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Subject: double team tips and tricks
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i like to set up traps, have one person be the bait and run around in the open to get shot at, then run away. While the other team mate is hiding behind a corner to get the jump on someone.

  • 07.15.2007 9:02 PM PDT
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ok that's a pretty good tactic, but what if i like going in by myself? no one listen's.

  • 07.15.2007 9:17 PM PDT

Ivory tower pretty much just control the sniper rockets sword but if they already get them try to sneak up on them with a really good dual it usually works. For lockout all you have to do is get sniper sword and 2 brs and your set. For beaver creek just get rockets sniper battle rifles and noob combo and camp on top of 1 of the 2 bases

  • 07.15.2007 10:10 PM PDT

Its ok to explain how to keep the weapons, i think most people who have played enough halo already know that. what i think is really important in double team is getting the weapons back, or learning how to attack together to win them back.

One general tip that i have found out is to stay calm, you have like 15 minutes per game, so 5 minutes of crouching around the map, sneaking up on people wont hurt too much.

Another tip would be to have one person crouch, and try and get behind the oppenent. The other team mate then starts a charge attack wile the crouching team mate attacks from behind, this usually works well.

Do not just keep running in one person after the next, because they will just over power you 2 to 1 every time.

Beaver Creak - Best tip i could give you is, get those power weapons first. If you spawn in the trench under rocks spawn, aim at the halo ring and throw a grenade, it should bounce of the rock wall, land on the rockets and they should fall into the trench, you can then run up to help sniper out. If you cant get the power weapons, get noob combo (BR and plasma pistol) and crouch attack them, or wait for them to come to you.

Lockout - Depends who you play, try and get rid of the plasma pistol, use it or bin it so the other team wont use it against you. Allot of people like to hold BR tower, but make sure you explode the barrels before going up there, i personally like to hold Sniper tower by having sniper and a BR (sometimes shotgun) and my partner having sword and BR, try and hold for as long as possible, if you loose weapons and have the lead, let them come to you.

Ivory tower - Watch out for sniper in the palm trees, always catches people out, sometimes they hang around the platform by the trees as well. For this map, its about power weapons again, just try and hold them as long as possible, team work is the key. Get one person to snipe, and the other person to watch his back, the sniper should try and pick off the opposition as they spawn.

My last tip would be the use of communication, thats why you have a mic in the first place. To succeed in DT you really need a good partner, some one you get one with, and some one who thinks the same way. You need to learn the maps, know your weapon spawns and name sections of the map for easy navigation. e.g. "There's a guy at B2".

Best of luck in double team, and hopefully play you guys soon!

  • 07.16.2007 2:08 AM PDT
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yea, probably one of the best things is stay calm and when you're in the lead let them come to you.

  • 07.16.2007 8:21 AM PDT
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I would like to add, have plenty of grenades. In DT games there are not as many as in 4 v 4 games and up, so if you know where they spawn, get them first. Have a well placed grenade can easily give you a double kill or your partner and you a double kill which is a 2 kill swing in the game. That is 1/15th of the total kills needed to win. So a well placed grenade and having tons of grenades is important. At least IMO.

  • 07.16.2007 8:53 AM PDT
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Since you asked so nicely.
Lockout - Map Default Slayer
Only 2 BR Spawns, Lift (Blue 2) and BR3 So a bad spawn would be sniper tower spawn because if the other team spawns bottom blue (Blue Room) or BR Tower then they can easily throw a grenade or grab a BR and shoot sniper off its spawn. Then You can easily control the map. So sniper either gets shot of the map or its shot library entrance or mid BR. So grab the sniper. As long as the other team for some reason breaks through top mid then the game should be an easy winhave your teamate grab the BR on top lift while you cover him with your BR that you pick up from BR3 You both have BRs...3 Ways from where the enemy can kill you. Lift (Blue 2), Rush Top mid with duals and from bottom crossing through under glass. For that not to happen you need strategy...1 guy BR 3 the other Library Window. If you have a BR...And it's not your first day on xbl then you should kill them.

Nub Terminology, Library is the huge room above sword spawn, it has magnum and a plasma rifle spawn in there... Library Entrance/Door is where you go in through top mid/top glass... BR3 is top of battle rifle tower or 3rd level where the BR spawns under glass is under top mid... blue 2/lift is the top of blue room where you come up the lift....

Beaver Creek Map Default Slayer
It is simply too easy to say get all the weapons... A better chance of winning would be spawning red side...Being the red team... first you pick up the BR in the base then you go up rocket hill throwing grenades into snipe spawn... then jumping onto rocket arch without sticking your head out ... grab those rockets and shoot 2 rockets onto the sniper spawn and the hill... since the other team went for it...you should always get a kill there... and that's when you can rush/make a move.. and make sure they don't get that sniper... so u wouldn't be sniped that game...so basic strat is... hold a base with sniper.. now u dont have to uuse ur sniper.. but having the sniper is key other wise you can t hold a base down if the other team has it... so.. you can have a guy in the corner of the rocket arch... looking at red side.. where the teamate is making sure other team doesnt cross without being rocketed or BR'd...the other teamate should be watching red portal from the top.. or staying on top of the base (Red) making sure the other team doesnt portal through and goes behind either you or your teamate... so to summarize... nade rockets if you spawn on blue.. dont foolishly get rocketed if you are going for sniper... this is if you spawn on blue side... and haveing a BR/Plasma Pistol combo helps... so doe whatever... so the best combo for 2 player on that map would be.. Rockets/Sniper and Combo... easy to win..

Flag Midship... Host will win.. unless skill is unmatched.. or teamwork is great... slayer midship... host should win unless you keep getting BR spawns.. which is impossible if its human on map.. and so opposing team will get a bR and fire back... need to have control and TEAMWORK!!!! otherwise... you will lose.. because host will dual you around the corner...

Ivory tower... really... mixed up strat... if you dont have rockets.. there is no stoping the other team from shooting 2 up at sniper or back at hardwood and killing you and your teamate... so basically go up at snipe.. .rush the kids at rockets with nades... have your teamate get sniper ... sword isnt as important as rockets.. so.. dont be dumb.. grab sniper.. call them out... Shotgun side/ Overshield Side or elevator... or whatever it is.. Have teamate back you up.. and dont rush liek a fool i you have rockets be aware... dont randomly go around a corner.. keep jumping .. with rockets... other wise it will call a suicide when you blast a guy 1 foot away from you.

Warlock... not gonna spend too much time.. but people need to get better at this.. dont rish dual.. stay on top of a platform.. have a BR... go top mid..make sure they dont touch BRs... if it is human... then TEAM WORK!!! other wise.. host cross map shooting.. and his Shotty.. will make you poop your pants... and Go... Fxxx Yxx HOST!!!!!!... so... dont rush alone.. portal hop behind the enemy..

This took me 10 mins to write I hope it helped... and please.. to trash talk me.. because you have never played with me.. and chances are I am better... but that's ok.. there is always someone who is worse... and some people are better.. and some... well.. dont care if they lose.. so peace :)


  • 07.16.2007 12:17 PM PDT
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thanks everyone for helping me, ive played over 1000 double team games and im addicted. this will step up my game a little bit.

  • 07.16.2007 10:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: iTz KoRean
thanks everyone for helping me, ive played over 1000 double team games and im addicted. this will step up my game a little bit.
If you've played that many games then you should know about literally everything these people mentioned and more.

  • 07.16.2007 10:45 PM PDT
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just get a good sniper in your team, get the sniper and it's game over.

  • 07.17.2007 1:34 AM PDT
Subject: double team tips and tricks
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hello i was wondering if anybody had any tips or tricks for double team in matchmaking ex: ivory tower 2v2 slayer lockout 2v2 slayer and beaver creek 2v2 slayer. and just about every game type in DT.

[Edited on 07.15.2007 8:40 PM PDT]

  • 07.15.2007 8:39 PM PDT