A guide to proper sharking

[PH]

PH's Guide to Offensive Sharking

Section I

Steroids.

[Kim]

Wow, i didn't even know what a spearhead was until now. I always thought it was a player in -F-.

[Jeenyuss]

70% of the time all it does is waste one shark rep... and usually at least one if not both sharks have used all their reps before the enemy team starts to attack the fr

but by pushing out too far after a td smart spiders can simply just not shoot you (a la spastic). by clogging the side holes you slow them down, even if just for a bit, and give your spiders a chance to slow them down even more without risking a fuck-up of being stuck in mid with your thumb up your ass as the enemy charges into your team's cram without you there.

[Ronn]

I dont recomend having bomb and mine as the same key. A bomb requires almost all your energy so when thrusting a fast bomb you may get it wrong and leave a mine instead, not good if youre in cram.

I have Caps Lock as mine and Tab as bomb.


Also is that big circle graphic allowed?

[duel pasta]

anyone else notice the 18) Blame duel pasta

GOOD ONE

[RednaZ]

I'm a little surprised nobody else has said it yet really (edit:now ronn mentioned it while I was typing, bastage), but I for one am radically against something like the repticle. I do have bigger bullets and some minor explosion alterations, but this thing looks in line with something like an aim assistor.

On the key settings, it's really very personal but I agree on the part where you should get custom key settings, defaults just don't cut it.
Personally I found it comfortable to use the following keys as I've been used to wasd-games for years. It took me a week or something to stop pressing the wrong keys, but after that it's easy flying in nearly all ships (no terriers cuz terriers suck!).

q=rocket
w=bomb (this is ofcourse nice for rocketshots)
e=repel (easy to bomb cram in shark)
a=mine (in shark you're recommended to keep your ringfinger on the q )
s=multi (for jd's, don't really need it in base)
d=bullet
left-ctrol=attach
space=thrust

I noticed some people don't like using such keys as it needs a messagekey and leaves you completely defenseless when typing. But that alone is a good reason to do it, you type less, you fk up less.

One last minor thing, the repping lobe-mines into cram thing. I wouldn't try it for the simple reason that depending on the lag difference between the repper and the rest, the repped mine can have completely different directions. Where it might look to you that it's headed straight into cram, for a lot of people it actually won't.

P.S. concerning the edit I wasn't actually typing for half an hour, I went down and had some breakfast

[screamo]

After reading Rednaz's post, as an American, I am compelled to ask: Do people from the Netherlands have 7 fingers on one hand, or what? Those key combinations are comparable to saying "Sally sold seashells by the seashore". I think I'd get fingertied.

[Shadowmere]

Also is that big circle graphic allowed?

There's a reason you can customize your graphics.

[Windreaper]

Nice guide overall, very little I'd consider obviously "wrong". Otoh, I don't think any of the defensive patterns are viable when cramming and the mid tube mining patterns just plain suck (I understand they're there for completenesses' sake). They're pretty much one shot, and while you might get a kill or two, all of those can be hazardous to your team. Might be worth a shot with shrap-5 but otherwise I'd skip on those.

I'd definitely consider graphic overlays like that (plus aiming assists for wbs) cheating even though I don't think they're too useful as you learn to estimate the rep range pretty well with experience (FYI: using only bokibullets myself, can't see the normal-sized stuff, mind you I'm still using default keys with attach remapped, so... .

In an ideal world the graphics for league play would be hard-coded but I don't see that happening. I miss the time when you could hide mines or bombs under explosions, though (heh, I still occasionally waste reps when I'm not sure whether the rushing nmy shark bombed or not).

EDIT: P.S. bete, you still suck

[Paky Dude]

Lol, you have too much time on your hands. ^-^

[Rudy]

There is no secret to sharking in a cram situation that a guide of any length can teach. You rep, rep, rep, die, respawn and repeat. Any actual skill you hope to gain in the ship is self taught through observation and practical application. Not to criticise your efforts, but this was a collosal waste of your time as no one who needs to learn will actually read it.

[Ignominy]

I saved the log from when I taught someone to shark once and considered doing this, but I didn't think it would have much readability for new players unless it was done in flash. I think you did a pretty good job bridging the gap, but it's still a lot to sift through.

You obviously put some time into this and it's well done but I hardly think it can replace rab's basing guide.

[milosh]

EDIT: P.S. bete, you still suck

What did I ever do to you.

[dads revenge]

aggressive mining tactics FTW

[Rudy]

says Rudy... as if he's a sharking authority.

At your service. And you are...?