Practice-Practice-Practice
“Repetition is the mother of all skills.” What that means is if you practice
a task over and over again, you will get better at the task. Place emphasis
on conducting the task repeatedly to standard if you are weak at a specific
task. This process develops your “muscle memory” to the point where focused
conscience thought is not required. The action becomes a reflex or habit.
Practice
Offline
If you want to learn how to use a vehicle, in particular, helicopters and
jets, you should practice off-line. Both types of aircraft can be difficult
to master. Don’t degrade other peoples’ on-line gaming experience, handicap
your team by using a piece of valuable equipment, or lower your own global
stats by practicing on a 64/64 ranked server. Instead, start a "local"
server, and join the game. The game won't start because there is only 1
player, but you can use all the equipment you want without fear of another
player (in multi-player) or a bot (in single-player) getting to it first.
Another option is to find empty servers, or servers where the game hasn't
started due to insufficient players.
Watch
Other Players
You can learn a lot by watching other players. Take note of successful actions
and put it into your kit bag.
Know
Your Maps
Know where you should and should not go when moving across the map or assaulting
a position. This is invaluable information to preserve your soldier’s life
and to terminate the lives of enemy soldiers.
Go
Prone
When you are prone, you accomplish two very important things. First, you
are a smaller, more difficult target to hit. Second, your weapon has greater
stability and therefore is more accurate (a tighter shot group). You will
survive longer and get more kills by going prone. You can also go prone
when going down a steep hill, and you will slide down the hill instead of
falling and getting injured.
Crawl
Never under-estimate the benefits of crawling in the prone. Sure, it takes
longer, but it can keep you from getting killed. The enemy can’t kill you
if he is not able to detect your presence.
Crouch
Using crouch can provide concealment behind some vegetation and cover behind
some walls. Crouch will also improve your accuracy versus firing standing
(off-hand).
Use
Cover & Concealment
Use cover and concealment to mask your movement and position. Don't just
stop in the middle of a street and start firing. You won’t last long. Take
into consideration the enemy commander’s scan and overhead satellite viewing
ability. When the enemy commander scans, he may or may not have the time
to check-out your position. If he does check out your position, the concealment
of a tree may place doubt as to your exact location. Another consideration
is artillery. Concrete buildings and corrugated steel hangers and shelters
will provide cover (protection) from artillery.
Use
Sprint Wisely
When you double-tap your move “forward" key (default is W), or hit
the "sprint" key (default is SHIFT) you will move at a much faster
pace. On the lower left corner of your screen, you will see a sprint meter
that indicates your endurance level to maintain a sprint. Different units
have different levels of endurance. Kits with body armor are Assault and
Anti-armor and have less endurance compared with Special Ops and Medics.
Use your sprint power wisely. Identify your route and next position before
you depart your current covered and concealed position. Once identified,
sprint across open areas to your next covered and concealed position. Ensure
you wait for your sprint meter to replenish fully, then sprint again. This
way, you will be set-up for success in case you have to sprint farther than
you thought, or have to sprint back to cover.
Stay
Alert
Ensure you are always looking around. Be familiar with your surroundings.
Identify your next target or prevent being the next KIA (Killed In Action).
Switch
Kits
Are you almost out of ammo or health? Switch Kits. Stand close to a kit
and press the pick up equipment key (Default X). This works for friend and
foe kits. And you can switch back, if you like your original kit better.
Did the medic player next to you just go down? Grab his kit and revive him.
Use
Single Shot
If you select again a weapon you have already selected, you can toggle between
single-shot or full automatic mode (usually key “3”). The firing mode indicator
is in the bottom right corner near your ammo meter. The selector mode indicator
will display single, burst, or auto depending on the weapon type. Most players
leave their weapons in full auto mode. However, there is an accuracy penalty
when in full auto. In single shot mode, you are more accurate with each
shot. At very close range, it won't make much difference. At more than 10
yds, consider going to the prone, using single shot mode, using your sights,
and going for the head.
Use
Short Bursts
Even if you prefer being in full auto all the time, use short, controlled
bursts rather than just holding down the fire key. You'll be more accurate
and it will give you time to re-orient your crosshairs or iron sights. If
you hold down the fire key, the weapon will climb higher and higher as you
continue to fire. Vehicle and stationary machine guns have an overheat meter.
Scanning, burst your fire, and reorienting will prevent overheating. If
your enemy is prone, shoot a yard in front of him so the rise of your weapon
will get him right in the head.
Aim
When you right-click, you look through the gun sights or scope, which makes
you more accurate, especially at longer range. Caution – using your sights
also degrades your speed of movement.
Shoot
for the Head
Even if you aren't a sniper, fire at someone's head rather than at their
body. Some players are wearing body armor, depending on the unit class of
the enemy. The body armor will take several rounds to penetrate.
Fire
Wisely
Shoot only if you have a chance of actually taking down your target. Don't
just fire at distant enemy personnel because you can see them. If you do
fire and miss, now they can see you. Wait until they are within a range
of actually getting a kill before you fire.
Use
Grenades
If your enemy has good cover, or you can't tell exactly where he is, toss
a grenade his way to flush him out or soften him up for a rush attack.
Reload
Often
Don't wait for the automatic reload if you are running low on ammo. Get
to a stopping point with some cover, and reload so that you won't get stuck
in the middle of a firefight with no bullets (rounds).
Switch
to Your Pistol
If you find yourself out of ammo in your main weapon, and your enemy is
still not down, it is faster to pull out your pistol and use it than to
wait on reloading.
Switch
to Your Knife
If you are at very close range, try switching to knife. It will take out
your enemy quicker than firing at them. One hit and he is dead.
Don’t
Shoot Armored Vehicles with Your Assault Rifle
You’re wasting ammo and, more importantly, you are giving away your position.
Your bullets won’t penetrate an armored vehicle’s armor. Spot the vehicle
for others with more capable weapon systems to engage and destroy. Use your
grenades as a last resort.
"Spot"
Often
Let your teammates know where the enemy is by spotting them. Go to your
commo rose feature (default Q key). Look and select the center option. If
the Heads Up Display (HUD) (top right corner) is presenting "?"
question marks on your enemy spottings, you are not putting the cross hairs
on the target when spotting. Sometimes the enemy is behind a building or
moving really fast and you will not be able to get a good spot. Put the
cross hairs close to the target, right click the spot option on the commo
rose, a drop down menu will appear with enemy types like tank, sniper, and
helicopter, and select the desired type of enemy. Using the right click
feature will communicate your sighting to all of your teammates,
Be
Patient
Sometimes players get so focused they forget to look around and see what
else is around. Slow down and be deliberate in your movement. See who can
get YOU before they can score an easy kill.
Be
Flexible
Different situations require different kits. For example, if you are in
a street-fight map and your team has access to very little armor, therefore,
you aren’t going to get much use out of an engineer. By the same token,
if there is lots of enemy armor, your going to be invaluable with the anti-tank
kit. Be flexible and willing to change your duty position to address the
situation.
Communicate
There are multiple ways to communicate with your teammates. The integrated
methods are: text messaging, voice (VoIP), commo roses, orders from your
squad leader on your HUD, and identifying enemy on your HUD from UAV and
individual player "spots".
Watch
Your Messages
Surprisingly, there are a lot of people who do not have a microphone and
still choose to use text messaging. So watch your screen. Your teammates
or Squad Leader may be talking to you!
Buy
a Microphone
You and your teammates will have a better gaming experience by using VoIP.
Talking in a concise professional manner is much faster than typing and
it can be a lot of fun sharing chatter of just having launched an enemy
soldier 15 feet into the air by the effective use of a sabot round from
your tank's main gun.
Friend
or Foe
There is the ever-present blue, green, or red tag hovering over a soldier
or vehicle that just won’t go away. It tells you if he is a good guy or
a bad guy. Blue is good and on your team, green is good and in your squad,
red is bad and begs to be exterminated. Put the red tagged devils out of
their misery promptly. Use your cross hairs to interrogate the target and
the tag should show up. The tag also tells you the screen name, both friend
and foe. It is also important to watch for the uniform color. The Chinese/MEC
uniforms are dark, while the US uniforms are light.
Special Thanks to:
BF2 STRATEGY
GUIDE
http://www.widowpc.com/2005/08/battlefield_2_g.php
Author: =VSF=BigWest
Posted by wpc_editorial at August 17, 2005 11:50 PM
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