New guy observations

[ponton]

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my tips:
1) read these forums - it's huge source of knowledge...
2) don't go in the middle of fierce gunfighs - you'll die. Later, you could do it
3) learn your guns
4) THINK when playing game

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well my advice is that u should not annoy ppl by doing gay stuff like flying heli's when as soon as u take off u crash. But if u do well in a round make u self noticed as a good private etc. get a reputation (good 1) :)

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One of the guys, not going to mention names:), has about 90,000 points, i've seen him have some amazing rounds, sort of player that has won games!!! but i've played against him and had 6 kills against him to his 3 for me!! Basically what i'm saying is were all learning and no matter what stage were at we're going to get our asses kicked sometimes. People will say don't go in APC. Tank. Jet, Heli etc until you've learnt.......how you going to learn? By all means go in single player and learn the basics but you wont learn until you've done it in a real game scenario. I've been in heli's with some amazing pilots...owned the map but i've been in some really really crappy heli's....it's all about learning. There's a lot of really good players out there mate, i've met a few, and there's some right d*ckheads, just ignore them and do your thing:)

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Thanks! I've been useing the single player to work on my driving skills. Fyling is definefinetly not my thing right now another time.
I was killed a lot last night. Had a couple of good shots thoe.

In case you didn't know, you can check your stats here...bf2s.com

Also, if you get a friend who has the Special Forces expansion to log in and play as you and play for a round, you get two unlocks every time you rank up instead of one and you get more guns to unlock. If no one you know plays Special Forces, sometimes people on the forums here are nice enough to do this for you.

[urwathrtz]

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Thanks! I've been useing the single player to work on my driving skills. Fyling is definefinetly not my thing right now another time.
I was killed a lot last night. Had a couple of good shots thoe.

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Noobs are cute 'n fluffy.

I tend to get a laugh out of them whether I'm gunning 'em down for the 5th time, or I'm watching them utterly fail to fly a chopper.

Just so long as they don't get me killed or stop me from doing what needs to be done. Ie, don't TK me. Don't take vehicle assets that you don't know how to use. Don't step into my line of fire while I'm sighting an ememy. And for the love of god, please stop running me over!

That said, welcome to the game.
:)

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Funny that you say that I've already been banned from a Infantry only server for team killing. Oops...my bad. I wasn't trying to be a jerk I saw a tank and hopped in and next thing you know I'm on the outside looking in. To the people of that server sorry dudes!

Lol, unlucky fella.

I would suggest that you don't really have to wait before trying out jets and choppers. Start up a local server or just find an empty server and have a bit of a fly around making sure you can take off and land ok - 5 minutes should do it.

Once you can do that you've got just as much right to use them as anyone else no matter how new you are.

You might want to leave APC's and tanks for a bit though until you get to know the maps a little better. Armor and APC's can make a big difference to a battle and if you don't really know what you're doing or where you should be going it could impact your teams performance and annoy people. Plus you'll probably last 10 seconds anyway before being taken out.

Like the guys said, stay in a squad and follow people around (preferably your own team :-), not only is that a good way to learn, it's also the way BF2 is meant to be played.

Also, if you're playing on a ranked server (which you probably will be), admins are not allowed to tell you to get out of jets / heli's / etc. If you get in a jet or heli it's tough if they want it, you were there first.

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Welcome, if you want to squad up with me sometime I'll help ya out.

What that there bloke said ^^^

I have no right to call anyone a n00b cos I die too easily .

Welcome to the game mate, say goodbye to a social life :cry:

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techncially we are all n00bs just on different level of n00biness. Some points which helped me have been:

A. watch and learn from experienced players (team mates, clan mates, friends)
B. if you want to get more experience with vehicles (tanks n stuff) play on 32 player servers hosting 64player maps, so there is enough equipment standing around without players getting aggrivated about access to tanks etc.
C. Don't use nades if you don't know EXACTLY where u throw them...TKs will make nobody popular (regardless if n00b or expernienced player)
D. If by accident you do TK a team mate...apologies. Manners are (ingame and real life) always a plus.
E. Avoid planes and choppers on ranked servers until you are familiar with them
F. Medics who are great in reviving team mates are always popular
G. It is a bleeding game....so forget my points and just try to have a good time. It's a game and not school

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Welcome to the "community".

It's a telling sign of this "community" that no-one picks up on the fact that this other player drops C4 at your feet, threatening to TK you, instead of saying something like: "I'd like to be on this rooftop alone for stealth purposes - would you mind finding another place?"

Best advice: have very very low expectations of the "community" when it comes to teamwork, manners, language, attitude and maturity" - then you won't be discouraged or disillusioned..lol.

Spend some time finding the kind of servers where people aren't stat-junkies and/or don't act like spoiled infants and you may very well find some favorite servers that you can enjoy. Your chances are better on unranked servers btw.

Good luck!

Cheers :-)

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Welcome aboard!
Don't worry about being a new player. Attitude and respect for others are more important than rank or play-time. Many people with high ranks can still act in the most noobish, selfish manner imaginable. Ignore them as best you can.

Your skills will develop, just be patient, join a squad, learn the maps and take that extra second to aim your weapon.

Enjoy!

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i think noobs should play unranked, they get in the way, seriously, my goal is to win, if all the armor and air assets are fing around, greedy or just plain bad, the team will suffer.

I think you should avoid playing with people with attitude like this ^^. Find a good clan/community that doesn't hold views like "no noobs allowed" and have fun. I rather have a noob in my squad with good attitude and willing to learn over the "L33Ters and cheaters" anytime.

[Chris_Redfield]

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Please do not use full servers as a means to practice using various tools of the game/team. Starting from tanks up to commander mode. Please. Try Single Player or LOCAL server.

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Ah and don't forget to not play on Knife and Pistol only Servers/ High Point Servers (With specific rules as do not use armor) Those are illegal and will get your stats wiped..

Well for the rest I only have to say.. Welcome!

[urwathrtz]

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This is great thanks! I had some connection issues at first so I played the single player for a week. My driving has improved.