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Warhawk - The Official Thread
- Thread starter dralla
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I watched most of those youtube videos. A few things that I've noticed:Sea Manky said:
-they start off with a back bone path, once it is secured they expand
-they rarely shout numbers over voip (not 100% sure)
-they rarely go for bases alone by themselves
-they contain the enemy, maintain airspace and base control
-they barely talked in that TDM
-they top priority seems to be team work/support, the game's objective is secondary
-they hunt in packs
-they like to spawn away from the action,
while equipping on the way to the action,
while patrolling secured territory for stray enemies
I'd like to add, if you noticed at the start of the eucadia zones game, they all spawn to get their home up to 3, but the guys who aren't able to get a WH all suicide and spawn at the bases they're starting to grow. (around 6-8 people at once....it's better than getting in a jeep anyway).
BTW the 1004 clan server is : WH_Fighter_1@JP (they kick people if the ping is over 300)
They changed it a few days ago; turns out their host gets 100Mb upload and download for only $50; I'm so jealous! lol
BTW the 1004 clan server is : WH_Fighter_1@JP (they kick people if the ping is over 300)
They changed it a few days ago; turns out their host gets 100Mb upload and download for only $50; I'm so jealous! lol
On weekdays, there are GAFers on at various times since we have lots of both North Americans and Europeans alike in the clan.
You'll see most people online on Fri-Sun. We usually have our big clan matches around 3-4pm EDT to 7-8pm. Lots of NA people keep playing after that time as well.
You'll see most people online on Fri-Sun. We usually have our big clan matches around 3-4pm EDT to 7-8pm. Lots of NA people keep playing after that time as well.
Sea Manky said:And yeah, they use that suicide tactic. The one I suggested ages ago and everyone rejected.
Well, I'm behind you on that one. I suicide intentionally to get to different spawns, all the time.
I will say that the one thing I didn't like about our GB matches was that we were always on a small map layout. When we got our asses handed to us, it was because the other team would have control of the Warhawks and the ONE or TWO other bases that could be captured. I applaud these guys for insisting on 16 v 16 play. The game is so much more tactical on the larger map layouts as opposed to brute force tactics on small maps. It doesn't surprise me at all that 1004 routed these other guys that are probably used to just focusing on taking the forward point and then just making sure they have more Warhawks in the air than the other team.
Jack Scofield
Member
Ah, there are few things more satisfying than throwing a BGE into an enemy-occupied bunker on The Badlands (the ones underneath turrets). I love it.
onadesertedisland
Member
this gamebattles shit is making playing not fun
too much ego
too much ego
Nitsuj23 said:
Depends how good you are at shooters. IF decent, your learning curve will mainly be the Warhawk, 1 week of playing around should get you at a decent level. Read the big faqs from this forum to up your skill some more. Then the fun will be juggling all the different elements into your game (jeeps, tanks, warhawks, machineguns, troop weapons, turrets, and whatever will help out your team). Most of the games where you get really high scores is when you use everything available to you in the battlefield while playing both defensively and offensively as the tide permits.
Haven't been on with you guys lately cuz of my schedule, but this game is still as addicting as ever! Had a couple really good games although one of the flag runners kept swearing at our team for not helping him out enough (we still won though, and this guy had 0 caps, but kudos for getting it out of the base so much). Biofield doesn't really seem too useful in CTF, but the wrench rocks.
Ooooh and something I forgot to mention about the new dualshock controller. Any explosions around you will rumble appropriately, so it kind of acts like a spider-sense as well as immersing you more in the game ^_^
I feel like I'm getting worse at piloting warhawks. Played a DM on MrPips' server. I was alone in the air for most of the time, except for when WAR's TruKilla also took to the skies. And... I just COULD NOT shake him if he went after me. I tried turning around quickly so I could blast him with lightning shots, but I was much too slow. This is the aspect I need the most training in. I simply can't pull off Manky's rapid 180 turns no matter how hard I try. I use both sticks for turning, but it doesn't help.
Any tips from our pro pilots?
Any tips from our pro pilots?
Ceb, which way are you pushing both sticks? When I want to do a tight turn, I do it like a real aircraft, I roll the body, then pitch the nose in the direction I want to go. So I'm typically pulling both sticks back or pushing them both forward. If you're pushing the left stick to the side, which is the equivalent of rudder control, you won't get the tight turn you want.
And yesterday I was in a small map game and there was a Fortress CTF round. My team used the BFG to great advantage by continuously placing a lot of them at intervals along the landing pads and catwalks so the flag carrier could keep recovering health as he ran. I also stuck them to the underside of the enemy tower to hurt them as they guarded the flag. And in any CTF game where you're running with the flag and someone starts chasing you with an assault rifle, just toss one down and return fire.
And yesterday I was in a small map game and there was a Fortress CTF round. My team used the BFG to great advantage by continuously placing a lot of them at intervals along the landing pads and catwalks so the flag carrier could keep recovering health as he ran. I also stuck them to the underside of the enemy tower to hurt them as they guarded the flag. And in any CTF game where you're running with the flag and someone starts chasing you with an assault rifle, just toss one down and return fire.
Nitsuj23 said:
I just redownloaded it this past weekend after initially being put off when it first came out. The most important thing is setting the filter to "my rank" and look for servers where the rank is around yours (Sergeant is for lower ranked games (they are lvl 1 on the Sony ones I think) and most common lower level games, but you can find some games with Airman). Overall I would say it is pretty easy to get into, if you get over the fact you are going to die a lot trying to figure everything out.
fortified_concept
Banned
After the update I can't go online. It stucks at the "initalizing network" screen. Does anyone else have this problem?
Sea Manky said:Ceb, which way are you pushing both sticks? When I want to do a tight turn, I do it like a real aircraft, I roll the body, then pitch the nose in the direction I want to go. So I'm typically pulling both sticks back or pushing them both forward. If you're pushing the left stick to the side, which is the equivalent of rudder control, you won't get the tight turn you want.
And yesterday I was in a small map game and there was a Fortress CTF round. My team used the BFG to great advantage by continuously placing a lot of them at intervals along the landing pads and catwalks so the flag carrier could keep recovering health as he ran. I also stuck them to the underside of the enemy tower to hurt them as they guarded the flag. And in any CTF game where you're running with the flag and someone starts chasing you with an assault rifle, just toss one down and return fire.
I brake, roll to the side and then pull both sticks back. I'll have to practice more. Of course, TruKilla is a good pilot so I suppose I shouldn't stress out too much about not being able to cope with him well.
CurlySaysX
Banned
fortified_concept said:
Correct.
After every update they take their servers down so that they can be updated.
Jack Scofield
Member
dralla said:
Incognito shouldn't have listened to the fans this time. Give people the option of turning on Team Switch in ranked matches, but keep it off in blue servers.
When team switch was off people actually felt compelled to finish the match and not wait on the pause screen for an opening on the winning team. Oh well...
I'm just playing around with the new toys..
The APC boost attack is LOL.
Pity you can't attach the bubble shield to the APC itself, although I guess that would possibly screw up the balance a lot (i.e. it would be RIDICULOUSLY powerful for CTF).
The APC is also faster than I expected.
edit - APC Boost is major LOL when you actually hit something right :lol It harks back to childhood days of ramming people in bumper cars and the like...but with explosions.
Though tanks seem immune.
The APC boost attack is LOL.
Pity you can't attach the bubble shield to the APC itself, although I guess that would possibly screw up the balance a lot (i.e. it would be RIDICULOUSLY powerful for CTF).
The APC is also faster than I expected.
edit - APC Boost is major LOL when you actually hit something right :lol It harks back to childhood days of ramming people in bumper cars and the like...but with explosions.
Though tanks seem immune.
3rdamention
Member
I would love to play with you guys sometime. My PSN Is "Filth_Flannigan" and I have played the living daylights out of this game from beta testing on (finished 12th in the Beta). I have been taking some time away but have recently picked it back up. I prefer Zones, however, to any other game mode.