Sully's tip of the week for 2/25/2002

Sully · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 10:25 am Post subject:

TFC is more than being able to shoot or stab or burn or build or whatever. Using your head can take you as far as reflexes, maybe farther. I'll give you an example...
When I'm playing defensive soldier and I know that there is an sg around a corner, I will blow the oncoming team into the path of the sg instead of just killing them. This avoids a long drawn out battle and doesn't allow the other team to calmly try to take out the gun. I'm sure that the savvy players around here have a thousand little tricks like this.
Also, your location in regard to your teamates is very important. I recently was playing solly on Avanti, defending 3 and doing spy checks. I found one at the same time as the engie there found him. I went to kill him but the engie kept getting in my way and attacking him with the wrench! Result: I was at 20 health, engie was on top of the awning, spy killed sg and a fatty capped!! This is not team play at it's peak.
The 'Ville plays with mirror damage. It's not only considerate to stay out of the way of your teamates firing lanes, it's smart too. That HWGuy can't play defense if you've caused him 50 health loss by not paying attention to where you were running. It's selfish and dumb to just run over to the enemy and attack, knowing that if you get shot by your own team, they suffer the penalty, not you. It never hurts to think about the reprocussions of what you do.

So, my tip is this; keep your wits about you and think about the impact of what you do in game. It's really not just about who can shoot the straightest.

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Whybkuul · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 10:33 am Post subject:

and remember, there are no such things as spies! if it's the same color as you, don't waste your ammo on it..

TRUST ME!

EagleEyes · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 10:58 am Post subject:

I love it when a Sniper goes running after a spy when I am trying to kill him. Ah.. if sense is so common, why don't more people have it?

Blown · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 11:03 am Post subject:

Even better is when you chase a spy half way across the map and your team just watches you do it.

JollyRoger · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 11:44 am Post subject:

Ugh that annoys me to no end. Especially when i'm playing a medic so i can easily keep up but the spy will kill me 9 times out of ten, cause i suck. I swear, if i'm shooting it, and it bleeds, shoot it! >.<

This is why I've been playing scout recently. To spy check and deal with those Detpacks. (I swear, pretty soon i'm going to get demos to hate me.

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Dahak · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 12:05 pm Post subject:

On the topic of knowing where your teammates are also helps playing defense. Say there is a friendly sg in the pipe on well, and you see in the upper right corner that it is killed. You know that someone is coming through the pipe, so i throw a nail gren down there and spam the exit with rockets. The same goes for the attic or the front entrance. It's easier if you have defense players that stay at their position.

BigCaulk69 · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 12:29 pm Post subject:

what sully is talking about with shooting enemy's into a SG is perhaps one of my favorite things to do. that is one of the big advantages with soldier you can decide where you want to take the fight or if you even want to fight. like on the bridge in badlands or 2fort or wherever, i will just shoot people off of it rather than try to fight them. the game becomes much easier when you use your head and choose your fights.

Lin Sivvi Defiant Hero · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 4:29 pm Post subject:

Nice tips sully, but the best thing I've seen with a spy, was a big green line come out (aka airstrike) on epicenter, and only one person realised I was a spy

He of course killed me then yelled at his team.

thewz · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 4:43 pm Post subject:

Here's a tip: Don't be a killwhore. I hate it when people bitch and complain because you "steal their kill." It is one of my tactics to let my teammates steal my kills. A lot of people have called me cowards because I was retreating while firing at them, but in truth I was bringing them closer to an sg, or a pack of teammates who could help me take the nmes out very easily.

Firehellkite · Registered User Joined: 05 Dec 2001 Posts: 33

Lol Sivvi I always gotta do that... I mean, they threw 2 grens and a pill at an sg, called an airstrike, avoided all the mgs, and are a class that my team has none of, and still 9 out of 10 times I am the only one shooting at them

Lin Sivvi Defiant Hero · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 5:01 pm Post subject:

CyC0Dad · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2002 7:57 am Post subject:

The only time I complain about someone stealing my kill is if I'm standing ON a spy beating him with my crowbar, wrench or medkit and someone walks up and shoots him

WHY ?? It's not like he was going anywhere. If I'm on him, he isn't getting up.

OSU Snipe Shocker · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2002 8:11 am Post subject:

Man, whenever I am a Pyro, I go into assist mode. I am happy just running about wreaking havoc on people, just by flaming them. Your team has a much better chance of taking someone out who has been caught on fire than someone who hasn't

. Same goes for medic. I just run around infecting, if I hear that satisfying grunt of pain, I know I have done my job. If I get the kill, hooray, if not, I know that one of my teammates finished the job.

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