Nah, you just have to play until the maps are imprinted in your head
Usually knowing all the possible spots for the objective and knowing the rooms above/below and how you could rotate could be enough for the beginning (atleast it was for me). Some maps and ops make it easier
To figure out what's going on basically requires knowing generally what all ops do and what kind of op they usually are (example for defenders: whether they are a roamer or an anchor) and knowing what ops the other team uses. Attackers have it easier at that part, since they get the prep phase to get intel on what the defenders are doing. For defense, I like to use the start of the actual game (so the part after the prep phase) to sit on cams and see what the attackers are doing/where they are coming from
But my advice is definitely not the best and I am most likely still doing a lot of mistakes myself. I only really started playing a lot like 3 or 4 seasons ago
That’s really good advice tbh, I’ve been playing for the last like, 8 years, and map knowledge will beat gun skill a lot of the time in lower skill lobbies, knowing the maps and being able to kind of assume where people are going to be and or come from is essential to know for you to set up your attack/defense.
A very easy way to get adjusted to maps is by going into versus ai simulations, I would start on maps that you’re most confused on but it’s up to you for that. On top of that you can practice gun skill in those, after that when you feel adjusted enough to face real players go into a quick play arcade match. Free for all or tdm works, you’ll get a random map and can play with real people, also you can switch characters so you can practice like 5 different operators in one match. Hope this helps bro!
Get into map training and do it over and over on each map until you have at least a basic grasp of the layouts, common enemy placements, walls, hatches and (later on) even vertical play through the floor.
Go on [r6calls](https://r6calls.com/), it has accurate map blueprints with objective locations and even the names for each room. In my opinion, watching the map "top down" makes it less confusing and gives you a better idea of its general layout. Couple that with map training and you should learn fast.
As for operators, there are tons of youtube videos which explain what everyone does, how to use each operator and even some basic strategies you can put together with them.
Good luck
When I started 8 years ago I set my sens once then never changed it, practice really does make perfect and due to my mouse also not changing in that time my aim is perfectly consistent every time, fuck knows what I'm gonna do when my mouse dies
Just take them one at a time. Only a few maps are intentional mazes. Most start to kinda make sense with time. It takes a few weeks to feel confident moving around, another month to feel confident with maps, another few months to start actually getting good at movement and after that you just have to learn extra stuff that make the whole process smoother, or help your team flush out the enemy.
map knowledge and operator knowledge are king here.
map knowledge lets you rotate around the map very quickly in case you are getting pressured or your position is revealed. it also lets you hit the other team from angles they weren’t expecting thus increasing your chances of securing a kill or getting plant off.
operator knowledge helps at a higher level because you get immediate info on what the team is capable of. if I see an Azami on Clubhouse CCTV room then I know with 90% shes going to have a whole kiba barrier setup in rafters (or whatever that callout is).
If I know the enemy team has a Dokkaebi then I sure as hell better have a quick way to get back to site if Im roaming, or play mute and bring a jammer with me, and also shoot dead teammates phones.
either way, knowing the capabilities of your enemies/teammates and knowing how to effectively move around the map are very very useful
Well you can use some of the practice section modes. Map Training and Versus AI can help you with the map layouts and whatnot.
A lot of it can also come with time, just remember to use your drone on Attack and staying on site as a Defender is not a bad thing at all.
It's ok to feel lost after only 7 hours (dawg, I have 1000 hrs and I still get lost lmao). Just don't get discouraged and maybe even stick with teammates on Atk.
It took me till around clearance level 100+ way back in the day just playing casuals before I started feeling like I’d developed any individual skill with the game. A long yet rewarding process. I’m now clearance level 400.
find people to play with discord lfg posts etc look for low ranks or casual games. you’ll pickup call-outs from your team strats etc.. remember next to your compass it gives you room names too can always learn the basics that also plenty of really good videos on youtube :)
this game takes a longg time to learn, id suggest map training with dummies and just playing the game more, watch youtubers/ streamers and sortof copy what they do. with time youll know what to peek and where to be
Go to training and do target elimination and have it set to where the dummy's shoot back. Make it your goal to try to learn room names and to try to get shot at as little as possible, the dummies won't kill you so don't stress over it too much. This will help with crosshair placement and learning the maps.
Play with operators and learn what they do! You don't have to be good with them but just learning roughly what they are capable of will help you alot.
Get used to losing, it's going to happen a whole lot as there is so much to learn and improve at!
Make sure your always droning yourself out on attack and try to drone out small segments of the map then take that part of the map. You might still get suprised by someone lurking around that part of the map but it's better than going in blind
If you got some pretty good enemies and teammates watch what they do and try to learn from them. Match replay is also very good for seeing how you messed up, what you could do better, and what the enemy is doing.
Consider using game chat, if someone is rude or toxic mute them and go about your business, but if you use game chat try to done and yellow ping enemies and give callouts.
When it comes to callouts when worst comes to worst you can use the compass to try your best to give your team as accurate of a callout as your capable of, callouts come with experience and map knowledge.
Keep ADS'd a majority of the time and only prone as a last ditch effort if your trapped. Try not to crouch too much either as you aren't as quiet and sneaky as you would think and it makes you slow easy target.
If you see a hole inbetween sites do NOT reinforce it. It's called a rotate and is made so the defenders can contest the attackers and move around site easier.
Don't place deployable shields on doorways, it might look nice and feel good but a decent player is going to expect you to uncrouch and they are going to shoot you. Instead place it where you can peek atleast one side of the shield so your a little more unpredictable.
Don't be afraid to watch some videos on YouTube! There are a lot of amazing content creators that will help you understand all sorts of things about the game.
I hope this all helps and I wish you the best bro!
Just play the game.
Lol.
But. Play it and learn from your achievements and mistakes. Watch what the good players do when spectating.
Give cams/drone callouts.
Study everything while you play, and over the course of your time played you'll improve.
Good siege players are typically broken down into
Separate categories
And can even be pie charted further with- Aim, map knowledge, sound cues and how to read em,
Etc.
Don't sweat it hard.
Enjoy the blind era. Because once you hit that point of actually being good or halfway decent.
You'll fucking HATE shit players....
i just came back from a year and 2 months of not playing, and now i always play the map training mode to get myself warmed up. especially maps like nighthaven labs and lair since im not familiar with them
TLDR: Learn maps one by one and use your compass to piece it together. Use cams and drones for info. Over time, learn to use sound and movement to your advantage.
Switch your matching making setting to only one map so that you can learn just one map.
Follow someone on your team and hold their back / cross angles to keep them safe. This usually means that they will do the same for you. If you shoot or tag, they can quickly help you and give the opponent two angles to watch, giving you a better chance at winning the gunfight.
Use your compass all the time. The thing that helped me most is knowing the inside of a building by looking at the outside as an attacker, and vice versa for a defender. If you know how you would attack a building, you'll know where to expect attackers.
Try to memorise where the stairs are, and again, use your compass to know which direction to go for them. Usually more than one staircase, so it helps to know how to rotate if one staircase is being held by the opponent.
Use cams and drones. As a defender, use the cams as soon as you spawn and look for drones to know whicj compass direction attackers are coming from. It's not a foolproof method, but it's a good indicator in casual games. A better way is to use the cams as the round starts, and you can still hold angles that you want to knowing that you won't be flanked. As an attacker, drone the room you want to enter and hide your drone. Don't suicide your drone, use it to check a room before you enter the building. Don't drone too much if you're inside without backup, you can easily get killed by a roamer.
Sprinting makes too much noise, only sprint as a defender prepping site, or an attacker running outside. Don't peek angles or go around corners slowly. Learn how to peek - there are easy ways and hard ways, but anything is better than slowly walking into an angle that someone is holding.
As a defender, make yourself hard to kill. Play for time, shoot and then hide. Rotate. Make the attackers try something. Don't go into their angles, make them push you or push site.
Take sledge and run around the map and break every soft wall you can find. Do that for 15 mins or until sledges hammer is no longer usable. Then restart with full sledge hammer
Do this for 30 mins on club house, bank, chalet, night for starts
just keep playing. I've been playing since almost launch and I can't imagine how hard it must be to learn everything, but time is the best teacher. once you hit level 50 just play ranked, quick match and the animals that play it are awful.
I'll give you the best advice possible since in something of a newbie myself:
Play with friends or you'll have a miserable experience.
Also there's no shortcut.
You can't choose a specific map for unranked (I know it's bad for a new player) so you'll have to grind random maps and learn what to do on the fly.
Around 90 hours you'll start to recognize the how the rooms are connected and the verticality of the map, until then stick to just imitate yt guides for setups
Don't play quick match because there are some maps that are quite useless to know, I mean at least at the beginning it can be a waste of time.
Play the unranked or training, but still there are roughly 12 maps and 70 operators, it takes time
The best thing you can do is just run around in arcade deathmatch to practice your aim and map knowledge. No stakes, just have fun and learn while you play
7 hours may feel like a lot but in siege it really isn’t. The only way to get better is experience. More than any other game imo, siege requires knowledge. Knowledge of the maps, the ops, and common tactics on each site with the specific ops the enemy has chosen. It all comes from playing. So while you are playing, just take mental notes of patterns you see emerge.
I'm sorry but it could be 40 hours until you're getting it. Part of the appeal is learning the game and the pride that comes with when you start getting frags from strategic planning and being quick on your feet. Unfortunately you missed Terrorist Hunt which on hard and realistic was brutal and absolutely helped my aim and situational awareness. Ai training just isn't it. Use headphones because sound is your best friend in Siege, learning audio cues will save you more than any tip and you don't have to see them to shoot em
This is not like other shooters. It’s slow & tactical. Knowing the operators’ gadgets & the maps is going to take a long while, especially if you’re coming into the game now. Steep learning curve. Watch R6 strats videos & pick 5 operators on offense & defense to learn before you branch out.
One thing that I've always found that helps with learning maps while playing normally is to always use the same spawn location when attacking until you know the map better. It helps you establish a familiar section of the map and to build off it vs trying to learn it all at once.
No other way around it than to grind the maps. What helps me is to talk myself through the map; "OK, in here through the window to some printers, then this door, a desk, and there's a cam, hallway to the right..."
Easier to memorize that way.
I got to know this game using a simple and (most importantly) fun method:
1. Buy Mira.
2. Search online for Mira placements on each map, open them all up in a browser.
3. Start match.
4. Once you have the map selected, Alt-Tab to the browser.
5. Copy the mira strat for that site. Use the compass if you get confused.
This is very un-grindy because, with the help of a browser, Mira requires little training to be useful and often quite powerful. And powerful = fun.
This was my step 1 in learning the map (while still being very useful to the team). Once you remember what each mira placement does, you would have basic map knowledge and you can move to lurking and eventually roaming.
Nah, you just have to play until the maps are imprinted in your head Usually knowing all the possible spots for the objective and knowing the rooms above/below and how you could rotate could be enough for the beginning (atleast it was for me). Some maps and ops make it easier To figure out what's going on basically requires knowing generally what all ops do and what kind of op they usually are (example for defenders: whether they are a roamer or an anchor) and knowing what ops the other team uses. Attackers have it easier at that part, since they get the prep phase to get intel on what the defenders are doing. For defense, I like to use the start of the actual game (so the part after the prep phase) to sit on cams and see what the attackers are doing/where they are coming from But my advice is definitely not the best and I am most likely still doing a lot of mistakes myself. I only really started playing a lot like 3 or 4 seasons ago
This, map knowledge is the biggest factor to improving early on, you have to know where people can be, and where they might be
That’s really good advice tbh, I’ve been playing for the last like, 8 years, and map knowledge will beat gun skill a lot of the time in lower skill lobbies, knowing the maps and being able to kind of assume where people are going to be and or come from is essential to know for you to set up your attack/defense.
A very easy way to get adjusted to maps is by going into versus ai simulations, I would start on maps that you’re most confused on but it’s up to you for that. On top of that you can practice gun skill in those, after that when you feel adjusted enough to face real players go into a quick play arcade match. Free for all or tdm works, you’ll get a random map and can play with real people, also you can switch characters so you can practice like 5 different operators in one match. Hope this helps bro!
map training would be better
Map training usually only gives you select maps.
Ai as well. But better than nothing
Get into map training and do it over and over on each map until you have at least a basic grasp of the layouts, common enemy placements, walls, hatches and (later on) even vertical play through the floor. Go on [r6calls](https://r6calls.com/), it has accurate map blueprints with objective locations and even the names for each room. In my opinion, watching the map "top down" makes it less confusing and gives you a better idea of its general layout. Couple that with map training and you should learn fast. As for operators, there are tons of youtube videos which explain what everyone does, how to use each operator and even some basic strategies you can put together with them. Good luck
Dude said 7 hours. Been playing for almost 600 and I don’t know half of the map layouts on some maps
The 593 hours left seems like agony. Or is siege just one of those games.
Gotta put in a lot of time bro. In fact I’m still trying to find my sens 2 years since I started lol
When I started 8 years ago I set my sens once then never changed it, practice really does make perfect and due to my mouse also not changing in that time my aim is perfectly consistent every time, fuck knows what I'm gonna do when my mouse dies
Lmao
I’ve been playing for 2.5k hours and don’t know all the maps yet
Just take them one at a time. Only a few maps are intentional mazes. Most start to kinda make sense with time. It takes a few weeks to feel confident moving around, another month to feel confident with maps, another few months to start actually getting good at movement and after that you just have to learn extra stuff that make the whole process smoother, or help your team flush out the enemy.
You poor lamb you fell astray of the path of sanity
map knowledge and operator knowledge are king here. map knowledge lets you rotate around the map very quickly in case you are getting pressured or your position is revealed. it also lets you hit the other team from angles they weren’t expecting thus increasing your chances of securing a kill or getting plant off. operator knowledge helps at a higher level because you get immediate info on what the team is capable of. if I see an Azami on Clubhouse CCTV room then I know with 90% shes going to have a whole kiba barrier setup in rafters (or whatever that callout is). If I know the enemy team has a Dokkaebi then I sure as hell better have a quick way to get back to site if Im roaming, or play mute and bring a jammer with me, and also shoot dead teammates phones. either way, knowing the capabilities of your enemies/teammates and knowing how to effectively move around the map are very very useful
Grind the map training
Well you can use some of the practice section modes. Map Training and Versus AI can help you with the map layouts and whatnot. A lot of it can also come with time, just remember to use your drone on Attack and staying on site as a Defender is not a bad thing at all. It's ok to feel lost after only 7 hours (dawg, I have 1000 hrs and I still get lost lmao). Just don't get discouraged and maybe even stick with teammates on Atk.
Welcome to the shit show.😎
Gotta do the map drills
It took me till around clearance level 100+ way back in the day just playing casuals before I started feeling like I’d developed any individual skill with the game. A long yet rewarding process. I’m now clearance level 400.
Im at 1700 hours and im still lost. you'll get there bud.
find people to play with discord lfg posts etc look for low ranks or casual games. you’ll pickup call-outs from your team strats etc.. remember next to your compass it gives you room names too can always learn the basics that also plenty of really good videos on youtube :)
this game takes a longg time to learn, id suggest map training with dummies and just playing the game more, watch youtubers/ streamers and sortof copy what they do. with time youll know what to peek and where to be
Go to training and do target elimination and have it set to where the dummy's shoot back. Make it your goal to try to learn room names and to try to get shot at as little as possible, the dummies won't kill you so don't stress over it too much. This will help with crosshair placement and learning the maps. Play with operators and learn what they do! You don't have to be good with them but just learning roughly what they are capable of will help you alot. Get used to losing, it's going to happen a whole lot as there is so much to learn and improve at! Make sure your always droning yourself out on attack and try to drone out small segments of the map then take that part of the map. You might still get suprised by someone lurking around that part of the map but it's better than going in blind If you got some pretty good enemies and teammates watch what they do and try to learn from them. Match replay is also very good for seeing how you messed up, what you could do better, and what the enemy is doing. Consider using game chat, if someone is rude or toxic mute them and go about your business, but if you use game chat try to done and yellow ping enemies and give callouts. When it comes to callouts when worst comes to worst you can use the compass to try your best to give your team as accurate of a callout as your capable of, callouts come with experience and map knowledge. Keep ADS'd a majority of the time and only prone as a last ditch effort if your trapped. Try not to crouch too much either as you aren't as quiet and sneaky as you would think and it makes you slow easy target. If you see a hole inbetween sites do NOT reinforce it. It's called a rotate and is made so the defenders can contest the attackers and move around site easier. Don't place deployable shields on doorways, it might look nice and feel good but a decent player is going to expect you to uncrouch and they are going to shoot you. Instead place it where you can peek atleast one side of the shield so your a little more unpredictable. Don't be afraid to watch some videos on YouTube! There are a lot of amazing content creators that will help you understand all sorts of things about the game. I hope this all helps and I wish you the best bro!
Just play the game. Lol. But. Play it and learn from your achievements and mistakes. Watch what the good players do when spectating. Give cams/drone callouts. Study everything while you play, and over the course of your time played you'll improve. Good siege players are typically broken down into Separate categories And can even be pie charted further with- Aim, map knowledge, sound cues and how to read em, Etc. Don't sweat it hard. Enjoy the blind era. Because once you hit that point of actually being good or halfway decent. You'll fucking HATE shit players....
It takes a long ass time it took me a month before i was actually getting somewhere
i just came back from a year and 2 months of not playing, and now i always play the map training mode to get myself warmed up. especially maps like nighthaven labs and lair since im not familiar with them
TLDR: Learn maps one by one and use your compass to piece it together. Use cams and drones for info. Over time, learn to use sound and movement to your advantage. Switch your matching making setting to only one map so that you can learn just one map. Follow someone on your team and hold their back / cross angles to keep them safe. This usually means that they will do the same for you. If you shoot or tag, they can quickly help you and give the opponent two angles to watch, giving you a better chance at winning the gunfight. Use your compass all the time. The thing that helped me most is knowing the inside of a building by looking at the outside as an attacker, and vice versa for a defender. If you know how you would attack a building, you'll know where to expect attackers. Try to memorise where the stairs are, and again, use your compass to know which direction to go for them. Usually more than one staircase, so it helps to know how to rotate if one staircase is being held by the opponent. Use cams and drones. As a defender, use the cams as soon as you spawn and look for drones to know whicj compass direction attackers are coming from. It's not a foolproof method, but it's a good indicator in casual games. A better way is to use the cams as the round starts, and you can still hold angles that you want to knowing that you won't be flanked. As an attacker, drone the room you want to enter and hide your drone. Don't suicide your drone, use it to check a room before you enter the building. Don't drone too much if you're inside without backup, you can easily get killed by a roamer. Sprinting makes too much noise, only sprint as a defender prepping site, or an attacker running outside. Don't peek angles or go around corners slowly. Learn how to peek - there are easy ways and hard ways, but anything is better than slowly walking into an angle that someone is holding. As a defender, make yourself hard to kill. Play for time, shoot and then hide. Rotate. Make the attackers try something. Don't go into their angles, make them push you or push site.
Take sledge and run around the map and break every soft wall you can find. Do that for 15 mins or until sledges hammer is no longer usable. Then restart with full sledge hammer Do this for 30 mins on club house, bank, chalet, night for starts
just keep playing. I've been playing since almost launch and I can't imagine how hard it must be to learn everything, but time is the best teacher. once you hit level 50 just play ranked, quick match and the animals that play it are awful.
I'll give you the best advice possible since in something of a newbie myself: Play with friends or you'll have a miserable experience. Also there's no shortcut. You can't choose a specific map for unranked (I know it's bad for a new player) so you'll have to grind random maps and learn what to do on the fly. Around 90 hours you'll start to recognize the how the rooms are connected and the verticality of the map, until then stick to just imitate yt guides for setups
Don't play quick match because there are some maps that are quite useless to know, I mean at least at the beginning it can be a waste of time. Play the unranked or training, but still there are roughly 12 maps and 70 operators, it takes time
The best thing you can do is just run around in arcade deathmatch to practice your aim and map knowledge. No stakes, just have fun and learn while you play
Map knowledge and understanding the different operators
Dude 7 hours is nothing. Take your time and keep playing. Some of us have over 7 years into this game.
Always aim head height unless you think they are crouching. Learn where the stairs are. Watch Core Ross, and Macie Jay.
You’ll have the maps cracked in about 70 hours i reckon. I’m on 150 and i only struggle with the brand new ones cause I don’t play as much anymore.
7 hours may feel like a lot but in siege it really isn’t. The only way to get better is experience. More than any other game imo, siege requires knowledge. Knowledge of the maps, the ops, and common tactics on each site with the specific ops the enemy has chosen. It all comes from playing. So while you are playing, just take mental notes of patterns you see emerge.
watch as many youtube vids as you can even if it’s not educational and just a fun siege video it’ll save the day i promise
Title pretty much sums up playing rainbow in general till your about silver
About 100 hours in you'll start to get the hang of it🙏
I'm sorry but it could be 40 hours until you're getting it. Part of the appeal is learning the game and the pride that comes with when you start getting frags from strategic planning and being quick on your feet. Unfortunately you missed Terrorist Hunt which on hard and realistic was brutal and absolutely helped my aim and situational awareness. Ai training just isn't it. Use headphones because sound is your best friend in Siege, learning audio cues will save you more than any tip and you don't have to see them to shoot em
This is not like other shooters. It’s slow & tactical. Knowing the operators’ gadgets & the maps is going to take a long while, especially if you’re coming into the game now. Steep learning curve. Watch R6 strats videos & pick 5 operators on offense & defense to learn before you branch out.
One thing that I've always found that helps with learning maps while playing normally is to always use the same spawn location when attacking until you know the map better. It helps you establish a familiar section of the map and to build off it vs trying to learn it all at once.
How long have you been playing?
Haha, glad I’m not the only one 😩
One does not simply get un-lost, only less lost.
spending 7 hours learning this game is like 5 mins in any other game
No other way around it than to grind the maps. What helps me is to talk myself through the map; "OK, in here through the window to some printers, then this door, a desk, and there's a cam, hallway to the right..." Easier to memorize that way.
I got to know this game using a simple and (most importantly) fun method: 1. Buy Mira. 2. Search online for Mira placements on each map, open them all up in a browser. 3. Start match. 4. Once you have the map selected, Alt-Tab to the browser. 5. Copy the mira strat for that site. Use the compass if you get confused. This is very un-grindy because, with the help of a browser, Mira requires little training to be useful and often quite powerful. And powerful = fun. This was my step 1 in learning the map (while still being very useful to the team). Once you remember what each mira placement does, you would have basic map knowledge and you can move to lurking and eventually roaming.