07-02-2005, 06:04 PM
Some more random tips and thoughts
The M key
Press M and you get a map of the battlefield with your team members marked on it, this is very useful
The triple sprint
Rogue tactic, I was on the receiving end of this last night and it's bewildering to defend against. You stealth to capture the flag and wait not in the flag room but at the place in the tunnel where the sprint power-up spawns. Just wait there till it spawns, grab it, sprint to the flag, keep going till the power-up wears off, hit Rogue sprint, Preparation then Rogue sprint again. The guy doing it last night has a Shadowmelded NE Priest covering his line of escape too!
Aspect of the Wild
This is a Hunter skill that buffs group nature resistance. It's very good against elemental shamans: Chain Lightning and Earthshock are nature although Druid Moonfire isn't. Entangling Roots is though. Rogue poisons, Warrior's Thunderclap and Hunter's Serpent Stings are also Nature. I don't know whether it affects Scare Beasts and Hibernate
The base layout
Facing the base there is a tunnel in the middle and a ramp to your right. Go up the ramp to get to the first floor of the base, a good spot to shoot defenders from or heal attackers or to jump down from unexpectedly. Further along this road is a house where flag carriers sometimes hide.
Go down the tunnel and take the right exit just before the flag room to get onto the path to the roof. This is where an opposition flag carrier will hide 90% of the time. This level is above the level you reach by taking the ramp
Hidden flag carriers
If the other side has your flag and you can't see them they're almost certainly on the roof. If not they're either at the little hut at the end of the road from the ramp, on the map edge somewhere, in one of the little houses in the midfield or in their own flag room
The M key
Press M and you get a map of the battlefield with your team members marked on it, this is very useful
The triple sprint
Rogue tactic, I was on the receiving end of this last night and it's bewildering to defend against. You stealth to capture the flag and wait not in the flag room but at the place in the tunnel where the sprint power-up spawns. Just wait there till it spawns, grab it, sprint to the flag, keep going till the power-up wears off, hit Rogue sprint, Preparation then Rogue sprint again. The guy doing it last night has a Shadowmelded NE Priest covering his line of escape too!
Aspect of the Wild
This is a Hunter skill that buffs group nature resistance. It's very good against elemental shamans: Chain Lightning and Earthshock are nature although Druid Moonfire isn't. Entangling Roots is though. Rogue poisons, Warrior's Thunderclap and Hunter's Serpent Stings are also Nature. I don't know whether it affects Scare Beasts and Hibernate
The base layout
Facing the base there is a tunnel in the middle and a ramp to your right. Go up the ramp to get to the first floor of the base, a good spot to shoot defenders from or heal attackers or to jump down from unexpectedly. Further along this road is a house where flag carriers sometimes hide.
Go down the tunnel and take the right exit just before the flag room to get onto the path to the roof. This is where an opposition flag carrier will hide 90% of the time. This level is above the level you reach by taking the ramp
Hidden flag carriers
If the other side has your flag and you can't see them they're almost certainly on the roof. If not they're either at the little hut at the end of the road from the ramp, on the map edge somewhere, in one of the little houses in the midfield or in their own flag room