Official Warhawk Clubhouse - warm up for Starhawk here ! ! ! !

[ToonAssassin]

WARHAWK
MATCH
NIGHTS !

Hiya Guys, Welcome to the Warhawk/Starhawk clubhouse !

I have been hosting/organizing Warhawk games since Monday 3rd March 2008 with games starting at times based on UK time for all (non abusive & respectful) forum gamers that fancy some friendly team competition

Now we have some info about Starhawk, we have a new clubhouse for that game ready and waiting for launch, see below for link!!

STARHAWK CLUBHOUSE THREAD HERE !!

if you are interested, just post here and ask when the games are, there is usually someone around to answer any questions.

I also run a clan called Boys 'n' Warhawks (BnW), keep an eye out for us when we go rogue against the world in ranked servers every week !

BnW Clan thread link HERE !

i have appointed warhawk sub leaders below so that people can still have contacts when i am not available, i'm sure they will look after you all


Zoibie (UK)
Ubernerd20 (USA)
NYFAN75 (USA)
Red-Snake1 (UK)
Nad_the_inhaler (UK)


PM me if you want to join our clan, good luck to all that get in !

We are the place to be for all your Warhawk questions or comments, as you can see we are now over 20,000 posts old ! we even have our own money LOL.

INCLUDING THE OMEGA DAWN

OPERATION: BROKEN MIRROR

AND OPERATION: FALLEN STAR ADD-ON PACKS !

Game areas:

Eucadia
Island outpost
Archipelago
Destroyed capital
Badlands
Omega factory
Vapourfield glacier
Tau crater

Warhawk Map Layouts

Archipelago



A group of remote islands protruding hundreds of feet into the air. Numerous small outposts set the stage for storming the middle castle.


Badlands



The only people crazy enough to inhabit the Badlands are the military conscripts sent there to fight over access to the desert's rare minerals. The central fortress is this region's critical tactical chokepoint.


Destroyed Capitol



Above the clouds soar the blasted ruins of the Eucadian capital, sacked by Chernovan forces during the invasion. Only a handful of proud Eucadian troops remain, attempting to reclaim the once-majestic city.


Island Outpost



With two major docking and refueling bases, the island is a vital military outpost that could be the difference between winning and losing the war.


Eucadia



Once a densely populated, self sustained utopia, Eucadia has been ravaged by war and the inhabitants have fled. All that remain are a handful of destroyed villages scattered about the mountainous terrain. Completely enclosed by mountain walls, the echo of your battle cry alone is enough to strike fear into your enemy.

Omega Factory


Many of you all wanted a night time level so that’s what we did. The battlefield takes place at night well… actually at early dawn. We wanted to make this level a bit more challenging and visually improved than our previous levels. It has more involved building layouts with more vertical structures, platforms and detailed spaces for ground troops.


Vapourfield Glacier

As you know from our previous Booster-Pack we like to “retro-fit” the new vehicles into the core battlefields to keep things fresh. In Operation: Omega Dawn, we included the Dropship into each of the big layouts from the 5 original core battlefields as “bonus” layouts.

Well…this time around, we really wanted to increase the number of bonus layouts because the APCs play really well on both large and medium layouts. So I’m happy to say that Operation: Broken Mirror includes not 5 but 10 bonus layouts that feature the APCs.

Now…on to the APCs. And they are jam-packed with Yummy Gameplay Goodness! I should trademark that so that I can say something like “our new booster features YGG technology!”

…but I digress.





























APCs – They have a ton of features so here’s a quick YGG summary:

• APCs support a driver and 6 other troops in “pop-up” hatches that allow troops to use their own weapons, making the APC like a customizable weapons platform.
• APCs act as mobile spawn points for your team so you can setup field bases, help coordinate ground assaults, and spawn directly into them as another player is driving them around.
• When you spawn into an APC, your troop is rewarded with an additional weapon based on an internal loot-table.
• APCs can activate a huge shield by placing an E-POD.
• APCs have a boost ability that not only allows them to traverse distances more quickly, but it also acts as a ram-attack that obliterates other vehicles (except the tank because of its super-heavy armor).

I’m probably gonna have to respond to a lot of comments and questions from this post so that you can get some specific answers. So let ‘em rip!
Oh, and because I know someone is going to ask me…”why is this booster pack called Broken Mirror?”

Well… and maybe this gives too much exposure into how my mind works (or doesn’t work I guess), I found the fracture patterns of broken glass very similar to the crystalline structures of ice and snow — So there…”Broken Mirror”

Tau Crater


There is an entirely new level - Tau Crater! It’s a smoky, forested island that features lots of vertical elements to give players tons of cools places to use the jetpack; huge trees that you can fly up into and land on their branches, an enormous recovery crane with lots of trusses and platforms to fly around, and of course, the name sake, a truly gargantuan capital ship wreckage smashed into the ground forming, you guessed it, Tau Crater.

further Tau crater & jetpack details in spoiler

In total there are 10 new layouts for Tau Crater and since the jetpack is a massive, game-changing addition to Warhawk, we included a crap-ton of bonus layouts for the original game too — there are 30 bonus layouts that add jetpacks into the Warhawk’s original content.




















And yes, of course the jet pack can be used with both of the new free game modes that we released with the v1.4 Update. Jetpack Collector mode is awesome!
Now the jetpack itself is big departure from the way we normally do vehicles and this was very, very intentional. With each of our Booster-Packs, we specifically look for mechanic changing ways to freshen-up the game — and Operation: Fallen Star is no exception.
So here’s the run-down on the jetpack…
First off, the jetpacks are equipment that the salvage crews are using to work on the wreckage so the style of it is very much like the equipment you might see at a construction site. This is true for the Daedalus Rapid Assembly Device (D-RAD) as well. Think of it as a vending machine for jetpacks. One of our players on the Warhawk forums asked if it was like a “hot-dog-stand”…well, yes it kinda is
You run up to the Daedalus and then press SQUARE to grab a jetpack off the rack, like you would to mount a vehicle or turret. The Daedalus then begins its automated construction process and makes a new jetpack for another player to grab. This construction period helps control the balance of the game so that not every single troop always has a jet pack.
Now to help protect against brutal base camping, we opted to not have the vending machine, err….the Daedalus be destructible. In some of our early play sessions, it just was too easy to ravage the other team if you could destroy the Daedalus.
The Warhawk forums also wondered if a jeep could drive the vending machine around, sorry, the answer is no. We spent a lot of time tuning the placement of each of the vending machines and towing them around the level would have introduced some pretty brutal exploits.
You can also mount other vehicles if you have a jetpack. So you and your team can coordinate fast strikes with the 4×4s and then all jump-jet out to make a flag run or scoop-up a team’s cores. If you have jetpack equipped, you are also allowed use it like an ejector seat and bail out of our Warhawk or Nemesis if you get into a dicey situation. Another great tactic is to use the Warhawk and run fly-by at the enemy base then have your buddy in the passenger slot bail out with the jetpack.
The controls for the jetpack are really easy too and operate the same as any other vehicle in the game so it should feel really natural to start using one.
R2 is the thrust button. Press it to engage the jets and your character will be carried higher and higher into the air. While you’re flying, use the analog sticks to move around. You can let off the thruster button to disengage the thrusters and your character will begin to drop towards the ground.
If you are flying around and you need to focus on combat and not thrust control, all you have to do is hold L2 and the jetpack will automatically emit enough thrust to maintain your current altitude. This way you can focus on raining death from above
The jetpack also has a boost-dodge feature, similar to the afterburner for the aircraft. Simply double-tap R2 to engage the boost-dodge. The direction of the boost-dodge can be performed in any direction, backwards, forwards, side to side, even straight up depending on which direction you are pressing when you dodge.
Now this feature not only is a great way to get around the battlefield, but the “dodge” part of the boost-dodge is key for scrubbing missiles. There is only one missile in the game that can acquire a jetpack lock-on and that’s the troop missile launcher. So if you are up in the air and you see the missile warning pop-up on your screen, you better do a dodge, otherwise that missile is going to nail you! Now if you have a jetpack equipped but you are just running around on the ground, the missile launcher can’t get a lock on you…and this is another good way to help avoid getting hit.
Another question that our players wanted to know is if you can fly with the flag using a jetpack and the answer is yes. We took a lot of time to make sure all the traversal speeds were tuned just right and CTF and Collector mode are crazy fun with the Jetpack — hell, even just straight up deathmatch is way more fun!

Game modes, these are playable on all areas :

Catch the flag
Zones
Death match
Team death match
Collection
Hero

Here is the list of trophies added to the game on 27th August 08, enjoy trying to get them all !

Bronze Trophies

• Secret Anti-Camper -- Kill an enemy in a Missile or Flak Turret after that enemy has achieved at least five kills in that type of turret.
• Secret Daredevil -- Get 100 feet off the ground in a ground vehicle. Does not count if the vehicle is being carried by a Dropship.
• Secret Hit List -- Kill every member of the opposing team at least once during a round.
• Secret Minesweeper -- Get killed by Proximity Mines five times in a single round.
• Secret Reckless -- Pilot Commit suicide in a Warhawk by running into your own Aerial Mine.
• Secret Vengeance -- Kill an enemy within 60 seconds of that enemy killing you.
• Secret What's That Green Line? -- Get killed by a Binoculars strike while piloting an aircraft.
• Anti-Air Ninja -- Shoot down a Warhawk with any infantry weapon other than a Rocket Launcher.
• Bandit Award -- Earn all in-game badges at Bandit level.
• Chief Sergeant -- Achieve a rank of Chief Sergeant.
• Collector -- Capture four cores at once in Collection mode.
• Combat Driver -- Complete Vehicle Combat Training.
• Cowboy -- Play a perfect Team Deathmatch (top player, no deaths).
• Dead-Eye -- Achieve a sniper kill from more than 2,500 feet away.
• Dumbfire -- Destroy an enemy aircraft with a dumbfired Swarm or Homing Missile.
• Emergency Evasion -- Break at least 6 simultaneous missile locks using Chaff.
• Enlistee -- Join a clan.
• Ground Pounder -- Complete Ground Combat Training.
• Hat Trick -- Get three flag captures in a single round of CTF.
• How Did You Do That? -- Destroy an enemy aircraft with a Cluster Bomb.
• Invincible -- While on foot, take at least 250 damage within 10 seconds without dying.
• Irony -- Kill an enemy with his own Proximity Mine.
• Lone Wolf -- Play a perfect Deathmatch (top player, no deaths).
• One In A Million -- Shoot down an enemy aircraft using the tank's main cannon.
• Overkill -- Destroy an enemy aircraft with a volley of 8 Swarm Missiles.
• Pilot's License -- Complete Warhawk Combat Training.
• Recognition of Merit -- Earn any five in-game medals
• Remote Pilot -- Destroy an enemy aircraft with a TOW Missile.
• Resourceful Driver -- Achieve a road kill and a .50 cal kill using the same 4x4, without dismounting.
• Rivalry -- Win a clan match (red server) as either clan leader or a regular member.
• Saboteur -- Destroy an enemy vehicle with the Field Wrench.
• Survivalist -- Survive for one minute as the hero in Hero mode.
• Tail Shaker -- Destroy an enemy aircraft with an Aerial Mine within 5 seconds of deploying it.
• Taxi Driver -- Help a teammate capture the flag (in CTF) or cogs (in Collection) by transporting him back to the base, using any vehicle.
• Warlord -- Create a clan and get nine other members to join. (Awarded at ten members while you are the clan leader.)
• World Victory -- Control all capturable bases in a Zones match, and reduce the enemy's home base to level 1.

Silver Trophies

• Secret Canyon -- Run Using a Warhawk, shoot down an enemy Warhawk in the central gorge in Vaporfield Glacier.
• Secret King of the Jungle Gym -- Retrieve the Proximity Mines from the top of the dome on the Omega Factory Rumble Dome layout.
• Secret Safety Violation -- Kill a distant enemy from on top of the salvage crane in Tau Crater.
• Aerial Ballet -- While flying a jetpack, kill an enemy (who is also flying a jetpack) with any weapon other than the Rocket Launcher.
• Are You Aim-Botting? -- Snipe an enemy who is flying a jetpack.
• Behind Enemy Lines -- Drive an APC into the enemy's home base, then have at least one teammate spawn into that APC.
• Commander -- Achieve a rank of Commander.
• Decorated Soldier -- Earn any 15 in-game medals.
• Flying Fortress -- Awarded to the driver and all six passengers of a fully-loaded Dropship.
• Giant Killer -- Shoot down an enemy Dropship while using a Warhawk.
• Lt. Colonel -- Achieve a rank of Lt. Colonel.
• Master Award -- Earn all in-game badges at Master level.
• Shield Breaker -- Break an enemy E-POD shield using the Lightning Shell.

Gold Trophies

• Bandwidth Donor -- Host a ranked dedicated server for four consecutive hours.
• Executive Honor -- Earn all in-game medals.
• General -- Achieve a rank of General.
• Porcupine -- Destroy an enemy Warhawk with the APC's E-POD shield.
• Surgical Strike -- Shoot down a Dropship with a Binoculars strike.
• That Was Some Bug -- Kill an enemy who is flying a jetpack by hitting him with any vehicle or aircraft.
• Warhawk Award -- Earn all in-game badges at Warhawk level.

Platinum Trophy

• Warhawk Supreme Achievement -- All your base trophies are belong to platinum.

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR BEGINNERS (Kindly supplied by Kratos12) :-

• Ground combat:
  1) Really close range enemies/tanks/vehicles: Use a flamethrower and also grenades.
  2) To take down warhawks and tanks: Use RPGS/Rocket Launcher and Missile Turrets.
  3) If an enemy is not looking at you sneak up from behind and knife him.
  4) Use binoculars and sniper rifle when your player drops their flag and about 4-5 enemies are saving it. Easy 4-5 kills.
  5) Place ground mines. You can keep only 4 at anytime. If you keep more than 4 the previous mines disappear. So keep 4 mines at good places. Like near the flag. Cover all the ways leading to the flag. And make sure the mines are not easily visible because if someone sees it he will blow it up before crossing it.
  6) Carry mines with you and go to the enemy base and just spread the mines on the way to the flag. Anyone would think the mines lying down are theirs.
  7) If you want to defend your base then stay somewhere safe where an enemy cannot sneak up behind you. Stay clear of snipers. Never stay in the open ground because you will be dead meat with an air strike (binoculars) or sniped or killed by a tow missile or cluster bomb. People usually fire the tow missiles at the base of the flag and kill almost everyone in close vicinity. So avoid that.
  8 ) Use Tanks. They are slow but very powerful. A tank will take 4 hits from a RPG so if you dont manage to take the guy down and ur tank is low on health get off the tank.
  9) Use your rifle and aim at the head!!!!
  10) And save as many flags as you can!!!
  
  Warhawks:
  1) Air mines: Keep air mines near health pickups. Keep them just around a curve. Place them on ur base.
  2) Homing Missile: If this hits it takes 3/4th of the Warhawk's health. But it takes slightly longer to lock. So if you do lock on someone keep firing with R1 and then release the Homing missile with L1. Make sure you follow and keep firing with R1.
  3) Swarm missiles: You can lock multiple missiles. Just keep holding L1 and it should lock as many missiles as you have. If the Warhawk is approaching you make sure you leave L1 before it crosses you otherwise the lock will be broken.
  4) Chaffe: Make sure you are always loaded on this. You never know who is going to attack you.
  5) Tow Missile: If you have a tow missile and if you are playing CTF go a little closer to the area where the flag is being saved and fire this. You control the tow missile with your left stick and this will easily get you a lot of kills.
  6) Lightning: This is a really good weapon. Charge it completely by holding L1 and you will see the circle fill and your circle turns complete RED if an enemy is in target. Release L1 at that time and start firing with R1 and Swarm missiles with L1 and its a guaranteed kill.
  7) Cluster bomb: Drop this bomb on top of an enemy/enemies and thats it.

And for ranking requirements and other tips. look here: http://warhawkstats.com/ranks.php

Also, to check on the stats of you and your mates look here: http://stats.us.playstation.com/Warh...erDetails.aspx

Good luck and remember, you are here to have fun !

Toony


DISCLAIMER: ANY CLAN MEMBER THAT FAILS TO RESPOND FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS MAY BE EJECTED TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE WILLING PLAYERS.

[Darth Turnip]

Hi Toony, add me matey. Please send me the password or, alternatively, shout it to me across the office lol

[gaza1211]

hi toony my psn id is gaza22 im up for warhawk tonight add me if u not ill add u when i cum on cheers pal and send me the password thanks

[TofuOnoPhD]

This may sound like a stupid question, but can us yanks in the U.S. join ya? I can't really remember if we can play with you PAL players. Also, how long do you expect to play for?

[Punisher99]

This may sound like a stupid question, but can us yanks in the U.S. join ya? I can't really remember if we can play with you PAL players. Also, how long do you expect to play for?

Yes ofcourse. This has always been a feature every since Warhawk was realeased.

[TofuOnoPhD]

Yes ofcourse. This has always been a feature every since Warhawk was realeased.

Ok awesome, I honestly could not remember teehee. Thanks :P

[NYFAN75]

OK I have a a stupid question... I just recently started playing and I for the life of me can't figure out what the blue highlighted section mean's on the server list... Also I would like to play but not sure what the time diff is between the UK and Alaska LOL... But can someone answer my question please.. If it is stated somewhere on there I can't see it (crappy TV)

[TofuOnoPhD]

OK I have a a stupid question... I just recently started playing and I for the life of me can't figure out what the blue highlighted section mean's on the server list... Also I would like to play but not sure what the time diff is between the UK and Alaska LOL... But can someone answer my question please.. If it is stated somewhere on there I can't see it (crappy TV)

The blue highlighted servers are official Sony servers.

[Sony Pizza]

Hahah. I wish I still played Warhawk. Too bad I gave up on it, and migrated to Call of Duty 4. :]

[TofuOnoPhD]

Hahah. I wish I still played Warhawk. Too bad I gave up on it, and migrated to Call of Duty 4. :]

Dont get me wrong when I say this, I do love CoD4, but there isnt as much variety (to me anyway). I enjoy the options of flying, driving, or just running around in Warhawk. I do venture off from time to time and play CoD4 though (which offers some variety AWAY from Warhawk lol)

[Carl]

Yeah sure mate, i had fun with you in those matches yesterday (one of which i was top player in ), so i'll join you all today

[Sony Pizza]

Dont get me wrong when I say this, I do love CoD4, but there isnt as much variety (to me anyway). I enjoy the options of flying, driving, or just running around in Warhawk. I do venture off from time to time and play CoD4 though (which offers some variety AWAY from Warhawk lol)

I agree with you 100%! I just don't know, though. I guess I was just annoyed at the people who didn't want to play properly, and did everything opposite of what should have been done. I always liked the idea to be able to switch from Warhawk to jeep to tank to missile turret, but the realistic image that CoD4 offers is what intrigues me.

[Tuffy_UK]

Seriously lads, get into this, ask toony for the pass and add him to PSN.....its going to be great!!! 10pm UK Time !!!

[Apollo]

I'm in. Haven't played this game for some time, need to find my microphone. You all need mics

[Tuffy_UK]

Yeh ill have my headset there....I might swear mind

[TofuOnoPhD]

Out of curiosity, am I the only yank to be joining this game?

[Apollo]

Toon

I can't join your server as it has reserved the remaining slots for Buddies.

[Paul1967]

I have Warhawk and can't play it, too hard for me lol.

[Carl]

That was awesome...

I actually even got top player in one match aswell Go me! And i came **** near top in almost every game. And our team won every game that I played! It was awesome fun, we have to do it again.

Oh yeah, it wasn't fun when Toony decided to chase after me in his Warhawk

[Comatosed]

Good couple of games, of course we pwned the crap out of you lol. When you doing the next one Toon?

[Carl]

Who was that MUFC guy that kep giving me a lift?

[Comatosed]

I don't know, haven't got a clue, teamed up with him a couple of times myself. Who are you gaza22??? lol

[Tuffy_UK]

Oh my It was all ToonAssassins fault i got PWNED all night

I pulled of some sick knife kills tho !!!

[Carl]

Dude, when you were trying to knife me, and you lobbed a nade behind me and i ran right into it...

That was awesome! Haha...You didn't do THAT badly though mate.

Oh and after i pwnd your ass to get the flag back, and you respawned and immediately knifed me...Haha

[Tuffy_UK]

Ask Toony....norm Carl mate i do much better, just today hasnt been my day

Be sure to add me on psn tho, ill kick you ass some other day.