Exteel/Tactics

Practicing

 * Practice makes perfect. You should always test your new weapons capabilities in practice mode. Also try always getting your aim marker exactly where it has to be when doing maneuvers in practice, it not only makes your eye precision better, but helps your reflexes.

Staggering your fire

 * Don't unload on an opponent unless you are fairly sure you can kill them with one steady megablast of weaponry. Instead, use single clicks (especially with SMG's); basically you want to use burst fire tactics, alternating which weapon you fire. This way you can spread the damage over time however the actual resulting damage is higher because one of the weapons has a small cooldown period while the other is firing.

Using Landscape for your advantage

 * Try thinking instead of going kamikaze or rushing on the enemy hoping that you will kill them.
 * Hide behind any object you can while shooting when chasing after them.
 * Deaths are not important during TC as long as that aerogate is capped, survival is not necessary for individual team members, especially if your team is losing by points and only 2 minutes are left to cap the enemies main base.

Last Stand

 * You have a radio! If you happen to be where the enemy spawns, let out a shout so your teammates know where to go!
 * Rockets and Cannons work wonders on groups!
 * For the love of the lord, do not try to do a level 5 Last Stand until you're at least Staff Sergeant! If you want to try it with your friends and whatever other fools you want in your own game, that's fine, but don't join a game (especially in progress) if you're just some trainee! Save yourself some embarrassment and wait.

Camouflage

 * Changing the colour of your armour to a colour that doesn't stand out the most will actually make your job in killing a whole lot easier.
 * eg. A moth that is white and lands on a tree which lets say black, that moth can stand out and be hunted easily due it being white that is what I mean. You will be the hunted.


 * Camoflage in this case does not mean blending into the surroundings. It is impossible to blend a mech into any of the terrain with any degree of success.  Instead, it means having the same color mech as the rest of your team, such that they have a more difficult time picking out any one individual. For open matches, this gennerally means your default basic gray, while more advanced team/clan play means choosing one color/pattern for the team will net the most advantage.

Vs. Swords/Spear/Blades

 * Having speed armour such as Scootwing armour or Zeeker Armour will help dramatically.
 * The trick is to understand when he'll slash, before trying to boost.
 * Sometimes people will slash at you, and misjudge their range, and miss you on their own. If you boost towards them before they even try to hit you, chances are they will swing before you're past them, and you'll feel that home-run go right through your circuitry.

Jumping

 * There is no tactics behind jumping, Hey you're prolonging your death but you're not killing anyone, they are doing more damage to you then you are to them, if you think you are killing people and you see you killed someone, congrats you just stole someone else's kill. There is nothing more worse then Frogger/Jumpers. All it takes is for a close ranger to jump+hit to stun you then there will be no more jumping for you. :)


 * Rapid jumping can, actually, help in three situations. In territory control, there is a small airspace that still counts for captures. Jumping can add the few seconds to your life your team needs to disable an aerogate. Second, jumping works if your waiting at a heal pad and suddenly get attacked, especially by mechs with rockets. This can buy you time until a teammate comes and turns the tables for you. Third, most teams will waste time firing at a jumper, allowing anyone with a cannon to aim and hit them. Oh, and on a side note, jumping makes mechs easier to hit with swords and spears. I have no idea why, but the range seems to double. Of course, you only get one hit, but you probably won't be hit yourself in the process.


 * I find the easiest way to deal with a jumper with a cannon or rocket is to aim at where they are going to land and fire when they start to fall. Most mechs can’t take more then a few hits from a big gun, so the fly drops fast.


 * Quick jumps along with a boost to the left, right, or backwards makes it much tougher to hit you. When you land, you should move in a direction for about a third of a second, then jump and boost again. This works well if you are trying to overheat a spammer. You can even shoot with rifles, shotguns, or SMGs while doing this, but it'll be hard to land a hit when you're moving around so much.

Finding out if an Enemy has low Health
One thing not to do though in a situation that the person runs away do not go into a crowd of enemies, you will only kill yourself.
 * Ways to figure out if they have Low Health.
 * Watch who is normally rushing but suddenly drops back. Snipe them with rifles or run after him and kill him.
 * People who are rushing to health pads.
 * People who are running away.
 * What to do if you know they have low health and they are boosting away.
 * Wait 2 secs then boost, considering he's boosting away he has to run out sometime, so when he runs out you got an extra 2 seconds to catch up.
 * Try to head them off in another direction if possible.
 * Get to high ground if you can't find him and look for him from there.

Team Deathmatches

 * Don't try to act like a hero and rush straight into the enemy lines.
 * It's smart to stick close to your team.
 * Use messages such as attack, retreat, etc. Comes in handy in desperate situations.
 * If your team is being ambushed, use alternate tactics such as backstabs or flanks to confuse the opponents, they will be trapped in a circle of death.
 * Luring an enemy opponent so they are separated from the team is a very useful tactic, so you can ambush them and pick off the team easily one by one.
 * Don't demand people to heal you all the time, respect your team mates.
 * If someone is very angry, wants you dead, and stalk you around constantly, (always happening to me) then make them follow you to your teammates to have them deal with your predator.


 * Though it's easy to see why people will think you're a jerk for doing this, aiming at mechs being shot at is a sound tatic in larger battles. Remember, no matter the mechs health, each shot hurts just as much. So kill 'em quick and move on to the next mech. Just remember, the credits are pretty much the same for each team member, and the winners get twice as much as the losing team.

Gunnery

 * When using a rifle, cannon or any long ranged type weapon, The best thing to hide behind is your team mates. While it may not seem "Honorable", being in the front will just get you killed. Let the blade users take the brunt of it, and try to keep behind one to hide from the enemies crossheir.


 * SMG's are best used with something to circle around. A rock, pillar, whatever. Practice getting that split second target, unload a clip and keep running around the object. The gun will shoot straight through most things if you fired at them when they had a targeting ring around them.


 * Cannons / rockets. It's always best to be in some place unexpected rather then on the top of that building that EVERYONE watches out for. Be creative.


 * With SMG's it's easy for people to forget that they can't actually hit things point blank. So if you keep on top of people with a rocket or sword, you generally won't take much damage from most players.


 * Got a SMG spammer? No problem. SMG spammers usually just hold down the fire buttons and randomly fire near you. Pull up your shield, jump around, or hide/circle around some obstacles. The spammer's SMGs will eventually overheat, this is when you counter-attack!

Healers

 * Having Healers is one of the best ways to win in team games.
 * Don't forget to provide cover and support for your healers.
 * If you're in a territory game, and you're on a healthpad while a healer is near you with low health, get off the health pad and let them heal you while they heal on the pad.

CTF

 * If you are a good light mech, bull rush the flag in the beginning of the game. If you are successful, this will help greatly as most teams get really defensive and flag caps can get rare later in the match.


 * Runners get much better when with a group. The speed is best for running back, run in with a group and then ditch them on the way to return it so they can give you cover.


 * On Simulation Arena, the tunnel is the ultimate weapon, cap early and hold it. If the enemy has it, it becomes nearly impossible to get it back and gives them a base that has access to almost the entire map.


 * Rockets will stop flag carriers in thier tracks, and are easy to hit with because carriers usually go straight to try to get out faster. Also, rockets can hold narrow passagways by themselves.  No one wants to step out in front of something with heavy splash damage.


 * If you are losing by only 1 or 2 points, try to keep your team spirits high. When people start losing, they tend to give up.  Rally your team back together and work together to get the flag.


 * A good(and usually called cheap) tactic to use when winning is to grab the flag and huncker in a defensive position with your entire team defending you. There won't be much boredome, as the enemy team will try their all to get it back. Plus, they will be down a mech because their flag carrier will stay at the flag spot in case someone gets the retrieval.


 * If you suck in the front line, stay with a guy or two doing some kind of barricade around the flag.