Most of the veteran/skilled players spend their time on the (fan-run) Ladder servers or (fan-run) Proleague servers. These servers all have passwords to prevent hapless noobs from accidentally stumbling into them. The passwords are publicly available along with the rules for these private servers on the Altitude forums (http://altitudegame.com/forums/index.php) but be warned: if you try to play ladder as a newbie, you will lose a lot and people on your teams will bitch you out for costing them ladder points. I'd suggest waiting until you're at least close to level 60 before you start playing ladder. The ladder page is available here: http://www.altitudeladder.com/

For public servers, I recommend the Official #1-4 servers. Those will usually fill up if you get a few people to start them out.

Lag/ping is a bit of an issue since the relatively small player base makes it hard to get full servers for each region. Everyone complains about lag every now and then, but we all just deal with it. Ping from NA to EU is about 100-150 and doesn't affect gameplay much. From NA to SEA is more like 250-300 and is definitely noticeable (sometimes frustrating when you die to a shot that you dodged on your screen) Anything over 300 ping just makes the game silly.

FryBender

United States290 Posts

March 05 2012 23:45 GMT

#26

So what's the best way to get better? Is there a particular plane you'd recommend practicing with first?Are there planes that are considered OP or UP os is it totally a style thing? I see a lot of Mirandas is that pretty much the best plane?

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Canada2653 Posts

March 06 2012 00:45 GMT

#27

In a public server, a good player can dominate with any plane (I just got seriously accused of hacking by some guy because I was like 30-1 with biplane). At the highest levels, miranda seems to be the best plane (certainly the most popular), probably because of its very flexible movement patterns, as well as explodet because its mines and rockets make it a great defensive area controller.

The only plane that doesn't have a well-defined and valued role in both BALL and TBD (the two main game modes; BALL is currently the biggest and most active but TBD is older and considered by most veteran players to be better) is biplane, the other four are all competitive in League play with at least one red perk. The only perks you really want to stay away from because they will mark you as a newbie are Tracker for Loopy, Bombs for Bomber, Rubber Hull for Green Perk, and Reverse Thrust for Blue Perk.

It's a good idea to practice all the planes, both so you have a better idea of what you are up against, and because being able to play multiple planes well will let you adapt to your team's plane composition. A team's composition is a huge factor at higher levels. For example, in a League game on any map, a team's composition will probably look something like this: TBD-Remote Explodet, Flak Bomber, Laser Miranda, bomb runner (usually Time Anchor Miranda but can be Trickster Miranda or Double-Fire Loopy) and a fifth plane based on the map; BALL-Thermobarics Explodet, Flak Bomber, Double-Fire Loopy, Time Anchor or Trickster Miranda, plus two more (probably another Thermo and Double-Fire). You'll see variations depending on team or map but that's the basic balance of heavy to light planes that's been found to work.

There are guides written by (mostly) very good players on the forums here: http://altitudegame.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

tec27

United States3702 Posts

March 06 2012 01:23 GMT

#28

I'll probably throw up another server in a bit, and hopefully fix the map rotation (I think the config on Pony Pasture right now is just using like all official maps). If need be and we get enough interest I can throw a password on those servers as well, but for now I'll just leave them open.

(And I'll probably be playing later tonight, according to altbouncer my vapor ID is: 1d6c0373-c83a-4a2b-9da0-55a096172922 )

FractalsOnFire

Australia1756 Posts

March 06 2012 10:11 GMT

#29

Ah found it, thanks Pholon

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Osaka27176 Posts

March 06 2012 10:48 GMT

#30

Played for like five hours today. It was very fun!

Tufas

Austria2259 Posts

March 11 2012 18:32 GMT

#31

I did not buy the game yet because I am playing alone and just wanted to get a feeling for it ..
Played 23 hours (got lvl 60 and now 21 again) so far but 22 of those are on a football server without obstacles and I have no idea about the real game, tactics or basic things like how the hell do I kill a miranda with my loopy.

Well, what I actually wanted to ask was if there are any europeans playing. I may get my headset back today or tomorrow, so I cannot use TS or ventrilo right now but I would be interested if anyone wants to play with me.

I read the OP and added Pholon (as he said) and lets see what is going to happen

Edit : And I saw `Drone some days ago.
And I added [TL] to my name. Maybe that will help my skill !

And after reading the rules for playing on ladder ...
Do I just join the server and that is it ? Not register anywhere e.t.c. ? Do they use teamspeak on ladder or could I start today.
Also, what am I allowed to choose.
10) Playing random, full or custom.
That pretty much covers all ... what am I allowed to play ?

And yes, I have to play tracker ... although on the public server everyone seems to play tracker so I am not the only one who gets angry words all the time

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Denmark697 Posts

March 14 2012 17:46 GMT

#32

Have been playing since beta too, and I recently started wondering - why is there no TL clan/group in this game yet? There seems to be a lot of people on TL that plays it, but noone has taken the step to organize people like we see in other online games like Maplestory, Minecraft, GW, EVE, LoL, Dota ect. What do people think of making an official TL/Liquid clan and doing some real teamplay?

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

March 15 2012 23:02 GMT

#33

Well, in beta and early release two of the most prominent clans were TL based afaik, FLB and Ace. Some of those guys are still around. As far as organising something goes.. let's just add one another and try to get together for games. The more people you know the easier it is to start up teams to play in.

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Poland173 Posts

May 06 2012 18:55 GMT

#34

they should make a ladder for 1 dm mode because it looks most requiring skills mode ;;

Durak

Canada3685 Posts

May 06 2012 18:57 GMT

#35

I played on the TL server back in the day! I'd totally be up for playing some more with TL guys.

excess1ve

United States359 Posts

May 07 2012 03:52 GMT

#36

Hey guys, I've been playing this game since 09, if any of you are interested in getting better at the game, friend me, my screen name is t3c.ex, I can help you out with all modes

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Also, a fair number of TL'ers play this game that are not listed past and present, BG1, ITW, Stormich to name a few.

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