I haven’t been playing as much ET recently as the real life issues mount up (getting married) and having upgraded my computer, catching up on some single player games (Half Life 2 - amazing, PREY - bit bland, Quake 4 - enjoyable brainless shooter, FEAR - ok so far, spooky and lovely looking, Call Of Duty 2 – excellent fun!)
Anyway as I dipped in and out of ET I found myself playing the way I have always played, allied engineer, rushing about the map to the next objective, throwing myself recklessly into battle and always prepared to die if I can get the tank fixed. In the past I was happy with the silent sacrifice as long as the job was done. But offline I’ve been thinking about the way my friends play, and even the way people play Team Deathmatch in FEAR: Combat - they move about as a group of 4/5 and overwhelm the enemy. I’ve never been particularly patient in waiting for my allies to move up the battlefront and always charge on ahead.
Watching my friends and other players, I see more patience in the way they play, moving in groups or awaiting reinforcements before attacking an objective. Is it time to adjust my game play??? I’ve never been a great shot as it is - how do I change my thought processes to restrain myself and become more valuable to the team. I occasionally enjoy playing as a medic and support them with reviving etc but when it gets quiet I head off solo for no good reason.
Should I take a break from my 95% engineering and try other classes? I find it uncomfortable not to play to the objectives though so get bored if im not ‘always on’ – Would a medic be a good class to play for a while? I quite like field ops if I fight with the team. I admire heavy weapons but can be impatient to get into the good spots and Covert Ops I guess I’ve never really used as my shooting lets me down. So what should I try, more importantly, how do I stop rushing about the maps and play more with my team? (Note, this isn’t as much of an issue when defending maps / playing as axis)
I’ve seen so many techniques for the soldier. I particulary ALWAYS notice the novices on the MG42. They don’t understand if you just hold the fire button it will go everywhere and isn’t very accurate. You should use short bursts of 3-4 shots. A few well placed bursts will kill anyone and is still accurate. where as you could use 20 shots killing one guy and 5 with bursts. Athough there is a exception when you get someone up close…OPEN UP!! that’s always fun just wrecking someone that’s 5 feet away with a mg42. Flamers can be one of the deadliest weapons in the game…if you know how to use it properly. Now your not going to use it on a map like baserace now are we? You want to restrict your limit of the flamer until you get to maps like battery, or very small, enclosed maps. I usually tend to go suicide with my flamer because i just run into a crowd of the enemies and let er’ rip. If/When you get to level 4 soldier you get to choose from a pistol or a mp40 which i take the mp40 simply because if you have say a panzer and it doesn’t recharge click like that your dead, just whip out the mp40 and they won’t know what hit them. MORTAR!!! one of the hardest but most effective weapons of all!!! Atleast in my view. This is the most common weapon used in spawnkilling. It can be viewed as a “pussy” weapon just like the panzer is called a “noob” cannon. For this weapon to be effective you have to use your tacmap at all times!!(default - g) You have to rely on your teammates sight to give away the enemies position. Mortar can be used on i think everymap but you have to have the right conditions: Your spawn or hiding spot isn’t in close proximity to the enemy (of course), enemy troops aren’t getting near your spot and you don’t shoot from your spawn…that’s just plain being a tard now isn’t it? The map i like to mortar on are oasis, you can do baserace but i don’t like to. You can do it as the allies or axis, both are deadly.