how to play karkand?

[kmoogs]

so i tried out karkand ... and i found

snipers didnt actually snipe anymore. i never actually saw a sniper actually SHOOT a bullet. lots of claymore spamming then followed by lots of grenade spamming

medics ... spam revives and heal packs ... rinse and repeat ... followed by more nade spamming

support kit ... spam nades, spam ammo packs, spam more nades....


did EA design this map just to be a nade spamming fest?

[Fakesound]

Re: how to play karkand?

That'd be kinda cool to play in. Dunno why.. probably because I never see it happen on my servers apart from at the very start.
If you have a defib, use it. If you have an ammo pack, use it. Throw some down for all the other souls walking past that might need it.
Do not forget that the medics gun is very accurate, and the support is very effective fast killer

[coco]

Re: how to play karkand?

Sounds like someone had a bad round on "Downtown Baghdad". :)

[Fakesound]

Re: how to play karkand?

..And I think on 24/7 servers people just start copying other people..

[Boss_HoggHB]

Re: how to play karkand?

yeah if they get killed by grenades and claymores often they gonna start doing it themselves

[imported_Walker]

Re: how to play karkand?

I thought the whole point of a sniper is that you dont see him shoot?

[DemonOfhatred]

Re: how to play karkand?

I thought the whole point of a sniper is that you dont see him shoot?

The enemy commander sees all, and then drops a car on you.

[venny]

Re: how to play karkand?

welcome to the world of urban maps. its different from playing on wide maps like zatar or dalian or oman.

[Fakesound]

Re: how to play karkand?

I thought the whole point of a sniper is that you dont see him shoot?

Your pretty stupid if you see him claymore you.

[Verzili]

Re: how to play karkand?

as a self confesed karkand sniper,i use clays to defend flags that im defending.

but my fav spot on that map is where the broken train is near the bridge flag.

i get on top of the train carage go prone and send lots of enemy to there death.l96 of course very rarly do they ever look there.

some of my best rounds on karkand were up there.

i even stayed up there when usmc took back the flag and were shotting mec accross the bridge.
silly fools were going prone everywhere (easy headshots)

its not easy for a karkand sniper due to armor,but if you use higer ground when you can it is fun.

i few times ive gone through all my ammo,then i have to go pistol killing,and if im still alive(this is rare but fun) then nades must be spamed followed by nutter sniper with a knife mode (to die hopfully to get more ammo)

but yeh at the start of the map its a nade spaming fest,but only if you try and take the 1st and closest flag(avoid it and go around)

it is easy to take a jeep around the left side of karkand to the top left flag(4getname) once thats caped the comander usally sends arty(helps those of youre team who are trying to get 1st flag)

then karkand becomes fun.
back to the jeep it just fits when i join a karkand with me buddys i usally go squad leader,stick the humvie in 2 gear and ramp it to the flag mentioned,stand back with a medic while others go in to cap(just incase of arty) and a medic to revive the spawn point(me)

[Gav]

Re: how to play karkand?

Yep... blade.verzilli's right - the grenade and claymore spamming is all around the Hotel. If you don't want to be a part of it (and I never do), just bypass it. Karkand's Hotel has to be the most over-rated flag in the game. Both teams expend far more assets trying to capture/defend it than they should.

It's so easy to get right past it, and then have your pick of other flags - I leave Square alone, since it's too close to Hotel really, but you can go to suburb, market, train accident, or any of the "across the river" flags (depending if you're on the 32 or 64 map) and find them well away from the enemy, and easy pickings for a flag cap.

The way to play Karkand (as the US) is to ignore Hotel and get around to one of the other flags.

[Fakesound]

Re: how to play karkand?

1# i even stayed up there when usmc took back the flag and were shotting mec accross the bridge.
silly fools were going prone everywhere (easy headshots)

#2 i few times ive gone through all my ammo,then i have to go pistol killing,and if im still alive(this is rare but fun) then nades must be spamed followed by nutter sniper with a knife mode (to die hopfully to get more ammo)

#3 but yeh at the start of the map its a nade spaming fest,but only if you try and take the 1st and closest flag(avoid it and go around)

#4 it is easy to take a jeep around the left side of karkand to the top left flag(4getname) once thats caped the comander usally sends arty(helps those of youre team who are trying to get 1st flag)

#1 Better hope none of them have 5.1, else I would've found you in 2 shots. But nice spot. I prefer to move around though.

#2 I love rounds like this, play so well your stuck for ammo with no support. (Or you do have support but doesn't give you ammo cause he's deaf, blind and a freaking idiot; and I wonder why he plays games )
I usually find a newly killed by knife 2nd unlock sniper to play with. Funnier if he's revived and realises he has no ammo

#3 If I'm a MEC (And not going commander, engy at Factory) I'll spawn sniper at Hotel. Run straight to the main entrance and plant a claymore, then over the the undemolished fence and place a claymore, then to the right between the building and fence and throw grenades against the upper wall that bounces close on the other side of the fence. No doubt those idiots are hanging out there (Don't know why they do that, but I'm thankful!). Once grenades are spent, hoepfully with 5 or 6 kills, I'll bolt out of there to a decent sniping point. A couple kills will come out of the claymores lending my kills to 8+ with 0 deaths while everyone else is at 0 kills gimme a halo!

#4 It's easy to drive up the middle too.. might get a few roadkills if your lucky, and because it's such a suicidal route, they don't expect it and aren't ready haha.. then try for the suburb, or if you can, try for the cement factory. Never stop at the train wreck unless you own the suburb, AND if you think you will die taking the next flag, so you can spawn closer

The way to play Karkand (as the US) is to ignore Hotel and get around to one of the other flags.

Don't you hate it when you take all four 2nd island flags and NO ONE! spawns back there to help defend them>?

[Verzili]

Re: how to play karkand?

i have lots of spots on karkand :) to sniper from but i only gave out one for the time being(top of train) i just like that battle usmc has all the flag before the bridge,and mec as the other half.


now were talking a amazing fire fight in whitch armor dosent last very long.
that why i like carkand for the river fights.

tba its a snipers paradise when that happens.
even better if u can get behind enemy lines at a river fight.
you can get silly amount of kills.

i have been medic alot last few days,but im the kind of sniper that moves around but not alot,i defend the flag more.

more points for a defend kill :)

[Gav]

Re: how to play karkand?

Don't you hate it when you take all four 2nd island flags and NO ONE! spawns back there to help defend them>?

Oh yeah... By the time you've capped one or two of those four, the MEC has realised what you're doing and some of them have spawned at one of the remaining flags on a mission to hunt you down and take those flags back... But you can almost guarantee that the flags you capture will be ignored by your team because they're too far away from where the fight is taking place... I hate that.

[Fakesound]

Re: how to play karkand?

Oh yeah... By the time you've capped one or two of those four, the MEC has realised what you're doing and some of them have spawned at one of the remaining flags on a mission to hunt you down and take those flags back... But you can almost guarantee that the flags you capture will be ignored by your team because they're too far away from where the fight is taking place... I hate that.

Mmm I've taken all four in the past and slowly lost them 1 by 1.. massive fight too, I did feel good for holding their APCs and Tanks back for that long.. but still, in a 64player, all on my lonesome...
Once I died, I was back at the USMC starting point. joined a squad. and heard no voip, or orders, nothing.. Ammo here! Grenade! Medic! Get back to the fight! Ammo here! Grenade.. right. still want that hotel.. alright.. Sooo I got the hotel. Ammo here! Grenade! Medic! on the way to the square..