I'd logged a lot of hours since this game came out (800 hours) and was looking for a new challenge to keep my interest up.
Looking at my main soldier (DeathEngineer) I saw that I'd already played all the maps, all the soldier types, and all the nifty unlocks... but my Assault class was weak. It's always been the weakest part of my game (since I only play FPS you'd think that would be a strength and not a weakness:shakehead:)
So I created (UpgradeLooter) as a new soldier to hone my infantry skills and proceeded on a very slow grind as I gradually learn to play better. After 100 hours of honing my skills on mostly Camp G. I realized that I have really gotten better:yay: and have pretty much reached my max performance. UpgradeLooter as the name implies has only 2 unlocks to start out with (defib and SLB) everything else is looted from dead soldiers on the battlefield (I ended up not looting much of anything since I was doing just fine with the defaults). I did get some kills in walkers and tanks at the beginning but for the most part it was just mano-a-mano with the default assault rifle, pistol, and knife. Once I reached my 'max' potential it was time to start a brand new soldier and so BackToBasic was born:salute:
BackToBasic really reflects my current infantry-only skill level and as you can see from my sig I've come a long way:yay: BackToBasic also has an additional restriction over UpgradeLooter in that NO VEHICLE KILLS whatsoever are allowed; every single 'intentional' kill has to be by default rifle (or the one I was revived with), pistol, and knife... that's it
I now play with the tag [NAKED] to signify that the soldier has no unlocks aside from the defib (should really have been standard equipment) and SLB (it's only fair to the squad to have this when you need it). The challenge for me is to survive on hardcore pub servers such as MIAClan, FMJ, MoonGamers, BandOfBrothers, TacticalGamers, and the likes while keeping my essential stats (spm, K/D, Accuracy) at a decent level (I haven't quite reached my goals yet but progress is still being made:nod:).
Playing this style has these challenges:
* Can't sprint as far as everyone else
* Can't recover as fast as everyone else
* Can't heal as fast as everyone else
* Can't rack up kills with FRAG, APM, RDX, PK's, or Armor
* Can't zoom in with the sniper (and no stabilizer either)
* No extra ammos for the pistols
* No added 'cushion' with the unlock boots
* No Netbat (so you just have to rely more on sight, sound, and voice to avoid danger and to relay the dangers to the squad)
* Lastly noone else is running around [NAKED] (all the FRAG/APM/RDX/PK spammers, cloaked dogtag hunters, zoomed snipers, walkers, FAV, etc... they're all still there to raise hell)
I was quite surprised at what can be accomplished with simply the very basics of what a soldier has and have found a brand new way to enjoy this game (even though I was having a blast playing normally too)
So if any of you have gotten bored keep this in mind as a potential way to breath new life into your battles. I'd still get back to normal gameplay now-n-then but probably not until BackToBasic becomes BG:salute:
Hey, if any of you are 'crazy' enough to do this use [NAKED] as your tag so we can recognize each other on the battlefield:salute:
BTW, I also created a new sig with just the essential stats to track my progress.
Looking at my main soldier (DeathEngineer) I saw that I'd already played all the maps, all the soldier types, and all the nifty unlocks... but my Assault class was weak. It's always been the weakest part of my game (since I only play FPS you'd think that would be a strength and not a weakness:shakehead:)
So I created (UpgradeLooter) as a new soldier to hone my infantry skills and proceeded on a very slow grind as I gradually learn to play better. After 100 hours of honing my skills on mostly Camp G. I realized that I have really gotten better:yay: and have pretty much reached my max performance. UpgradeLooter as the name implies has only 2 unlocks to start out with (defib and SLB) everything else is looted from dead soldiers on the battlefield (I ended up not looting much of anything since I was doing just fine with the defaults). I did get some kills in walkers and tanks at the beginning but for the most part it was just mano-a-mano with the default assault rifle, pistol, and knife. Once I reached my 'max' potential it was time to start a brand new soldier and so BackToBasic was born:salute:
BackToBasic really reflects my current infantry-only skill level and as you can see from my sig I've come a long way:yay: BackToBasic also has an additional restriction over UpgradeLooter in that NO VEHICLE KILLS whatsoever are allowed; every single 'intentional' kill has to be by default rifle (or the one I was revived with), pistol, and knife... that's it
I now play with the tag [NAKED] to signify that the soldier has no unlocks aside from the defib (should really have been standard equipment) and SLB (it's only fair to the squad to have this when you need it). The challenge for me is to survive on hardcore pub servers such as MIAClan, FMJ, MoonGamers, BandOfBrothers, TacticalGamers, and the likes while keeping my essential stats (spm, K/D, Accuracy) at a decent level (I haven't quite reached my goals yet but progress is still being made:nod:).
Playing this style has these challenges:
* Can't sprint as far as everyone else
* Can't recover as fast as everyone else
* Can't heal as fast as everyone else
* Can't rack up kills with FRAG, APM, RDX, PK's, or Armor
* Can't zoom in with the sniper (and no stabilizer either)
* No extra ammos for the pistols
* No added 'cushion' with the unlock boots
* No Netbat (so you just have to rely more on sight, sound, and voice to avoid danger and to relay the dangers to the squad)
* Lastly noone else is running around [NAKED] (all the FRAG/APM/RDX/PK spammers, cloaked dogtag hunters, zoomed snipers, walkers, FAV, etc... they're all still there to raise hell)
I was quite surprised at what can be accomplished with simply the very basics of what a soldier has and have found a brand new way to enjoy this game (even though I was having a blast playing normally too)
So if any of you have gotten bored keep this in mind as a potential way to breath new life into your battles. I'd still get back to normal gameplay now-n-then but probably not until BackToBasic becomes BG:salute:
Hey, if any of you are 'crazy' enough to do this use [NAKED] as your tag so we can recognize each other on the battlefield:salute:
BTW, I also created a new sig with just the essential stats to track my progress.
I don't team-switch and the servers I play on surely don't stack the teams. Maybe I've just been on a lucky streak but it's still pretty unexpected.
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