This is where things begin to diverge a little bit. Phase 3: Depending on the Map, One Team Gains the Initiative Soon enough, my team and I would have the run of the map in our Titans. When the first major Titan fight erupted, I would usually sneak around to the other side of the map and start surprising enemy machines from behind, quickly overwhelming them with a burst of gunfire. Once I found my preferred weapon - the 40mm cannon - and got the hang of the quick dash maneuver, I had a lot of success in the Titan. When possible, it's always best to flank an opposing Titan and bring them down with a teammate, as fighting one-on-one often means taking a lot of damage. In a heated engagement, it's better to cut and run than it is to die, because every Titan is extremely valuable. The main thing to remember is that the Titans are really big targets, and that they are definitely not invincible. Having an affinity for mechs myself, I put extra effort into learning how to pilot the Titans, and I found myself grasping the ins-and-outs pretty quickly.

Once they begin to hit, everyone usually jumps into the cockpit and begins slugging it out. Titan deployment is time-sensitive automatically arriving around two minutes into the match, give or take few seconds for killing Grunts. Phase 2: The First Batch of Titans Arrive But when a player shows up, you know it, because they're the ones who leap all over the screen tossing grenades and generally acting like a lunatic.Īfter a few minutes of back-and-forth, the first Titans begin to automatically arrive, and what I contend is a crucial phase of the battle gets underway. It doesn't take long to run into the enemy - usually in the form of Grunts or Spectres who like to take point and serve as useful cannon fodder. In Hardpoint - a Conquest-style battle for checkpoints - the usual rush to secure the points immediately commences whereas in Team Deathmatch (sorry, Attrition), direct combat begins much more quickly. Once on the ground, the flow varies depending on what mode you're playing. It kicks off the battle on just the right note.

You have no control whatsoever over this sequence, but it feels great. You begin in a dropship with a handful of grunts the hatch opens, and you bail out amid a rush of adrenaline.

I should start by saying that I love the way each Titanfall match commences. After a few matches, I found myself falling into a particular rhythm, which had both its benefits and drawbacks. The battles are less chaotic, more structured, especially on certain maps. In Titanfall, things are a little different. After that, anything could happen but like in chess, I had my opening moves down pat. I would hop into a plane zoom over the to the western side of the map and bail out capture the flag, then activate the bombers and crush the mountain. ?Back in the days of Battlefield 1943, I almost always took the same approach to one map in particular - Iwo Jima.

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