Advise needed for urban maps

[Drayen]

Hi people,

Sorry to bother you with another newb thread, but i could really use some help, i'm quite new here (not even 10 hours of play behind me)

I think i do fairly well on most "open air" maps (but thats mostly in tanks and helos from time to time), but have real troubles getting scores on city maps (infantry playstyle) (Karkand and the other i dont remember the name of :-))

2 senarios :

1. i remain carefull, sneak, pick up my targets, get back when too many ennemies. I end the round with a good K/D ratio, but low score (i run here and there more then i frag :-))

2. i jump in the heat of the battle and get my ass handed to me nicely :-) Then i end the round with more score, but a horrible K/D ratio :-)

I just cant seem to find a good in-between...I usually end the round in the middle of the score table, but i just dont get how people can get 3 times my score in the same timeframe

Are you mostly playing certain classes on such maps ? Should i go on large (64 people) maps to train, or rather on small ones ? (i usually play on 32 people maps) Or maybe is that better to train on single player ? (but those are only 16 people)

Thanx in advance for any tip

[[SYLAN]Baseline]

The best 'secret' I think to getting higher up the score table is to play as part of the team (no offence). Flag caps and team support points can easily double a good players score.

Get in a squad early, follow orders, explore the support and medic roles. You'll soon start climbing the scoreboard....

[Kongstad]

Alot of people tank whore, I just tried that last night tank whoring throughout a round of strike on karkand and came out as a clear nr. 1. Its completely **** and to powerful though, but I'm an infanterist by heart so .. yeah i hate tanks

Tips to staying alive in urban maps.

1) Rifle in burst mode for going around corners, burst mode sucks but if an enemy is closer than 10 meters it will save your arse.

2) Rifle in single shot if they are in open areas 20+ away.

3) Don't underestimate the pistol! I use it for that midrange combat between 10 to 20 meters, its powerful but requires accuracy with the small clip.

4) Knife if they are ridicoulesly close and you cant reload in time, throw yourself at them, most people will panic when a blade comes their way.

5) Be a medic and throw a bag along the corner/walll you are passing so that if something comes around the next bend you can run backwards and "eat" the medpack.

6) Frag grenades are your friend, use em for corners, alleys, running away with a hot tail.

7) Don't ignore "skull" warnings, claymores all over this level.

End: Alot of the people finishing first on urban maps most likely had a "whore moment" were as they caught a spawn point and camped it with a vehicle/grenades/c4 or they just stuck to vehicles rather than fighting properly gun to gun on the ground =)

[Kongstad]

The best 'secret' I think to getting higher up the score table is to play as part of the team (no offence). Flag caps and team support points can easily double a good players score.

Get in a squad early, follow orders, explore the support and medic roles. You'll soon start climbing the scoreboard....

That too, I'm mostly a medic and i capture alot of flags, gives a good teamscore combined with decent kills. If I'm in the map to start with I will usually end up on the top 5 ( Always seem to be nr. 4 these days >_< )

Btw whats with BF2 stats, my siggy aint updating :S

[glaeken]

Well I would recommend you stick in a squad and play as the assault class on urban maps. Squads will improve your survival times and the assault rifles extra power really comes into its own on infantry maps. The grenade launcher is also very handy for anti-vehicle duty.

My top tip is gun fire control. Basically use the zoomed in sight (the gun is more accurate when using the zoomed in sight) as much as possible and fire bursts (a burst is simply tapping the mouse button once which will fire off a couple of shots) at targets never full auto unless they are right on top of you. Crouch when firing as much as possible as well as this will improve accuracy still further.

Also make sure you have the sprint button bound and nice and handy as this will get you out of trouble a lot if the moment you come under fire you sprint back into cover. Its almost impossible to hit a sprinting target so this is a very handy for keeping hold of those virtual lives.

Really beyond the above it really is just a matter of improving your skill levels that will happen the more your practice.

[Drayen]

great overall comments there, thanx already.
to say the truth, i play alone most of the time, so that might be an answer aswell :-) I'll probably try one of the support classes (medic, engi or support) and jump in a squad to see how it goes... tbh, i never really understood the point of beeing in a squad..i usually just follow people lol :-)

[glaeken]

Well try sticking with a squad and if you get a good one you will notice a difference. If nothing else being in a squad gives you an extra spawn point to spawn at which might be closer to the action. Really why not be in a squad? There are no disadvantages I can think of and it is free :)

[sbikerbud]

Assault or spec ops is the way to go on urban maps.

I usually play as support with the PKM and struggle on the urban maps. Last night I switched to the assault class.....WHAT A REVELATION.....no more throwing yourself prone everytime you bump into an enemy.

Shoot and scoot. Brilliant.

On the open maps then support gunners usually have time to prone/iron sight etc and can be quite effective.

On the urban maps the added accuracy of the assault/spec ops guns whilst standing is more useful.

[Roderick]

Personally, I love urban maps. I either use AT or Support for this.

My advise to you is to learn how to hug the walls and keep moving. If you kill a target, don't be there for him to look for you on his next respawn. Keep the element of surprise and move to a new point after every kill.