Why can't I kill people

[legacy-Fatal_Contagion]

FatalContagion to the rescue!!! Play all of the maps in instant action with no bots to familiarize yourself with all the items and weapons :up:

[legacy-[APOTA]Jez]

As they've said, just play! As with anything in life you will get better the more you do it. Dont worry to much about picking up tips etc, much of the fun of a new game is figuring out how it should be played - I dont think trying to shortcut this helps in the long run, if you want to be good - work out whats best for you. There is no magical setting or technique that will turn you into a godlike player.

Each time you play learn from your experiences, see what works, what doesnt. If you keep getting fragged in a certain way come up with a plan to avoid it in the future. If you get lots of frags then remember what you did! Dont be afraid to experiment - the good guys are the ones who keep pushing the limits and are able to discover a new 'edge'.

Its not as hard as some people make it sound, you dont need to 'train', or read pages and pages of tips, or recieve lessons from the so called 'pros'. Ive got to be an OK player just by playing a few hours a week during 'relaxation' time. At the end of the day UT isnt the most complex game in the world - cf the literature availabe on chess!

[legacy-/\/\AGNU]

And then practice some more.

[legacy-Xiangua]

Practice.... practice... practice!!

[legacy-FireStorm2KO]

also, try to determine which guns is good for which type of situation, so when you get good with all teh guns its easier to switch between them and gain an advantage.

For example, the flak cannon wont always work when someoens far away. The sniper rifles pointless when point blank. And the minigun wont do much good when in a crowded hallway.
But the sniper rifle is perfect for long distances, flak cannon is perfect for point blank, and the rocket launcher is good for crowdd hallways. and the minigun is good for medium and long range, but for long range you ahve to shoot ahead so they run into ur bulelts and use the secondary fire for mroe accuracy.

Once you get the guns down, just hit jump, and dodge at random times so they can't shoot ahead of you and make u run into their fire. So they can't predict where your going it makes it alot ahrder for them to kill you.

Also get to know all the nooks and crannies of the maps. The worst thing is to try and back out of a fight but only to run yourself into a corner and get yourself blown up.

[legacy-VenomZER0]

DON'T jump a lot, that makes you easy to predict. Dodge at random times or just as they are about to fire.

Try and be unpredictable really.

Practicing 1 weapon at a time is a good idea, then weapon combos (like lg -> minigun)

[legacy-Brom]

lol, I think the 'starting with shields' thing you're talking about it the Spawn Protection some servers turn on. It's so you don't get blasted before you can see what's happening.

[legacy-foxmccloud]

I have played alot in the few monthes ive had this game. I sucked but could beat experianced bots within the first 2 days. I go onto one of my favorite servers and there are a few good players on it. I constantly died because of them. But i recently found out how to wall dodge and with a sheild gun of all things i can take out at least 3 of these good players before one of there double damaged rockets hit me. Just practice and youll get better.

[legacy-D-K]

Re: Why can't I kill people

Originally posted by Zed069
I'm getting my **** wooped online but I can't figure out why?

No its not because I **** before you say it.

It takes me five hits to kill someone and they do it in one, oh and why are people being spawned with shields, how do you do that?

Do you have to complete the game to get a stronger better character or something, I've only just started mine?

Play some single player, and jump ALOT.

[legacy-IGotARailgun]

everyone spawns with like 2 seconds of invulnerability, which is the shield you see. as in requiring more hits to take people down, are you using flak at long distance or something?

and they may just have more health

[legacy-FireStorm2KO]

tips

here some tips for 1 hti kos, assuming there on 100 hp and no armor

2 rockets direct hit. charged up, i count it as one shot
1 flak cannon altfire direct hit
1 head shot sniepr rifle
1 head shot lightning gun
1 charged up bio gun direct hit
1 charged up shield gun at point blank
1 translocator teleport at their feet
1 shock combo

and of course your usual redeemer, ion painter, target painter pwnage

[legacy-search161]

To add to what Warboss said:

Learn what weapons are best for which situation. (ie: Lightning / Sniper @ distance, Flak / RL @ close range)

Do NOT use your scroller to select weapons - it's too slow. Bind your weapons to keys around your movement keys. (eg: I use WASD for movement: R is RL, F is Link, V is Mini - Shock and Flak are on my mouse)

Lastly, act rather than react where possible. You enter a large area - switch to a distance weapon. When you go down a corridor, change to Flak or RL.

Generally now I will move around with a distance weapon until something makes me change.

[legacy-Warboss]

stop using rockets flak mini etc

good players will kill you in 0.7 second with a lightning shot follwed by a shock primary shot.

[legacy-Velikkoth]

Other people could have sheild, or just picked up big keg o' health, plus weapons have different damage rates.

[legacy-()dySseY]

This reminds me of the prank Counter-Strike call.

"I CAN'T AIM"

But seriously, just practice. We're all terrible when we first start.