You go by Skins or Name color?

[Stripper_Clown]

I'm assuming you are only doing this for infantry, since you are using the term skin. I would say that I use both. I usually don't encounter the red tag bug, so if I see red tag I shoot. If I get 1 tk from it oh well I know its getting buggy and time to ignore the tags. One tk once in a while, especially if its due to red tag bug, is not gonna hurt anybody.

As for vehicles, I go by the tag a lot more, only because me and my friends I play BF2 with all love to steal vehicles from the enemy, especially the helicopters. Do not assume just because the vehicle is an enemy vehicle that an enemy is driving it. Could be a teamate jacked a ride.

[American Infidel]

skins, although it can be hard to tell sometimes in darker settings, inside buildings, in shade, etc.

[bu11eTJuNkiE]

both which ever happens to catch my eye first.

[imported_forever]

the skins of snipers all look the same

the tag bug is on snipers

[Umi.Ryuuzaki]

How to tell without the tag:

MEC

"He looks like a Arab so....he's the enemy!"
"Thats a RPK-74..."
"Dragonv sniper rifle....HMM!"
"Black spec ops hat....MEC!"
"Thats a AK and I have a M16. Uh..."
"He's wearing a darker uniform than me..."
"Thats a T-90...HELP?"

Chinese
"He looks like a gook and he has a big AK-47....he's the enemy!"
"Red Specs ops hat and looks like a chink....CHINESE!"

USMC
(Desert map)"Thats a bright uniform...AMERCIANS!"
(Chinese map)"He's not a brown skin..."
"Spiffy Desert Camo Baseball hat...american spec ops!"
"Thats a M16...."
"Thats the only army that has black people...."

[Kleinzeit]

I think I have uniform recognition problems, in that in some maps friend and foe look nigh on identical. This is compounded if you are getting switched. There's really little difference for me, so I wait for a red or blue tag. I get killed a bit more for hesitating, but less TKs.

[Mykonicon]

Racist Bastard

[N2K]

skin, unless i forget what side i was in

[Bronx19]

If its red its dead, I dont wait to see the face.

[ODBoy]

I hate when people kill the people with the red-tag glitch. I mean, how hard is it to tell a Chinese guy between an American guy? Look at their helmets, thats what I do. Or, just look at their uniform. Americans have the bright urban colors, and the other two have a dark uniform.

If you pop ure site over somewone and there tags are red you ARE gonna shoot, who the hell has time to admire the damn uniform from 100+ yards out??? Plus with some ppl playing this game with low settings it would take forever to distinguish the difference from a distance. Jeez lad you talk some $hit in here and im pretty sure its just to be an awkward pr*ck.

[glasseye]

Basing it on skins is horrible. One of the key features of the game is being able to pick up kits. Does a teammate deserve to die because he switched to an enemy kit?

changing kits doesnt change your uniform to the other team does it?

[sbikerbud]

I'm assuming you are only doing this for infantry, since you are using the term skin. I would say that I use both. I usually don't encounter the red tag bug, so if I see red tag I shoot. If I get 1 tk from it oh well I know its getting buggy and time to ignore the tags. One tk once in a while, especially if its due to red tag bug, is not gonna hurt anybody.

As for vehicles, I go by the tag a lot more, only because me and my friends I play BF2 with all love to steal vehicles from the enemy, especially the helicopters. Do not assume just because the vehicle is an enemy vehicle that an enemy is driving it. Could be a teamate jacked a ride.

Other night, kubra dam, I'm anti tank, in a bit of a skirmish around a flag when a t80 (or whatever the tanks are) rolls in with a red name tag. One AT rocket/missile later (previously damaged no doubt)and boomboom. Then "you were punished for team kill"

For infantry I go by the skins now.

[Habloc]

Names ofcourse, impossible otherwise...

[Habloc]

I hate when people kill the people with the red-tag glitch. I mean, how hard is it to tell a Chinese guy between an American guy? Look at their helmets, thats what I do. Or, just look at their uniform. Americans have the bright urban colors, and the other two have a dark uniform.

Seen friendlys with oponents skins...

[FM_Echo_One]

Uniform. Colour bug = TKs. :hmm: