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[Jelooboi]

My first experience in Hawken started out with A mechs, which was a good choice speed helped you practice your dodging and positioning. Most people start with B mechs and eventually stick with them, but my transition from A to B was REALLY shaky. I went as far to start leveling on the Assault just to get used to the decease in speed.

As an Assault, I took cover slightly more than I did my Scout but that "habit" stuck with me and it eventually started giving me consequences for my Raider, especially when you're trying to ambush the enemy team.

Raiders have 515 health. A little more than an Assault.

I played Raider as a Scout still (because fuzzy bunny ability is making me all nostalgic about the scout LOL)
and i still couldn't pull of the speed I kept aching for as an a mech pilot, but then it hit me.
"Use it as a raider." I told myself.

I creeped behind the enemy team. I picked one. My prey. hehehehe.
FUZZY BUNNY ACTIVATE.


I'm skiing across half of Bunker chasing my nemesis and his fuel tires out, half of his health gone.

Half of my health is too, but my fuel tank is FULL HAHAHA thanks enemy team! They won't be here for another 10 seconds. It's just you and me.

He gets up. Dodges my first corsairs but is at half a tank.
"I'm overheating, I've almost got him damn it. How should I play this damn thing!!_"

F**k, I'm down to 15% health, but my evasive device internal kicks in, making me even more nostalgic about the scout and I continued trying to play the raider that way (goddamnit)

He's 20%!! What should I do_ WAIT.

I GOT IT. I fuzzy bunny GOT IT.

Let's make a bet Mr. Assault, the enemy team is almost here...I gotta use a technique that has long been a famous war style.

Kamakazie.

Getting in balls deep. Getting out with your legs blown off, but you're still alive fuzzy bunny.



Corsair charged. Point. Remember use the indicators for your aiming. The indicator below the point will shoot the Corsair perfectly straight (I've tested it several times in offline co op)

Doing the math, he's 10% now. 15% minus 10% is 5% of course.

I'm right in front of this guys face. I could only think of the words he was saying to himself of at the moment.

"oh fuzzy bunny"

Right click.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Literally have 5 health,  half a tank of fuel generates from my fuel converter internal thanks to damaging my self in the process. My replenisher internal also activates as I'm in sneak mode in front of the enemy.

Ability comes up. Enemy team is on the horizon, just a second from awareness.

HIT DAT F - SHIFT - W KEY LIKE A FUZZY BUNNY

Allies toss a shield towards me homing back into friendly lines. God I love my team sometimes.

The Technician seemed surprised, I guess in his viewpoint I looked like I had 0 health lol
He jumped up and activated his godly turquoise EU showers and came on me as he shoved his repair torque up my Raider's thruster.

We won the sudden death. I'm still shaking from it. HOLY fuzzy bunny my heart is still pounding.

The Raider. It has more health than a scout for a reason.
You are a close quarters mech. You take damage to deal damage. C classes are very familiar with this, and technically B class mechs can do this more often than they think because unlike A mechs they can afford to at many times.

I still kept the spirit of the Scout but behaving differently in later battles, not giving a single fuzzy bunny about my health and just riding the wave. Raiders are expendable mechs. I would rush in there, emp, deal as much damage as I can until exhausting myself.

Distracted by aiming at me, the enemy team ignores the rest of my allies for a short duration to finally take me out, but then allies rush in to deal more damage.

I respawn, Blitz right away and reach the enemy line seconds after i died and continue the same process until my team obliterates the leftover healing and weakened mechs.

That's the spirit of the Raider.

Think of your self as a disgusting murderer from hell who doesn't give a fuzzy bunny.

Balls deep.

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Edited by Jelooboi, June 10 2014 - 09:53 PM.

[Hijinks_The_Turtle]

Intense.  I love it when it happens. XD

[Silverfire]

Raider-ing like a badass.

[IceDagger]

Nice told.

However, I'm suck in Raider, I get stuck in berserker's mind >.<.

[LoneWolf_Sierra246]

As a fellow raider player, I understand the adrenaline whenever playing it.

I often use it in either DM or TDM, due to the raider's blitz, and just make the strategy like this:

• Hide in corner
  
• See enemy pass by
  
• Blitz, then assault from rear while boosting.
  
• If can kill, then pummel until dead
  
• If playing DM, and other player appears, run like hell with your blitz on. Then, hope that after one of the players wins, they'll be weakened and off-guard. Then kill them too.
  
• Use the Corsair in the shotgun-mode while blitzing. Always.

If playing Siege/Missile Assault:

• If you're too far away from either the AA or the EU or the Missile Silo, then just aim corsair in cannon mode and pop shots down. Almost guaranteed an assist at the very least.
  
• ALWAYS blitz to and from EU while retrieving for battleship
  
• Hide on far side of AA, then when enemy pops up, rush in and kill.

Yell into microphone, "For (insert team name here)!"

Edited by LoneWolf_Sierra246, June 11 2014 - 01:36 PM.

[Jelooboi]

My EOC Raider is modified to act like a predator/assault and uses its Blitz as an escape tool like how you play in DM.
and it's not expendable like my kamakaze Raider but when it's time for it to go, (because surrounded by whole enemy team lol) then it will fulfill its duty.  

Blitz truly is a one of a kind ability that gives you that rush you're looking for in video games.

Edited by Jelooboi, June 11 2014 - 05:46 PM.

[Bazookagofer]

Cool story bro, I thought this was a guide or something useful but no...

P.S. No offense or anything (The storytelling was decent and I guess this was really intense for you)

[Jelooboi]

Sorry I wrote it when I was stoned I got into it too much LOL
I didn't make it as a guide and I only wanted to tell a simple short story.
This is more of a lecture for beginner players to use the mech how it's supposed to be used.

[Bazookagofer]

Jelooboi, on June 11 2014 - 08:50 PM, said:

Sorry I wrote it when I was stoned I got into it too much LOL
I didn't make it as a guide and I only wanted to tell a simple short story.
This is more of a lecture for beginner players to use the mech how it's supposed to be used.

eh no problem... but my day is never over until I be an arse at least once...

[Wraithknight]

Silverfire, on June 10 2014 - 05:44 PM, said:

Raider-ing like a badass.

This is about 30 seconds before he gets decapitated, is it really the best visual analogy_ lol

[Mawnkey]

Wraithknight, on June 11 2014 - 09:38 PM, said:

Silverfire, on June 10 2014 - 05:44 PM, said:

Raider-ing like a badass.

This is about 30 seconds before he gets decapitated, is it really the best visual analogy_ lol

Seeing as OP's point is to go kamikaze style in the Raider, I'm gonna have to say yes.

[OmegaNull]

Pretty good there. Raider is so awesome and is such a high risk, high reward mech.

[marshrover]

THAT is like the most awesome, most intense, most crazy story I have ever heard! The way you had five health left... The way that tech healed you at the last moment... That he must have thought you have zero health... WOW! These tactics rarely work with me though. I would probably have blown myself away with a detonator. Happens very often.

Edited by marshrover, July 16 2014 - 02:40 AM.

[SoldierHobbes11]

I tend to play my fat raider kinda like this. My regular raider, I'm a bit more cautious but I do play similarly to this as well. Blitz is just pure bliss.

[LoC_TR]

Keep it up! Raider is love!

[EliteShooter]

Raider is SHIET!

[Meraple]

EliteShooter, on July 24 2014 - 02:33 PM, said:

Raider is LOVE!

Fix'd.

[LoC_TR]

Raider is life.