What to do and what to avoid: MP for new players

Your first pvp matches in GoH will be hard, and you will probably loose them. Hidden stats, unexplained mechanics and matches against ppl that played, won and lost hundreds of matches already are not the ingredients of a beginner friendly experience. But the gap between a total beginner and a decent player isnt as big as you might think and the crucial mistakes are easy to avoid, but can be hard to spot from an inexperienced perspective.

So dont let us loose any more time, here are some tips to help you in your first matches:

- Only buy elite Squads
Cost efficiency. Yes they cost more and yes you will probably not be the first at the flags when you wait to buy e.g. guards as your first squad, but its worth it. When comparing a Conscript to a Guard, the later one has 2x the weapon skill, 2.4x stamina, 3.75x the health. The rifle guards squad also comes with 1 MG and 3 SMGs (compared to the conscripts 1 SMG) and with way more AP grenades, smoke grenades and also guaranteed with some AT grenades and a man more than the conscripts. For 2.3x the cost you get a squad of soldiers who hit better, sprint longer, die way harder, capture flags faster and are superior in equipment. (If you compare the individual soldier, the cost is even lower due to the guards spawning with 1 man more, its just 2.22x the price then.)

- Get comfy with one faction and war stage first
The war stages play a lot different, and so are the factions. They are not just "mirrored" units, so concentrate on playing a single faction in a single war stage first.

- Neither underestimate infantry nor overestimate tanks
Alot of players seem to overestimate the capabilities of tanks (looking at you wehraboos). In GoH a tank is more a support unit than an independent power by its own. Tanks have bad vision, tanks are easy to spot, easy to hear in the fog of war and a big target to aim at. To wait the whole match until you can buy a big tank is most probably not a good strategy. Never have your tank too close to the front-line, otherwise the enemy will just rush you with some AT-infantry. For players without alot of experience buying infantry will always be the safer bet compared to buying a tank.

- F1, F1 & F1 (and never F5)
Grenades are your best tool in infantry vs. infantry situations. Clear trenches, push the enemy out of cover (or outright kill them) and get that multi-kill. And dont use F5. Just dont do it.

- Buy the Officer only if you have too much MP and not enough CP
(Work in Progress)