Originally Posted by Lorax74

This used to work a lot, but not often anymore. I'm going to guess that you haven't tried this during primetime, when the server is full of TG regulars and IDS' and sentry guns abound.

Actually, I found it works best during primetime. IDS doesn't pick you up if you place the Ghost properly, and the more people on the server, the more likely the sentry guns are going to target someone else. Granted I haven't played much in the past 2 months, so unless something's changed since then, which I doubt, the tactic is still quite valid.

I believe the reason many people downplay the use of the ghost is like I said before. Many people decide how useful an item in game is by how much of a benefit is seen from it. Either when you use it, or when your enemy uses it against you. The thing with the Ghost, is that you don't see any direct benefits of using it. For all you know, the enemy just wasn't paying attention. And if the enemy uses it correctly against you, you wouldn't know, that's the point of the unlock.


As a PAC SL, I've been able to sneak past an EU defense at Outpost, and squad bomb on the flag to cap out EU, during primetime on TG servers. The key is where you place the ghost. Place it far enough away that conventionally placed IDSes won't detect it, but close enough to get you past the defense without leaving the 50-60m range of the ghost and you'll be able to sneak past most defenses.

The only thing that sees a ghosted recon is a sentry gun. A Support's netbat I believe shows a diamond over the ghost instead of the cloaker, but I never tested that. Sat tracks, IDSes, Otuses, and UAVes all don't see the ghosted cloaker,