Hell Let Loose – Basic Guide

A basic written guide for new players. No suspicious links or youtube videos here!

Guide to Basics

Things that a good to know in no particular order:

• Use your microphone to communicate: Simply speaking can help coordinate your team effectively.
• Mark enemy positions: Press T or middle-mouse button to ping when you see enemies or tanks. Combining voice communication with pings helps your team fight more effectively.
• Follow your squad’s instructions: Pay attention to what your squad leader asks you to do. When unsure…
• Focus on the objectives: Check your map and move to the capture points (shown as black circles with lines). Stay within these areas to capture or defend them. This is how you win matches.
• Switch roles as needed: You can change your role between respawns using the CHANGE ROLE button in the top right of the spawn menu. For example, switch to Anti-Tank when there’s an enemy tank, or Support when your squad leader needs supplies.
• Increase visibility settings: Set allied nameplates and icons to 500m to avoid accidentally shooting teammates and getting kicked from the server.

Role Specific Advice

Squad Leader

• Have a mic and use it: Just having a voice will often get people to do things on top of your being “Squad Leader.”
• Deploy outposts: Your “watch” on slot 6 of your loadout can put down outposts. These are squad-only spawn points you can put down anywhere (that’s not too close to an enemy). Hold right-click to select a location then hold left-click to put it down.
• Deploy garrisons: From the same slot 6, you can put down a team-wide spawn point by holding right-click and mousewheel scrolling until you get to it. You need supplies (from support or commander abilities), it must not be in enemy territory and it must not be within 100m of another garrison.
• Get your squad in the right roles: You need supplies? Bug a rifleman to change role to a Support. Tank ruining your day? Have a rifleman change to Anti-Tank.
• Remind your men of the objective: Do this every so often. Tell your squad to head towards an objective whether on attack or defense.
• Mark things on the map: Hold down the ping button for a radial menu, hover over the desired marker then release to place. The other squad leaders, Commander, and your squad will be able to see that marker and it lasts longer than a ping. You can also place markers by opening your map.

Engineer

• Place resource nodes: Select your wrench and build Manpower/Munitions/Fuel Nodes. This will help your team and commander. You will need supplies which can come from a Support class or a Commander ability. Just having some nodes, even if they’re the wrong type, is better than none.
• Demand supplies: If there are no supplies then tell your squad or team. Supplies can come from anywhere but if you don’t ask for it chances are low you’ll get some.
• Repair tanks/vehicles: Your wrench can also repair friendly tanks and vehicles. If you see a friendly tank, go up and repair.

Commander

• Have a mic and use it: You’re on a network with other squad leaders so tell them what to do or where to go. Don’t want to drop bombs on your own guys unless you like seeing the, “Kicked for teamkilling,” pop-up
• Supply your squads: If a squad leader asks for supplies to set up a garrison, open your map, select supplies, put it where he wants, then send the package. They need it to help you.
• Make squads build resources nodes: Your call-in abilities are not cheap. Give them supplies or make them build nodes. Use your mic.
• Organise attack and defense: Not all squads should be attacking if you’re losing a point. Call out individual squads leaders and tell them to defend a position.
• Build garrisons: You can build your own garrison like a squad lead can. Supply yourself or command Support class nearby to help.
• Mark things on the map: Helps troops avoid armour or your own bombing runs.

But I wanna play vehicles

Ok here’s how you do it.

Driver

I hope you can drive stick. I’m assuming default controls to get you rolling.

1. Start the engine with E.
2. Shift up using the left Shift key into 1st.
3. Rev up the engine with W until it’s on the red.
4. Shift up to the next gear, repeat until you hit the speed desired.
5. Down shift with left Ctrl key until you hit R to reverse.

• Gearbox pattern is as follow: R (reverse) <-> P (parking) <-> 1 <-> 2 <-> 3 <-> 4.
• Downshift when you need to turn or your revs have gone too low.
• Most fences don’t obstruct you so don’t be afraid to try a difficult path.
• Avoid hedges and trees.
• You have a machine gun on a mouse button. Use the tracers to aim.

Gunner

• Your gun has to be manually reloaded after each shot.
• WASD to aim your gun.
• AP is for use against tanks, HE is for infantry.
• You have several levels of zoom, use it.

Commander

• Assuming you’re the squad leader for armour.
• Have a mic and use it, it’s pretty much the only mandatory thing you need as a tank commander.
• Ping enemies and high value targets.
• If you have an SMG, don’t be afraid to get out and shoot cheeky infantry sneaking up on your tank.
• Call-in repairs on the radio, or have the driver pull the tank back for repairs at the main spawn points.

Miscellaneous

Other Questions

• But what about artillery? Outside the scope of the basic gameplay of HLL. Might I recommend searching for an actual guide on artillery?