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Upcoming Events:As of right now there are no upcoming events, although administrators are communicating with each other and with allied clans in hope of coming up with a weekly event on Mars Explorer.
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Legend Dogfighters: 1.(narnia)+ 2. pie Master Dogfighters: (Loki42)+ Professional Dogfighters: none III Ranked Dogfighters: 1. (MrSniper)+ 2. (M45T4H_K1LL4H)+ 3. (poiuytrewq118)+ 4. (Teardrop297)+ II Ranked Dogfighters: none I Ranked Dogfighters: 1. (Finnbo_2003)+ 2. (RALF)+ 3.CoolerThanYou 4. (flycub)+ 5. (dskin)+ Allied ClansThe Combat Clan Leader (poiuytrewq118)+
The Prime Aces Clan Leader (firespeed)+ List of all APC members:
(yeah)+ (narnia)+ (qwertyes)+ aka pie (ibcf)+ (MrSniper)+ (M45T4H_K1LL4H)+ (poiuytrewq118)+ (Teardrop297)+ (Finnbo_2003)+ (RALF)+ (flycub)+ (dskin)+ (Loki42)+ |
How to Improve at DogFightinga story by our dogfighting consultant (narnia)+
Hello! In this document I will give you what I've learned about dogfighting, and tips on how to improve. It all started about 2-3 years ago when I downloaded the Mars Explorer widget on my parents computer... I didn't know anything. Eventually I learned how to use the green laser scope and finally the sniper one. I persistently tried to be quarry, but never thought I would come close to being as good as people such as (Ssemodnar)+, (Loki42)+, and (ibcf)+. Here I am today though, occasionally enjoying dogfights with these people and becoming increasingly involved in the Mars Explorer community. Here are some tips I've learned over the years: -Try creating your own server with a few bots that can not fire. Drive infront of them on the ground and practice using your sniper laser to shoot them. Once you get the hang of it, this will become a very easy shot. Next, try flying upside-down and shooting down on the bots. This will take some time to get good at if you don't have much experience, however I promise you will be glad once you've mastered this shot. It is very useful against players who like to stay on the ground. After gaining those skills you can move onto a new tier of difficulty in gameplay, which will begin to tie into dogfighting skills. Try gaining some altitude and then retract your wings. While falling, practice making shots on the bots below you. Try getting a hang of how much time it takes you to fall to the ground, and bring your wings out at just the right time to shoot you back up and get another chance to snipe on bots below. Once you've mastered all these skills more improvement becomes difficult, because bots can not simulate actual dogfighting... you will have to play against other Mars Explorers who do know how. Here is my flight pattern method that I use while dogfighting: --Only have your wings out when you want to/need to make a turn. Retract your wings while turning and you will spin while falling (this is something many of you know already I'm sure). Put out your wings out when you sense that your buggy will shoot out in a completely different direction than the current path that it has. This makes sniping very difficult. Another thing you can do when you want to turn is put your wings out and quickly tap the brake key (command key) while turning. This will have the same "different direction" effect as before. How to snipe: There a couple different ways that people snipe, although here is my method. I use the "alt" key to look around and find my target, and then "shift" to zoom in and aim. Before shooting it is essential that you have the scope centered IN FRONT of the path of travel that your target has. The farther away you are, the further ahead you will have to aim. I recommend being anywhere between 175 and 700 distance from your target in order to have the best accuracy, although with time your ideal range can greatly widen. If everything here becomes easy, you can give yourself a challenge by turning off GyRide. This can be found under player settings. Playing without GyRide can help to improve your skills once you turn it back on. I hope that this document has given you insight towards improvement. If you have any questions, constructive criticism, or want to dogfight me you can just send a PM :) -(narnia)+, Dogfighting Consultant for the Awesomepossum clan If you would like to comment on this document click here. |
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