Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread

toasteroven
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Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread Nov 29, 2013 11:44:24 GMT -8

Post by toasteroven on Nov 29, 2013 11:44:24 GMT -8

Let's talk tactics.

General Tactics / Thoughts
1. Gunner never repairs unless in safe, friendly territory, or emergency repair while retreating, etc. Gunner remains in turret keeping eye out. Reason being that repairing in the back seat severely limits POV, and driver is usually concentrating on driving / retreating safely.

2. Drivers; know the timing of reload. When engaging a target, duck behind cover while your gunner reloads.

3. Drivers; when your gunner is in the back seat reparing, slow down to let them lock onto the repair point, before engaging turbo and getting the hell away from that 2/2 AP / Halberd tank trailing you..

4. USE COVER. Avoid empty plains - engage tanks at range then retreat to cover and make them come to you, on your terms.

5. Engage and retreat. Pull enemy targets to your armor front line / waiting AV infantry by engaging and retreating.

6. Watch out for pebbles. Those little shits can flip even the sturdiest of Harassers.

Cool Ideas we should try out / work on
1. The FracMAX Shuttle
Harasser engaging single armor / vehicle target, high difficulty (2/2 AV, excellent tanker, our Vulcan vs. Halberd Harasser etc.). FracMAX in the backseat. Harasser begins shooting target, ducks behind cover, drops off MAX behind cover, re-engages target, MAX emerges from cover and target is now encircled. BOOM should follow closely thereafter.

2. The Band-Aid Buggy Brigade™
Medic driver with max-level Triage, engineer gunner, Frac / Burster / AI MAX in the back seat with nano-repair on the Harasser. Triage works on all occupants.

3. The Counter-Clock Counter-Tactic
Multiple friendly Harassers engage single / multiple targets with some circling clockwise, others counter-clock wise. Watch those enemy turrets swing.

4... ?!

Provide feedback and supply your own!

Last Edit: Nov 29, 2013 11:45:17 GMT -8 by toasteroven: spel

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Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread Nov 29, 2013 13:56:15 GMT -8

Post by oblivion7456 on Nov 29, 2013 13:56:15 GMT -8

Baiting enemy vehicles behind cover and have tank mines or C4 either waiting for them or having the gunner drop them from the third seat. If the timing and placement is correct it can really help smaller Harasser groups take on larger forces.

An important thing to note is that the Harasser can be repaired 100% of the time while moving backward, and with Scrapper 3 the reverse speed is pretty respectable. In almost all cases, for a Harasser to live it must keep moving. So get those fishtail 180's down guys, they'll save your ass.

[EDIT]:Switchbacks around vehicles are extremely effective. Fishtail and slam the turbo to keep your speed up. Never let your target guess where you're going; keep moving, and do so sporadically.

Last Edit: Nov 29, 2013 14:01:02 GMT -8 by oblivion7456

lostsheep TXR Legend Posts: 150	Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread Nov 30, 2013 6:38:45 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lostsheep on Nov 30, 2013 6:38:45 GMT -8 We used the fracMax thing the other day, backed up into the target zone and destroyed the lightning before my gunner finished his first clip on the vulcan.

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Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread Nov 30, 2013 11:38:04 GMT -8

Post by dacommando on Nov 30, 2013 11:38:04 GMT -8

The Max-Attack:

Medic driver, Engie on the turret (Fury/Marauder recommended) and Anti-Infantry MAX in the back.

Idea: Good against large groups of infantry, MAX crashes, possibly clearing a sundy for destruction?

Plan: Harassers drive using the clockwise pattern, maxes hop out and lock down, harassers drive through the crowd after driving around the crowd, causing a sandwhich, engie repairs nearest MAX (after driving through) while sitting in the tail, medics switch to gun while MAXes are being repaired (or hops out and rezzes dead, engie covers with gun).

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Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread Dec 1, 2013 2:38:38 GMT -8

Post by lupinscroll on Dec 1, 2013 2:38:38 GMT -8

The Quickie:
The Point: The power and vulnerability of a 3rd man man in the backseat (obviously you can just switch seats to 3rd spot but the delay is sometimes too costly) and hopefully rapidly increase the effectiveness of the harasser.

Sundy/MBT/Skyguard (for example) is high valued target so harasser drives by, drops c4 or tank mines on it, meanwhile gunner can still be shooting it as well, then detonates whenever desired for a super fast demolition of the vehicle. If target is high valued and harasser is in imminent danger one may choose to sacrifice all for the detonation of vehicle. Otherwise c4 or tank mines can be triggered in backseat or by gunner at any point thereafter.
You may already know the backseat is very easy to be shot down from just trying to drive your harasser around or at any point, so there is some difficulty compared to being inside the harasser.
The tactic runs many ways but the main reason is that being in the backseat saves the harasser from being delayed at a crucial moment by exiting the vehicle.The backseat is preferable cover then just running up to the sundy.

being chased or driving near sundies and just throwing tank mines as one gets near the vehicle.

The backseat works with a million things when you add a 3rd person.

Purpose: To quickly eliminate high value targets (sundies for example) at lowest time exposure possible
Engineer (preferably due higher lvls of mines/c4 and repairing)

Conclusion: try getting parallel with sundies or driving fast nearby and throwing mines/c4 to speed up and succesfully destroy one of the biggest dangers of a platoon, their sunderer as one example of many while in the backseat.

Road Runners / Harasser Tactics Thread

Post by toasteroven on Nov 29, 2013 11:44:24 GMT -8

Post by oblivion7456 on Nov 29, 2013 13:56:15 GMT -8

Post by lostsheep on Nov 30, 2013 6:38:45 GMT -8

Post by dacommando on Nov 30, 2013 11:38:04 GMT -8

Post by lupinscroll on Dec 1, 2013 2:38:38 GMT -8