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    The Recon Ghost

    I've seen (and participated in) some excellent discussions on how the recon decoy unlock works and what it is useful for. However, I would like to draw attention to a use of it that many may not know about.

    It has been established by trial and error that the effective radius of coverage by the decoy is about 60m in each direction, making it useful in small and urban maps where view distances are relatively small and there is a lot of fighting in close-quarters.

    However, once you leave that radius, you become visible again. Oh no, the decoy is useless thereafter, right?

    NOPE!

    Imagine this:

    You are a recon equipped with the Lambert and camo/decoy. Your squadleader wants to mount an assault on a flag held by a strong squad. What can you do to even the odds?

    You take your active camo, and run in an area on the opposite side from your planned assault, that you are sure an enemy IDS or Q-spot detects you. Then hit up that active camo, and run just out of range. Deploy your decoy into range, and then slip away. If you did it right, it looks like a Squadleader just ran past, and had a squadmember spawn on him before moving out of range. Guess what that squad will do? It will send anywhere from 2 to the whole squad to take care of those "contacts". In the meantime, your squad, which has been waiting patiently, can run in and cap the flag before the enemy even knows what happened. It doesn't matter that you, as the recon, appear as another blip on their radar. It's the decoy that does the work for you, giving the appearance of a hostile that will provide the distraction necessary to overwhelm a superior force.

    In this case, you are using the decoy not as a way to hide, but rather a way to clone yourself and confuse the enemy. So remember, just because you're out of the range of the decoy doesn't mean it ceases to be useful.



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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    I view the Recon decoy as something that is just too much hassle in most situations. I am a firm believer that the recon decoy does work, but I also believe that in most arenas the time spent trying to get it to work could be spent elsewhere.

    Imagine this:

    You are a recon equipped with the Lambert and camo/decoy. Your squadleader wants to mount an assault on a flag held by a strong squad. What can you do to even the odds?

    You take your active camo, and run in an area on the opposite side from your planned assault, that you are sure an enemy IDS or Q-spot detects you. Then hit up that active camo, and run just out of range. Deploy your decoy into range, and then slip away. If you did it right, it looks like a Squadleader just ran past, and had a squadmember spawn on him before moving out of range. Guess what that squad will do? It will send anywhere from 2 to the whole squad to take care of those "contacts". In the meantime, your squad, which has been waiting patiently, can run in and cap the flag before the enemy even knows what happened. It doesn't matter that you, as the recon, appear as another blip on their radar. It's the decoy that does the work for you, giving the appearance of a hostile that will provide the distraction necessary to overwhelm a superior force.

    In this case, you are using the decoy not as a way to hide, but rather a way to clone yourself and confuse the enemy. So remember, just because you're out of the range of the decoy doesn't mean it ceases to be useful.
    I'll have to try this... it kind of reminds me of the "Fist and Flank" maneuver but performed differently.
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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    The purpose you mentioned the decoy for i.e. distraction is good, but however, the main purpose is to distract the enemy from you. This has saved my life I don't know how many times SLing as PAC at Fall'o Berlin, and that is the primary reason why I use it. Good point however.
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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    *BUMP* Never underestimate the advantage the ghost can give your team.

    Below is a link to a video of BR of me SLing on a round of FoB tonight. Sorry for the poor quality, lack of music, and lack of just about anything. I think what actually happens is enough to not need eye candy.

    http://pred.ct-guild.net/fallofberlin.wmv
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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    Really useful post indeed, didn't knwo how long the ghost range is so this helps alot

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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    I do think that the decoy can create an advantage ... especially in reallife situations where battles take longer than 20 minutes... but I think ingame your better off just keeping a straight aim and keep revives up
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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    The decoy is very valuable on maps like FoB and CareBear, and sometimes also if you want to create a spawnbomb on a flag.

    Your tactic seems like a good idea, but is much of a hazzle. And I would never have one of my squadmates with a decoy unless I was cloaking too, seems more reasonable with apms or rdxs.

    Quote Originally Posted by Displacio View Post
    I do think that the decoy can create an advantage ... especially in reallife situations where battles take longer than 20 minutes... but I think ingame your better off just keeping a straight aim and keep revives up
    Would love to use a decoy to get a away from my real life problems sometimes, or a angry girlfriend.
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    Re: The Recon Ghost

    Quote Originally Posted by Reminshi View Post
    Would love to use a decoy to get a away from my real life problems sometimes, or a angry girlfriend.

    ehh heheh
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