Long Bow

I have seen this work well on the TG server. Usually the bomber calls the target and says everyone rush it hard and fast. We charge hard, pop smoke and shock the defender. Suddenly the pressure is on the defenders that are at the other bomb site and we have most of our team positioned to hold them off. It can make for a very exciting finish for the round as the clock ticks down. Seeing the whole team storm in and set up shop on a bomb site with smoke and bullets flying is great. The problem is if a the first few players into the bomb site go down quickly or some members hesitate it falls apart fast.

I think there are so many variables that every tactic has its place at some point it's just a matter of using the right one at the right time.

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CouponClippr

I enjoy the blitz and fast plant. It can be very effective and shortens the amount of time spent on a single round.

LuckyStrike

You misunderstood my crappy grammar. I've seen people not even attempt to defuse and just let the bomb blow up. I always try to defuse. Sometimes I die. It's just a game.

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It's possible that the player doesn't keep track of the timer. I've forgotten that an entire minute has passed and had the bomb blow up. Defusing the bomb is a balance of ensuring the area is secure and going in for the defuse. Some players are good at it, some aren't.

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Long Bow

If you don't hustle to the bomb site as soon as they plant and do a quick sweep your dead. To many times people are real sneaky getting to the bomb site and chew up time. Then they have to run around making lots of noise and exposing their position in a last ditch effort to find the bomber.

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Hunter

On the TG CS:S servers we have the time before round start doubled so the teams can plan ahead and discuss tactics. I kinda miss that on the COD4 server. I only play on the hardcore server btw. Also, Dead Silence perk ftw!

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LuckyStrike

It's just that I've seen people not even try. Are the verbal cues in hardcore? Isn't there a 1 minute warning on the overall timer? "Time is running out". And the fuse goes for a minute when it's planted. I'd rather die trying than just let the timer run out.

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Zoopy_T

It only says "bomb has been planted" with an annoying beeping sound. The timer isn't visible in hardcore unless you look at the scoreboard.

KillDaddy

I do both occasionally. Sometimes I set up shop to defend a target and other times I get with a couple of other guys to try and flank the attackers and/or catch their own flankers in the process.

What usually annoys me in S&D is when the bomb carrier fails to communicate where they are going to plant and just run off. That leaves a bunch of your support sitting back and scratching their heads trying to figure out where you went.

Also, sometimes I like to be the carrier and sometimes I'd prefer to provide support. I hate it when I'm in a support mood and get bumped into the bomb.

I've played some very good matches recently on server 2 where we all rushed a certain target and quick planted. Have also had some fun ones with one or two guys creating a distraction at the other. The other team thinks "oh crap, they're on B!" and all rush over there while we wait for a few and plant at A.

Hidus

The funniest is people look and look and look for more enemies while the bomb ticks down meanwhile there is nobody left alive and all they had to do was walk right up to the bomb and defuse.

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fldash

Hidus, well, in actuality, the tags from the 'tab' score view should be invisible to players who are alive. That's more of an issue than the kill-cam being either on or off.

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Long Bow

Yeah I think the tab kill sneak peak ruins the game in that countdown situation. I think defenders would win more often with it off.

Wow fldash, we agreed on something for server 2!

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Hidus

Would the countdown still be visible in this scenario or not? The way I do it when there are defenders left alive is look around as much as I can until there is about 12 seconds left then move in for the defuse regardless. Either I am going to get shot defusing or I am going to defuse but that bomb is not going off uncontested. Hiding who is left alive wouldn't change the outcome.

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Clodhopper

Having the timer visible will always be part of the game. Still can't help but wonder why they removed it when designed hardcore mode..

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Lucky Shot

You remember the old Tactical Mod for BF2? Where the objective was to push for a team win? Perhaps that's what needs to happen here because people don't seem to pay nearly enough attention to the core objective (see avoiding the bomb posts). So what if this was modded to remove the points you received from kills and setup so that the server doesn't record kills in the scoreboard. Then it would focus game play on the things that are important, winning as a team or losing as a team as pure camping would net little individual benefit.

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