Just sayin' hi

Itharus · Post by **Itharus** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:48 pm

Greetings all,

New player to Mercenaries, here... still learning the ropes in SP, hope to make my presence known in MP before long.

Anyone know when wealth/ship-wise a good point to jump into MP is?

Thx!

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:49 pm

Any time Oasis is at school.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:53 pm

Hello Itharus, any time is a good time as pilots can give you pointers as to game play in making money and help with missions. You can join in missions to share the wealth and experience. If I have not done so yet, Welcome to the forum and the Sim. Have fun and hope to see you out there sometime.

Bossk · Post by **Bossk** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:54 pm

Indeed!

Welcome Itharus. See you in MP soon....I hope!

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:56 pm

There are quite a few pilots on line right now!:)

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:08 pm

MP, with few exceptions is a very friendly place. You won't find yourself pounced on by a horde of other players.
Most players will be glad to answer any questions. It is a good place to learn quickly.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:55 pm

Welcome. Hope to see ya out there.

Archendrus · Post by **Archendrus** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:00 am

Welcome! Don't fear the MP, everyone's really cool =D Once you go MP you never go back!

Itharus · Post by **Itharus** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:37 pm

Thanks for the welcome!

I've got a couple of questions (and undoubtedly more to come) if someone doesn't mind answering them

1) Do enemies use beam weapons? Haven't seen any yet.
2) Good lord that alotta missile... do CM only work behind your ship? And can you shoot missiles down?

As you can see I finally found some combat :-D

Lastly, 3) Is the MDTS (the auto-aiming thing) turned off for Multiplayer? (I hope so! It feels like cheating!)

Thanks again peeps!

-Itharus

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:45 pm

If you have one of the later releases of the game, enemy ships do ('tho not always) use beam weapons. To use CMs effectively, you need to turn away from the missile before deploying them ... but if an enemy fires one up your nose, you do, indeed, need to shoot it down. And, finally, you can turn MDTS on and off ... both in SP and MP. (I forget the default key ... I have the switch assigned to my joystick.)

Itharus · Post by **Itharus** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:02 pm

Aww, it is enabled? It seems to be ridiculously accurate... is there a way to defeat it other than just going really fast? I prefer dogfights to strafing runs

Thanks for the reply, this is like the 4th time you've helped me out, Marv

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:11 pm

Actually, MDTS has its disadvantages. When an AI goes into a spiral, tracking is defeated. When missiles and your target are in close proximity, tracking can be confused (IIRC, it tries to lock on to the greater threat). Ask Denny. He flies with it off quite often ... and does a better job of killing those continually turning Vonari.