noobie questions

[fev]

Hi guys, I have just got this game and despite thinking it is god am getting VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV frustrated as, to put it bluntly "I'm COMPLETELY 5h1te" at it. Does anyone have any tips or point me in the direction of a server for retards at the game?

Thanks in advance

[Dr_Phibes666]

Hey, dont loose faith man, its a steep learning curve.
have alook at this from Thelocal @ ps3crowd

"This was written for me when I started by a friend on a Wii site I mod, thought I'd share them on here for any newbies to read...also makes for good discussion as well

Weapons guide

pistol-obviously the pistol is the weapon you start off with and appears weak but if used properly the pistol can be a good weapon and can beat the machine gun in fights.
Top tips
the lock on with the pistol only works when your quite close so if you have no other weapon you’ll have to use it in close quarters, just try to aim for the head, jump about and hammer R1 like there no tomorrow

Knife- the knife is a one hit kill and is good to use in busy areas or if someone is just stood still e.g. if their sniping.
Top tips
if you’re chasing someone and he’s running back machine gunning you, depending on your situation you have 2 options: 1. get out another weapon and fire fight him or 2.try and back him into a corner so you can knife him.

Machine gun-very easy to find and good for quite long range fighting, get you’re lock on them and fire away always be moving and jumping so they cant hit you as much.
Top tips
on courses such as fortress in the badlands try to get on the higher level and machine gun from the top as its harder for them to return fire

Air strike (the green binoculars)- very useful for taking out tanks, and turrets but not very easy to find air strike is perfect to use in busy areas with lots of people for maximum score.
Top tips
Be careful when using this as you have to hold t in the same spot for about 3 seconds for it to work so make sure no ones around to knife you while your scope is on.

Sniper rifle- always a one hit kill, get in a quiet corner with a view on lots of people and use R3 to put your scope on. Every now and then take your scope off and look around to make sure no1s around.
Top tips
if you’re trying to snipe someone who’s running out your crosshair a few feet in front of them, and then wait for them to run over it so you can’t hit them.

proximity mine-when it blows up it instantly kills anyone around it so put it in busy areas or where its hard to see so someone runs past it, very useful in capture the flag or zones to keep guard on your flag or node.
Top tips
if there’s an enemy tank or turret around and your team is struggling to take it down then you cant put one of these on them, it will take 1/2 the health off a tank and a turret/jeep/plane in one.
Also try sneaking into an enemy base and put 1 on all there vehicles’ so their blown up as soon as they get in, this works especially well on planes as you’ll get 2 points.

Rocket launcher-very powerful, handy in most situations, hold in R1 for it to look onto planes and tanks does damage to jeeps as weak.

Top tips
in close quarters combat get one of these out and aim at the enemies feet and if your lucky it will kill them in 1 with the splash damage

Flamethrower- one of the very best weapons, use it in close quarters and it will kill an enemy very quickly although I think it slows you down when running
Top tips
use it on vehicles such as tanks and jeeps and it is very effective, its excellent in crowded areas in a death match.


Vehicles Guide

The jeep-The jeep is the fastest ground vehicle in the game is especially effective with 2 people on as the turret is good at taking out planes and tanks, also its good for running people over although the noise is sickening as you hear their bones crunch as you go over the top of them, the jeep is quite weak though as its built for speed, it will be destroyed by one proximity mine, and even a machine gun will do it damage, a tank can kill it in 1 and a plane can take them out pretty easily.
Top tips
obviously use these in capture the flag games, because of there speed there really well even if they are vulnerable to heavy fire. Its bets if you have someone on the back to help protect you and/or 1 or 2 planes above giving you air support, also you could get a drop ship to pick your jeep up and fly you back to your base.

The tank- although its quite slow the tank packs a mean punch, it can kill a jeep and plane in 1, 3 or 4 hits to kill a drop ship and it can easily kill people although its quite vulnerable because of its slowness, a rocket launcher will take of ¼ of its health a proximity mine will take off ½ and an air strike will kill it in one, grenades also do about 1/6 damage, there handy for protecting bases in capture the flag or causing trouble at the enemy base.
Top tips
Get a drop ship to pick you up and drop you off at the enemy base to cause some damage. Also you can get another person to get in the top off the tank and he can help protect you (preferably with a rocket launcher) you can also use tank to run people over when your at top speed.

The drop ship-the most powerful vehicle and best armoured, its best used when there’s more than one person in it using the missile turrets, also its gun it especially powerful for taking out tanks and ground vehicles. You can use it to pick up other vehicles and take them to the other base in capture the flag, although they are slow and planes like to gang up on them.
Top tips
especially good n capture the flag as you can pick up the vehicle that has the flag and fly them back to your base, if you have 7 people in it using the turrets go and capture some bases as it gets you points as well.


The plane- the fastest in the game and able to get some very powerful weapons, hold in L1 with missiles and it will lock on to other planes and anti-aircraft/missile turrets press triangle to go into flight mode (but u probably knew that) and you can hold R2 to go slightly faster although if you double tap R2 you activate an insanely fast boost which is perfect to get to places quickly and avoiding missiles. The only downside is they are quite weak, a rocket launcher takes off ½ health but a proximity kills it in, a missile turret kills it in 1 and an anti-aircraft kills it fairly quickly.
Top tips
The gun on the plane is also quite powerful, and it homes in a bit on other planes, its also powerful against ground vehicles and people."

[MrJinxy]

Nice guide Dr!

[fev]

Seconded, cheers for that Dr. I'll try again tonight.

[mmccx]

Originally Posted by MrJinxy

Nice guide Dr!

they dont call him the dr for nothing

[tellseeker]

im really starting to get into warhawk and ive just switched to pro flight in the hawk, does anyone have any tips on breaking lock from missiles other than chaff or flying behind the nearest rock imlost without the barrel roll u get in the other set up?