Warhawk The Official Thread
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Scaff
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Be sure to increase the turret speed of the tank to 100%, it will be a LOT easier to shoot down Warhawks, and you'll be more likely to win a cat-vs-mouse game against another tank as well. If you're up against two tanks in the open, you're most likely screwed!
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- Paganisterr
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Yes, it'll probably help, but that doesn't match my style. Usually I tend to shoot turrets from a huge distance to the other side of the map with the tank, so having the turret speed very high makes it impossible for me to make precise changes to my aim.
But it's extremely rare I see anyone using the tank like that, so I agree with your suggestion.
Scaff
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Quite right, but they are death to those on foot, massive splash damage.
That aside one of the best way of getting to grips with things is to look for a server with a small number of people in it, as the maps can be large it gives you a chance to think; you can also set up a LAN match with just one player, nothing to shoot at but it does give you a chance to practice with the various vehicles.
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Scaff
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- FoolKiller1979
Join the club. Fortunately my TV is huge so I can see it but it looks blurry.
Yeah, it is a lot more fun when half the players aren't trying to kill you, unless you get a D-bag on your team that likes to kill you and steal the flag to get the credit himself. That happened one time and we all teamed up to kill him every time he spawned until he quit the game to avoid ruining his stats.
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- SolidFro
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Why do I always get placed on the retarded team? The game won't let me change teams because it will cause an "imbalance". Am I that good of a player? This feels like elementary school all over again.
Totally epic moment of the day:
I had just re-spawned near the center of the destroyed capital in a Zone game. I just barely got a rifle when I see an enemy tank rolling towards me. The tank fires, it misses me. There are pillars that line the road to the center of the map and I used them for cover to block the tank's rounds . This goes on for what seems like forever until one of my buddies runs in with a flame-thrower...
Totally epic moment of the day:
I had just re-spawned near the center of the destroyed capital in a Zone game. I just barely got a rifle when I see an enemy tank rolling towards me. The tank fires, it misses me. There are pillars that line the road to the center of the map and I used them for cover to block the tank's rounds . This goes on for what seems like forever until one of my buddies runs in with a flame-thrower...
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- FoolKiller1979
No, a setting for setting up games is to keep teams balanced and not allow switching if it will create an imbalance. So, say you are in an eight person game and you are on the blue team, but they suck and you want to be on the red team with the awesome looking Nemesis jets. Then it will make it 5 against 3, making it even more uneven than the talent alone would have done.
If they didn't do this you could easily walk into a 32 person game and fine it 25-7 because everyone kept switching to keep from dying and the trend keeps going until the game is 31-1. The only way that one guy could do decently is if he stayed hidden and just kept dropping mines in roadways and spawn points.
This balance is extremely important in Zones and CTF games.
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It's so frustrating when no one on your team communicates or advances in points. Everyone sits back in their missile turrets and gets killed by the opposing force or commits suicide by aiming their turrets at the ground. 
It's so bad that the enemy can walk into our main base and reduce it to level 1 without effort. I cannot take on a team of 16 players by myself.
It's so bad that the enemy can walk into our main base and reduce it to level 1 without effort. I cannot take on a team of 16 players by myself.
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- Paganisterr
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I do know exactly what you mean, especially if you're on the losing team.It's so frustrating when no one on your team communicates or advances in points. Everyone sits back in their missile turrets and gets killed by the opposing force or commits suicide by aiming their turrets at the ground.
One thing that really annoys me that people tend to do on Zone matches is when a couple of teamates come with me to the enemy zone, they don't stand next to the zone flag with me. OBVIOUSLY the quicker the zone is converted to your side the better, otherwise the enemy are able to spawn in your location for longer, usually ending up with you getting killed...
And people usually are horrible at landing Warhawks. They tend to commit suidice by hitting the floor too hard/ hitting a wall...
On another note, I've been randomly promoted to Commander.
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I had a teammate one time who started yelling at me over my headset, "I've got this one! Move on!" Uh, okay. I don't think people realize that it is beneficial from multiple viewpoints to have many more than one guy around a flag. I only run away when artillery shows up. I'll let the point crazy guy take that hit. I am better off trying to come around on the tank.I do know exactly what you mean, especially if you're on the losing team.
One thing that really annoys me that people tend to do on Zone matches is when a couple of teamates come with me to the enemy zone, they don't stand next to the zone flag with me. OBVIOUSLY the quicker the zone is converted to your side the better, otherwise the enemy are able to spawn in your location for longer, usually ending up with you getting killed...
I've hit my fair share of walls, but the only time I brought one in for a landing hard enough to do damage was when I got a missile lock as I was on my way down. I slammed it down and hopped out as quick as I could.
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Heres a new one for ya, I went into a ctf game last night where they were purposely raising the their rank by working with the opposing team to constantly capture and save the flag so everyone could get points, they would have 7 guys from each team at the their flag while one guy from from the opposing team would capture the flag and then somehow release it so it could immediately be returned by the other guys, and then repeat over and over again... creative buy you could also just have skill and play the game...
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Just about every game with an online "leaderboard" can be abused that way, which is why I never pay any attention to it other than ranking among players I know and trust.
Like you said, it's how well people play in a game and not what their "stats" might suggest they are capable of.
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- landseaair
yeah it's almost as bad as team kills in order to get the flag, I didn't know there was a way to get rid of the flag though...
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I will next time I'm online on the PS3 👍.
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That's when you sneak in with a tank and put one well placed shell on the flag.
I have only happened across a couple of games where guys were abusing the system. I exited and went into another 30 minute search for an open game.
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- Paganisterr
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I guess that answers the question why people at the top of the leaderboard have so many points in such little time. 60 points per minute for some of them, and I thought it wasn't possible.
I do have a tip for joining ranked Zone Matches though - when you refresh the server list and look at the preview for the server, it tells you how many points to go until it's hit the score limit. If you join one when it's at the limit (5000+ or 3000+ with new servers), I 90% guarantee you will get into it. I've not payed attention to the other game modes, but it might be the same.
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Ok, so I am ranked command sergeant i believe, and i only have 80 points. Hah.
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Is this because you are snagging the game as it ends and that is when people are most likely to leave? Would watching the time limit work the same do you think?
No, but they are fun to watch through a sniper scope and then pick off the winner when he is standing there basking in his glory and checking out his handy work.Two bad players don't make a good one do they?.
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Yes, I think so.
- 3,987
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- landseaair
I ranked up twice yesterday, not too much further to go until I make General
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- Paganisterr
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I had a really odd problem in Warhawk earlier today. This guy was dropping invisible mines, so I would blow up out of no where (no explosion, no sound, just a message saying a mine killed me). I started getting him back by using my own, and killed him several times... It ended up becoming quite hilarious, because he stopped coming back to the base anymore because I was laying mines in hidden spots (ie right on the edge of a corner). I could see them in the end, but it was really odd indeed...
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which reminds me, someone managed to get a name with no characters, we couldn't figure out how he kept getting into the base to get the flag!! and when ever he captured it all you would get is flag captured by
Pako
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Can I just say, I totally suck at this game. I fly inverted (always have, even with the original Warhawk) but play ground vehicles regular. For some reason, switch between the two confuses my little brain and it takes all the fun away from the game. It just sucks getting my rear handed to me by a 8 year old.
Anyways, any suggestions for bring a little fun back into the game?
Anyways, any suggestions for bring a little fun back into the game?
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That's funny as I do the same, inverted in the air but standard on foot and in vehicles and I don't remember having any problems, I would say practice alone until you get the hang of switching vehicles quickly
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Scaff
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Can I just say, I totally suck at this game. I fly inverted (always have, even with the original Warhawk) but play ground vehicles regular. For some reason, switch between the two confuses my little brain and it takes all the fun away from the game. It just sucks getting my rear handed to me by a 8 year old.
Anyways, any suggestions for bring a little fun back into the game?
Yep practice with the AA guns and take a few of the smug buggers out of the air.
Must confess that currently I'm much better on the ground than in the air, get myself shot down within seconds at present.
More practice needed for me
Scaff
