Tips for New Players

[NathanDetr0it]

(08-16-2012 10:56 PM)Alvendor Wrote:  

(08-16-2012 10:18 AM)NathanDetr0it Wrote:  * Don't boost Runners.

If you don't want to boost your runners as they are getting killed all the time you might not be using them to their full potential. On several maps there is a sweet spot where you want to have vision by putting a runner fairly close to the opponent but he can just kill it with one of his runners. If instead you boost the runner you force him overcommit with other units if he wants to kill it and you can trade favorably.

Yeah: I do boost runners, usually > once per game. Like I said, it's more of a situational proverb. Really, I should add right below the "don't boost runners" line another line that says: "Runners and snipers benefit far more from a boost than any other unit" just to illustrate that often the opposite of these proverbs are true.

(08-16-2012 10:56 PM)Alvendor Wrote:  

(08-16-2012 10:18 AM)NathanDetr0it Wrote:  * Don't attack the base with a non-adjacent Runner

* Do attack a Base with a non-adjacent Runner if the Base is at 3HP or less.

* Don't attack until victory is certain.

I would summarize it as just don't attack the base until victory is certain, unless you are Adorables and might be able to do a sneaky sniper attack later on!

But I think there often is a benefit to attacking the base (even if victory is not certain), because of the tremendous potential it has to disrupt your opponent's strategy. I would say "don't attack the base unless you can reduce to 3HP or less" is a probably more accurate, but not as straightforward.

I agree with some of these other posters that telling someone to avoid attacking the base "until victory is certain" would lead to overly cautious development, whereas this is a game that generally rewards calculated aggression.