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5.0 IN-GAME SETUP
Well, you?ve made it. You?re here! You have a weapon in your hand and an itchy trigger finger. Slow down cowboy! There are a few things to talk about before you start entering the fray.
First, say hello to your team. On my keyboard, pressing ?u? opens the team chat box. Type in a friendly message. Next, take a look at the player stats/server info screen. I have mouse 3 set up for this (depress scroll wheel button). This will show how many kills and wins each team has accumulatively. This gives you an idea of how well each team has been performing prior to your arrival. This screen also shows how many players are on each team.
As you play, if you find that one team is down more than two players, take the high road and switch teams to make game-play fair. A difference of three players can seriously sway the momentum of the game. eGO admins will not switch players to other teams so please do so on your own, you?ll appreciate it when your team is down a few players. On my keyboard the ?y? key opens the all chat box. You can type a message to the other team to let them know one of them should switch teams to even the playing field.
This screen also shows what classes each player on your team is playing. Sometimes this is useful if you?ve been waiting for a class slot to open. By checking this screen often you can see if the desired class is available (If you take note of the player?s name that has the class you want and notice a message in the lower left portion of your screen that the player has logged out, the slot is likely available). Note that you cannot see what classes the players on the opposing team are playing.
This screen also shows how many kills, deaths and flag captures/defenses each player on the server has accumulated. This can be useful for identifying who the best players are at the time. Let?s say you?re running the sewers in the map Kalt. If you get killed by or hear from teammates that the best player on the other team has been repeatedly running the sewers, you may want to avoid that area for awhile and attack players that are closer to your skill level. Conversely, if you know who the best players are on your own team, you can choose to group up with them, improving your chances in combat and possibly learning a few things by watching them in the process.
Another thing you need is the in-game map. On my keyboard the ?m? key opens the map. You can press the map button again to make the map full-size. The ?n? key zooms the map in and out. I suggest leaving the map on and zoomed out so you can see the maximum area around you. This map is critical to being a successful player. By watching the map as you play you can see where your other players are positioned and more importantly, where they?re killed at. There is probably nothing more useful in improving your initiative over the enemy than paying attention to what?s happening in the map. On the map Kalt, if you see a player go down your first ladder into the sewer and five seconds later you see that he was killed on the map, you now know there is an enemy present so you can flank or attack as appropriate, otherwise you would have charged down right behind your teammate unaware that an enemy was camping at the bottom ready to kill you. Often while playing Allies in the map Donner, teammates will ask whether we still have the field or not. Some players apparently don?t play with the map open, but I can easily glance at my map and see if we have any players in the field area. If we don?t then it?s a safe bet we also don?t have the field.
This should go without saying but you need speakers to play this game. You need to be able to hear the action around you and you need to be able to hear what your teammates are saying. That being said, you also need a microphone to play this game. Yes, you could play without one but I say unto you, to your own detriment my friend. Voice chat is an amazing tool. Being able to communicate vocally to your teammates is essential for avoiding unnecessary deaths and for capturing objectives. A lot of folks play for themselves, by themselves, but you are a team, this is a war and wars are won through communicating tactical information. Not only is this useful for organizing your attacks and defenses, but it?s also useful for avoiding enemy traps. For example, if there is an enemy Machine Gun on top of the tank in the map Flash and he kills you, you need to alert your teammates to his presence, otherwise he will mow down about half your team because they had no idea he was there. Always alert your teammates as the situation warrants. If I?m camping under the bridge on Kalt to stop the enemy from crossing into our sewer and one gets by me, I will alert my team that he?s coming so that someone in the sewer can look out for him or someone in the courtyard can dispatch him when he emerges. We?ve used voice chat for winning rounds as well. On Kalt, if we have the bridge and there are two of us in the enemy?s sewer, we will coordinate through voice chat for one player to go to the first flag, the other to the second and win the round this way. Please, please get a microphone and please use it.
Well, you?ve made it. You?re here! You have a weapon in your hand and an itchy trigger finger. Slow down cowboy! There are a few things to talk about before you start entering the fray.
First, say hello to your team. On my keyboard, pressing ?u? opens the team chat box. Type in a friendly message. Next, take a look at the player stats/server info screen. I have mouse 3 set up for this (depress scroll wheel button). This will show how many kills and wins each team has accumulatively. This gives you an idea of how well each team has been performing prior to your arrival. This screen also shows how many players are on each team.
As you play, if you find that one team is down more than two players, take the high road and switch teams to make game-play fair. A difference of three players can seriously sway the momentum of the game. eGO admins will not switch players to other teams so please do so on your own, you?ll appreciate it when your team is down a few players. On my keyboard the ?y? key opens the all chat box. You can type a message to the other team to let them know one of them should switch teams to even the playing field.
This screen also shows what classes each player on your team is playing. Sometimes this is useful if you?ve been waiting for a class slot to open. By checking this screen often you can see if the desired class is available (If you take note of the player?s name that has the class you want and notice a message in the lower left portion of your screen that the player has logged out, the slot is likely available). Note that you cannot see what classes the players on the opposing team are playing.
This screen also shows how many kills, deaths and flag captures/defenses each player on the server has accumulated. This can be useful for identifying who the best players are at the time. Let?s say you?re running the sewers in the map Kalt. If you get killed by or hear from teammates that the best player on the other team has been repeatedly running the sewers, you may want to avoid that area for awhile and attack players that are closer to your skill level. Conversely, if you know who the best players are on your own team, you can choose to group up with them, improving your chances in combat and possibly learning a few things by watching them in the process.
Another thing you need is the in-game map. On my keyboard the ?m? key opens the map. You can press the map button again to make the map full-size. The ?n? key zooms the map in and out. I suggest leaving the map on and zoomed out so you can see the maximum area around you. This map is critical to being a successful player. By watching the map as you play you can see where your other players are positioned and more importantly, where they?re killed at. There is probably nothing more useful in improving your initiative over the enemy than paying attention to what?s happening in the map. On the map Kalt, if you see a player go down your first ladder into the sewer and five seconds later you see that he was killed on the map, you now know there is an enemy present so you can flank or attack as appropriate, otherwise you would have charged down right behind your teammate unaware that an enemy was camping at the bottom ready to kill you. Often while playing Allies in the map Donner, teammates will ask whether we still have the field or not. Some players apparently don?t play with the map open, but I can easily glance at my map and see if we have any players in the field area. If we don?t then it?s a safe bet we also don?t have the field.
This should go without saying but you need speakers to play this game. You need to be able to hear the action around you and you need to be able to hear what your teammates are saying. That being said, you also need a microphone to play this game. Yes, you could play without one but I say unto you, to your own detriment my friend. Voice chat is an amazing tool. Being able to communicate vocally to your teammates is essential for avoiding unnecessary deaths and for capturing objectives. A lot of folks play for themselves, by themselves, but you are a team, this is a war and wars are won through communicating tactical information. Not only is this useful for organizing your attacks and defenses, but it?s also useful for avoiding enemy traps. For example, if there is an enemy Machine Gun on top of the tank in the map Flash and he kills you, you need to alert your teammates to his presence, otherwise he will mow down about half your team because they had no idea he was there. Always alert your teammates as the situation warrants. If I?m camping under the bridge on Kalt to stop the enemy from crossing into our sewer and one gets by me, I will alert my team that he?s coming so that someone in the sewer can look out for him or someone in the courtyard can dispatch him when he emerges. We?ve used voice chat for winning rounds as well. On Kalt, if we have the bridge and there are two of us in the enemy?s sewer, we will coordinate through voice chat for one player to go to the first flag, the other to the second and win the round this way. Please, please get a microphone and please use it.
