In Titanfall 2 we present the abilities of all pilots and their impact on your playstyle.
Since October 28, EA’s first-person shooter Titanfall 2 has been on the market. The reviews on Metacritic are outstanding, and many shooter fans are considering a purchase. For PS4 players, however, Titanfall may be new territory, as the first part was only released on Xbox and PC. So, what is Titanfall 2 actually about?
Titanfall 2 features a campaign and a robust multiplayer mode. Both fundamentally revolve around three things: your pilot, your titan, and how both interact. In the following guide, we will take a closer look at the pilots in multiplayer, their abilities, and how they influence your playstyle.
The customization options for your pilots
You have numerous options to customize your pilot loadout:
- The primary weapon: You can choose between assault rifles, submachine guns, light machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, and grenade launcher weapons.
- The secondary weapon: You have pistols and heavy titan defense guns available here.
Both weapon slots can be modified, for example, with new sights or additional ammunition.
- Explosive weapons: Here you have fragment grenades, electric grenades, fire star, gravity star, electric smoke grenade, and backpack charge.
- Kit 1: Here you can choose the following abilities: Power Cell (shorter cooldown of the tactical ability), Quick Regeneration, Explosion Expert (shorter cooldown of explosive weapons), Phase Shift (quickly teleports you to your titan).
- Kit 2: Following ability selection: Kill Report (The positions of fallen enemies are marked on the HUD with skulls), Wall Hanger (Hangs on walls by aiming during wallrunning), Hover (When you are in the air and aim, you hover), submerged (no traces of the jump jets and silent climbing on the titan).
- Execution: When you sneak up on an enemy, you can eliminate them as follows: Neckbreaker, “Grand Theft semi-auto” (you execute him with his own pistol), 2-3-2 combo (two kidney punches and a right cross), flying knee (flying knee to the face).
- Pilot camouflage and weapon camouflage: You can change the appearance of your pilot and your weapons (skins).
- Moreover, you can change the gender.
Important Note: Most of these abilities must be unlocked first. Earn enough in-game credits to afford them.
The most important customization option, however, concerns the tactics, which you can select in the menu top left. We will now take a closer look at these, as they significantly influence playstyle.
The tactics of the pilots
There are a total of 7 tactics you can choose from. The first three are directly active, while the rest must be unlocked with 180 credits each:
- Camouflage Device: You will be nearly invisible. The camouflage is more effective against titans. The important word here is “nearly.” So, you cannot completely make yourself disappear to walk through the enemy ranks and eliminate them silently. It simply becomes harder to detect you. Useful for surprising enemies from cover.
- Impulse Blade: You receive a throwing knife with sonar pulse, which allows you to locate enemies through all surfaces. This can give you a crucial advantage – because you know where the enemies are nearby. By the way, the throwing knife is not only good for the impulse, it can also kill.
- Hook: Climbing hook that allows you to quickly withdraw. However, it is also good for getting you quickly to the action. Do like Spiderman!
- Stim: Rapid healing and temporary speed increase. These bonuses are suitable for escaping from a perilous situation or gaining a brief advantage over your enemies and overwhelming them with it.
- V-Wall: Particle shield in pilot size that reinforces outgoing shots. Only destructible at a protected base.
- Phase Shift: Temporarily teleports you to an alternate space. You essentially enter another dimension where you don’t see other players or titans but can move freely. Interesting: If another player uses this ability at the same time, you see each other in this alternate space.
- Holo-Pilot: Creates a holographic copy of you that mimics all your actions after activation. The copy cannot deal damage, but it serves well as a distraction. Use the holographic copy in sensible places to confuse opponents.
Note: All these settings are still far from everything you can customize in multiplayer. Furthermore, there are various titan loadouts and boosts.
What do you think of these tactics and your pilots’ abilities?
