I've been playing Onslaught for about a year or so on-and-off but I've never really learned how to use the SPMA mortar. So, how do you use it? Do you alt fire to send up a camera beacon? Once you have that floating camera up, how do you aim your mortar shells?
SPMA -- How do I use it?
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Yes, you alt fire the camera, the primary fire is kinda useless.
Look out for HUD instructions when you have the camera... Use strafe to aim reticle. That is, you aim with WASD keys.
Yes, you alt fire the camera, the primary fire is kinda useless.
Look out for HUD instructions when you have the camera... Use strafe to aim reticle. That is, you aim with WASD keys.
TheIronKnuckle
What the hell is this "ballin" thing?
Nah, it's not.
About the only tactical use for the SPMA that I found over the years was to keep the enemy from spawning at a specific unlocked and linked-up node by continually keeping it damaged. This could be helpful whilst waiting for your team to arrive at the node to take it out.
Still, the beacon draws enemy eyes like none other, so it always gets shot down before anything good happens.
Useless vehakal. Do something else. Your team will thank you. Unless they're bots, of course. D:
About the only tactical use for the SPMA that I found over the years was to keep the enemy from spawning at a specific unlocked and linked-up node by continually keeping it damaged. This could be helpful whilst waiting for your team to arrive at the node to take it out.
Still, the beacon draws enemy eyes like none other, so it always gets shot down before anything good happens.
Useless vehakal. Do something else. Your team will thank you. Unless they're bots, of course. D:
Just don't park it where everyone can see it. Finding a hidden location for the camera that is still in sight of the target area is the challenge.
Exactly. It's a lot of wasted time for little payoff. Even if you do manage to take some people out they'll only go looking for the damn thing. Pointless!
TheIronKnuckle
What the hell is this "ballin" thing?
exactly, Bots make it useful. In offline games the spma can be quite fun.
So it is indeed a nice distraction from the hitscan dominance.
People who look for the SPMA camera won't attack/defend nodes. Distracting the enemy = good.
TheIronKnuckle
What the hell is this "ballin" thing?
Why do people forget SPMA's speed? It's even better than a Scorpion, and comparable to a Cicada! It's even the fastest vehicle in that 'tire vehicles' group! At least that's what they say in the BU UE wiki.
I have some SPMA tactics, one, place it close to a tree to make it harder to spot from the air, place it right behind a wall/rock, and switch to turret if you can, no-one expects you to skymine.
Maps that the SPMA can be useful on:
Spiffingrad
Tricky (debatable)
Maps that the SPMA cannot be useful on:
All others
Seriously. It is such a situational vehicle (and easily countered by readily-available weapons) that it's rarely worth bothering with.
Spiffingrad
Tricky (debatable)
Maps that the SPMA cannot be useful on:
All others
Seriously. It is such a situational vehicle (and easily countered by readily-available weapons) that it's rarely worth bothering with.
Wail, you forgot AS-SkyRaceFinal 
There SPMAs are walled off and pack quite a nice punch. And also bots tend to use it wisely.
There SPMAs are walled off and pack quite a nice punch. And also bots tend to use it wisely.