When Squadleads rush towards a flag their buggy often just gets discarded like a piece of trash and left standing around.


What makes more sense:

A) If you can destroy your Buggy, so it will respawn in your mainbase for others to use

B) Take care of your Buggy and keep it safe for a needed fast response of your Squad.

A prime example would be the Powerstation on Tunis. You can park your Buggy behind the south building. Now if all of a sudden Junkyard needs help you can send over a 3man fireteam (with or without the SL) quickly if needed. Keeping Buggys avaiable for your Squad to use is a very powerful tool.



One factor on the Battlefield is time and how fast you can travel.

- Squad with heavy armor: Booo - you are a Snail
- Squad with light armor: Yay - you can be pretty quick
- Squad that can quickly use a Buggy: You win the race



Another example would be the EU Buggy on Cerbere Landing. I like to bring it down from Command Center and keep it around. Whenever an enemy Squad breaks thru, I can transport my SL to respond quickly. Often you can catch them on Roadblock this way before they do any further harm. BUT ! there is also a danger of some enemy stealing your Buggy so you have to take good care of it and not get shot out.



Conclusion: Keeping a Buggy around save and sound can give you an enormous advantage on the Battlefield !






Another point on an initial rush is the further use of a Buggy by a Squadmember. I often see SLs run the Buggy into a wall and quickly jump out. The Buggy is blocked from further movement without having to reverse and being an easy target. Let´s take an initial rush to Tunis Powerstation from EU again as example:





BAD:




Your Buggy has no more options but to reverse. The driver and gunner seats are open to the PAC side of the Battlefield. The enemy can see the Buggy from far and use Rockets to quickly kill it.



Good:




If a Squadmember manages to get the Buggy in this position, the Buggy is a very strong asset to a successful first rush. You have the back to people incoming on the south road. You are close to a wall and when people notice you they often are under 20 meters to be able to use their rockets. I cleared no less than 3 enemy soldiers this way on an initial rush as well as camping their bodies to make sure they are dead.



Conclusion: Buggys are awesome and do not deserve to be left unused. A Buggy in a good tactical position can be used as a powerful Gunplatform.




Another neat Buggyspot I want to share is on Cerbere. I like to camp the west hill with it.



You place it like this with your front facing away from the enemy so you cannot get shot out. Turn your gun to the back and try to shoot down anyone coming up the hill.

But pay attention and have quick fingers. When the first sign of Rockets appears you quickly have to smash F1 and boost up the hill to escape them. It takes a bit of practise but can work like a charm. Very annoying for an attacking team. I once racked up 13 buggy kills like this in a single cerbere round.






Well that´s it - Let your mind now circle around better buggy uses instead of abandoning them in the middle of nowhere