Still learning the game.

thank you

^^on that note, one tap on the shoulder means "hey!", and one tap in a direction means "go here." Continuous fire means "HOE HOL' UP YOU ABOUT TO GET CREAMED, GET AWAY", and some people might use two taps for "no."

My Daughter was rockin her Raijin on Springfield and some hissyfit throwin tantrum chucking woe is me chip on his shoulder blue Boa pilot just stood and continuously wasted time and ammo Thundering her point blank for most of the match.

Ok, we got the point, he had something against Raijins.

"Daddy, why is that one on my team shooting me? Doesn't he know he has to shoot the red ones?"

"Probably not Sweetie, probably not..."

"He's silly...."

What else was I supposed to say?

"Nah Sweetie he's a spoilt brat troll trying to prove a point"?

On Topic however, if it's not an accidental fire, and assuming they're not trolling, they may be trying to tell you something. If you turn to face them they might 'point' you towards a specific beacon by shooting.

If you're in a fast bot and most if not the rest are in slower bots it can be considered courteous to run for a farther beacon for an early advantage leaving close beacons for your slower teammates.

Unfortunately there is no set 'lingo' to go by which leaves.... nearly everything open to interpretation.

Well, keep in mind that a sniper is frequently the last thing most of us want to see (aside from artillery- yuck!) and that long range bots should still move to provide good enfilading fire in any case. I'd reconfigure your long rang bot to be midranged in any case. CRV PINs and Tulumbas are going to throw more pain red-ward than cannons will and you need to make sure you're able to support the knife fighters on your team for best results.

They want to take the beacon so that they can get the gold bonus at the end of the game, my suggestion is ignore them .

Thank you. I will try that next. I have almost everything to switch over. Just short one CRV.

Knife fighting is basically close range combat with weapons like Thunder, Orkans/Pinatas, Taran/Mags, and Aphids on robots like the Griffin, Lancelot, and Galahad.

For Patton midrange you try to stay at a range and keep map placement that means the ther side's close range fighters can't make a rush for you while ensuring you're putting down fire consistently to turn the tide of battle for your close quarters teammates.

There are games and maps where it turns into midrangers poking at each other or punishing the enemy for trying to cross a wide area without cover (for the later: think Shenzen), but mostly you're trying to use your range to effectively give your team an extra half or quarter bot's worth of firepower all over the map. You're midranged, so you can spend a lot of time meddling in otherwise fair fights.

On Shenzen you'r hitting folks when they pass throug gaps in buildings or trying to cut through the middle/ control the center. On Canyon you're.... Very, Very Busy. On Yam you're moving up to 1/4 of the way along the side corridors to ensure you can pump tons of plunging fire into the center. That sort of thing. You will get shot at and you will die, but hopefully you can force multiply enough to make up for the fact that you weren't acting directly.

I keep running into situations where I am geared for support but my team mates are artillery and snipers....I become the knife fighter. Good practice I guess but a losing battle.

What is a good Patton midrange setup? To reach some distance, CRV or AT Spirals? Trying to use weapons I already have.

I see a lot of posts about Spirals and Aphiads. What is it that people dislike about them? I use them for hit and run with my Patton to support the Knife Fighters. Otherwise I'm dead in the first 30 seconds up against bigger stronger players.

Thank you for the info

okay...gonna wean my Patton off of AT Spirals. Will upgrade the CRV's in the mean time. On another note...got sniped last 3 games...makes me want to keep a sniper on hand to snipe back.

Should try a Zeus Tulumbas Pin Golem