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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #135 on: July 21, 2010, 10:27:19 PM »
Drop 'em and pull up sooner?

Greatly depends on how you prefer to bomb.  I prefer to come in from a very high angle, almost perpendicular, at max speed to reduce the travel time of the bombs.  Dropping at about 300m seems to give me plenty of time to pull out, especially with the sulla having the ability to do a 180 on a dime.  The shiva, on the other hand...gotta be very careful not to bomb yourself.

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #136 on: September 29, 2010, 03:42:57 PM »
Learn (via the wiki) what are the weaknesses of mechs. For instance, the NovaCat has 12k Center Torso armor, but only 5k in the arms and legs. More efficient to arm a novacat than core the center torso. Or leg it.
The warhammer, on the other hand, has 8k in the CT and 7k in the legs, making legging a bad decision for this particular mech. (arms have 5k).

Could you give a link where you learned this?

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #137 on: September 29, 2010, 04:09:36 PM »
Could you give a link where you learned this?

Dude, it's the wiki linked on mechlivinglegends.net.

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #138 on: September 29, 2010, 04:48:46 PM »
I found this one but where can I see the stats(details) I see only pictures of mechs. Sorry for being dumb but could you link me to stats.

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #139 on: September 29, 2010, 04:53:07 PM »
I found this one but where can I see the stats(details) I see only pictures of mechs. Sorry for being dumb but could you link me to stats.

Step 1 goto wiki
Step 2 click mechs
Step 3 Click mech name, not picture
Step 4 scroll down
Step 5 read the screen.

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #140 on: September 29, 2010, 05:34:48 PM »
 Or instead of steps 2-5 just type mech name in the wiki search box. ;)



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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #141 on: October 20, 2010, 03:00:42 PM »
And if you start your aerospace, DO NOT start when a teammate is in the way!!

I have seen several times some Idiot in a sulla splatterde a friendly BA by starting^^
Unbelievable, but it happens quite often on Clearcut

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #142 on: October 22, 2010, 01:57:01 AM »
Number one important tip : keep your eyes on your target.

It may seem simple, but a lot of people love to ram their target or joust like a medieval knight in the joust.  Unless you're actively evading, keep your distance and make sure that you can keep firing on your target as often as you can.
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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #143 on: October 22, 2010, 02:23:30 AM »
Play with lowest graphics possible

Turn speed is tied to FPS
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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #144 on: October 23, 2010, 08:05:07 PM »
If you use weapons that shake your opponent (eg. PPC, ERPPC, SRM, SSRM, MRM) than stay at range. There's no advantage in using them when your opponent is 10 meters in front of you - he is gonna hit you anyway by just blind-shooting. Stay above 100 meters range to your opponents, or best: as far as you can while still doing damage.

LBX10 has really good range - it's something majority of people forget. Don't wait till very last moment - shoot as soon as you can.

MWLL Wiki has huge library of weapons - out there you'll find out tons of informations unavailable in game. Only: be aware that values presented don't reflect 100% of actual damage - for weapons with big splash damage, eg. UAC20, your in-game damage may be few times greater!

Did you know that units differ in armor depending on variant? It's not noted in buy menu, but on the MWLL wiki you can find an armor value of each Mech. Try to memorize your favorites.

If you have to quit the game - send all your money to a teammate before.

Any Mech having LBX can be a real threat for ASF pilots.  It requires lot of training, but you'll be able to score free kills easily and help your team in AA duty. One of coolest Mechs in this role is LBX 20 Shadowcat.

Be aware and know when to retreat. You don't have always to finish off your opponent. Very often it's better to leave him for your teammates, but survive yourself and repair.

If you are just starting your career it's best to find one role for yourself on battlefield and specialize in it. Over time though do progress - learn new roles to be flexible. Flexibility is the best way to achieve victory.

Don't be stubborn. If you read somewhere that certain tactic does work, and you think it doesn't - go in game and try it. Than again. And again. Till the point you'll master it. Both: You'll learn a new thing, and you won't push your point of view pointlessly on forum. ;)

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #145 on: October 23, 2010, 08:26:35 PM »
Play with lowest graphics possible

Turn speed is tied to FPS
Is this true? If so its quite an exploit.

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #146 on: October 24, 2010, 06:37:50 AM »
Some people tested it elsewhere in the forum, and I noticed it too

I'll try to find it

EDIT: Thar ya go
http://forum.mechlivinglegends.net/index.php/topic,10435.msg151940.html#msg151940
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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #147 on: October 26, 2010, 04:34:41 PM »
  • Check if you have decent PC - by decent I mean one with modern CPU (i5 or i7 prefered), and GPU above GF9xxx made for gaming - MWLL is much more demanding than the Crysis
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This might be handy to include with the installer or as an install guide at the downloads page. I encountered a few problems when I didn't think of one of these things and a couple of friends of mine had problems as well. Eventually you will get there but the fun is increased if the first mwll experience is more playing than trying to figure out why it doesn't work. I don't think it would be a lot of work to implement it.

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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #148 on: October 26, 2010, 04:50:49 PM »
Play with lowest graphics possible

Turn speed is tied to FPS
Is this true? If so its quite an exploit.

There's a cap on turn rate, it's just that if your fps is terrible, your going to turn slower.


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Re: Pro Tips Thread
« Reply #149 on: November 19, 2010, 06:41:16 PM »
Unfortunately this ist true, but will be fixed in 0.4
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