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    Never Saw It Coming- a Review of the BF2 Camouflages.
    Index:
    PLA
    USMC
    MEC
    EF and others- Coming soon

    PLA

    From experience, the PLA seem to have the best overall camouflage in the game. The infantry all get nice, dark uniforms with green streaks going through. These are absolutely great for hiding in grass and bushes. All of the PLA classes have good camo, barring one exception. The Anti-tank has a good camo pattern, and although there is an orange streak crossing the otherwise green ERYX, it is quite small. The engineer, assault, and Medc classes are also quite well done, except the Red cross symbol on the medic bag and uniform pouches can be a dead giveaway. The PLA uniforms really excel in broad daylight, fading light, and bad conditions, because they don’t stand out from the surrounding terrain. Their single infantry exception is the Spec ops. The special forces trooper has that patriotic but impossible to miss Mao cap on his head. That’s very unfortunate, because this makes the spec ops easy to see. The PLA’s vehicles all excel at hiding in Songhua, as do the infantry. The PLA Z-10 Can be tricky to spot in most maps, and by hiding in a forest away from paths of fighter jets, it can be very easy to miss. The J-10 is also amazing at hiding. Since its role is to be small, light, and fast, its white camo makes it very hard to spot if it attacks you in a dive. It can be a serious harassment to all forms of AA, and can be completely missed by pilots not looking for it and choosing to bomb instead. Overall, the PLA camoflauge is very, very nice. Especially on the WZ551 APC, and on the FAV. The PGZ-95 is also a nice AAA battery, being small and hard to spot.

    USMC

    All right, we’ve got a problem. The marines like light and fast, but that just doesn’t cut it here. Now, the USMC has a good camoflauge in desert and jungle environments, but with some serious flaws. Flaw one. On every map, the AH-1Z, Black Hawk, and Scout heli’s are shades of silver and black. This makes them impossible to overlook. They give off a serious glare, and stand out among the forested background. They are good only if they operate near the carrier or high in the sky, because otherwise, they’re going to be spotted almost instantly. And since in order to be successful they have to strike inland, they can be picked out by enemy ground troops. The American infantry are camoflauged quite well for their environments, however. The Marine jungle camoflauge is the old digital-print-pattern, great for hiding long distances away. However, since it is dark, it can be spotted at short distances. However, every USMC jungle uniform is consistent. The USMC has good desert uniforms as well. They’re not camouflage, but they don’t stand out against the sand. However, this brings contrast. While the USMC have darker uniforms than china and are harder to locate at long distances, their desert uniforms are lighter than those of the MEC, and therefore, the USMC in the desert are better suited to hiding close to enemy lines.

    MEC

    The MEC is in possession of what are probably the most constant camouflage scheme’s in the game. Every class wears similar headgear and uniform, and unlike the PLA, although the MEC special forces have a cap coloured differently from their uniform, it is a dark green colour and doesn’t stand out. None of the MEC vehicles are flashy, however, although they are all well camouflaged. Unfortunately, the MEC’s bigest camouflage flaw is the sheer size of several vehicles. The BTR-90 is very easy to spot and hit, due to its large size. The T-90 is quite speedy, and although it doesn’t stand out as a tank, its rapid movement draws massive amounts of attention towards it. Also, the Anti-tank class is very easy to spot, because of the sheer contrast generated by a large green Eryx resting on the brown Uniform. Their bomber jet is too easy to spot if it’s dive bombing, however, if it flies overhead it is easy to miss since its underside is a dull white colour and blends in with the sky. Their scouting helicopter has no sudden jerks, and is easy to miss, since it doesn’t move quickly. The mi-17 and mi-28, however, are impossible to miss, especially the MI-28 with its loud cannon.

    EU

    Coming soon.

  • #2
    Re: Never Saw It Coming- a Review of the BF2 Camouflages.

    I would kinda disagree with the T-90 bit, because on most maps that it is used it is in desertish combat, so it's camo works generally well, and it's main selling point is that it is significantly smaller than every other tank, this means that at a distance, even if spotted, it is very hard to hit due to it being a smaller target. Compare one of them to a Challanger 2, or the other EU tank, the difference in size is impressive, and in this game where all tanks have the same armor and same damage shells, being small helps.

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    • #3
      Re: Never Saw It Coming- a Review of the BF2 Camouflages.

      The tanks travel at the same speed.

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