general tactics and strats

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I just wanted to give new(er) people a better idea about what way to go about doing things in etqws. I am an et vet myself i have been playing w:et for 4 years now and i am going to continue to play qw fors years to come.

1.aiming
if you are good with light weapons i would recommend using the smgs for gfd and strogg when being engineer or medic, if not so good use the shootgun/nailgun.always select the scopedassault riffle/accurised lasserator when you get level 1 field ops. it is more accurate and can be used almost like a sniper. first of all when using the smgs try to use the sights as often as you can. if you are in short range generaly dont, med range it can depend on the situation and usaly use your sights in long range(firing in bursts). if someone doesnt know you are behind them the best thing to do would be to crouch, look through your sights, aim for the head and let her rip. with the smgs ALWAYS aim for the head. in qws 99% of the time head shot is 1 shot 1 kill. if they drop like a brick you know you got a headshot.always keep your gun aimed at head height even when not in a fire fight because you never know who will jump around the corner at you, and its always nice to take someone down nice and quick saving yourself damage. if you are using the shotgun/nailgun aim for center mass(the middle of the body) i am 90% sure that is the best spot for the shotgun and nailgun.

also if you see an enemy vehicle with realy low hp dont be afraid to land a few shots on it(dont waste your ammo if its on full hp). i have got many kills from doing that with the tormentor and hog.
if you are ever in a 1 vs 2 always try to aim for the person with the lower hp(it tells you thier hp when you place your xhair over them), its better to take one out as early as you can. if you cant tell the difference in the hp try to aim for the medic/tecnician so he cant revive the person you just took out.

2.flying
Flying can be a tricky thing to master in quake wars. it took my a few hours to learn the basics of flying in beta1.the main things to remember are start off with advanced flight controls off and later when you get better at flying them them on. it might seem stupid to put them on because there is no auto leveling but once you get the hang of it, it is very helpfull not to have the computer interfering with your flight. when learning to fly go onto an empty server and mess around with the air vehicles because it can be very annoying for someone to get into a bumbelbee with someone that cant fly and then he crashes and kills everyone inside.
the best way i found of evading missles is to fire decoys and fly realy low to the buildings doing quick turns. it can be tricky and dangerous but can pay off
if you do it right.
most people dont know but if you jump out of a bumblebee(not sure about the others) you can deploy a parachute by pressing f, and you will glide safley to the ground.

3.other general tactics
if you are ever in a light armoured vehicle like a husky try stay out of the line of fire of enemy vehicles for as long as possible. use the huskys mobility to your advantage. weave in and out of obstacly making it hard for them to hit you.

if you ever find your self driving head on at a avt in a husky or armidilo fire a decoy and jump out as soon as possible, the decoy will make the first missle miss and give you time to get away from the doomed vehicle.

if you come acrros deployables that arnt shooting at you throw a few grenades at it. it gives you good xp and will help out your team. once a deployable is disabled move onto the next so you will overall giving the constructor more work to do and you will disable more deployables.

when you are the driver of a troop carrier(armidilo and trojan) dont drive of straight away, look at your minimap and look to see is anybody running at your vehcile. overall its dosnt frustrate other players and it benifits the team.

use your toys wisely. if you are a soldier/agressor and you have nothing to do plant a HE charge on the wall where enemy usaly run by.when you are engineer/constructor plant mines when ever you can to prevent the recapture of a spawn or just for deffence. the infiltrator and covert ops have the best tools when used well. the drone can be use as an ambush tool or a scout and the 3rd eyes camera radar can be a warning of incoming enemys when you are hacking and objective or just waiting for an enemy to kill. when ever you get the chance dploy a supply station when you are medic. deploy it onfront of a wall or in places where enemy dont usaly walk by.

thats all for now. if you have any more tactics please post them here.

[Jammydodger]

Yeah some good tips there, thanks for posting