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Author Topic: [STICKIED] Learning to Be An Officer (What is Officer Target Last?)  (Read 1461 times)

Offline Aneurysm

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Its occured to me that there are still a large number of you out there who don't properly understand the use of the officer target functions. I say functions and not function because there are in fact 2 officer target keys.
The standard officer target highlights in a beam whatever you happen to be looking at, at the given time you press it, this is useful for targets that are stationary, however it makes it all but impossible to target moving players.
This is where officer target last comes in. Its an option found in Options; Player; tick the "Show Advanced" box  (the same place you find your auto buffs) and then bound to a key of your choice (pick somewhere close to your movement keys).
So what does it do?
You can use it to target which ever player you last ran your cross hairs over. So all you need to do, is scan your cross hairs over a player for long enough that their name flashes...even for just a second, and then you can point anywhere, press officer target last and still highlight that player.

Righto, so officers start highlighting.
« Last Edit: May 18, 2010, 06:21:28 PM by Aneurysm »
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 05:06:33 PM »
Cheers aneu, i always thought it targeted the last thing that you had targeted with the normal officer mark button..... im so nub   ;)  :P
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« Last Edit: April 11, 2008, 05:06:51 PM by PhAt BoY »
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2008, 05:52:19 PM »
Good advice for the people who didnt know that, i know i did ;)
A good key to set it to is G, so its just next to the other one and easy to reach. Default officer last target is DEL, so thats a bit far to have it set to. Btw Stickied.



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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2008, 06:40:49 PM »
Thank You Aneurysm, you mate are some of the only people that realise that this is a skill and also realise the amount of people out there who lack it. If you do get promoted the flag isn't just something funny that sticks out of your back, use it!

I see officers themselves getting pwned by misted beasts in which case they could easily east them. It really does give and advantage to your team and surrounding players.



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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2008, 06:51:11 PM »
note: officer target last on Mist Shrouded Players.
It makes it alot easier to kill them due to making them stand out alot more which personally helps myself/group of people im with.
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2008, 06:56:40 PM »
Pro Tip #57: Its easier to kill stuff when you can see stuff.



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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2008, 07:57:59 PM »
Cheers, never knew that one.


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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2008, 08:45:38 PM »
tip: if you see alistair coming. run.

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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2008, 09:01:06 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2008, 09:13:28 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2008, 09:33:53 PM »
I never knew this :D

this should make my targeting a lot easier lol
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2008, 01:12:44 AM »
lol
Myk? not knowing something about the game? OMG
anyway, thanks ane, and Alistair is easy to beat if you have a hoard of repeater and flux spammers :D

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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2008, 09:18:57 AM »
also useful for accepting/requesting duels

i set it from DEL to f, as i rarely use standard officer target

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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2008, 10:12:40 AM »
also useful for accepting/requesting duels

i set it from DEL to f, as i rarely use standard officer target

i did the exact same thing, i moved the normal one to g cause i use it less.

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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2008, 11:43:06 AM »
I have standard officer mark as q and other 1 as f.... but AJ will use del, coz hes nub :P and uses arrow keys... :-X
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