Battlefield Bad Company 2 -newbie guide

[Zeus]

Some simple tips for the newcomers to EA Battlefield Bad Company 2 to help you 'level up' and get better weapons etc

These are  from my own experience having never played any of the games before. ( except battlefield heros) So this stuff I have found out by playing the game and making lots of mistakes and dieing a lot ( so nothing new) but having fun and lot of laughs

Kill the other team as much as possible ofc! but with folks having better weapons etc than yourself it can be a quick death for your self .

Get in a squad - Your squad is green on the mini map and so r their ions above their heads your other team m8s r blue and the other team is red

Squads r made up of upto four players

once in a squad 'if' you die you can respawn to where they r on the map ( straight into the tank if one of your squad is in it)  the more you work as a team the faster you will get points which means better weapons etc

I use to join any squad and stick with them. I don't any more. I see what classes their playing before I start the playing ( was playing the other night and three guys in a clan was all playing the same class at any one time! so didn't stay with them) I change sides and if nothing is suitable even go to another server. I'm not a good player by any standards but by picking a good sqaud I have gone from near the bottom of the score table to near the top score wise ( not that score is important ofc but dieing less and helping your squad do more is rewarding) When squad members work together you normally win as a team

each class - medic, engineer etc has something unique to offer the squad assault can drop ammo boxes which the whole team can use to resupply the team mates - and you get points when they do if you dropped the box, 20 if a sqaud m8 uses it and 10 if a non squad m8 uses it. Same goes for Medic and Medi kit  and the engineer if he restores the vehicle thats been damaged. Not sure what the snipper (Recon) brings to the squad as I have played that class least.

So double the points for working as a squad

the medic has a De-fib use it as much as possible you get bags of points for it

So get in a balanced sqaud and work together.

Oh to use the ammo/medi kits once on the ground you just need to be near them!

So get dropping and work together.

going on an empty server and doing to whole rush attack map  gets you about 1000points so an easy way to shake of the lower levels and get the feel of the map and how to take out the attack points. Plus you can have a play in the helicopter - I'm really bad at flying it ( Please don't use the Helicopter in a match unless you can fly it - its a great weapon if use correctly)

hitting jump when mid air will release your parachute- Useful to get off the buildings quickly without taking fall damage!

also if you kill some one, don't stay in that area alone. There is a good change they "spotted" you for the rest of their team so you'll have 2+ people coming to butcher you :s

You can blow up land mines with ordinary guns too.

Recon update -

Been playing this class a bit and what a bag of fun without touching the sniper - bags of pionts to be had without even firing a shot. You get about Three sensors but to get more when you have used them  running over ammo kit you get more. The sensor 'if' used correctly will turn the a rush game.

In the last game I got 9 motion mine assists pins you have to get 5 to get the pin so thats 45 kills by others from the info from the sensor and its worth 20-30points depending weather its a team m8 or not.  When your taking an M-Con down stick a sensor on top off the M-Com and you have 360 radar on all incoming. My weapon of chioce for the recon is the  SAIGA with the SG upgrade (more ammo in gun) or the MGNM AM (Bigger shot - kills faster) and you have the C4 and Mortar attack too. So a squad without a recon is blind IMO just get rid of the sniper rifle after all its the default weapon! who uses the default weapon in any other class? enough said (ofc the r occasions when using the sniper is useful) When using the SAIGA theres no sights so you use the LW Pack ( Faster movement) you spot them with the sensor flank them and take them down with the dagger - nice and easy because your squad have seen them too theres coving fire too great fun. The recon has gone from my least fav class to fav class. But as always it also depends on the squad and the map


( thanks to 'azurescorch' for his input in putting together this simple guide)

[azurescorch]

If you're an engineer and have no mines/rpg's left then you can still "easily" kill a tank. Flank it (if possible, if not this will fail) and use your repair tool. It deals massive damage.

C4 can also take out tanks if you're a recon.
However I think C4 is going to be less powerful in final release as you can instantly take out Mcom points with it at the moment, which makes arming a control point useless as C4 is quicker to plant than arming the default explosives)

[DevilsRefugee]

If you're an engineer and have no mines/rpg's left then you can still "easily" kill a tank. Flank it (if possible, if not this will fail) and use your repair tool. It deals massive damage.

C4 can also take out tanks if you're a recon.
However I think C4 is going to be less powerful in final release as you can instantly take out Mcom points with it at the moment, which makes arming a control point useless as C4 is quicker to plant than arming the default explosives)

cool, never knew that about using the repair to damage enemy tanks, nice one

there is rumour that rather than nerf the c4, they are upping the amount of damage needed to destroy an mcom station to x2.

Press Q to "spot" an enemy - this basically highlights them to your team.

Never EVER let a UAV have free reign on the skys.

Pack the uav up with c4 and co-ordinate an attack with the uav operator to destroy an mcom station.

[Zeus]

Never EVER let a UAV have free reign on the skys.

Pack the uav up with c4 and co-ordinate an attack with the uav operator to destroy an mcom station.

Haven't had chance to have a go withe the uav yet - take it its the 'PC' station where someone is normally at ?

and theres a little 'helicopter' there sometimes which a recall some folk trying to get on it

so the 'PC' station controls the little 'helicopter' and that spots the teams forces?

I don't recall seeing the little 'helicopter' in battle - but then I haven't been looking for it

[DevilsRefugee]

Never EVER let a UAV have free reign on the skys.

Pack the uav up with c4 and co-ordinate an attack with the uav operator to destroy an mcom station.

Haven't had chance to have a go withe the uav yet - take it its the 'PC' station where someone is normally at ?

and theres a little 'helicopter' there sometimes which a recall some folk trying to get on it

so the 'PC' station controls the little 'helicopter' and that spots the teams forces?

I don't recall seeing the little 'helicopter' in battle - but then I haven't been looking for it

yeah thats the uav station..and that little heli is the uav. Everyone tries riding it

[Zeus]

Shot the uav down last night too 100points I think

Also had a go with the repair tool and an enemy  tank - well damage

[azurescorch]

Between "reload" times for the uav hide it is another useful thing you can do, makes it last a lot longer.

As a medic reviving people isn't always the best thing you can do. If there are no engineers you're just preventing people from spawning as them. Or you're just reviving people pointlessly. ie, some one kept reviving me last night however there was a sniper. This sniper KNEW I was going to be revived over and over thus kept his sights in the same location... He never attempted to shoot the medic as he was getting easy points by killing me upon revival.

This isn't a tip so much as something regarding gameplay: C4ing Mcoms is really easy, too easy in fact. I've seen decent players purposely NOT using C4 because it just makes the game too easy for the attackers. So for sportsmanship reasons it's some times best to not use it unless your team is being hammered :p

[Peacekeeper]

This game sounds so much like the classic BF2, just with less classes.

awesome tip to go: if someone tries to run you over with a car or a tank, don't try running away, there's a 95% chance you'll get either hit or shot. better: take out your c4, lay down shortly before the impact. half of the time this will fail, but if youre lucky you may plant a c4 on the bottom of the vehicle.

awesome kill, awesome show. works more often with tanks and APCs since jeeps etc dont have enough space between the ground and the axis.

should work in bad company 2 as well.

[Zeus]

A little update for the most hated class - the Sniper!

Recon update -

Been playing this class a bit and what a bag of fun without touching the sniper - bags of pionts to be had without even firing a shot. You get about Three sensors but to get more when you have used them  running over ammo kit you get more. The sensor 'if' used correctly will turn the a rush game.

In the last game I got 9 motion mine assists pins you have to get 5 to get the pin so thats 45 kills by others from the info from the sensor and its worth 20-30points depending weather its a team m8 or not.  When your taking an M-Con down stick a sensor on top off the M-Com and you have 360 radar on all incoming. My weapon of chioce for the recon is the  SAIGA with the SG upgrade (more ammo in gun) or the MGNM AM (Bigger shot - kills faster) and you have the C4 and Mortar attack too. So a squad without a recon is blind IMO just get rid of the sniper rifle after all its the default weapon! who uses the default weapon in any other class? enough said (ofc the r occasions when using the sniper is useful) When using the SAIGA theres no sights so you use the LW Pack ( Faster movement) you spot them with the sensor flank them and take them down with the dagger - nice and easy because your squad have seen them too theres coving fire too great fun. The recon has gone from my least fav class to fav class. But as always it also depends on the squad and the map.


Camping with the recon is such a waste when you can have great fun