wishihadaname Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Ok guys, the pubs may be rolling premades but that's no excuse for how bad many of you are at playing domination. I'm not saying there are no good imperial pilots, i'm saying that even among those who can fly, few actually seem to know how to win at GSF. Below are 5 pointers to hopefully help us not lose quite so much. 1) Domination is about node control, not kills. If you get 0 kills, 0 assists, but can succesfully hold your node the entire game, you are doing it right. If you're off in hell knows where chasing kills, you're doing it wrong. 2) Gunships need to be hunted down. (but this is secondary to keeping the node). So long as there are still turrets up, the scouts main job is to hunt and kill gunships. Don't let those guys set up and start sniping, they will kill turrets and node defenders. 3) The strike fighters job is to node guard/attack. To do this you have to be within 2 km of the node. If enemies are orbiting the node, you have to as well! Even if that means you have to give up kills or let someone get on your tail. Power up your shields, and start orbiting. 4) Learn to modulate your power. You should never have to power weapons as a scout, learn to aim and time your bursts. You should always power on shields when orbiting a satellite, the extra shield arc and regen rate will save your life. You should always power your engines when dashing from node to node or when dog fighting. 5) Learn to let go of enemies. When fighting on the node and the orbiting enemy starts to bugger out, let him bugger out. He'll get out of range and you'll cap the node. The whole point of the node fight is to either kill or scare off the enemies orbiting it. Same goes for gunships, if they start booking it away from the node, let them go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmerry Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 wtb team deathmatch game mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishihadaname Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 It would be nice but in the meanwhile I would really like to not lose quite so hard quite so often. Here is an example from last night: We had 6 ships at node B, 5 strikers and me in my blackbolt. Enemy brought 5 ships, 4 strikers and a gunship. Turrets go out almost instantly and I start orbiting the node. I eventually shoot off to take out the gunship trying to snipe at me, and we immediately lose the node even though none of us had been shot down yet. Turns out that among the 6 of us, I was the only one playing the objective. I guess you could say that was my mistake but come on! This isn't a deathmatch game, getting kills doesn't help you win unless they are tactically relevant (killing orbiters/gunships). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintfire Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I have noticed this too. The people who make us lose get high up on the chart because they just so happened to be chasing kills, not capping nodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Kabbage Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I play mostly on Republic side, but have been doing more imperial side lately around midnight to 1:00 or 2:00 AM. Imps are definitely getting better there as I think we won 5 of the 8 battles I was in. The other two were much more competitive than last week when it just seemed complete like Imps got their butts handed to them each time. Tonight I saw a lot more teamwork and people were not rushing into situations where they stood no chance. Scouts were chasing Gunships. More objectives captured and held. Matches are getting more intense, no matter which side I play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMudkip Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 wtb team deathmatch game mode QFT /5chars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icebergy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Ok guys, the pubs may be rolling premades but that's no excuse for how bad many of you are at playing domination. No we aren't. At least not that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishihadaname Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 I'm pretty sure some people were, for example I would show up at node C in my damping maxed scout and immediately engage the turrets. The lone defender of the node takes off after me and sits on my tail, but 30 seconds later 3 other pubs show up and blow me out of the sky. He couldn't have called, I hadn't killed a turret yet so there shouldn't have been an indicator that I was there. He had to have voice chat, which means that the other 3 were his premade buddies. I see this sort of thing often enough to recognize the guild based premades even if we don't have guild names over our ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rynis Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) Premades + hacks + lag switches+ voice comms = No chance at winning And it's not because I'm bad! Edited December 14, 2013 by Rynis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panic_Prone Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 liar. some random thoughts gsf is garbage 4v4s suck sweaty balls why did i sub again? i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rynis Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 liar. some random thoughts gsf is garbage 4v4s suck sweaty balls why did i sub again? i dont know Truth And you subbed to post on the forums. Isn't that the reason anyone has a sub these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace_boogie Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 liar. some random thoughts gsf is garbage 4v4s suck sweaty balls why did i sub again? i dont know Every time I think I've had enough I start heading for the door There's a very strange vibration That passes me right through the core It says, "Turn around, you fool" You know you'll love it more and morrrre Tell me whyyyyy, is it soooooo Don't wanna let you goooooo I never can say goodbye Oo oo, baby I never can say goodbye No no no No no no, oooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishihadaname Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Every time I think I've had enough I start heading for the door There's a very strange vibration That passes me right through the core It says, "Turn around, you fool" You know you'll love it more and morrrre Tell me whyyyyy, is it soooooo Don't wanna let you goooooo I never can say goodbye Oo oo, baby I never can say goodbye No no no No no no, oooooo Lol! Seriously though, don't like, don't pay, don't play, and don't *****, cas' nobody cares if your upset. Edited December 15, 2013 by wishihadaname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panic_Prone Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 who is upset? not i my friend. are you? cause maybe i said gsf is garbage and 4v4 sucks sweaty balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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