Climbing up the Tiers - Gameplay

Playing with SMGs

Building the right vehicle

Weapons

Interaction with the team

Facing other enemies

The really low cool down and high burst damage puts the smg type vehicles at the front line. This is mostly because they can deal continuous damage to enemy units preventing them from gaining ground.That means your vehicle should be tough enough to withstand as much damage as possible. Tanks, hovers or cruisers are really good choices for this occasion and you can choose between them depending on how fast you want your vehicle to be.Tanks are really slow but really durable since you can add as many layers of defense as you want due to the really high weight capacity of the caterpillar tracks. The ability to attach weapons on them is also important because they can protect them much better from plasma’s antigunbrella effect than a regular block base.On the other hand, hovers and cruisers with the proper build can be really difficult to destroy and are fast enough to go to their teammates’ aid faster, hunt down enemies or even escape easier from bad situations in the battlefield.Deciding between a SMG cruiser and a hover is difficult but at the end of the day it comes down to your preferences.They are easy to build and control and losing wheels won’t affect your driving too much (unless you are left with only steering or normal wheels). Though since they are touching the ground you will have to deal with bad surfaces, like ice, and map obstacles which can slow you down or block you which might cost you a kill or if you are trying to escape cost you the battle.They are ideal for chasing enemies or escaping from them since they hover over the ground which makes it easy to avoid any map obstacles or even plasma shots from bombers and they can easily climb most of the map’s surfaces. Also the ability to attach weapons below your vehicle is really useful since you won’t have to build a huge vehicle to fit many of them.Hovering over the ground is not always a good thing though since your seat is more exposed. Also losing hover blades will greatly affect your balance and steering which could end up with you being destroyed.Legs are easy to destroy and you will end up losing all of them many times which is really bad especially for a front line vehicle so avoid using them with smgs.SMGs can be used on fliers as well mainly to build anti-air vehicles. You can either build an interceptor or a drone with them.They are fliers with aerofoils or rudders which will give you good movement control and stability and as a result you will have better accuracy since it will be easier to aim at the enemy units. They are good against other flyers but not so good against ground vehicles since it will be dangerous for them to go too close to the enemy and can only do damage over time from a long distance using tap-fire.They are vehicles that use helium and thrusters to fly. There are 2 categories of drones, the thruster drones and the normal helium drones.Thruster drones use mainly thrusters to fly and only a few helium blocks. That makes them really fast but also more difficult to control. They can take a lot of damage and unlike Interceptors they can sneak-attack ground units and escape quickly due to their high speed and maneuverability. It can be difficult to aim well and be accurate from a distance though because you always have to do small adjustments in order to keep flying.The normal drones use mainly helium blocks to lift them up and a few thrusters to move and steer. They can stay still on the sky which will improve your accuracy since you will not be moving all the time unlike the other fliers. The high CPU required for the helium blocks will prevent you from reinforcing your drone too much though so it will be easier to destroy.They are really stable vehicles so they can be a good choice for air type smgs since it will be much easier to aim.Smgs deal damage over time though and you will be exposed every time you try to damage enemy units.Do more weapons mean a better chance to win a fight? Not necessarily. That is because stuffing too many weapons on a vehicle means sacrificing its defense since the vehicle will be too wide/long and exposed making it an easy target for the enemies and difficult to drive. Also you will be spending too much CPU just for the weapons which will force you to reduce its defense since you will not have enough left to build a proper body for it.A good amount of SMGs on a vehicle is 8-10. Any less than that and your fire rate will start dropping for every weapon you lose. This is a good number of weapons because you can fit them on a medium sized vehicle and you will have 2-4 backup weapons in case you lose some of them in a fight. You can push this limit a bit more with a hover and add even 12 weapons on it since you can place some of them below your vehicle which is very space efficient but do thatif you have enough CPU to spare.Do not put your weapons too close to each other because it will be easier for the enemy to destroy them and make sure to protect them well with good bases and electroplates. A well-built SMG vehicle can easily defeat an enemy robot with more weapons.Make sure to always provide cover for your teammates with higher cool-down weapons. You might risk losing some extra blocks or weapons but the plasmas can do some serious crowd control and counter the enemy medics since they deal a good amount of damage to many enemies at once and the snipers will guard the skies and keep the fliers away from you which will help you to hold your ground.It is also very important to protect your medics in the team since they can turn a bad game into victory with their healing ability so focus your fire at the enemies who attack them and force them to fire at you.Use your interceptor/smg drone to help your snipers bring down all the enemy bombers. Once you destroy them all, assist your team to take down the rest of the enemies by destroying key vehicles first, like medics and snipers and then slowly take down the rest of the enemy team.When you are up against other players in close range take full advantage of your high rate of fire to take their weapons out first and then destroy the rest of their vehicle. Especially when you face an enemy with SMGs the one who takes out the enemy’s weapons first is the winner. Never try to destroy the body of the vehicle first since if the enemy is an experienced player he will destroy all of your weapons before you have time to deal any serious damage.If you are up against a hover that is elevated high above the ground try to quickly go below it and shoot upwards at the place you believe the seat is located. If you succeed you will quickly eliminate the enemy without receiving any serious damage because you will have to destroy only a couple layers of blocks to reach the seat instead of the many block layers you would have to destroy otherwise. Also if you are directly below it, the enemy will only be able to hit you with their bottom weapons which will greatly reduce the incoming damage.If you use a hover try to not elevate too high from the ground for the reason I mentioned above and if you see an enemy rushing to you they will probably try to go below you so check how high you hover and adjust the height accordingly.