WELCOME TO THE SPHERE

A few days ago our clan leadership met with all of our alliance leaders and we have collectively decided to take on our first planet Nov.1. It will be a learning experience as our clan has not had much experience with conflict. In preparation we all need to be practicing our strategy so we can not only win our first rail mission but also prove to our alliance that we are worthy allies and capable of steering the alliance to planetary dominance. I want our clan to be known as leaders on the battlefield and to do this we must all give a little more time to preparing for conflict in the next few weeks.

I have some suggested frame builds for offensive rail conflict which I want to share with everyone. I hope you all spend at least a few minutes considering these and how a build without energy reliance will affect the way you play and what benefits it can offer in a conflict. Once we have taken the rail we will adjust to a defensive "energy based" frame build. This is a mere suggestion and please do not hesitate to apply your own invention to build what works best for you. Do not feel afraid to put on auto-parry. It may be seen as cheap in conclave but its not in conflict. Every 3rd-4th bullet causing a block will save you enough time to retreat again.


Now on to weapon strategy. The mods will come one at a time during the duration of a conflict so it is easy to gain momentum and win if you can get lots of early kills and be aggressive but smart about how you spend your life. I have found that a guerrilla warfare style attack seems to work best as it give your shields a chance to recharge when you can still fire in and out of cover. I have had tremendous success with Orgis with as fast fire-rate as possible. charge and reload from cover and pop out only to fire or move up. I've also seen Acrid to well in closer range. Another thing I have noticed is keeping light on your feet and always moving is key. It seems the Boltor prime/bow that most competition uses has trouble making hits from a distance.

For melee I recommend Impact damage as it has knockdown which can be used to shut down a lone enemy before they can even fight back.

Our first strategy is to only stay at the goal to engage the switch. As soon as you have it retreat and defend it from a distance. Do this part as fast as possible and do not die so the defenders can't gain cards (momentum) After the first area is done run through to the next room as fast as possible, Ignore any remaining rockets.
The last 2 parts of the mission are much easier. It requires shutting the enemy down at the doors and entryways. Which can be a challenge if they have invisibility. Destroy their AI and watch for the defenders to get distracted with our AI. When they do go for the target. This is close quarters combat and it can be challenging but you need to try and stay away from getting close to the energy. Do not spam melee unless you has someone alone.

Know the difference between a Specter and a Player. A specter will indeed hurt you if your guard is down but a player will put you down in a second if they get the opportunity.

Sometimes we will get into a match where the enemy has the upper hand and they have a cheap bladestorm ash spamming it. In this case we need to realize the match is over and quit. There is no sense in waiting around and getting frustrated over it when it doesn't make a difference. Just come right back in and join the next match. We are trying to win a war and if we play smart, don't die, and attack early WE CAN. Happy guerrilla warfare and good luck!