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06-10-2005 4:52pm#1
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- join a squad ... makes respawning in the thick of combat a lot easier ...
- if you're squad leader ... don't play chicken with the enemy bullets part of your job is to stay alive for squad members to spawn ...
- if you suddenly become squad leader and don't want to be ... leave the squad and join it again ...
- don't be a muppet and punish I only punish for actual intentional tk's ... also if you punish me and I'm a medic ... chances are you won't be getting a revive from me ...
AnAccident on BF2 btw
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GreeBo wrote:- dont sit in the AA guns, wait beside them until someone flys right up to you, then hop in and blast them, otherwise you give them SO much warning that you have locked on.
Emm just locking on is sometimes enough to kill the chopper, i love watching them panic spin and chuck all their flares. Odds are you will miss with the rocket but they dont seem to know that
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Here are some *slightly obvious* suggestions...
1) When playing support, act like support.
MEdics are there to keep the team alive, so do your job. No grandstanding, no rushing in first. Never stop throwing those medic packs for your team mates and always hang back. When you see a downed team mate, check the area first (you have 15 secs after all) and then revive him. No sense in walking into a bullet for nothing.
Ammo support; same as medic. Keep throwing that ammo and hang back. Provide cover for your troops as they rush ahead. You have a large clip requiring less reloads, so you can cover your front line troops while they reload and you also have a larger field of fire from a distance...so use it.
2) If you are a squad leader, lead the squad.
The two above roles are perfect for a squad leader. Leader should always lead from front (in tactical sense) but not the front line. Squad leader always should be concerned with advancing on nme positions and flags, but not being in direct conflict if possible. Therefore I see squad leading as a support role, and as such when leading I always go medic or ammo guy so that I can keep the squad either alive, or armed. Keep in mind, a good squad will respawn on you... so even if the 4 or 5 guys ahead of you get whacked, they will respawn in 15 secs and try again and in the interim you can either a) try to advance using stealth, b) revive nearby team mates or c) keep throwing ammo and keep the nme at bay with long range fire from your gun.
3) Think Strategically, Act Tactically.
Just because you can kill an nme, doesn't mean you should. Sometimes it's better to not give your position away, and to sneak past nmes for the greater good. This really applies if you are squad leading, as it places your team in a stronger position if your lads can respawn behind nme lines. It also applies to stealing nme assets. Think before you act. Don't just shoot everything in sight.
4) Slience those guys!
When playing special ops you get a pistol with a silencer - use it. It's accurate from close to medium distance, it gets the job done without exposing your position.
5) Crates are your nme too
When you come up on an nme crate - destroy it. It's an asset, just like anything else which will only hamper your advance, to take them out every time.
6) Know your landscape
Half the battle is knowing the killing ground. Get used to the maps, understand the various approaches to any base and don't ever just rush in to the flag and stand there. These maps are generally designed with 'options' in mind.. so use 'em. Most flags can be capped from behind objects, buildings or landfills - thus providing you with some protection.
7) Eye in the Sky
IF you are going to make a move on a base, call in a UAV. It's absolutely essential to defending your position effectively. Get that eye in the sky up as soon as possible and set your defences before you worry about whether you are close enough to the flag or not.
8) Watch out for litter!
If it looks like it doesn't belong, it's because it generally doesn't. Mines, C4 and claymores don't look like grass or concrete - so when you see something that looks like it doesn't fit - avoid it or blow it up. It's probably nasty.
9) Listen, Look, React
Listen to the comms traffic; watch the map and react accordingly. Sometimes the team can be in deep ****, about to loose the last flag on the map to the nme and running out of reinforcements. A lone squad leader in that position will generally be calling for reinforcements. Your're dead anyway, so join his team ASAP and spawn to him. You can always change back to your own team later. The key word here is - REACT to the comms traffic. Check it out...duck somewhere for cover, call up the overall tactical map and assess things for the two or three seconds it will take you to figure out that the team needs help too, not just the squad.
10) Stealing is good for the soul
Every single opportunity you get to steal an nme asset...take it. This will greatly reduce their effectiveness. Take that chopper and use it against them. steal that tank and mow them down from behind. Better yet - take the asset of choice and hide it somewhere on the map. It takes a while for the asset to self destruct, and during that period the nme is without it and your team holds the advantage.
11) Take the road less travelled
There are many ways to get to each objective, and there are many objectives. Don't just head for the nearest one each time. It's too predictable that the nme will have their strongest defensive line at the same point. Circumnavigate, avoid, confuse... head for the furthest objective from the front line and try to capture a base behind the nme, thus cutting off their supply line and causing a battle on two fronts instead of a single line.
12) Support your local squad
If you are a squad member - be a useful one. Check the makeup of the squad; see what they need most. Ammo, Medic, Sniper? Figure it out and do it. You will find the game more rewarding and enjoyable when you work as a team. The points and stats will follow - trust me. Team = progress = points.
13) If you can lead, lead
When you join a server, check out the number of squads. If there aren't enough, create one, invite people to join and get moving on the teamwork. More squads = more options = more chances of survival/winning.
14) If you can follow, follow
If you join a squad, listen to the comands and requests and react accordingly. There is no point in joining a squad if all you want to do is lonewolf it. Act like a squad member or bugger off and let someone else take the position. Squads need team members, not ballast.
15) Once more for luck...
Once you capture a base and have killed everything in sight, it's normal to call in for resupply (either support troops or crate from commander). At the same time, before you leave that base call in a UAV for one last check. Generally a smart (and outnumbered) nme will wait in the background for you to move on and then retake the base, cutting you and your sqaud off... so make that call to the commander, get one more UAV in play and just confirm that there are now little red dots hanging around the base before you move on.
I could go on and on with advice but I guess I should stop here and catch a breath. This game is so good that the depth and breath of options leads to long responses like this... which is a good thing, right?
c0y0te
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@ cOyOte - great post
Tactics that work on isolated flags (- e.g. top left on Oman Beach landing) with good LOS/vantage nearby.
(i) you need a squad of at least 5, synch'ed [not easy on the demo servers
- (oRnein9, where the f@ck is my game?!?)] - a additional medic would be nice
(ii) 2 snipers, 2 assault, 1 spec ops, preferably starting from same area/point
(iii) snipers take out 'dangerous perps' (MG post, missile post, NME scampering for APC ort Tank) and do not move - spec ops can assist with laser sight
(iv) assault flank in pair while NME under sniper fire
(v) once assault near the flag, spec ops drop C4 at vehicle access points & safe the area with 1 assault or man MG/Missiles, 1 assault hops into vehicle if available.
(vi) leave one sniper there for a little while longer after rest of squad have scampered, just in case an NME managed to escape safing and starts reclaiming flag. Pick him up 10 secs later or so.
Should take about 20 to 30 secs if all 5(+) start coordinated. Don't happen often (as no-one knows any other, or rarely, on the demo servers) but when it does...man it feels good 0 -
@ cOyOte - great post
Thanks :rolleyes:
I must say - one pub server game I had a while ago had me as squad leader moving in on a base. Terriffic firefight ensued, me as medic keeping the team going, we even got a couple of tank/apc kills in the madness that occurs between 'neutral' flag and 'captured' status. Once the dust settled, I called in the UAV, we hunted down the survivors and then relaxed in to a defensive position. All was well - or so you would think :cool:
I do my 'we need supply crate' bit with the commander and call the team in to rearm and get ready for the counter assault. I get the green light from the commander 'supplies in your area'... I'm prone on the ground, hidden behind some pipes and what do you think happens?
Yup - the freaking supply crate landed ON ME.. and squished me like a bug ... unfortunately I was the only medic on the team.. so when the jeeps rolled over the hills in the counter offensive, most of my squad died before I could get back in to the fight.
Was a funny moment tho. You get so fired up when the teamwork actually works, and the plan comes together, and then having capped a base ... you get squished by a freak crate drop :eek:
What a game!!!!!
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Not really a tactic, but extremely fun to watch results when you can pull it off: as a SpecOps, snoop & plant 2xC4 on as many OpForce vehicles as you dare w/out getting killed, then (eventually) detonate all at once
Big Reward: wait til OpForce boards their Tanks/APCs in their masses, then watch the points rack up (and the bases wide open for assault)
Big Risk: if your side gets hold of a booby-trapped OpForce vehicle in the intervening time, big-time tks 0 -
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