set help_msg_0 "Big Admin is watching you, so please be friendly or feel their almighty ban-hammer!"
-set help_msg_1 "If you want to become better at Xonotic, read ^1'Halogene's Newbie Corner' (https://xonotic.org/guide) ${help_cfg_prefix}as it explains movement and all the weapons and helps improve your gameplay."
+set help_msg_1 "If you want to become better at Xonotic, read ^1'Halogene's Newbie Corner' (https://xonotic.org/guide) ${help_cfg_prefix}as it explains movement and all the weapons in detail."
set help_msg_2 "Please watch out for balanced teams and change by pressing F5 (teammenu) or F6 (auto join 'best' team)."
-set help_msg_3 "When trying to bunny-hop you can simply ^1keep holding the jump button${help_cfg_prefix}. Pressing and releasing it for every jump makes players lose some speed since nobody can time it perfectly. Holding it also works on stairs."
+set help_msg_3 "When trying to bunny-hop you can simply ^1keep holding the jump button${help_cfg_prefix}. Pressing and releasing it for every jump works but often makes players lose some speed. Holding it also works on stairs."
set help_msg_4 "When a vote is called you can accept it via F1 or reject it via F2 (default keys)."
set help_msg_5 "Spectating other (good) players helps to learn new tricks. To spectate press F3 and then Mouse1 to switch between the players you want to spectate."
-set help_msg_6 "Notice what other players do differently. Often winning or losing comes down to more than accuracy and evading the other player's shots. Movementm, map knowledge and items are equally important."
+set help_msg_6 "Notice what other players do differently. Often winning or losing comes down to more than accuracy and evading the other player's shots. Movement, map knowledge and items are equally important."
set help_msg_7 "If others are better than you, it does not mean they cheat. Save such complaints for when you have more experience and know what kind of funky stuff is possible."
set help_msg_8 "Listen and remember that the enemy is listening too. Footsteps and item pickups make sounds that can give away your position."
set help_msg_9 "Use the radar to see where your teammates are. Try to time returning your flag with your FC (flag carrier) arriving at your base so enemies can't steal it again before the FC caps."
-set help_msg_10 "Xonotic is not just Deathmatch, different modes reward different skills and what you learn in them can help you improve in DM too."
+set help_msg_10 "Xonotic provides a wide array of gamemodes, each rewarding their own unique skills that will help you become the best player you can be. Variety is key, try them all!"
set help_msg_11 "Protect your FC (flag carrier) at all costs! Save health and armor for them, they need it more than you!"
set help_msg_12 "Use the Blaster to make very high jumps. Just look 'at your feet' and press fire. Other explosive weapons work too but do a lot more damage."
set help_msg_13 "Be friendly and helpful to other players! Being angry at others' mistakes is understandable, but nobody is perfect. Try to use calm words when telling them how to correct their mistake."
set help_msg_27 "The Mortar's secondary fire bounces before exploding - useful for hitting enemies around corners and behind obstacles"
set help_msg_28 "The Electro has a combo attack. Fire the primary mode at the balls from the secondary mode for a huge and powerful explosion."
set help_msg_29 "The Crylink's primary fire bounces. Both firemodes pull your enemies, making it a great tool for stopping enemy FCs (flag carriers)."
-set help_msg_30 "The Vortex is one of the most powerful weapons in Xonotic. It's a good choice in any situation and has barely any competition at long range. It should be one of the first weapons you pick up."
+set help_msg_30 "The Vortex is one of the most powerful weapons in Xonotic. It has barely any competition at long range and can serve as a great combo weapon at mid and short range. Put some effort into mastering it, it'll pay off."
set help_msg_31 "The Hagar is a powerful weapon in enclosed spaces, to use it effectively aim at the enemy's feet."
set help_msg_32 "Guide your Devastator rockets by holding primary fire and turning or moving. Secondary fire makes the rocket(s) explode."
set help_msg_33 "The Arc is a strong lightning beam, which bends slighty if you move your mouse. The secondary firemode is very strong but short. Both firemodes also heal teammates if you shoot at them."
set help_msg_62 "You can switch weapons faster than some weapons can shoot. Increase your DPS (damage per second) by switching after every shot. This is called comboing."
set help_msg_63 "The most common weapons to combo are Mortar, Vortex and Devastator. Bind them close to your movement keys or change the weapon order to make comboing possible."
set help_msg_64 "You can blaster-jump higher if you're moving fast. Combining it with a regular jump also gets you a bit more height."
-set help_msg_65 "Xonotic is an arena shooter (aFPS) which means it focuses more on movement and items than on positioning and aim like tactical shooters (tFPSes) do."
+set help_msg_65 "Xonotic is an arena shooter (aFPS) which means it focuses on fast movement and item control (in addition to positioning and aim) more than tactical shooters (tFPSes) do."
set help_msg_66 "Try to always move with a purpose, usually that is getting more health/armor or a new weapon."
set help_msg_67 "Clan Arena gives you all weapons, full health/armor and has no selfdamage. It's the ideal mode to learn movement using weapons."
set help_msg_68 "The Hagar's secondary mode charges up to four rockets, each does more damage than primary. Cancel the charge by pressing primary fire."
set help_msg_69 "In addition to gamemodes, Xonotic offers multiple rulesets. The default is known as vanilla or simply Xonotic. Xonotic ProMode (XPM) focuses on more competitive play. Other popular rulesets are Instagib, Overkill and Xonotic DeFrag (XDF)."
-set help_msg_count 70 // update this when adding messages - it should be the number of messages (which means last message index + 1)
+set help_msg_70 "You cannot hurt teammates in vanilla Xonotic (as opposed to XPM) but you can push them, so try to avoid hitting them unnecessarily."
+set help_msg_count 71 // update this when adding messages - it should be the number of messages (which means last message index + 1)
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