- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Momentum in System Link Games is key.
I normally play 4v4 games when playing system link. It's easier to organize, since you don't have to play with routers and it's easier to find 7 other people than 15. This is the 4v4 strat I've concocted.
With 4v4, the opposing team has to be grossly out of position if you want to charge in with a Warthog. That doesn't happen very often. There's usually a sniper somewhere, and a player that will be respawning right on top of you. I only charge the base at the extreme beginning of the game, because no one has been killed yet and everyone is moving to a different position of the map. That will occasionally work, but you run the risk of giving the other team two Warthogs. I think it's always worth a try, because you can use it to your advantage later.
To get the flag on 4v4, you've got to get the advantage before you can move in, because normally you're going in alone. My team usually has 1 sniper whose main purpose is to find the other team's sniper. The rest of us go toward their base together, but spread out a little. Don't bother with any weapon but the pistol, if you can't use it now, learn. When you get everyone right by their base, start lighting them up as they respawn. Circle the base, and pick them off one by one if possible. Don't get on top of the base yet, just move closer in, always keeping the front of the base in your sights, because that's one of the places they'll respawn. It doesn't matter if you go in from the front, back, top, so long as you've got your teammates covering you. After you get the flag, steal the other team's Warthog and go for the base.