Camping -- DISABLED in RA2
by ||FL||AtaxiA

"Camping is disabled in RA2?! But I see people camp all the time!!"

Many people think that Camping is staying in one place and waiting for an enemy to make a move that allows you to hit him from a hidden or easily defended postition. In truth, you can not camp in RA2.

The reason is that the definition of camping is to stay near a weapon, powerup, armor and spawn point, waiting from someone to come by to get that weapon, or to respawn there. Since there are no weapons, armor, or power ups in RA2, you, in truth, CAN NOT CAMP. When people stay in one spot during a pickup game (during 1on1 it is pointless and disrespectfull towards the people waiting in line and your oppenet as there is no point to it and it is very time consuming) you should instead considering them as "ambushing" or "sniping". Doing this may not get you very many frags, but there are some VERY good reasons why this is a reasonable tatic.

First is because it makes it much harder for your oppenet to kill you when you chose a GOOD spot and use the correct weapon. Its not as "NO SKILL" as many people make it out to be. You have to have quick reflexes to kill the other person before they kill you (since you are staying in a stationary position it is fairly easy to get two or three rockets flying towards your face, which will almost always kill you).

You also have to be able to find GOOD positions, which will make it hard for your oppenet to kill you. You also need to know WHEN to shoot. Many people you ambush will choose positions which are very visable and easy to attack. A better thing would do is to choose a spot which has bad lighting, and is travled OCCASIONALY, not countinously. The reason behind this is if you fail to kill you oppenet in a highly traveled tunnel or room, chances are you'll get stuck in your little hole, getting attacked by two or more guys.

Another thing you have to practice is choosing WHEN to fire. If you shoot when they are facing you, they'll be able to try to dodge your shot, and start firing before you can get out of your spot, which is a very fatal mistake. The ideal thing to do is to wait for him/her to pass you, exposing their back towards you. This will make your shoot almost impossible to dodge unless by luck, and you should be able to get off a second shoot before they can find out where u are. This is a VERY important thing to remember.

Another good reason why camping should not be considered "bad", or "lame" is becuase it is very usefull when playing as a clan. Many people disagree with this, when it is really very obvious why it is good. Alot of RA2 clans play that the most frags at the end of a map win that map. Well, if you ambush your oppenet you will rarely get killed, which will give your clan a very edge over the other clan.

One of the mistakes VERY commonly done is that people will camp in the same place everytime. This is totally stupid, as after 2 or 3 rounds, the other team will make it their lives work to go there and kill you EVERY round. If you choose a different spot everytime, shifting back to the old postitions after you have been away from that one about 3 rounds makes it much harder to anticipate that you're there. Also never follow the same order. Switch which one you go to next every time. This also makes it MUCH harder to kill you.

Sniping is VERY different from camping. You need to find a position not neccesaryly hard to see, but very hard to get to and fairly higher than where you attacking. You also SHOULD know how to zoom in. This is very easy to do, yet few people do it. How you do it is like this, in the console make two binds: bind [key] "fov 30 (change this according to how far away you are according to where your shooting at);sensitivity 4(change this so it suites you better, the higher you can EASILY use the better); use railgun" bind [key] "fov [your norm]; sensitivity [your norm]; use rocket launcher"

This makes sniping much easier. For the most part thats enough to get you starting ambushing and sniping. Try to stay innovative about where u stay, and try not to copy off of other people to often, becuase chances are, people will acpect it, and they will no how to attack it.

Alot of people reading this are saying that I am lame or have no skill. Not so, I deem this acceptable becuase it is not easy to do, and it is a very strategic thing to do. It makes RA2 a game where you have to listen closely and watch your back and surroundings. This makes for a much more fun and harder game.

Thanks,
||FL||AtaxiA, Co-Leader of Clan Flatliners







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