Cletusrocks_ap, on 11 January 2019 - 06:53 AM, said:
Basically instead of depending on your team to do the right thing, try to make the stupid thing they are already doing the right thing, if that makes any sense.
Well said. Pretty much nails it. But that requires constant awareness of what’s happening with your team and the enemy team (as Jonny_applesauce noted). And knowing where to position yourself properly, so you can assist them without being nuked yourself (thus requiring awareness again). Martin Dogger just so happens to have a great video on this right now on how to play with noobs.
Basically this requires going beyond understanding the tactical dimension of the game, how to be a good tank player (ie shooting, defending), and even goes beyond the strategic dimension, being a good team player. It requires understanding the adaptive dimension of the game (aka being highly flexible) by knowing what’s going to happen before it happens (which means improving your ability to do this).
For example, if you see two or three different engagements starting, which one will allow you to keep your entire team alive longer in order to win. One engagement may allow you to do way more damage but actually lose the game. Another, you may actually do less damage finishing off enemy tanks but you end up keeping team mates alive with a sliver of health to win the game. And it’s even knowing when to bail on a team mate and let him die, just so you can stay alive, rather than staying with your team mate to the very end within that engagement and it costing you the battle.
Edited by GentleNova, 11 January 2019 - 04:09 PM.