Rocket League

[mikenoob]

Patch is out on PS4

[Steven78]

Just my 2 cents:

Neo Tokyo in ranked/competitive games is a joke. It's rocket labs ranked.

I already hated Wasteland in the rotation but this is ridiculous.

And whats this terrible whooshing sound Im hearing every match?

[PhilliesFan13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steven78

Just my 2 cents: Neo Tokyo in ranked/competitive games is a joke. It's rocket labs ranked. I already hated Wasteland in the rotation but this is ridiculous. And whats this terrible whooshing sound Im hearing every match?

I have been hearing that sound too. No clue

Didn't get to play in Neo Tokyo in the 10 placement matches I played last night. Got placed into Prospect II to start.

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[sbauer318]

Is it the sound of the season two reward boosts?

[Blzer]

I have played in Neo Tokyo twice, and did not score a goal in either match. In fact, I believe one game was 2-0 and the other game was 2-1. Very little proper ball movement, and a lot of it was on the high sides. Not exactly my favorite arena.

The new kickoff configurations are interesting post-patch, though. I swear I feel the kickoffs are more "slippery" than normal now regarding the ball's physics, like more variations of attacks happen off the kickoff. More than likely a total placebo effect though.

I got placed into Prospect II in either Standard or Solo Standard, can't remember. I should really treat ranked matches more seriously, but I only play this game on my Vita on Remote Play for the most part and it probably affects certain aspects of my game (smaller screen, fairly later response time although very minuscule, the occasional laggy connnection, etc.), so maybe a little down the road I will try and rank up by playing a little more on the PS4 itself.

I don't consider myself to be good at this game at all, at least in the ability to use the controls and be a great aerial attacker (or off the walls). However, that doesn't mean I can't offer tips about the game that I more often than not employ subconsciously. Maybe I'll be off about some of these tips so please feel free to chime in and correct or append some of your own, and these ones might be more obvious than not anyway, but here goes:

Spoiler

1) If you see a teammate going toward the ball, you have no reason to go for the ball as well. Scurry away and predict the next hit, or set a screen for their shot/pass/dribble.

2) Before trying to attack the ball that is some distance from you, calculate whether or not you can beat the opponent to the ball. If you can't, let them hit it. You have defense to take care of now. You may leave the area completely and head toward your goal or a boost, or you may set up for a block.

3) Going off that last point, only set yourself up between the ball and your own goal when it comes to blocking. There is very little advantageous gain to blocking a shot that is not heading toward the goal, no matter which way the opponent is headed toward to make the shot. This one is a little hard to explain and I know it sounds obvious, but maybe I can make my case a little better with a video. Sometimes I think my teammates assume I am a stupid player in completely whiffing on a block, when I did the exact opposite: they may see a missed block, but that miss will not lead to a goal either. Had it been going directly for a goal, I would have blocked it.

4) On the offensive side of that previous point, if you are going to strike the ball and your direct line of side isn't between you and their goal, every so often go for the angled shot when a corner volley/alley-oop won't do. I know that sounds very obvious, but some people just strike the ball simply to strike the ball. You will miss these shots on goal more often than not, but giving yourself a slight chance is better than no chance at all. Again, I probably need a video to explain this scenario a little better, but the point here is that if you whiff, your very easy explanation is you were trying to get a shot on goal. A lot of people probably see me whiff at times and thing that I just suck hitting the ball. I wasn't trying to hit it if I couldn't get a shot on goal in that exact case. No, that doesn't mean every hit should be aimed at the goal... but when you are looking at an empty goal that's certainly one you should try.

5) The third player on the team is great to be the goalie, but if you have a fast break, I recommend that you abandon your goal for the advantage, even if you aren't going to be shooting down there. If you are ahead in the score, you have much more reason to have a goalie at most times than when you're behind. Be aggressive when behind because goals can be few and far between, and if you can't come back then you won't come back anyway. Play the 3-on-3 matchup at their end of the field instead of an improbable goal from the 2-on-3 matchup. However, if you see the play crumbling in front of you, get back on defense ASAP.

6) Communicate kickoff strategies with your team, especially now that you have new customizable sayings. Someone should almost always claim that they're defending (normally the farthest back person is the default, but there is a new kickoff configuration with the two closest defenders equidistant from the goal in the backfield), and another player should offer or defer the attack. Unless I am the player solely closest to the ball, I will say, "All yours." That prevents a needless struggle for two of your players to get the ball when just one will do. You can either get boost, or wait for a kickoff that leaves the ball right in the center for a chance to score.

7) When serving as goalie and the ball is in the corner of the pitch (or roundabout), position yourself in the goalpost corner closest to the ball. You're trying your best to prevent it from entering that threatening zone at all times, and you won't get a surprise attack against you.

8) Also at the goalie position, stay as goalie when the ball is slowly approaching you! More often than not, a teammate who is nearby you will go out to try and block for you first. Stay put, and do not abandon that goal for any reason unless you have a perfect downfield clearance opportunity.

9) When goalie, I feel it is sometimes okay to bait the other team into thinking they have an open shot by being outside the goal area any distance. Like a catcher in baseball standing in front of the plate for a non-force situation, you are giving them a clear path so that they go right at it instead of going around it. If you trust your simple blocking skills, they will take a shot from farther out as opposed to going toward the corner and getting a possible 3-on-1 advantage. They shoot, you go back toward your goal (even if only a few feet away), and say "Gotcha!" as you block their shot, probably dumping it off to the side of the pitch. Some people see this as high risk, but the closer they get to the goal the more you should actually position yourself inside the goal at that time.

10) If you are goalie and the opponent is making a very close shot (one that you can't get out to block in time), your best bet of saving it is just to get sideways and tap X once. You'll cover more of the middle of the goal's height, and your upward trajectory would block a ball upward and out of the goal more often than not. Every so often you will look stupid when the ball goes underneath you, but your teammates will just have to understand that you were putting yourself in the best position for a save.

11) Say you are around midfield or closer to the opponent's goal, staring at it straight in front of you. There may be one or two defenders at that goal, but they are faced sideways because there is a ball approaching the goal from the corner. Being the impatient players that they are, they will go for that ball almost always. You have three options here: 1) Assume that they will hit the ball back into and around the corner, and move in that direction beforehand so you can knock it back. 2) Assume that they will whiff. This will be the easiest goal you can ever get, but most people assume they will hit it and really just often find themselves in "middle ground" where you are of not help to anybody whatsoever since you can't do anything from there. Even if the ball reaches that middle ground, you are going directly at it with a wall in front of you. What are you trying to accomplish?? 3) Just run up and knock/blow up the goalie, hoping there is a teammate behind you to finish the job once the ball gets in front of the goal from the corner.

12) When in doubt, get boost (a 100 boost, not a +12 stinker). It's needed for most every strategical maneuver this game offers. I have at times found myself getting boost on one end of the field when the action is on the other side, only to find out the ball went through and the other team scored... but I find that sometimes that is a risk worth taking. If I were really good (and I imagine some people are), I could use the Follow Ball cam and know exactly where I am on the pitch to locate a 100 boost. without losing sight of the action. Another time you might be in limbo though is if you're sitting on a vacant 100 boost waiting for it to regenerate, hoping that it will come back by the time the ball comes back toward you. It kind of reminds me of Nick Fury in The Winter Soldier when he is being attacked in his SUV, waiting to use his turret.

13) Speaking of boost, be selfish and steal every 100 boost that you can, even if you are only down to 94 boost or something. If it helps, morally justify it to yourself by boosting toward that boost so that you have less. You may be taking away from your two teammates, but you are also taking away from your three opponents. Don't give them the opportunity to have it against your attack. But with great power comes great responsibility: if you have boost, be prepared to be a shooter, a goalie, or an aerial attacker.

14) I believe once you hit "supersonic speed," that's the fastest you can go without being pushed from behind. That speed lasts for a little over a second after the last time you boosted or somersaulted, but tapping that boost button again or somersaulting will "reset" that one second timer again. What this means is you don't have to drain your boost to get from one end of the pitch to the other. You can just tap it twice or three times, and you will still have about 80 boost left. Hard to explain, and honestly it's one that I don't use that often because I am psychologically messed up (like a person in the passenger seat slamming on their invisible break when they think their driver should stop, or like a gamer placing a racing game shifting their bodies with the way they are trying to turn using the controller).

15) When the ball if mid-flight and you don't have any boost, disengage Follow Ball cam and find an idle opponent trying to time a jump-ball. Bump them! They won't even know what hit them lol.

16) If you are a goalie and a shot is approaching you but is not threatening to make it into the goal, for goodness sake do not abandon your goal to bump the ball out of harm's way.

17) When you find yourself stopped and standing right next to a stationary ball, you are not obligated to strike it at that time, especially if you are not directed right at it. You may just sit there and wait for a teammate to come by so they can hit it, or let the opponent try and hit it by you (good luck to them since you are right there). Your deflection will shoot hard into your desired direction that way.

18) When rushing back on defense because of a fast break opportunity by the other team, zip on over there with boosts/somersaults, and give yourself a nice 180 degree slide so you are positioned facing forward. However, driving backwards to the other end of the field always seems faster than taking the time to turn around, even if boost is not made available for you driving backwards.

19) Practice your backwards driving often and a lot, especially when it comes to flipping left or right. I screw that up every so often when driving back into the goal area from a corner and a ball is coming in where I accidentally flip into the goal instead of away from the goal.

20) If you bump a teammate, even if they were in the wrong, apologize. You don't want them on your bad end heh. A simple "Sorry!" from you often leads to a "No problem" from them. and we carry on with our business. It sounds stupid, but you don't then want teammates to go into selfish play because they can't trust that you are what's in their best interest for the team.

21) Don't vote to forfeit, ever. Don't be a prick. There is always something to practice, and as I mentioned in my last post in this thread you truly have chances to come back. Just pull the goalie and play the aggressor.[/list]

Now, I'd like to know if anyone has any camera settings recommendations or controller configurations. I believe a lot of people use L2 as boost, but I'd like to hear the justification for it before I screw up using it. I'd like to clarify that I don't have an issue with jumping independently with boosting.

Also again, please let me know if I appear off-base with any of my suggestions.

[PhilliesFan13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

I have played in Neo Tokyo twice, and did not score a goal in either match. In fact, I believe one game was 2-0 and the other game was 2-1. Very little proper ball movement, and a lot of it was on the high sides. Not exactly my favorite arena. The new kickoff configurations are interesting post-patch, though. I swear I feel the kickoffs are more "slippery" than normal now regarding the ball's physics, like more variations of attacks happen off the kickoff. More than likely a total placebo effect though. I got placed into Prospect II in either Standard or Solo Standard, can't remember. I should really treat ranked matches more seriously, but I only play this game on my Vita on Remote Play for the most part and it probably affects certain aspects of my game (smaller screen, fairly later response time although very minuscule, the occasional laggy connnection, etc.), so maybe a little down the road I will try and rank up by playing a little more on the PS4 itself. I don't consider myself to be good at this game at all, at least in the ability to use the controls and be a great aerial attacker (or off the walls). However, that doesn't mean I can't offer tips about the game that I more often than not employ subconsciously. Maybe I'll be off about some of these tips so please feel free to chime in and correct or append some of your own, and these ones might be more obvious than not anyway, but here goes: Spoiler 1) If you see a teammate going toward the ball, you have no reason to go for the ball as well. Scurry away and predict the next hit, or set a screen for their shot/pass/dribble. 2) Before trying to attack the ball that is some distance from you, calculate whether or not you can beat the opponent to the ball. If you can't, let them hit it. You have defense to take care of now. You may leave the area completely and head toward your goal or a boost, or you may set up for a block. 3) Going off that last point, only set yourself up between the ball and your own goal when it comes to blocking. There is very little advantageous gain to blocking a shot that is not heading toward the goal, no matter which way the opponent is headed toward to make the shot. This one is a little hard to explain and I know it sounds obvious, but maybe I can make my case a little better with a video. Sometimes I think my teammates assume I am a stupid player in completely whiffing on a block, when I did the exact opposite: they may see a missed block, but that miss will not lead to a goal either. Had it been going directly for a goal, I would have blocked it. 4) On the offensive side of that previous point, if you are going to strike the ball and your direct line of side isn't between you and their goal, every so often go for the angled shot when a corner volley/alley-oop won't do. I know that sounds very obvious, but some people just strike the ball simply to strike the ball. You will miss these shots on goal more often than not, but giving yourself a slight chance is better than no chance at all. Again, I probably need a video to explain this scenario a little better, but the point here is that if you whiff, your very easy explanation is you were trying to get a shot on goal. A lot of people probably see me whiff at times and thing that I just suck hitting the ball. I wasn't trying to hit it if I couldn't get a shot on goal in that exact case. No, that doesn't mean every hit should be aimed at the goal... but when you are looking at an empty goal that's certainly one you should try. 5) The third player on the team is great to be the goalie, but if you have a fast break, I recommend that you abandon your goal for the advantage, even if you aren't going to be shooting down there. If you are ahead in the score, you have much more reason to have a goalie at most times than when you're behind. Be aggressive when behind because goals can be few and far between, and if you can't come back then you won't come back anyway. Play the 3-on-3 matchup at their end of the field instead of an improbable goal from the 2-on-3 matchup. However, if you see the play crumbling in front of you, get back on defense ASAP. 6) Communicate kickoff strategies with your team, especially now that you have new customizable sayings. Someone should almost always claim that they're defending (normally the farthest back person is the default, but there is a new kickoff configuration with the two closest defenders equidistant from the goal in the backfield), and another player should offer or defer the attack. Unless I am the player solely closest to the ball, I will say, "All yours." That prevents a needless struggle for two of your players to get the ball when just one will do. You can either get boost, or wait for a kickoff that leaves the ball right in the center for a chance to score. 7) When serving as goalie and the ball is in the corner of the pitch (or roundabout), position yourself in the goalpost corner closest to the ball. You're trying your best to prevent it from entering that threatening zone at all times, and you won't get a surprise attack against you. 8) Also at the goalie position, stay as goalie when the ball is slowly approaching you! More often than not, a teammate who is nearby you will go out to try and block for you first. Stay put, and do not abandon that goal for any reason unless you have a perfect downfield clearance opportunity. 9) When goalie, I feel it is sometimes okay to bait the other team into thinking they have an open shot by being outside the goal area any distance. Like a catcher in baseball standing in front of the plate for a non-force situation, you are giving them a clear path so that they go right at it instead of going around it. If you trust your simple blocking skills, they will take a shot from farther out as opposed to going toward the corner and getting a possible 3-on-1 advantage. They shoot, you go back toward your goal (even if only a few feet away), and say "Gotcha!" as you block their shot, probably dumping it off to the side of the pitch. Some people see this as high risk, but the closer they get to the goal the more you should actually position yourself inside the goal at that time. 10) If you are goalie and the opponent is making a very close shot (one that you can't get out to block in time), your best bet of saving it is just to get sideways and tap X once. You'll cover more of the middle of the goal's height, and your upward trajectory would block a ball upward and out of the goal more often than not. Every so often you will look stupid when the ball goes underneath you, but your teammates will just have to understand that you were putting yourself in the best position for a save. 11) Say you are around midfield or closer to the opponent's goal, staring at it straight in front of you. There may be one or two defenders at that goal, but they are faced sideways because there is a ball approaching the goal from the corner. Being the impatient players that they are, they will go for that ball almost always. You have three options here: 1) Assume that they will hit the ball back into and around the corner, and move in that direction beforehand so you can knock it back. 2) Assume that they will whiff. This will be the easiest goal you can ever get, but most people assume they will hit it and really just often find themselves in "middle ground" where you are of not help to anybody whatsoever since you can't do anything from there. Even if the ball reaches that middle ground, you are going directly at it with a wall in front of you. What are you trying to accomplish?? 3) Just run up and knock/blow up the goalie, hoping there is a teammate behind you to finish the job once the ball gets in front of the goal from the corner. 12) When in doubt, get boost (a 100 boost, not a +12 stinker). It's needed for most every strategical maneuver this game offers. I have at times found myself getting boost on one end of the field when the action is on the other side, only to find out the ball went through and the other team scored... but I find that sometimes that is a risk worth taking. If I were really good (and I imagine some people are), I could use the Follow Ball cam and know exactly where I am on the pitch to locate a 100 boost. without losing sight of the action. Another time you might be in limbo though is if you're sitting on a vacant 100 boost waiting for it to regenerate, hoping that it will come back by the time the ball comes back toward you. It kind of reminds me of Nick Fury in The Winter Soldier when he is being attacked in his SUV, waiting to use his turret. 13) Speaking of boost, be selfish and steal every 100 boost that you can, even if you are only down to 94 boost or something. If it helps, morally justify it to yourself by boosting toward that boost so that you have less. You may be taking away from your two teammates, but you are also taking away from your three opponents. Don't give them the opportunity to have it against your attack. But with great power comes great responsibility: if you have boost, be prepared to be a shooter, a goalie, or an aerial attacker. 14) I believe once you hit "supersonic speed," that's the fastest you can go without being pushed from behind. That speed lasts for a little over a second after the last time you boosted or somersaulted, but tapping that boost button again or somersaulting will "reset" that one second timer again. What this means is you don't have to drain your boost to get from one end of the pitch to the other. You can just tap it twice or three times, and you will still have about 80 boost left. Hard to explain, and honestly it's one that I don't use that often because I am psychologically messed up (like a person in the passenger seat slamming on their invisible break when they think their driver should stop, or like a gamer placing a racing game shifting their bodies with the way they are trying to turn using the controller). 15) When the ball if mid-flight and you don't have any boost, disengage Follow Ball cam and find an idle opponent trying to time a jump-ball. Bump them! They won't even know what hit them lol. 16) If you are a goalie and a shot is approaching you but is not threatening to make it into the goal, for goodness sake do not abandon your goal to bump the ball out of harm's way. 17) When you find yourself stopped and standing right next to a stationary ball, you are not obligated to strike it at that time, especially if you are not directed right at it. You may just sit there and wait for a teammate to come by so they can hit it, or let the opponent try and hit it by you (good luck to them since you are right there). Your deflection will shoot hard into your desired direction that way. 18) When rushing back on defense because of a fast break opportunity by the other team, zip on over there with boosts/somersaults, and give yourself a nice 180 degree slide so you are positioned facing forward. However, driving backwards to the other end of the field always seems faster than taking the time to turn around, even if boost is not made available for you driving backwards. 19) Practice your backwards driving often and a lot, especially when it comes to flipping left or right. I screw that up every so often when driving back into the goal area from a corner and a ball is coming in where I accidentally flip into the goal instead of away from the goal. 20) If you bump a teammate, even if they were in the wrong, apologize. You don't want them on your bad end heh. A simple "Sorry!" from you often leads to a "No problem" from them. and we carry on with our business. It sounds stupid, but you don't then want teammates to go into selfish play because they can't trust that you are what's in their best interest for the team. 21) Don't vote to forfeit, ever. Don't be a prick. There is always something to practice, and as I mentioned in my last post in this thread you truly have chances to come back. Just pull the goalie and play the aggressor.[/list] Now, I'd like to know if anyone has any camera settings recommendations or controller configurations. I believe a lot of people use L2 as boost, but I'd like to hear the justification for it before I screw up using it. I'd like to clarify that I don't have an issue with jumping independently with boosting. Also again, please let me know if I appear off-base with any of my suggestions.

I'll send you a PSN message later today with a screenshot of my camera settings.

Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk

[mikenoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Spoiler I have played in Neo Tokyo twice, and did not score a goal in either match. In fact, I believe one game was 2-0 and the other game was 2-1. Very little proper ball movement, and a lot of it was on the high sides. Not exactly my favorite arena. The new kickoff configurations are interesting post-patch, though. I swear I feel the kickoffs are more "slippery" than normal now regarding the ball's physics, like more variations of attacks happen off the kickoff. More than likely a total placebo effect though. I got placed into Prospect II in either Standard or Solo Standard, can't remember. I should really treat ranked matches more seriously, but I only play this game on my Vita on Remote Play for the most part and it probably affects certain aspects of my game (smaller screen, fairly later response time although very minuscule, the occasional laggy connnection, etc.), so maybe a little down the road I will try and rank up by playing a little more on the PS4 itself. I don't consider myself to be good at this game at all, at least in the ability to use the controls and be a great aerial attacker (or off the walls). However, that doesn't mean I can't offer tips about the game that I more often than not employ subconsciously. Maybe I'll be off about some of these tips so please feel free to chime in and correct or append some of your own, and these ones might be more obvious than not anyway, but here goes: Spoiler 1) If you see a teammate going toward the ball, you have no reason to go for the ball as well. Scurry away and predict the next hit, or set a screen for their shot/pass/dribble. 2) Before trying to attack the ball that is some distance from you, calculate whether or not you can beat the opponent to the ball. If you can't, let them hit it. You have defense to take care of now. You may leave the area completely and head toward your goal or a boost, or you may set up for a block. 3) Going off that last point, only set yourself up between the ball and your own goal when it comes to blocking. There is very little advantageous gain to blocking a shot that is not heading toward the goal, no matter which way the opponent is headed toward to make the shot. This one is a little hard to explain and I know it sounds obvious, but maybe I can make my case a little better with a video. Sometimes I think my teammates assume I am a stupid player in completely whiffing on a block, when I did the exact opposite: they may see a missed block, but that miss will not lead to a goal either. Had it been going directly for a goal, I would have blocked it. 4) On the offensive side of that previous point, if you are going to strike the ball and your direct line of side isn't between you and their goal, every so often go for the angled shot when a corner volley/alley-oop won't do. I know that sounds very obvious, but some people just strike the ball simply to strike the ball. You will miss these shots on goal more often than not, but giving yourself a slight chance is better than no chance at all. Again, I probably need a video to explain this scenario a little better, but the point here is that if you whiff, your very easy explanation is you were trying to get a shot on goal. A lot of people probably see me whiff at times and thing that I just suck hitting the ball. I wasn't trying to hit it if I couldn't get a shot on goal in that exact case. No, that doesn't mean every hit should be aimed at the goal... but when you are looking at an empty goal that's certainly one you should try. 5) The third player on the team is great to be the goalie, but if you have a fast break, I recommend that you abandon your goal for the advantage, even if you aren't going to be shooting down there. If you are ahead in the score, you have much more reason to have a goalie at most times than when you're behind. Be aggressive when behind because goals can be few and far between, and if you can't come back then you won't come back anyway. Play the 3-on-3 matchup at their end of the field instead of an improbable goal from the 2-on-3 matchup. However, if you see the play crumbling in front of you, get back on defense ASAP. 6) Communicate kickoff strategies with your team, especially now that you have new customizable sayings. Someone should almost always claim that they're defending (normally the farthest back person is the default, but there is a new kickoff configuration with the two closest defenders equidistant from the goal in the backfield), and another player should offer or defer the attack. Unless I am the player solely closest to the ball, I will say, "All yours." That prevents a needless struggle for two of your players to get the ball when just one will do. You can either get boost, or wait for a kickoff that leaves the ball right in the center for a chance to score. 7) When serving as goalie and the ball is in the corner of the pitch (or roundabout), position yourself in the goalpost corner closest to the ball. You're trying your best to prevent it from entering that threatening zone at all times, and you won't get a surprise attack against you. 8) Also at the goalie position, stay as goalie when the ball is slowly approaching you! More often than not, a teammate who is nearby you will go out to try and block for you first. Stay put, and do not abandon that goal for any reason unless you have a perfect downfield clearance opportunity. 9) When goalie, I feel it is sometimes okay to bait the other team into thinking they have an open shot by being outside the goal area any distance. Like a catcher in baseball standing in front of the plate for a non-force situation, you are giving them a clear path so that they go right at it instead of going around it. If you trust your simple blocking skills, they will take a shot from farther out as opposed to going toward the corner and getting a possible 3-on-1 advantage. They shoot, you go back toward your goal (even if only a few feet away), and say "Gotcha!" as you block their shot, probably dumping it off to the side of the pitch. Some people see this as high risk, but the closer they get to the goal the more you should actually position yourself inside the goal at that time. 10) If you are goalie and the opponent is making a very close shot (one that you can't get out to block in time), your best bet of saving it is just to get sideways and tap X once. You'll cover more of the middle of the goal's height, and your upward trajectory would block a ball upward and out of the goal more often than not. Every so often you will look stupid when the ball goes underneath you, but your teammates will just have to understand that you were putting yourself in the best position for a save. 11) Say you are around midfield or closer to the opponent's goal, staring at it straight in front of you. There may be one or two defenders at that goal, but they are faced sideways because there is a ball approaching the goal from the corner. Being the impatient players that they are, they will go for that ball almost always. You have three options here: 1) Assume that they will hit the ball back into and around the corner, and move in that direction beforehand so you can knock it back. 2) Assume that they will whiff. This will be the easiest goal you can ever get, but most people assume they will hit it and really just often find themselves in "middle ground" where you are of not help to anybody whatsoever since you can't do anything from there. Even if the ball reaches that middle ground, you are going directly at it with a wall in front of you. What are you trying to accomplish?? 3) Just run up and knock/blow up the goalie, hoping there is a teammate behind you to finish the job once the ball gets in front of the goal from the corner. 12) When in doubt, get boost (a 100 boost, not a +12 stinker). It's needed for most every strategical maneuver this game offers. I have at times found myself getting boost on one end of the field when the action is on the other side, only to find out the ball went through and the other team scored... but I find that sometimes that is a risk worth taking. If I were really good (and I imagine some people are), I could use the Follow Ball cam and know exactly where I am on the pitch to locate a 100 boost. without losing sight of the action. Another time you might be in limbo though is if you're sitting on a vacant 100 boost waiting for it to regenerate, hoping that it will come back by the time the ball comes back toward you. It kind of reminds me of Nick Fury in The Winter Soldier when he is being attacked in his SUV, waiting to use his turret. 13) Speaking of boost, be selfish and steal every 100 boost that you can, even if you are only down to 94 boost or something. If it helps, morally justify it to yourself by boosting toward that boost so that you have less. You may be taking away from your two teammates, but you are also taking away from your three opponents. Don't give them the opportunity to have it against your attack. But with great power comes great responsibility: if you have boost, be prepared to be a shooter, a goalie, or an aerial attacker. 14) I believe once you hit "supersonic speed," that's the fastest you can go without being pushed from behind. That speed lasts for a little over a second after the last time you boosted or somersaulted, but tapping that boost button again or somersaulting will "reset" that one second timer again. What this means is you don't have to drain your boost to get from one end of the pitch to the other. You can just tap it twice or three times, and you will still have about 80 boost left. Hard to explain, and honestly it's one that I don't use that often because I am psychologically messed up (like a person in the passenger seat slamming on their invisible break when they think their driver should stop, or like a gamer placing a racing game shifting their bodies with the way they are trying to turn using the controller). 15) When the ball if mid-flight and you don't have any boost, disengage Follow Ball cam and find an idle opponent trying to time a jump-ball. Bump them! They won't even know what hit them lol. 16) If you are a goalie and a shot is approaching you but is not threatening to make it into the goal, for goodness sake do not abandon your goal to bump the ball out of harm's way. 17) When you find yourself stopped and standing right next to a stationary ball, you are not obligated to strike it at that time, especially if you are not directed right at it. You may just sit there and wait for a teammate to come by so they can hit it, or let the opponent try and hit it by you (good luck to them since you are right there). Your deflection will shoot hard into your desired direction that way. 18) When rushing back on defense because of a fast break opportunity by the other team, zip on over there with boosts/somersaults, and give yourself a nice 180 degree slide so you are positioned facing forward. However, driving backwards to the other end of the field always seems faster than taking the time to turn around, even if boost is not made available for you driving backwards. 19) Practice your backwards driving often and a lot, especially when it comes to flipping left or right. I screw that up every so often when driving back into the goal area from a corner and a ball is coming in where I accidentally flip into the goal instead of away from the goal. 20) If you bump a teammate, even if they were in the wrong, apologize. You don't want them on your bad end heh. A simple "Sorry!" from you often leads to a "No problem" from them. and we carry on with our business. It sounds stupid, but you don't then want teammates to go into selfish play because they can't trust that you are what's in their best interest for the team. 21) Don't vote to forfeit, ever. Don't be a prick. There is always something to practice, and as I mentioned in my last post in this thread you truly have chances to come back. Just pull the goalie and play the aggressor.[/list] Now, I'd like to know if anyone has any camera settings recommendations or controller configurations. I believe a lot of people use L2 as boost, but I'd like to hear the justification for it before I screw up using it. I'd like to clarify that I don't have an issue with jumping independently with boosting. Also again, please let me know if I appear off-base with any of my suggestions.

For controls I swapped the buttons for ball cam and hand brake/air roll. Ball cam is now square and triangle is my handbrake/air roll. That just lets me use my boost without a hitch. I can boost and fly up without letting go of boost and then move my thumb slightly to do some air rolls without letting go of boost.

Just wondering, if you were to use l2 for boost, what would you use for brakes and reversing? I actually haven't heard of l2 for boost

Another common setup I hear is changing air roll to l1


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Quote: Originally Posted by mikenoob

For controls I swapped the buttons for ball cam and hand brake/air roll. Ball cam is now square and triangle is my handbrake/air roll. That just lets me use my boost without a hitch. I can boost and fly up without letting go of boost and then move my thumb slightly to do some air rolls without letting go of boost. Just wondering, if you were to use l2 for boost, what would you use for brakes and reversing? I actually haven't heard of l2 for boost Another common setup I hear is changing air roll to l1 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure what they use for something else. I would be concerned myself.

I'll consider the other control changes, but it would take me a while to get used to it.