Am I doing badly?

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Pay Special attention to what Chris Redfield said in his post. Situational awareness is not only the key to improving your own stats but it's the key to helping your team win. Learn how to play smart first and the rest will come with practice.

When I was just learning (and man was I fu**in horrible) I would go out for a smoke after every terrible round I had. One reason is because I was really stressed out about sucking ***, and the other reason was so I could run down every bad situation I put myself in that match. Once you figure out what you're doing wrong, you'll start thinking of ways to right yourself.

A few modest tips:

- Avoid the enemy - I can tell you already think I'm crazy for saying that, I'm not. Listen to me, getting in big gun battles with 20 guys is fun, but it's very random and you don't learn anything that way. Avoid the enemy and let them come to you. You are always in a better position playing defensively. TAKE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED.

- Join a squad or create a squad - Joining a squad is great because you have teammates to help you with flags, revive you, supply you, power in numbers my friend. Creating a squad, you get 1 on 1 contact with the commander (the "T" button is your friend) and you follow your own orders. Never go lone wolf, even if you want to play alone create a squad for yourself, it helps wth communication between yourself and the commander.

- Play medic - Yeah, everyone and their grandmothers plays medic but for begginers it's especially good as it'll give you an added kick if you want to concentrate on infantry battles. Always heal yourself, always have a full clip.

- Use vehicles - If you suck at infantry than use a vehicle to get around. it's much safer and you'll get there faster. As an added bonus the mounted guns on utility vehicles are very powerful and useful for midrange and longerange combat situations. Use them to your advantage.

- Put your team before your stats - Winning is everything my friend. Evaluate how you can best help your team and then set out to do it, even if it may not be rewarding points/stats wise. Here's a tip, getting in repeated gun fights probably isn't going to make or break the game for your team, use your time WISELY.

Good luck rookie.

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Don't worry about the stats. Everyone has to start somewhere; you are just starting a bit lower than some others. I've seen better and worse. My own stats aren't flashy either.

What matters is: have fun. BF2 is meant to be a team game, so when you are playing be team-oriented. Join a squad, follow your squad leader's orders, and do your job: medics are to revive and heal, support is to give ammo and cover fire, snipers hang back and give high accuracy firepower for your squad, anti-tank takes out vehicles, etc.

Also, if you want to improve, then set a goal and a plan on how to achieve it. If you die too much, then set your intention to surviving: avoid all artillery, avoid spawning in enemy-infested areas, stay close to other players, never walk in the open, always sprint between cover/concealment, check your mini-map often, etc. Whenever you die, don't just twiddle your thumbs waiting for the re-spawn. Think about why you died and find out how to remove or reduce the likelihood of dying the same way.

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I still suck at this game, but I'm getting better all the time...

The best bit of advice I got when I started was not to worry about stats, or score or any of that stuff, but to learn the maps and what the different kits do..

Find a squad of experienced players and stick with them, follow their orders and you'll learn far more that way than simply runnning around like a headless chicken on your tod..

As was pointed out, read all the tips and hints guides you can, practise offline , practise online, just remember to always try and have fun and before you know it you'll be piling on the score without even thinking about it...

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Youll get better practice.

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We all have to start somewhere and remember that when your in game, your stats just show me you like to get into the thick of things . Dont worry so much. As the above posts suggest. enjoy the game, get into squads and enjoy.

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Hi this is my first post on this forum
I checkedmy stats and they seem pretty bad:
http://bf2s.com/player/72505184/
My accuacy is low and I have a low killratio per minute and Im dying pretty often, also I rarely get more than 20 points in 1 round. Do you pro guys have tips for me? I enjoy playing sniper and as you can see in my stats. Would I get much more points if I played somthign else? I have played some medic but I manage t get mre points when playing sniper.

I also have a question about medals and ribbons, aret hey actually sueful for something? Or is it just to "complete" the game to get all of them?

Play a medic, join a squad and fight your heart out. Doing this early on will teach you team play and will net you points while your at it. But like others have said, don't concentrate on your stats, concentrate on playing and having fun.

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Unless you are an experienced FPS player there's really nothing to worry about. You have only just started and every game needs getting used to.
If you don't want to hurt your stats then try acing in the single player. Single player is also advisable for getting your basic aviation skills (plane in clean sweap and chopper in Dalian).

This site is full of different guides and tips and so is http://www.secretsofbattlefield.com/.

I think you should really take you mind off your stats and just play. If you are too worried about getting killed, you most probably will be. Practice your aiming and let the others rush into heavy conflicts and stay back, this way you'll stay alive more and maybe even get some kills.

Also since you haven't played that much remap some of the keys. The parachute key for example ... "9" is very difficult to reach when needed in a hurry. But that is all in the tips, guides, manuals, whatever you might call them.

Remember, its a game ... go and have FUN!

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You arn't that bad. Check out my stats. they are worse thasn yours. I just enjoy the game. I've also learnt how to fly in this game. Plus get killed a lot. Who really cares. Just have fun.

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Hi this is my first post on this forum
I checkedmy stats and they seem pretty bad:
http://bf2s.com/player/72505184/
My accuacy is low and I have a low killratio per minute and Im dying pretty often, also I rarely get more than 20 points in 1 round. Do you pro guys have tips for me? I enjoy playing sniper and as you can see in my stats. Would I get much more points if I played somthign else? I have played some medic but I manage t get mre points when playing sniper.

I also have a question about medals and ribbons, aret hey actually sueful for something? Or is it just to "complete" the game to get all of them?

Yes, u r doing kinda bad, but dont think of it that way, think of it as, in a way, u made some1 else very happy with his points

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god gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you put it in your soul to everyone

yep....ahhhh.... GO QUEENSLAND!!

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yes they r bad

really bad

probably some of the worst ive seen imo

Maybe you should teach him how +/Plus bunny hop then?

[Chris_Redfield]

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People often neglect the power of an "objective". Lets say you lack in skills to take down other opponents face to face. Simple solution is to create a situation where you face the opponent while he has his back turned on you. Set yourself an objective, such as- "I want to die the least in this round". This is what made me focus on situational awareness the most. If you play simple, you will also die simply, because youll most likely face people in the simpliest situations usually "face to face" and you get killed. If you start thinking and playing with "dieing least compared to everyone else" and change your gameplay accoordingly, your mindet starts to change.

The hardest part is not to get better aim, but to create a playing style that will create you an advantage in every situation.

Ive failed to do that in BF2, simply because 1:1 KDR is all I need, and my objectives usually rely somewhere else, but I did this in SWAT4 and it worked wonders. If you die the least, youll soon notice your kills go up.

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I prefer going as a lone wolf as sniper :)
And I dont wanna ignore the stat system since I want more unlocks :|:

Stats don't give you unlocks.
Points give you unlocks.

Lonewolves can make good points only if they kill alotta people. You can't really get any teampoints. You can't expect to cap a flag unless you're really lucky (or the enemy has a crappy commander). You don't get heal or supply points 'cause there's no-one around (besides, you're a sniper).

SO...

If you can't make lots of kills (your stats say ya ain't doing so hot with that), this is the WORST way to get points.

Try playing as a support or medic class for awhile. Join a squad and toss out those bags. Get good at zapping your squad leader back to life (he'll love you). If you're in a good squad watch what your guys are doing... they'll teach you alot.

Mostly, just try to stick with your guys.

Trust me, it's a hella lotta fun and your stats will improve while you're making WAY more points.

[=[MI5]=RJW]

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dont worry about stats youy will get better if you dont worry about them work as a team with people and you will get better

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You'll find that ranks and unlocks will go alot fast if ya join a squad and cap flags and do the whole teamwork thing that just going for kills. I started ignoring stats and starting going for wins and my global score addition started to go from 70 to about 120-150.