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[comtedumas]

Assists, how are they defined?  Like if I have to do aerial assists I can shoot planes under 25% hp and let them go and if my teammate kills him I get an assist....

 

What do they count as an assist as it pertains to ground targets?  Scenarios: 

 

1. I see a building my teammate couldn't kill on his pass, and I destroy it, that's an assist, right?

2. Can I kill three building in a group and set it up for the next teammate to destroy the last building and that be an assist?  

3. If an opposing player is attacking and only kills three building in a square and I kill the last one is that considered an assist?  

 

 

[pyantoryng]

Same principle as aerial assist - you leave targets damaged and let your allies destroy them for you. Last shot is counted towards your kill and not assist.

[trikke]

comtedumas, on 26 December 2017 - 04:30 AM, said:

Assists, how are they defined?  Like if I have to do aerial assists I can shoot planes under 25% hp and let them go and if my teammate kills him I get an assist....

 

What do they count as an assist as it pertains to ground targets?  Scenarios: 

 

1. I see a building my teammate couldn't kill on his pass, and I destroy it, that's an assist, right?

2. Can I kill three building in a group and set it up for the next teammate to destroy the last building and that be an assist?  

3. If an opposing player is attacking and only kills three building in a square and I kill the last one is that considered an assist?  

 

 

 

1. nope

2. yep

3. nope

[Mercsn]

And always remember the Golden Rule:  Don't attack ground targets in fighters (any kind of fighter be it Heavy Fighter, Multi-role Fighter, or "light" Fighter).  More on the theory here.

[Wombatmetal]

Mercsn, on 26 December 2017 - 05:29 AM, said:

And always remember the Golden Rule:  Don't attack ground targets in fighters (any kind of fighter be it Heavy Fighter, Multi-role Fighter, or "light" Fighter).  More on the theory here.

 

i need to record a match; I don't adhere to the golden rule strictly in my mr but need to show how judicious ga helps

[Mercsn]

Destroyer_Suzukaze, on 26 December 2017 - 01:30 PM, said:

 

i need to record a match; I don't adhere to the golden rule strictly in my mr but need to show how judicious ga helps

 

There is a time and place where attacking ground targets can be useful for any class.  But, based on the thread title, the OP isn't at a point where he knows or has enough experience to determine when those times are.  Neither are most folks that would fly fighters which are capable of loading ordnance.  Which is why I say fighters, any kind of fighter (other than GA or bomber class) shouldn't bother with ground targets.  Attacking ground targets will more often than not result in an unnecessarily negative game experience (low score, repeated death) for players that don't have experience and ability to determine when these very very very few "right times" are.

 

 

And, of course a player in a GA can be very effective, especially in the higher tier ones that either chew an opponent up, if attacked from the rear, or take forever to kill, if attacked from angles that won't give the tailgun a shot.

[trikke]

Mercsn, on 27 December 2017 - 10:51 AM, said:

Which is why I say fighters, any kind of fighter (other than GA or bomber class) shouldn't bother with ground targets.  Attacking ground targets will more often than not result in an unnecessarily negative game experience (low score, repeated death) for players that don't have experience and ability to determine when these very very very few "right times" are.

 

He's right...      (i hate it when he's right)

 

light fighters are the most effective when they have 360 degrees of clear air around them

 

fly too low and watch 180 degrees of your clear air disappear

 

LFs, plan for and then do something constructive

 

go do something that your GA friends cannot already do much better than you