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Strategy Guide
Sniping
is taking out your opponent from a distance, and if you are good at it, taking
little or no damage from the opponent.
There are several factors that will influence how well you do at sniping:
Mech choice, using terrain, and the weapons that you are trying to snipe with.
Another factor will be the map that is chosen.
Some maps are better suited for sniping than other maps are.
The best maps for sniping include River City, Stonecold, Coliseum, and to
a lesser degree Hell’s Kitchen.
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The best Mechs to
choose for sniping are the ones that are armed with PPC’s, gauss rifles, and
javelin missiles.
The Mechs that have these are in all four types of Mechs. For the light Mechs, the best choices are the Hackman and the
Puma. The Hackman is armed with a
gauss rifle and has null sig for a defense and jump jets. The null sig makes the Mech a good choice, as you can attack
invisibly, and the jump jets allow you to reach areas where you can get a good
view of the map. The Puma is a good
choice for the same reasons, except it is armed with a PPC rather than a gauss
rifle.
There
are several Medium Mechs that are the best for sniping are the Belial and the
Uziel. The Belial has two gauss
rifles and has jump jets. The Uziel
is armed with two PPC’s and has jump jets as well.
There
are also two Heavy Mechs that are good for sniping.
These three Mechs are the Mad Cat, the Timberwolf, and the Catapult.
The Mad Cat is armed with two PPC’s and it has a defense of target
jamming. The Timberwolf is armed
with two gauss rifles, but has no special defense.
The Catapult has four pulse lasers and four javelin missiles and has target
jamming as its defense.
Of
the Assault Mechs, there are three Mechs that can be used for sniping.
These are the Prometheus, Ragnarok, and Ymir.
The Prometheus is armed with two gauss rifles and has chaff as a defense.
The Ragnarok is also armed with two gauss rifles and has a shield for
defense. The Ymir is also armed
with two gauss rifles and two PPC’s and has a shield for its defense.
The Ymir may seem that it is the best Mech to choose from these three,
but it will overheat quickly.
There
are other Mechs that make use of the javelin missile, and they have uses as
sniping Mechs, but only the Catapult is set up primarily for the role of sniping
with this weapon.
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You will need to
become very familiar with the terrain in the different maps that are available
in MA to be a good sniper. Finding
the proper place to snipe from can make the difference between picking up a kill
and becoming one. You will also
find it easier to move around on the map once you have become familiar with the
maps. Make sure that you choose a
vantage point that will allow you to keep track of your teammates if you are
playing one of the team multiplayer games, or it will also allow you to keep
track of weakened enemies to finish them off.
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As
unfortunate as it is, there are some players that look down upon snipers,
calling them “terrain cheaters” and saying they “stole their kills.”
These same people can become very agitated and if you are playing on
Live, may start cursing into the microphone at you.
If this happens, ignore the babbling idiots.
It is a game, and there will always be those that want to make more of it
than what it is.
If you find it easier to play using sniping techniques, use them and
ignore the mindless idiots that scream into the mike, you can always mute them.
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