15 Combat Tips for Mechwarrior Online | MWO Beginners Guide

Tip #1 : Don't play this game it sucks.

Another tipp. Stop firing everything at once (Alpha Striking) all the time, especially if you aren't really in a pickle. You generate ghost heat which quickly can overheat you and even kill you if you are not careful.

Great video, terrible title. Most of these aren't tips, its just you outlining how the games mechanics work....

please can you make a video describe which commands you bound to mouse and keyboard keys?

Thank you!

Don’t suck and die. That usually works.

Dont forget to override. Standing still while beeing hit by 4 enemies isn't healthy. Better take a change and only lose an arm.

i honestly wish they'd put the old tutorial vids back up but i don't think they will

needs to be updated

How do you turn the DAM map on??? Show me, don't just tell me... Skills???

#14 How do I see that zoom view? I have zoomed in max regular zoom but it's not enough when using ER weapons. Thanks.

Also Remember. Heat management :)

Still useful, even after the May 17 patch.

well done mate, everything is in what new players need!

lmfao at the xl marauder.

if u shoot somone in the back be shure u kill him in other way hi turn around and kill u and alway shooting from alfa is not a menaging heat weake up

stay toogether this is when u all die in one minute they dont need 2 look 4 target enemy just shoot you in the face morons

Also:

- If you have a torso that was blown off...keep that torso turned towards your enemy instead of the other side. Oddly you will take less damage than if you turn the good side that still has armor. You can easily see this if you go into the training area and shoot the target mechs.
- If you see a teammate who is moving back and forth behind cover taking shots at the enemy...Do Not stand right behind them. You may block them when they try to back up and cause them to take a lot of extra enemy fire. Alternately, this is a tactic that you can use against the enemy, to keep them from backing into cover while your team shoots the crap out of them.
- Only shoot at the red targets. Blue and green are friendlies.
- If you are in a light mech, always keep moving, and use the biggest engine. A slow or stopped light mech is a dead one. And, try not to run in straight lines. If you run straight at the enemy or away from them, you are an easy target.
- If you see red or purple smoke appear...especially purple smoke...run away from it.
- If you have a large mech with widely spaced arms like a Dire Wolf, or King Crab try to be aware of your friends. If you are zoomed in and focused on the enemy you may shoot a teammate who is closely passing on your right or left. Also, don't run in front of people that you can see are busy shooting the enemy. It's rude, and can get you accidentally shot by friendly fire.
- This tip is only something you can do if the circumstances are right... If you are taking missile fire, try to stand behind an enemy mech so they end up getting hit by those missiles instead of you. Works great if you are in a small mech and there is a big one (preferably one who isn't interested in shooting you yet) that you can hide behind. Actually you can use an enemy mech for cover from other enemy mech's direct fire too sometimes.

To expand more on Tip 15, it's called "Torso Twisting".
It's very effective in brawling. The point is to spread incoming damage to your arms, using them as shields. Losing an arm is always better than losing a torso AND an arm. When dealing with LRMs, you'd want to spread all that damage around your Mech, so rotate that torso to ensure your entire body absorbs the damage, and not just one component.

Also: when you are back shooting a mech it can't shoot you.

Thanks for the vid, downloading currently =)

16) Set up a weapon group that chainfires your lasers, so you don't overheat as much as Pitstop Head did in this video.

using all that gxp to skill that hunchback IIC...painful.

Tells you to press R; Rarely presses R during the rest of the segments. xD

these are some great tips for pugs, keep up the great work.

A solid beginners guide to suck less. One of my complaints about MWO is that it is not a very noob friendly environment where as world of tanks having tiers of tanks means most everyone in tier 1-3 is a complete rookie (or seal clubber) and they all get to kind of learn together.

You need to take your own advice, 6x med pulse lasers on one keybind tut tut.

Tier 4 ?

Awesome tips. Thank you. I mean I never saw all this information in one video so far. great job.

I must say though, sometimes they aren't "stray mechs". You need some level of situational awareness to see why they're doing that and they might be trying to rally a push against the enemy who supposedly has a weaker position.

Good solid advice

Lasers!!! Pew pew! Good video pits! Helped me understand mech a little better 👊🏻👍🏻