Ridetehlightnin
2004-12-21, 07:37 PM
I just wrote a guide to assasination in an infiltration suit in my own outfit's forums, and was so pleased with it I am bringing it here. It isn't the most detailed, like some you'd see in the OF, but its a useful read to all you infils out there. NOTE: I wrote this includin swears because it was my outfits forum, they dont give about it, Ive tried to cut out all the swears in my PSU version, but i may have missed some. Also I may make references to things you don't know about, probably outfit related stuff. Ignore it. Also I make references to the beamer. If you aint vs, just try imagining your favourite empires pistol =]
BTW ITS NICE AND LONG =]!
After Spending another few weeks in the buisniss of it, I have came up with a new tutoral for all you wanna-be's!!
Let's start off with the certifications/implants you will need to be a successful infiltrator.
Infiltration Suit, Adv. Hacking, C.E, ATV, Phantasm (when it's released =]), ATV, Assault Buggy (optional), Armoured Assault 1+2 (optional), Moquito.
Implants: D/l, Sensor Shield, Adv.Targetting
NOTE: To have all these certifications, and thus becoming an efficient infiltrator, you will need a pretty high BR, having lots of certy points.
PLANNING
I came to face the fact that if you don't really know what you are going to do, and are just thinking up your next move as you go along, you are doomed to failure. Here's some choices..
ASSASINATION, CANCELLING HACKS, HACKING VEHICLES, FUCKING UP A BASE
My favourite is Assasination. Today I will take you through the process
First you must find a good base. I like friendly bases that are 5+ minutes into nme hacks. They will usually packed with AFK ppl, good to assasinate. you must consider how to get into the base. Here are a few nice ways..
- Mossie drop: It's fast and quite discrete, if you execute it right. When Dropping over a base, try flying and dropping over the bfr shed. Being on top of that is nice for viewing the cy and not getting caught. I noticed that when you drop out a mossie, you have white trailing behind you as you drop, and theres a splash of blue when you hit the ground. This is the enemy's beacon to know where to go - but I have found how to make it not do that. Approaching the area where you will drop, hit g a view times. Nothing happens but some message. Then as you fly over the BFR shed, hit alt+g. When I do it, I drop out the vehicle and fall standing still, not in the hot drop pose.
- B.D Penetration: One of the most unused exits whilst the enemy's wait out a hack - perfect! mossie drop, or come in by atv. Your worst enemy at the BD is deployables. Get on sensor shield for those spitfires and jammer those mines. Hack the bd and get in.
- What not to do: Front door. Its the most used entrance and exit. Just don't do it.
Right Now that you are in, I bet you're wondering what you should do...
Well you want to kill people right? Did I mention you should have equipped 1 beamer, 1 beamer ammo box, one rek, 1 ace, 1 jammer? No? well ive told you now =].
Here's what you should do in a base..
- Dnt Run around like its abandoned. Running makes your cloak fade, and you never know whos round the corner. Keep crouched at all times.
- dnt Go for active people in reinforced exosuits. If they're a newb, ur safe. I once killed a TR rexo who had a MCG with a beamer. But don't take the chance that they are a noob. Avoid them at all costs! You might stand a chance against Agile exosuits, but it requires skill.
- Use ACEs wisely, ull only have 2 in ur cargo. FInd an afk person, plant a boomer beside them and BANG. 1 dead nme.
- The Nc are sexy. Especially with their av weapons. I like to go along the cat walk, wait for an NC to fire a missile out his pheonix. When he does, he's very vunerable. He's in control of the missile, not his body, so you can kill kill kill!. Go up and shoot with beamer at point blank. If they do react, it will be when they are at low health, but you'll pwn them.
- Snipers are a bit vunerable too. They sit there, concentrating on their aiming and shooting, trapped in first person zooming in on the distance. Spitfires/boomers/point blank beamers will work with them. Don't worry if they shoot back when you attack with a beamer. Beamers are far more able in close range combat than sniper rifles.
- Nme cloakers . Flick dl on and off every now and then. Your softest targets are your own kind.
- Engies. Think about it - some guy standing with nothing but a harmless repair thingy, repairing his vehicle. I reccomend boomering him. using a beamer is too long. They will respond and hop back into their vehicle, unless they are repairin a term or summit. THen feel free.
- People getting repaired/healed. Leave them alone - go for the people healing them! they are vunerable.
WHERE NOT TO GO
Don't go near the cc. There will be a dozen of them sitting there with d/l. Even if theres a afk person, you cant kill him without being killed yourself. I've found afk people at vehicle terminals/ equipment terminals/ in the cy. But they are generally anywhere.
RIDETEHLIGHTNIN YOU ARE *** I THOUGHT THIS WAS GUNNA TEACH ME HOW TO SOLO A REXO WITH A BEAMER SO I CAN SPAM LIKE YOU DO OVER /O 'BEAMER OWNAGE'
=]. Well my method of attacking active rexos is simple. I usually do it at tower battles, when its our side defendin. I get on the roof, jump on the railings and look down. Lots of enemies! mm! But wait dnt be afool, heeres some pointers..
- to maximise accuracy, crouch.
- dont waste your bullets firing contantly. Pause between each shot.
- Go for people who have slight/concernable chunks of health taken out of them.
- Shoot people who are in the distance. They will switch on dl and look at their immediate surroundings, not in the distance.
- This is contradicting my last statement, but being on the railings you can look almost directly under you. its very easy to hit people almost directly under you.
- The golden rule of aiming - shoot slightly in front of the enemy. Its obvious, but i thought id remind you. Unless they are at ur 12 oclock, and are going directly towards/away from you.
MAXs
Ive beamered a few maxs in my time, yes. -smug- How do you do it? Turn the beamer to ap mode, keep behind and close to them and shoot constantly. Maxs are very sluggish at turning, and cloakers aint. You can do it. Note - you must have quite a lot of ammunition. You'll have more luck against a max with some armour al ready taken out it. Try going for AA/AV rather than AI. ALso - the tr ones are sexy when they anchor into the ground. get rite up behind them and waste your beamer on them.
Ending notes..
Well that was it. I still have stuff to learn, I'm sure, and I will learn them. The art if infiltration/assasination is what motivates me to play Planetside now, and I reccomend it to everyone of you! I'd like thoughts on this tutral. But please- KEEP CRITISM CONSTRUCTIVE, IE - TELL ME WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED UPON, OR WHAT I GOT WRONG HERE, Rather than the following -
ridetehlightning, **** yourself, nub, no noob cud even pwn a tree with a bfr followin ur **** tuteral. delete this ****.
Aim for something like -
Ridetehlightnin, you sexual thing, you! The aspects I agree upon are - ... -, but what you were mistaken with was - ... - , which should have been - ... -. I don't think you explained/communicated - ... - correctly/comprehensively.
Thx
BTW ITS NICE AND LONG =]!
After Spending another few weeks in the buisniss of it, I have came up with a new tutoral for all you wanna-be's!!
Let's start off with the certifications/implants you will need to be a successful infiltrator.
Infiltration Suit, Adv. Hacking, C.E, ATV, Phantasm (when it's released =]), ATV, Assault Buggy (optional), Armoured Assault 1+2 (optional), Moquito.
Implants: D/l, Sensor Shield, Adv.Targetting
NOTE: To have all these certifications, and thus becoming an efficient infiltrator, you will need a pretty high BR, having lots of certy points.
PLANNING
I came to face the fact that if you don't really know what you are going to do, and are just thinking up your next move as you go along, you are doomed to failure. Here's some choices..
ASSASINATION, CANCELLING HACKS, HACKING VEHICLES, FUCKING UP A BASE
My favourite is Assasination. Today I will take you through the process
First you must find a good base. I like friendly bases that are 5+ minutes into nme hacks. They will usually packed with AFK ppl, good to assasinate. you must consider how to get into the base. Here are a few nice ways..
- Mossie drop: It's fast and quite discrete, if you execute it right. When Dropping over a base, try flying and dropping over the bfr shed. Being on top of that is nice for viewing the cy and not getting caught. I noticed that when you drop out a mossie, you have white trailing behind you as you drop, and theres a splash of blue when you hit the ground. This is the enemy's beacon to know where to go - but I have found how to make it not do that. Approaching the area where you will drop, hit g a view times. Nothing happens but some message. Then as you fly over the BFR shed, hit alt+g. When I do it, I drop out the vehicle and fall standing still, not in the hot drop pose.
- B.D Penetration: One of the most unused exits whilst the enemy's wait out a hack - perfect! mossie drop, or come in by atv. Your worst enemy at the BD is deployables. Get on sensor shield for those spitfires and jammer those mines. Hack the bd and get in.
- What not to do: Front door. Its the most used entrance and exit. Just don't do it.
Right Now that you are in, I bet you're wondering what you should do...
Well you want to kill people right? Did I mention you should have equipped 1 beamer, 1 beamer ammo box, one rek, 1 ace, 1 jammer? No? well ive told you now =].
Here's what you should do in a base..
- Dnt Run around like its abandoned. Running makes your cloak fade, and you never know whos round the corner. Keep crouched at all times.
- dnt Go for active people in reinforced exosuits. If they're a newb, ur safe. I once killed a TR rexo who had a MCG with a beamer. But don't take the chance that they are a noob. Avoid them at all costs! You might stand a chance against Agile exosuits, but it requires skill.
- Use ACEs wisely, ull only have 2 in ur cargo. FInd an afk person, plant a boomer beside them and BANG. 1 dead nme.
- The Nc are sexy. Especially with their av weapons. I like to go along the cat walk, wait for an NC to fire a missile out his pheonix. When he does, he's very vunerable. He's in control of the missile, not his body, so you can kill kill kill!. Go up and shoot with beamer at point blank. If they do react, it will be when they are at low health, but you'll pwn them.
- Snipers are a bit vunerable too. They sit there, concentrating on their aiming and shooting, trapped in first person zooming in on the distance. Spitfires/boomers/point blank beamers will work with them. Don't worry if they shoot back when you attack with a beamer. Beamers are far more able in close range combat than sniper rifles.
- Nme cloakers . Flick dl on and off every now and then. Your softest targets are your own kind.
- Engies. Think about it - some guy standing with nothing but a harmless repair thingy, repairing his vehicle. I reccomend boomering him. using a beamer is too long. They will respond and hop back into their vehicle, unless they are repairin a term or summit. THen feel free.
- People getting repaired/healed. Leave them alone - go for the people healing them! they are vunerable.
WHERE NOT TO GO
Don't go near the cc. There will be a dozen of them sitting there with d/l. Even if theres a afk person, you cant kill him without being killed yourself. I've found afk people at vehicle terminals/ equipment terminals/ in the cy. But they are generally anywhere.
RIDETEHLIGHTNIN YOU ARE *** I THOUGHT THIS WAS GUNNA TEACH ME HOW TO SOLO A REXO WITH A BEAMER SO I CAN SPAM LIKE YOU DO OVER /O 'BEAMER OWNAGE'
=]. Well my method of attacking active rexos is simple. I usually do it at tower battles, when its our side defendin. I get on the roof, jump on the railings and look down. Lots of enemies! mm! But wait dnt be afool, heeres some pointers..
- to maximise accuracy, crouch.
- dont waste your bullets firing contantly. Pause between each shot.
- Go for people who have slight/concernable chunks of health taken out of them.
- Shoot people who are in the distance. They will switch on dl and look at their immediate surroundings, not in the distance.
- This is contradicting my last statement, but being on the railings you can look almost directly under you. its very easy to hit people almost directly under you.
- The golden rule of aiming - shoot slightly in front of the enemy. Its obvious, but i thought id remind you. Unless they are at ur 12 oclock, and are going directly towards/away from you.
MAXs
Ive beamered a few maxs in my time, yes. -smug- How do you do it? Turn the beamer to ap mode, keep behind and close to them and shoot constantly. Maxs are very sluggish at turning, and cloakers aint. You can do it. Note - you must have quite a lot of ammunition. You'll have more luck against a max with some armour al ready taken out it. Try going for AA/AV rather than AI. ALso - the tr ones are sexy when they anchor into the ground. get rite up behind them and waste your beamer on them.
Ending notes..
Well that was it. I still have stuff to learn, I'm sure, and I will learn them. The art if infiltration/assasination is what motivates me to play Planetside now, and I reccomend it to everyone of you! I'd like thoughts on this tutral. But please- KEEP CRITISM CONSTRUCTIVE, IE - TELL ME WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED UPON, OR WHAT I GOT WRONG HERE, Rather than the following -
ridetehlightning, **** yourself, nub, no noob cud even pwn a tree with a bfr followin ur **** tuteral. delete this ****.
Aim for something like -
Ridetehlightnin, you sexual thing, you! The aspects I agree upon are - ... -, but what you were mistaken with was - ... - , which should have been - ... -. I don't think you explained/communicated - ... - correctly/comprehensively.
Thx