The best way to learn the game is really to play it, but if anyone wants tips, I have a few:
- CHANGE YOUR CAMERA. I recommend always using TPS mode for maximum control. If you forget to activate TPS mode before you start, you can also hit C a few times to change camera types. Switch camera types until you get the mode where the crosshair is always in the center of the screen.
- CHANGE YOUR CONTROLS. If you have not done so already, I recommend altering controls to these keybindings:
Jump/Gas: Spacebar
Evade: Left Ctrl
Left Grapple: Left Click
Right Grapple: Right Click
Double Grapple: Whatever you want
Main Attack: Q, but that's just what I use. You can use whatever floats your boat... or, kills your titan.
Secondary Attack: E, but again, that's just me. Use what's convenient for you.
You might be looking at those and thinking, "Not using mouse-clicks as my attack buttons? Is he nuts?" Trust me - having all grappling-related controls bound to your mouse helps enormously.
- Never be on the ground behind a titan. You will be grabbed.
- If you mis-grappled and have slammed into a titan in the wrong spot, don't try to be a hero and flop your way to its nape. Get the HELL away as fast as you can. To reiterate: if you're touching the titan's body anywhere other than the nape, you're in danger, and you need to abort.
- You can use the gas button in conjunction with WASD to slowly accelerate in any direction. Use it to get around titans by grappling one side of their head and then propelling so that you slingshot around them. (Grapple right side of head, hold gas and D, or grapple left side of head, hold gas and A.)
- Gas only gets consumed in 2 ways: Having your grappling hook attached to an object, and using a double-tap dash. You will consume ZERO gas by holding down the gas button while jumping, despite the fact that you see little gas clouds popping out of your character. So if you want to really minimize wasted gas, launch yourself in the air and jetpack long distances by holding the jump button rather than repeatedly grappling.
- Using both left and right hook at the same time (not with the double-hook command, but actually hitting both individual hook buttons simultaneously) on a target will reel you in MUCH faster, but you're pretty much stuck going in a straight line. Use this if you want to super-accelerate straight at a titan's nape.