Survive a MAG battle

Subject: Survive a MAG battle Mon May 31, 2010 5:45 am

Survive a Mag match

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Jager_Shot
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After playing a dozen or so Mag matches, I have become frustrated in the amount of times per game I get killed and the low death counts of the enemies. I have since researched the subject and am posting my findings. I hope they may be of some use to anyone else that is trying to improve their game.

The first point to remember when playing an FPS game is to always keep moving. A moving target is harder to hit than a static one. We're talking sporadic left/right strafing + jumping + crouching + sprinting + putting things in between you and the enemy. Even while reloading weapons, a player should strafe, i.e., move sideways while keeping his eye on the enemy.

Mix up your movement routines. If you're running left, don't keep running left. Stop dead, run right. In some cases, try stopping, and not even switching direction. Just stop. Many times, they'll try to predict your move and do a complete over-shot in the opposite direction.
Find the enemy before it finds you. This means that you want to sneak up on your enemy, spot them across the map first, hear them coming before they hear you period, whatever.

When firing your weapon, zooming puts you at a disadvantage. When you zoom, it reduces the amount of shots you can put into a single target in a small amount of time, because recoil will take you farther from your target than normal. Try to stay as zoomed out as possible. Zooming also adds a split-second to your shot time which increases the chance that you will get hit first.

Anticipation is better than aiming. Tracking movement with a crosshair is difficult. Hitting a target this way is even harder. How about this: If you know where they're going, why not put your crosshair there? It makes your job so much easier. You can't do this all the time, but if they move linearly, do it.

For guns that have a lot of recoil (meaning when the gun goes all over the place when you shoot), click onces or twice for accurate shots. If you are a person who holds on to the "shoot" key, aim mostly for the chest/neck, because the gun will typically move upwards towards the head. When you have to fire a machine gun at long range, it is often better to tap the trigger to maximize your damage.

If you have in your hands a rocket launcher, the best target is not the torso or the head; the best target is usually an enemies feet. Rockets, after all, are easy to dodge. However, an enemy under normal circumstances cannot dodge damage due to proximity and you may kill them regardless of a direct hit.

Lead your enemy with grenades! Many a new player has died for lack of consideration. A well bounced grenade or leading grenade will inevitably kill an opponent intent on moving forward.

In team games, it is essential to co-ordinate with team members properly, so that they can back up the player if needed in the heat of combat by providing suppressing cover fire.

Do not stay in in the same place after making a kill; the enemy will more than likely come back for revenge after the respawn or inform his team where you are hiding.

It is a good practice to have your controller sensitivity turned up as high as you can handle. This is for two reasons. One is to provide easy multi kills and draws against multiple opponents. The other advantage is to be able to address a potential killer to your rear. A person with low sensitivity would stand little or no chance in such a scenario.

Stay calm. If you die, and you get mad, you'll die again, I guarantee it. If you die ten times, and get mad that tenth time, you will die ten more times. The worst time you can get mad is when you're in a team game, or applying a strategy to the game at hand. The anger causes you to do any number of things - from forgetting your role to getting the incentive to rush the enemy in a foolish attempt to get revenge.

If others in this forum know of additional kill techniques or survival methods, please post.

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February 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM

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HisSlyness
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Expert Tips a la Slyness

1. Strafing + Hip fire = Godleness
As Jager just explained strafing is imperative. I do not use side to side starfing unless up against a shotgun. I recommend circle strafing and hip-firing at the same time. Most of the time your opponent simple cant get his big MG to hit you because you are one step ahead and your AR moves faster and more accurate in hipfire. This move is at its best when confronting 1 to 8 plus enemies at close range. You Circle Strife and hipfire they die you laugh.

2. Reloading

You have time why not reload at every chance you can. Especially an AR. Keep your bullets full and ready for conflict.

3. Ammo UP

Great you killed an enemy, but oh no your out of ammo. Its ok the other team just brought you ammo. Bleed the enemy out stand over his lifeless corps pick up his gun and then pick up your gun. YEAH full ammo in your gun. Rinse and Repeat.

4. Sneaky Ninja

So that guy you just killed for his ammo is pissed. You owned him and his friends and they are comming back for vengence. As Jager stated, get out of there!!! Go to another vantage point lay down and hide. Let them Pass. When the danger is cleared, Ninja Knife them ALL. Laugh and tell your enemy how they had no chance.

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February 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM

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poachiche
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i use strafing in 2 different ways the first one is i get my crosshair close to the enemy and then i stop moving it and i strafe it in posistion in and out of position if the eney is shooting me .. the other way is quite clever let say your onm the side of a guy running for the objestive get your crosshais on him annd then you strafe to keep it on him its much more effectife then turning to keep your crossair on it it work especially well on mag
the other thing i see a lot is most people take them out from the front wherer they can see you like to drill holes in them from the side so that way it take em more time to figure out from where they got slaughter becauu by the time they turn around to face you they usually are already dead!!
this dosent work on all map thos since in some of them you have to face your enemy usually the first one to shoot is the first one to kill remember that !!

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February 23, 2010 at 6:59 PM