Battlefield 2 Tips and Strategy
I’m a huge fan of EA Games’ Battlefield 2. I’ve played the entire series since my days working at the world’s largest independent game producer (EA!) where I could get discounted copies for my friends from the company store. Battlefield 2 is amazing fun, and I’m getting better and better as I tack on more hours of play time.
I’ve come up with a few simple strategies and tips to help you dominate the enemy and score yourself some points.
Always play in a squad
When I’m playing it seems like most players are playing solo, which makes absolutely no sense. Whether you create your own squad or join an existing one, always play as part of a squad. There is strength in numbers. Each squad leader is a mobile spawn point. This is good for a number of reasons. For example, if your squad leader is near a capture point when you respawn you’ll get credit for assisting the capture. That’s a free point for you. If the enemy has all the capture points you can still respawn with your squad leader if he evades death. If your squad stays together you’ll have automatic backup if you run into enemy forces. Let your buddy be the bullet sponge as you rack up the skulls. Chances are your squad will have several players with different “kits”. Maybe a couple medics, support, engineer, etc. This will keep you patched up with health kits, ammo kits, and repairs. If you’re the one dropping health or ammo kits you’ll rack up points when your squad members pick up your gear. You’ll also get two points for reviving team mates (with shock paddles no less), so if you roll with a squad you’ll have plenty of opportunity to get revive points. Always play in a squad. Squad players routinely top the score board.
Anti-air tips
Battlefield 2 has made all the planes effective as bombers. As a result, you have to kill them if you can. Much of the time, planes and helicopters are carrying two or more players. These means you can get up to ten points for each plane or helicopter you destroy! Pilots are also fun to attack because of their God complex. They enjoy flying high and fast while raining death among the weak, ant-like ground units. Some of your best and most cocky players are pilots and they hate, hate to get shot down. The best tip for using anti-air is to wait for the flares before you fire. All skilled pilots use flares to throw off heat-seeking missiles, so once you lock onto them with the radar wait a couple seconds for them to use flares. Once they shoot off flares, track the target and relock the radar onto them. Then shoot off your missiles before their flares reload. When you shoot keep the target in your cross-hairs until the missiles hit. They will heat-seek but only if you keep the target in your sights. Helicopters are the easiest to shoot down because they move slower. If your shooting at a plane try to get it as it approaches or moves away from you. You will rarely be able to hit a plane from the side unless you lead the target by a good deal of distance. When a plane tries to bomb you just stay put and wait till they fly over you before launching your missiles. You will have better luck hitting them if you stay cool and on target.
(To be continued…)
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