Playing With Friends, Groups, and Teams: Know the Game

Know the Game
(a few of the links here are fixed) =(

The more you know about the game and the better player you become, the more effective you will be as a team mate. Take some time to review these helpful guides if you have not already. Great stuff in there.

Read up on Battle Tech/Mech Warrior Lore

 * Sarna (Battle Tech Wiki)
 * Original Battletech Quick Start Rules
 * Mechwarrior Lore: a Beginners Guide History, Factions and Tech

Weapon Equipment and Stats

 * Ohm's Quick Reference Sheets For All Mech Hardpoints, Weapons, Engines, & Pilot Lab - Images, PDFs, Excel Inside (updated)

How-to and Tutorials

 * Education Center - this new thread may be replacing the MWO school from below (updated)
 * A.S. Unofficial MechWarrior Online Field Manual 3rd Version
 * MWO Guides/Useful Info Links
 * Weapon Groups and you! READ ME PLEASE (not working yet)
 * Mechwarrior Online Tutorial Videos
 * Beginner Tutorial (video from NGNG) - on the MWO Training Grounds (updated)
 * Target Designation Explained and A visual Guide to Playing with PUGs (entertaining and informative) (not working yet)

Tactical Advice

 * PUG AIDE (PREMADE basic tactics and strategies on the available maps)
 * MWO School Guides/Training (not working yet)
 * MWO 'Real World' Tactics - Principles
 * Boot Camp - in process of rewrite (updated)
 * Tactics 101 (updated)
 * Survival Alone: Quick Guide (updated)
 * Some advice to New Players and PUGs (updated)