Training today

[From Dreads Journal]

If you didn't catch it already, I posted in the Scars and Such thread about a 1v4 match on Burial Mounds that I won earlier today in training. The point was that out-thinking and maneuvering an enemy can be the winning factor even when outnumbered and outgunned. There is just too much "power weapon" debate in this community to not mention this. Tactics can beat superior weaponry. Combine the weaponry w/ the tactics...and things just get scary. That is our mission.

In this particular game, my goal was to play like a guerrilla fighter in the jungles of Vietnam. Stay low, see them first, find their weakness. Hit fast, get out and hide, wait for them to mobilize, isolate a target and hit again.

It is an infuriating thing to stop as a defense. It's like constantly being stung by a hive of bees. It works wonders as an offense.

I knew my only advantage was that I was harder to spot, and that since they had all the weapons they would be over confident. Staying in scope or on turrets longer than usual, spreading out, etc. Granted, this wouldn't have been good enough to beat a good team , because they would have more discipline, but that is exactly the point. I want us to be a good enough team to use moves like these, and be able to defend against them.

By shifting my weaponry, method and timing of attack, I was able to catch them off guard. My goal was to always kill one before I died to keep my lead intact. It worked

Now another thing I have been noticing. Lately I have been doing really well in 3 plots.

Game one

Game two

I didn't rack up the kills, I rack up on time. In each game I played the exact same strategy. Find weapons you are good with near your base of operation, find numerous positions from which to attack within your base, wait for an attacker to come and get in the plot, then pounce on him and take it back.

It is a great ambush. On Sanctuary I ducked down behind the wall near the ramp up from the shotgun well. I could see just over the middle platform side the knees of any attackers coming up the BR side ramp and had a good view from the front of the base, but they couldn't see me unless they scanned the ground...how many times do you look at your feet?

As soon as the flag started changing hands, I ambushed with the smg/plasma rifle combo. They were dead before they even saw me. Reclaim territory, hunker down and wait until they do it again.

I used the same weapons on Turf and hid among the boxes to control the warehouse square. Every time they came I was in a slightly different spot so their grenades didn't hurt me. Eventually they sent two men to my territory, giving me a double kill. I lost in when they sent three, but took two with me.

The power of this is that one man who actually studies a specific terrain can control it effectively alone. Imagine one player like this in the warehouse, two trained to the scarab (one with sniper/BR, the other with brute plasma/smg to watch the flanks), and one holding the rooftops above the tent with bruteshot/BR or the PP/BR combo?

Ouch.

That is the goal. Tactics + control = dominance. Pay attention as you play and try out specific drills like this for yourself when you can in practice and share with us here on the forum.

Dread

[axis001]

I like the thinking Dread and how u put into a easy to understand equation. Tatics and control are the key to victory

[Dreadlife]

Sometimes its like paper, rock scissors.


Axis and I played this game of 2v2 today. The other team was pretty good. The sniper was deadly and they moved well together, we never hit one without the other being nearby. It became obvious early on what kind of style they would be running. They were playing a wolf/spider style. One sat back with the sniper and BR, the other stayed in his cover and kept dual combos. (smg/brute plasma, smg/smg, smg/magnum)

When this became obvious we immediately (and instictively, neither of us really said anything about it, which was pretty cool) went into a bear/vulture style. We both had smg/plasma rifle combos so we stayed close together, but spread out to minimize grenade fallout. We stayed well back in the allys to draw the sniper in at least out of scope and pull out his BR.

When they attacked, one would engage hard and the other would wait until either their first man was dead and the second weakened or he say that red X. Then they swept in to get the quick shieldless kills. We killed both of them numerous times this way.

It was close but we kept the lead, made them play our game (especially when Axis picked up the sniper and kept it as a second weapon so it wouldn't spawn...nice play!) and got the hard fought win.

[axis001]

Yes i would have to agree about the diff styles of fighting. The style they were using didnt supprize me at all most high leveled slayer players i know of will auto matically fall on sniper/covert fighting groups. But we found out their weaknesses and exploited them to pull a win.