All Recon players listen up

**Warflagon** · 03-10-10, 04:05 PM

LOL, go repair tool!

What was the topic again?

What are sensors? I don't have any of those yet......

**619summon** · 03-10-10, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Ranger10

Hmmm... snipers not helping take an objective... odd... I seem to have heard this complaint before.

you must see the ridiculousness of the sniper situation. at times you can see like a whole team sitting on a hiill poopping shoots off.

**Too Much Damage** · 03-10-10, 04:11 PM

Recon, use your balls!
Recon kits bring an interesting tool to the table. Its a motion sensor ball that looks strangely similar to the motion mines from 2142 but they server a totally different purpose. They will reveal any enemy infantry in their radius, which is a rather large area, on the mini-map for approximately 20-30 seconds. Ok so what? You get little triangles cluttering your map what good is that if you're a “sniper” camping a hill? Well, like spotting you get 20 points for every enemy in the radius of the ball killed by a teammate. So if you throw them in an area that's infested with baddies and your teammates land some kills you are now the proud owner of a metric shit ton of free points. Lets face it, as a “sniper” there are some areas you can not get any good shots. So why not get free points while you, build a fire, sniff the foliage around you, pee into the wind, or whatever the hell you “snipers” do while waiting for that perfect headshot.
Secondly, when I say “use your balls” I'm not just talking about the motion sensors. If there is a gleaming opportunity to, capture a flag, drop C4 on a tank/enemy, arm a M-COM to explode, or to take out a high priority target then fucking do it! Stop waiting to see if the bushes around you will adopt you into their humble grove in the lame assumption that someone/something has to like you for being the canker sore in your teams mouth. The foliage never will accept you. You are more likely to have a tree fall on you then become some bush druid or whatever.

(thanks space.cowboy for the the "use your balls" comment. It made me laugh so much I couldn't help but use it. :9)
(I've been working on a few different tips and tricks like this. If you all like them I will try to tut them together in an article)

**evilblackjack** · 03-10-10, 04:48 PM

:6 We all need to stand tall and work very hard on teamwork. Please all kits use the Q button!!! Next we need to do this and make it a habit about it. TEAM Work TEAM Work. I know it will get better when we finally get VIOP working. Shoot you later evilblackjack. :4
P.S. you get a unlimited amount of med kits and supply kits. So if you see a squad or just one person give them one.

**Ranger10** · 03-10-10, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by 619summon

Originally Posted by Ranger10

Hmmm... snipers not helping take an objective... odd... I seem to have heard this complaint before.

you must see the ridiculousness of the sniper situation. at times you can see like a whole team sitting on a hiill poopping shoots off.

Yep. But then again, I'm predisposed to disliking a kit where the intent is to patiently wait and maim from a distance, when the game type is called "Rush". Surely I'm not the only one who sees the irony.

**Gimli** · 03-10-10, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Watsyurdeal?

Originally Posted by 619summon

ill be playing recon the next few days so ill shoot err listen to you

Lol, a little hint, you get pins for the motion sensors

Originally Posted by jakt

With the exception of the sniper I killed with my repair tool

I drilled a few people last night actually, I even have pics!

[img width=700 height=437]http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/93563544-4.jpg[/img]

[img width=700 height=437]http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/93563536-4.jpg[/img]

very well. next time i see u in game and i am engineer i will say fuck the knife and drill ur ass..then post a pic also. also jsut to add shit to this..it was impressive at all, i was looking the other way, u weren't called out, so u got behind me..congrats. when i get behind i knife, don't use the repair tool because the knife is faster and better to use.

**space.cowboy** · 03-10-10, 05:21 PM

My favorite so far as an engineer was running towards the tank, firing a quick rocket while still running, tooling the two engineers repairing the tank, then finishing off the tank with the repair tool as well.

**scoot** · 03-10-10, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by space.cowboy

My favorite so far as an engineer was running towards the tank, firing a quick rocket while still running, tooling the two engineers repairing the tank, then finishing off the tank with the repair tool as well.

haha, vulcan and I did something similar. I shot a rocket at a tank on the way to it, went on the other side, knifed the 2 engies and vulcan drilled the tank until it blew up. Was pretty bad ass haha.

**BrokenApe** · 03-10-10, 05:44 PM

lets not forget the Mortar Strike, every recon kit gets it after several levels and it's quite effective like the sensor ball if used properly... but it's not used nearly as often as the # of recon players in game would indicate might be possible :P and If you like, an alternate suggestion for recon play that I use quite alot to support a squad I'm in is to load up with the Saiga auto shotty, ammo upgrade which doubles the clip size from 6 to 12, then the upgrade that doubles ammo carried... you can rush right along with your team, easily handle buisness up close and make better use of the sensor ball which having a limited range can't cover the entire distance your squad is moving

Usage of morter strike vs c4 is personal preference though I like the mortar strike myself due to beign able to collapse a building upon occasion that an entire squad is defending to get that destruction 2.0 kill msg..