Cadet I/Read the Chat

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Communication with your Commander and Team

Games are lost by poor communication. You have learned how to use the chat box. The quick chats provide some other quick forms of communication. But unless you are paying attention to the chat, team work will be compromised.

The Commanders Chat

In the beginning you are going to be flooded with information. It does take time to build up what we call "game awareness". That is why this game can be so intense at times. The first real skill you need to learn is to pay attention to the BOLD chat from the commander. Work on checking the chat box constantly. Especially the commander's bold chat messages.

NOTE: It always comes up concerning wings. For now do not even worry about what wing you are on. If you do wish to change your wing, use the command wing. (It can be changed in F6 during the game or in the team lobby before game launch) The command wing will allow you to see the commanders orders to all of the drones, constructors and miners. More information flooding in! But later on as you progress with chat reading it will pay off by seeing where cons, miners, etc. are heading.

Read The Chat!

Probably the most common quickchat used ~yy. For a good reason! Someone has just entered information that is important to the team and wants to make sure the whole team sees it. So do glance up at the chat when you hear this voice chat command. Filter the Chat

Once in game use the "Esc" key and go to game options. Flip the setting from "do not filter lobby" to "filter lobby chat". This will cut down on the spam from the people sitting in NOAT. (Not On A Team)

Affirmative or Negative?

During the game you will be bombarded with voice commands. It will be overwhelming. The first tip is NOT, repeat NOT to hit the delete key to respond "negative"! All you are doing is flooding the chat channel. The team only expects you to answer with "affirmative" by hitting the insert key if you can take on the task.

One of the hardest skills to learn in this game is what commands to answer to. It involves understanding what the order is, where it needs to take place and is your current task more important than the request being made. Only with time will you develop this skill.

For now I am going to suggest the following chats be acknowledged. Keep in mind to see if they are in the same sector as you! Otherwise in general ignore them for now as it would take you too long to get to that sector where the command was issued. The exception is for nanites for a bomb run. Always support that run.

• "Need Repairs" - This is usually a request for a nanite equipped ship to support a bomb run. You should have had a warning if you were reading the chat. Or it could be from a teammate in another ship needing a quick healing.
• "Need pickup" - Look to see if the person issuing the request is in the same sector as you, otherwise ignore it.
• "Go to XXX" - A waypoint given to you by a teammate. Are you scouting with him in the same sector? Acknowledge it! It means he is going a different route and wants you to cover that route so you can both cover the sector quickly.
• "Defend Base" - It also can be given as a waypoint to camp an aleph. Unless you are escorting a con get home and defend that base!

Those are just a few of the key ones. With time you will learn to judge which tasks you can do and not do.

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