FAQ about gameplay || Feedback welcome
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@deletethis
It's a guide for players looking to improve. If players have fun at their skill level, there is no need to think about on how to get better.Also feel free to correct the sub-part and tell me your opinion. This ain't a balance thread so there will be things which are not 100% correct, but I kept it simple due to the lower rated players it's directed to.
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Thank you for this post @Sladow-Noob, it was most helpful.
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These answers are great!
I got a few more questions:- How to capitalize on air superiority?
- I lost air superiority, what to do? (maybe split this into 1v1 and team games with a dedicated air player)
- How to use stealth?
- An explanation of the factory alt-move reclaim trick could be useful for beginners. For me it looked more like a bug than a useful feature at first.
- Maybe a list of common strategies (for example T1 spam, T2 rush) and short one sentence answers on how to react to them. If your opponent does X, you should do Y.
- An explanation on overcharge mechanics. I could not find that in the database. How much damage is dealt? How much energy is required? How many energy storages should I build?
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@bentusi I think the latest numbers regarding overcharge and storages are on this page: https://patchnotes.faforever.com/balance/3761.html
Since I'm unfamiliar with unit health numbers off the top of my head though, the figures above don't mean much to me and I use a simpler rule of thumb:
1 storage for overcharging T1 armies
2 storages when fighting T2
a few more when fighting T3 (although I should try to avoid that since it's risky)
Quite a lot of storages if I make billy nuke on uef comHaving enough energy available to OC has become more important since this patch, it feels like it's no longer quite as cheap, so remember, you can and should quickly pause energy hungry stuff if you find yourself unable to fill the storage in a firefight. Shift+drag select the part of the base you can afford to shut down and hit tab to do so
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Thanks for the answer! I think someone mentioned it does less damage against buildings and ACUs, is that correct? And could I theoretically one-shot an experimental? It is always hard to find current information on things like this without reading a lot of patchnotes (many tutorial videos are years old and possibly out of date) or asking someone who knows. That's why I think having this on the wiki would be really beneficial.
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damage maxes out at 15k so no you can’t one shot a t4
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@Bentusi Finally had the time to add the section. I hope that answers every question around the OC
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Short bump to this inviting players to ask more things I should add to the FAQ or to discuss/disagree with current takes. Otherwise I'll mark this project as "Done" and won't change for quite a while.
On the same note I'll work on the Airguide next, so feel free to drop or DM me some questions. Here is a random video where I was playing air as a reference. If you take a look, feel free to drop specific questions about it as well!
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@Sladow-Noob UI mods ofc :Kappa:
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What about ‘how to use [common unit/unit type] general tips, and focusing on some of the more common of the ‘harder for new player to use well’ units?
As examples of the sort of things Im thinking:
auroras - my assumption (but I hardly ever use them outside of my AI because I find them difficult) is they need a land scout to get the most from their range, should be given attack move orders to advance (so they dont get too close to the enemy), and should try and move away from the enemy to kite them if the enemy is advancing, with a new player tip being that as they have hover you should avoid reissuing move orders frequently as hover units can often temporarily move forwards when told to move back.Strat bombers would be another example - times when they’re good to build; needing to be far enough away when giving the attack order so they drop their bomb; how targeting the enemy air player’s t2 power (if unshielded and they dont have t3 air) can be effective with 1 early strat bomber; while more generally t2 mexes make good targets as they can be one-shot
mobile shields - i.e. clicking assist on a unit vs giving general move order as part of a wider selection vs formation move vs individually moving (im assuming the assist option is preferable for apm limited players)
Also whether the same approach is suggested for using deceivers
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how to use aurora: make blaze
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expand the team games section
how resource overflow mechanics work
how/when giving structures/units makes sense
some real team-play approaches, instead of just happening to be the same "Team" but everybody mind their own business
there is certainly a lot obvious but also more than that....
