Originally Posted by Sativa71

HA! Yep, drop smoke and ninja your butt out of there.

Ha Ha, it's called the Nike Tactical Retreat.

Here is my #1 Tip: Don't venture in places where you have an engagement gap.

What that means is that your ability to hit targets with your rifle may end at 50m to 100m (depending on you, your rifle, and the threat). Don't run through areas where the distances exceed 100m (or whatever your limit is). This means prowling around the sides of the map where you can run from cover to cover and there is lots barriers to create dead space and limit the engagement distance. Running towards armor that is 200m away is a recipe for disaster.

Here is my #2 Tip: Don't start something you cannot finish.

Hear that tank coming? Don't have anything to kill armor? Then don't engage! See 4 enemy? Know that the moment you shoot at 1 the remaining 3 will open-up on you? Then don't engage! Be circumspect in your engagements...especially if they are discretionary engagement (flag defense is mandatory--not discretionary).

Here is my #3 Tip: Initiate or withdraw.

There are 3 types of encounters. 1. Ambush, which is you ambushing OpFor. 2. CounterAmbush which is OpFor ambushing you. And 3. "Bumps" which is you and OpFor bumping into each other. Whoever sees the other first is the ambusher. If you see them before they see you then engage, otherwise withdraw. Understand that this can happen virtually instantaneously. You get shot at from someone behind you. They "have the drop on you" (they are the ambusher) so you withdraw by running around a corner. You round the corner then spin around and back-up facing the direction from which you just came. Now you have the drop on them (you are the ambusher). Nail them as they pursue you around the corner...you just created a mini-ambush in 2 seconds.

Here is my # 4 Tip: Take what the enemy gives to you.

Usually players on both sides bunch-up at the front-lines in a big slaughter. There is no need to enter that. Prowl around the sides and capture the rear flags that the enemy defends lightly (or not at all). They are giving those flags to you so take them. If a bunch of enemy crash your flag and neutralize it, don't try to rescue it...just go to the other flag(s) that they deserted to attack your former flag.

Here is my # 5 Tip: The enemy is time and logistics, not other players.

Since the tickets bleed (usually 1 per second), time becomes the paramount issue (the time it takes to stop the bleed). Work towards situations where time is on your side like when the other side is bleeding tickets or you are behind cover and they are not. Efficiency in movement and purpose (flags and frags) means efficiency in time.

Also, any reasonable tank/apc pair can tear into a flag guarded by skilled infantry. The key is to get and keep your mass casualty weapons (like tanks and APCs) at the front killing enemy. This is a logistics issue. Always prioritize getting armor into the fight and keeping flags that spawn aircraft. If enemy abandon vehicles, use those vehicles and save yours for other people. You may get 5 minutes of use from it while your enemy are waiting 5 minutes longer for their tank back. Bring back a slightly used enemy tank for your commander to guard the RADAR and UAV trailer with.