How not to suck at PvP…
I am a Valor 74 Sniper, and I spend the majority of my time in pug warzones. I constantly am losing games because of people on my team who are just plain bad when it comes to the common sense factors of warzones. SWTOR is a good game in the fact that 1 person cannot win a match for entire team, but unfortunately it means you are dependent upon people who 90% of the time suck. So I thought I would make this quick guide with just some common sense tips for not sucking in warzones.
Huttball.
The objective of the game is to take the ball and score points. The objective of the game is not to stand in the middle, or if the ball is running up the left side to stand on the right side, and try to kill as many as you can. Help or kill the ball carrier! If you are trying to kill the ball carrier and he has 5 other people beating on him, and his health is not going down, STOP, find the damned healer and stop him from healing! Knock him down! Interrupt him, send him flying, I don’t care, just stop the damn heals! For the love of god, when the enemy has the ball in the pit on your end, DO NOT stand on the flippin edge! There is NOTHING you can do on the edge to the ball carrier that you cannot do IN the pit itself! Standing on the edge allows Knights, Warriors, Vanguards, Powertechs to jump to you!!!! GET OFF THE EDGE OF THE PIT YOU DUMB SOB!!!! If the enemy has the ball on your end of the court and there is a member of his team standing on the edge of the pit….KNOCK HIM DOWN!!!! Don’t though get to where you can be seen by the ball carrier! Knock the jerk down, then back up and GET INTO THE FLIPPIN PIT FAR AWAY FROM THE CARRIER!!! (See tip 3) If someone from the enemy team is running towards one of the healing power ups, STOP HIM, and STEAL it. Even if you are at full health! Chances are great that if you are dumb enough not to stop this person charging to the healing power up, you are not smart enough to beat him in a fight! So don’t let him get it!
Voidstar
Again simple….defend the doors, or try to open the doors…..it’s not fight in the gosh darned spawn area! KILL THE HEALERS! Doesn’t matter if you are attacking or defending the healers need to die. WATCH THE FLIPPIN DOOR AT ALL TIMES!! I don’t give one rat’s *** if you are fighting someone and his health is at 1%, if there is a person on the door, STOP ATTACKING THE GUY YOU ARE FIGHTING AND HIT THE DUDE ON THE DOOR!!! For the love of Allah pay attention if you are attacking. If you see one or two enemies that are CC’d and someone from your team is opening the door, DO NOT BREAK THE CC!!!! Wait til the CC breaks and immediately CC them again! If you are defending, and the enemy team opens a door, immediately stop fighting in the room or hallway you are in and run directly to the next checkpoint. By fighting in the room that you were just in, you are giving the enemies time to get to the next checkpoint, open it, and rinse and repeat! GET OUT OF THE ROOM THAT WAS JUST BEAT! COMMUNICATE! If you are defending the east side, and you are alone, and you see 6 people coming! Say something THEN!!! Not after you get destroyed!
Civil War
Don’t attack the same target again and again and again. Chances are good if you didn’t get it the first 25 times, you aren’t going to get it the 26th time. MOVE ON!!!! BUT, do it intelligently…..have 2 or 3 people attack a different turret, pulling defenders off the one, and then attack it again. Confusion is key! PAY ATTENTION TO THE TURRET! The turret isn’t at the entrance to the tunnel, its not on the trail on the way to the turret, its on the raised platform! FIGHT THERE *******! And watch the turret, if someone is turning it, stop whatever you are doing and attack them! Communicate! See 6 in voidstar….
Just some basic common sense hints….hopefully this becomes viral and people add more, so these idiots who just plain suck at PVP can get better!!!!