Thread: Some things I think might help.

Ok so since the game has been out for some time now and we have all got how it works down I figured what I would do is post up a few things that we should all be doing to keep our server at its best.

1. If your squad leader isn't giving orders and directing the squad or not following the commander tell the admins. We all need to pitch in not just the admins because they cant do it alone.

2. If a squad mate is not doing what he is told once again tell the admins. Not pushing the objectives doesn't help anyone and we all need to make sure our teams are on the uptake.

3. VOIP! Try and try and try again to get your squad mates to use it guys. I think we can all agree the experience is night and day when you have a whole squad using VOIP vs not using it.

4. Commander. Lets get the standards for commander sorted out we need commanders on the ball and using VOIP. If they aren't our squad leaders need to boot him and get someone into the position that can get it done correctly. We also need people to volunteer more. A lot of the time I find we are without a commander and we could always use that support.

People need to start adapting the old school tactics of bf2 again. holding spawn, spawning green spawn point squad leaders and less combat horny engineers, medics and recons are very rare. Seems bf4 players kept the bf3 mentality of shoot n run. Holding a flag is just as important as capping a new one.

Also commanders need to focus. I have seen a few rounds where a commander walked us from one side of the map to the other and back. Our squad leader followed orders to the T and we spent most our game engaging enemies out in the open.

Revive me. Paddles are charge related the longer you hold the more health you give to teammates. Stop reviving people in combat they are quick rezzed with 20% health and 1 stray enemy fart will drop them.

I noticed more emphasis on kills than bf3 to be honest and that's a good plan but back it up with concentrated strategy.

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I know I can't know this for certain, but I get the feeling if we started kicking people for not settings orders and not following orders, we'll be left with a handful of blue heads on each team and 5 or 6 regs. Of course, once we gain a reputation for being a fine Teamplaying environment once again, we'll be attracting the people we don't have to kick.

Basically, we've gotten the release phase out of the way. People know about our server, people like the Classic settings, it's time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Our server population will hurt for a few weeks, but it might be worth it in the end.

Originally Posted by maximusboomus

Revive me. Paddles are charge related the longer you hold the more health you give to teammates. Stop reviving people in combat they are quick rezzed with 20% health and 1 stray enemy fart will drop them.

I've been revived maybe 20 times in course of 60+ hrs of gameplay. I'd be ecstatic just to get revived at all. Regs are just as bad I can only think of one person that actually pays attention to his squadmates health (eddie). That could be because I harassed him so much about it. Simply put I seem be the only assault who pays attention to people health because I want the squad to be combat ready at all times. That means I'm always looking at the bar above your head to see if you need health. I'm doing my job wrong if you have to ask me for health. I usually have to tell people to stop and take health. It catches most people off guard that an assault wants to do more than shoot people. When your assault you have be able to multitask like no other. Be near your squad to have chance to revive, heal teammates, kill people, keep your ass alive, and finally spot like everyone else. If you can't handle the task go play recon I hear they need a few more roof top warriors.

I am quite tired of spamming the "Need a Medic" command all the time too. I can stand right in front of a medic, as my health thing is flashing, dance in front of them, they stare at me, then just run away. All the while I'm spamming the "Need a Medic" command while between about 3 other medics.

The resupply time on your medkits and ammo bags is trivial. It really is, so just throw them down wherever. If someone needs meds or ammo, they will find it. If you're coming up to a good piece of cover, throw down some ammo/meds. Stopping at a friendly base? Set em' down, that point will probably need them soon enough.

We've got general map tactics down, backcapping flags and what not. Some of the strategies from BF2 and 2142 just don't work anymore because it's a different game with different mechanics. The Fat Dragon doesn't work quite as well as it used to, while squad bombing does.

But while we're on the topic of squad bombing, spawning in solely on your squad leader isn't always the best thing. If you see a flag in your backfield going down slowly, it's probably just one person. If you spawn there against your squad leader's orders, you can hold that flag until other blueheads on your team notice and back you up. Saving that one point could mean preventing being backraged. This is why I always play loose with my squads: if you need to do something at another flag, by all means take care of business, but once you're done get your ass over to my objective. The battlefield tends to be more fluid due to the high availabilty of fast moving vehicles and small map sizes, so rigidity in command and squad leading can actually be a detriment.

Also a note to commanders: You never need two squads to be at any one flag unless they are frontline flags. Frontline flags are like C and D on Zavod 311. They are areas that an entire team needs to go through to get to your backflags, so you want a heavy presence at those positions. Just make sure you let a squad or two know that you're using them as backflag protectors, and that they should be ready to backtrack when they see those flags flashing.

I can say more, but I'm out of ideas for now.

I was not aware of the paddle charge time / amount of health revived with think. Nice.

Keep in mind that some people playing assault want to play THAT... ASSAULT. Sometimes I want to be a medic. Sometimes I want to have a more aggressive assault loadout. I wasn't even aware you could have defib AND medic bag. But MOST of the time I'm going to have one or the other and my HE/FB nade laucher and not be loaded out for full blown medic.

Whatever medic item they bring, they should be prepared to use as best they can, but if they want to loadout assault for assault... so be it.

Top tip as displayed here: ask your squad leader what he or she wants for your class. Also while we are on the subject of classes: if no specific class is required work on unlocking all basics (mines mavs etc)

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A good squad leader will be aware of his squad makeup and will make adjustments as needed whether it's defending or attacking, so as sl make the call don't wait to be asked.