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Category:Tactics

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Fire Keys

Set multiple fire keys. More firekeys will help you shoot more bullets at a single time. Sroll down is a big help rather than just using left click. However, using the scroll button to fire, there is a disadvantage in that your bullets are often too close together, allowing your opponent to easily drive around them.

Shooting fast is one thing, keeping record of how many bullets you have shot is another very important issue. The opponent around the corner sometimes shoots all his bullets, then I suddenly come out and he has no bullet left to respond.

Jumping

As you may know jumping can save you at times, but when your first starting out jump as little as possible learn how to dodge first.

Jumping takes 4 whole seconds. 4 seconds of uncontrollable flying. Opponents on the ground get enough time to catch you. What you can do against this: A. Force the opponent(s) to jump cost what cost. B. Try to jump to higher ground, takes less fly time. Remember that the open field is hostile. C. Don't jump from high to low, fall instead to save time. D. Jump around the enemy to force him to do a maximal turn. If he is a bit too slow you can have the time to target - shoot - jump immediately after landing. If you see that he will shoot before being forced to jump himself directly jump yourself, don't wait, so that you stay ahead in the dance.

Also note that in these 4 seconds you can turn 180 degrees. With quick turn you can turn the whole 360 degrees, at the top of your jump you are actually ate 180 degrees. It is possible to shoot a following opponent by forcing him to jump with ricochet, rotate the 180 degrees with qt, shoot, kill him in the air, continue as if nothing happened.

Radar

For league play the biggest radar is usually the best. Being a good dodger will improve your skills.

Increasing the radarsize is not sufficient enough. The bullets must be seen well, increase their length and size till you see them very well.

Mouse Settings

Once again for league play the smaller the mouse box is the faster the mouse can get out of the box meaning if your mouse box is -11 there is no dead zone. Sometimes a bigger mouse box is better for better aiming and better jumping.

Note that it is very usefull to increase the mouse acceleration/speed in the os you are using. With a minimal effort you should be able to move the mousecursor to all sides of the screen. But still you should be able to quickly position the mouse accuratly less then a cm away from the central box.

Keyboard or Mouse?

When your first starting off playing bzflag you might notice there is two options, mouse or keyboard, mouse can be much better depanding on the map, keyboard can be better also depending on the map, But this is a huge rarity, Mouse is better, simply due to the broader range of control and precision. The majority of players use the mouse especially in leagues. Keyboard can be tougher to use at times when it is a close up battle.

With a keyboard it is impossible to climb on pyramids/mountains. Only by carefully positioning the mouse and jumping it is possible.

Pages in category "Tactics"

The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.