
The carbine has full auto + slightly larger mag (6-10 shots depending on extended or not) over the hemlock.
I actually think that headshot difference is something of note as well as the faster ROF.
edit:
Also note, 1 burst kill is possible with a single headshot. The upwards recoil should pretty much guarantee that if you aim around the upper chest.
I was incorrect about it having longer range before damage drop off, but still does higher damage even at longer ranges. Mid range is where it should excell over the carbine completely. In my experience with FPS this is generally where a burst rifle is best.
constantstatic
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Charge the rail gun and get the last shot on titans and you get the kill. It's kind of a scummy thing to do but it's not hard.The rail gun is basically a Titan sniper sit back and charge it and take people out it does huge amounts of damage. Satchel charges are tons of fun toss them into hard points. I like to rodeo a Titan toss both satchel charges on the brain wait for dude to come out of his Titan and boom.
Freedom = $1.05
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I have a 1.4 K/D for pilots and a MUCH higher K/D for everything else and I've been using a controller. I'd say stick with it until you get better. I also have years of COD experience which really helps with how speedy this game is.
I've got it on Insane haha. Been using a controller with the highest sensitivity since Halo: CE. Rocked that shit in COD 4 to great results as well.
It may help that I'm using and am more comfortable with a DS4, though.
yeah that is what I'm doing... camping hard points with satchel charges and sniping dudes with the rail gun in LTS but... is no fun.
Satchel charges make you "stay" camping... which is literary the Anti Titanfall experience...
And the plasma rail gun makes me feel I'm making my team lose because... well I'm just leaching kills and I'm useless in the offensive.
As I said is not that I can't do the challenges, is more like the challenges make you do un-fun stuff which is such a non videogame thing to do.
Ok will try. Peeps are getting good at jumping out of the cockpit and killing me.
The Librarian
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I'm really starting to dislike that titan electric smoke field. Makes rodeoing them very hard to do, and annoying to die against.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Basically, whenever the titan stops moving you can generally expect 1 of 3 things happens.
1. they are getting out of the titan, which should be apparent since the titan kneels down or something
2. they are using electric smoke, which doesn't hurt you immediately as it takes a few seconds before the electricity goes off damaging you
3. they are trying to psyche you out, which actually works quite often in my experience.
So if 1 or 2 happens, just hop off. If they get out you can shoot them. The titan won't attack immediately because of disembark mode. You can generally kill them if you are fast enough jumping off. Or you can hide for a moment til they climb back in.
If they do climb back in, just jump on again and get some shots in. This tactic is almost impossible to deal with if you do it well.
If it is electricity, jump off and clear the smoke. Return after smoke dissipates. It happens pretty fast. Then be prepared for them to disembark because this will probably happen if the smoke fails to kill you.
It is a bit more complicated dealing with experienced titan pilots, but you generally do have the upper hand. Especially since you can throw satchels and explosives at the area they disembark into very easily. Once dead the titan doesn't even try to counter rodeo.
SolidSnakeUS
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Satchel charges do piss me off. Their range is insanely too big and they do really promote camping, especially in Hardpoint.
Option 4. They manually eject before they're doomed and try to shoot you in the air. That's my new go to strat if I have a low health titan and I'm getting boarded.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Don't worry about the challenges then and play the game simply for your enjoyment :]
Option 5: They fire a cluster missile at the wall and back into it. It damages the Titan, but it kills the Rodeo'er. It also works because the animation for the Cluster missile isn't nice to Pilots and sometimes the audio for it doesn't start.
PanicFreak
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That happened to me once, how do you manually eject? just tap the X button?
yeah I may end up doing that, because I do enjoy the game a lot. It doesn't excuse broken progression system thou.
Hardpoint promotes camping
It's about holding points.PanicFreak
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Up on the D-Pad and then mash X.
Nice. I take it your titan is trashed after that? Does it mean you cant do a nuclear ejection?
MarcoZombieCannon
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If you have nuclear ejection it will still go off if you eject manually. It works against other groups of titans sometimes.
Press up on the DPad (not sure on Keyboard...) and then you can tap X to eject.
TheAngryMonkey
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Tracking moving people, even along the ground, is the hardest thing for me and I'm using kb/m. I don't want to be that guy but is there really an appreciable difference between mice that would make this easier?
Hardpoint promotes camping
There is camping to camping thou.. I played a lot of Hardpoint Gen 1 and Gen 2 and truly enjoy it, because I was still traversing/parkouring the Hard point area.
Now with the satchel challenge literary, you need to hide and watch your charge till someone steps in it, which is as I said the Anti-Titanfall experience, no fun.
Latentpsychopath
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I found the same thing. I have lanky hands, and having my pinky constantly on shift is a pain. You should definitely switch to Sprint always on -- there are no drawbacks whatsoever.
Scythesurge
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I've noticed that some players seem to be able to fire the shotgun faster than I can, and in the kill cam I'm not noticing anything that they are doing specifically. Is there a technique out there that people are using to fire that thing faster?
Latentpsychopath
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My opinion:
Hemlock, G24A and both snipers all need moderate buffs.
All other pilot weapons are fine as is.
Titan Quad Rocket, Plasma Rail & Arc Cannon need slight buffs.
All other Titan weapons are fine as is.
Might be using the amped version?
PanicFreak
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Up on the D-Pad and then mash X.
Great, thanks for your help!
I'll be sure to give it a shot tonight.
Scythesurge
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Ah yeah that would probably explain it, I haven't tried that burn card yet. I tried all sorts of weird stuff to cancel the time between shots. lol
Just throw them around the hard point and when you see them getting taken blow them up.
If you have Dead Man's trigger kit equipped you can just run into a hardpoint / enemy base and toss them and die, and they'll blow up.
Jackbooted
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Not a bug, it's an intended feature. There is a little blurb about it on the loading screens. it warns you not to blow yourself up.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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I dislike most progression systems honestly, and I would love for in-game ranks to return instead of chasing a virtual carrot.
Modern Warfare ruined the first person shooter genre for me (<3 Halo/arena shooters/CS), but at least I'm liking Titanfall because it's not as grounded as CoD.
PoweredBySoy
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In what ways do you show up on the enemies radar? Shooting w/o suppressor obviously....
Throwing ordinance?
Having an enemy pilot see you? Shoot at you?
Can grunts spot you?
Throwing ordinance?
Having an enemy pilot see you? Shoot at you?
Can grunts spot you?
I get shed loads of kills by dropping them on points and going to the next point and blowing the charges once I notice the original point being capped.
Double-tap X and you don't even have to pull out the detonator with RB.
pokeystaples
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I keep searching for an answer to this and have yet to find it. Is there any way to tell how many people are playing online at a given time? I know there are no leaderboards, but my curiosity is piqued.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Camping isn't really a particularly good strategy anyway. Any good player will check corners and stuff and/or use the radar pulse thingie to find people camping around the flag or particular areas.
Also, satchels are really good on the move. Don't need to wait til people walk over it since the explosive area is huge and you can explode it faster than a nade or before it even hits the ground. When I am running the flag I typically throw one at my feet and explode it 3-5 seconds later, especially when I know someone is hitting me from behind. It is pretty clutch.
Also, satchels are really good on the move. Don't need to wait til people walk over it since the explosive area is huge and you can explode it faster than a nade or before it even hits the ground. When I am running the flag I typically throw one at my feet and explode it 3-5 seconds later, especially when I know someone is hitting me from behind. It is pretty clutch.
Lol, I do that too. There are a bunch of ways to get Satchel kills on Hardpoint. I use satchels on every mode though. They are so good and they bring back memories of using remote mines in Goldeneye.
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