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* Picking the squad leader or fireteam leader weapon class on a successful team (which is already winning rounds in a lopsided manner) is a way to get high honor even if those players don't actually issue commands or just sit around and hide. | * Picking the squad leader or fireteam leader weapon class on a successful team (which is already winning rounds in a lopsided manner) is a way to get high honor even if those players don't actually issue commands or just sit around and hide. | ||
* Cheating: A user who cheated may have high honor from cheating on public servers, but that doesn't mean they are going to be able to beat you in matches without their cheats. | * Cheating: A user who cheated may have high honor from cheating on public servers, but that doesn't mean they are going to be able to beat you in matches without their cheats. | ||
* Honor servers: Not all servers are honor servers so low honor players may have experience surpassing what their honor suggest. | * Honor servers: Not all servers are honor servers so low honor players may have experience surpassing what their honor suggest. | ||
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==Noise Is, Well, Noisy== | ==Noise Is, Well, Noisy== | ||
Believe it or not, the OpFor have ears. This means you can be heard, yet not seen. Your goal is to be neither seen nor heard. So stay low, stay quiet. | Believe it or not, the OpFor have ears. This means you can be heard, yet not seen. Your goal is to be neither seen nor heard. So stay low, stay quiet. | ||
''(PS from ''RandomSAW''- wear headphones so you can hear OpFor trying to sneak up on you. The advantages of wearing headphones are endless)'' | |||
Try to become familiar with the different sounds that different ground surfaces make. Concrete sounds different than carpet (i.e. Weapons Cache). Dirt sounds different than wood (i.e. Insurgent Camp). By noticing these differences you can more accurately pinpoint where an OPFOR might be. In Weapons Cache, for instance, the sound of feet on carpet almost certainly means that the OPFOR is somewhere on the second floor. Combined with directional sound, this method allows you to determine where the OPFOR is with considerable accuracy. ''-os-pwned'' | Try to become familiar with the different sounds that different ground surfaces make. Concrete sounds different than carpet (i.e. Weapons Cache). Dirt sounds different than wood (i.e. Insurgent Camp). By noticing these differences you can more accurately pinpoint where an OPFOR might be. In Weapons Cache, for instance, the sound of feet on carpet almost certainly means that the OPFOR is somewhere on the second floor. Combined with directional sound, this method allows you to determine where the OPFOR is with considerable accuracy. ''-os-pwned'' | ||
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===Thermite Grenades=== | ===Thermite Grenades=== | ||
Ah yes... That wonderful CSAR mission. You secure the chopper, and throw your thermite into it and it.. ricochets back at you, hits you, misses the Blackhawk and kills you in a matter of 4 seconds... Double the Humility. Well, for all of those people who have ever missed the Blackhawk, This is for you. By rolling a thermite into the Blackhawk, it won't ever, EVER, EVER come out. Ever. It stays and does its job. Don't waste your thermite on an OPFOR because you might need it later! | |||
Ah yes... That wonderful CSAR mission. You secure the chopper, and throw your thermite into it and it.. ricochets back at you, hits you, misses the Blackhawk and kills you in a matter of 4 seconds... Double the Humility. Well, for all of those people who have ever missed the Blackhawk, This is for you. By rolling a thermite into the Blackhawk, it won't ever, EVER, EVER come out. Ever. It stays and does its job. | |||
==Links to General Tactics and Beneficial Behaviours== | ==Links to General Tactics and Beneficial Behaviours== | ||
