- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: fastmatt
sick and tired of idiots on your team costing you the game??
are you tired of making stupid mistakes???
I'm here to help you as much as possible, going over levels, what path to take, etc...
Blood Gulch
Red Team: Infantry
The caves near the portal are great paths to take into the blue base. OS is great, and the Flamethrower is a good close range weapon, just don't be too close. You can also camp in the caves and defend your portal against blue team campers. Going in the caves near the blue base and camping with a pistol pisses people off, and confuses them, pistol ammo placement is great so you don't run out. Also camping behind blue portal is good, even though people will hate you, cuss you out, threaten to kill you, etc.... Lead your shots, and do 3 round bursts, don't go full auto, the recoil is horrible and you are not accurate. All you need is 3 headshots. If a guy is strafing left, lead a shot, fire, and get a hit, let him go backwards, get a hit, that's 2, and then have him strafe right, and get the 3rd hit to kill him. People waste pistol ammo like nothing trying to get kills which can be easily achieved by going semi auto.
Snipers:
Staying behind and collecting full ammo for the sniper takes forever, but is a good idea. The hills behind the red base has some good hiding spots if you can find them. It is also good to snipe enemy hogs going into the rear of your base, as well as other snipers. Don't poke your body out for a long time, and try one shot kills, don't waste ammo and give away your position. The hill to the left is also good, but you are prone to rockets, the fuel rod right below you, and other people sniping from the hill near the portal. Take extreme caution here. Also to the right there is a lot of darkness to lurk in and snipe, you can take out people using the fuel rod cannon.
Vehicles
This is for both teams. When driving a hog, let the passenger get the flag. The gunner is giving covering/suppression fire, and the passenger should go unnoticed. The driver never gets the flag, the gunner can get the flag if the driver is really good. Stay away from grenade distance and don't drive close to the base, people jump out away from the base, so getting kills would be about 5-10 meters away from the base. Also, stay away from the heavies, the fuel rod cannon and RL are just deadly and confidence killers, just when you think you're safe, you hear the WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! of a rocket and then you're dead. Also strafe to avoid pistol and sniper fire, never drive in a straight path, and keep away from grenades.
Blue Team
Infantry:
Taking the hill on the right after the portal gives you incredible high ground to pop peeps at red base who are just respawning, is in grenade and fuel rod distance, but has no cover. The caves on the right is good for going against the red base, then picking up the flame thrower and OS in the caves, and sticking to the shadows is great to stay unnoticed. I love it when you get the flag and people don't know you got it, then you take the hog the red team never used and scoring. Taking red territory is also great, even though you get called a camper, it's a legitimate strategy!
Snipers
The triangular hill is an ok spot, I don't recommend it, unless you're really good. Your flanks are really uncovered and there's no hiding spot, you pretty much can get headshotted very easily. The hills behind blue base in the back right corner (facing red base) have a bunch of light, so try sticking in the shadows, and that little cove in the back left corner, you can take out the reds storming the hill to the front left of your base. That cave to the right is also good, take a few shots, and hide, acting like you got killed.
Heavies:
I use heavies for anti-armor, but you can use them to camp and lay down heavy covering fire for people with the flag, you can also cover the portals against people, but you are prone to sniper fire, grenades are a must to take out enemy vehicles.
Hopefully these tactics can give you an idea on how to get flags, and how to survive with the flag. I really hope your teammates have common sense too.
I'm going to add sidewinder tomorrow, I have to shower now and prepare for football in the morning.
It looks like you have yourself a pretty good tutorial there.