yeah dude, i will..........when i get better haha i feel like a noob at the moment, i seem to stay in the fight but don't do much damage
noob question, but when are you able to buy ur own mech and weapons? my durban brain can't seem to buy one , slots are just empty and i don't like how the trial mechs are setup
You have to play like 20 games and win to unlock your first mech (which is the commando),after that you can either save up for a better light like the Jenner or a medium like the hunchback or Centurion.
The trail mechs have issues which new players need to overcome to learn how the mechs works.
Here are a few tips:
Weapon groups,you can assign weapon groups with the arrow keys and right ctrl,use up and down to select the weapons and left and right to select the group then use right ctrl to assign the weapon to that group.
You can press backspace on a weapon group to switch it to chainfire.
Mech tips:
Jenner:Add all you lasers to weapons group 1 and 2 and put weapons group 1 in chainfire,if you are brawling then use the chain fire group and if you get in a good spot like the back of the enmy you can fire group 4 which will alpha strike.
Atlas:
Big ass mech,stay near other friendlies,your job is to draw away fire from your team as the atlas can soak up allot of damage to it's front armor.It has extremely weak back armor so if you are surrounded by light put your back against a wall.
Use the large lasers for medium range and put them in chain fire,the AC20/10 is a close range weapon and has limited ammo so only use it under 270m and when you know you are going to hit,SRM are also close range weapons and you can group them together with the AC20/10 if you want,the LRM's are long range weapons.If you see a enemy on the map then look at it and then press R,your missiles will begin to lock on and when they are locked on you can fire (make sure to stay locked on for the entire flight of the missiles,do not fire your LRM's under 200m as they do no damage under it)
Catapult PPC:
This is a long-medium range support unit,do not fire your PPC's under 100m as they will do no damage,stick close to heavies and target the weapons of enemies (if you have a ammo based weapon then you always target the core but if you have weapons with unlimited ammo you can afford to take your time and pick your enemies apart piece by piece)The machine guns only work against unarmored parts.
Hunchback:
I haven't played with the hunchback yet but as far as i can tell it's a close range brawler mech with enough armor,protect your right torso because if it's blown up you lose most of your weapons.
These are the basics of the trail mechs at least,always stick close to large friendlies if you drive a medium mech or larger,also check your team at the beginning if you are a light mech.if you see a catapult with large missile pods then you can scout behind enemy lines so it can rain death on your enemies.You get 2000cb for every enemy hit by your friendlies if you targeted them first.
We should make a group later,lots of SA players in the Beta.