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MW2: Killing Guide For Dummies
I wrote none of this, I copied and pasted it from NGU!
Ive been asked several times whats the best way to kill someone on MW2, once you get used to the game you usually find your own way of killing someone BUT for new starters Ive found an easy guide to start use off. For the more experienced players & veterans if u think there's better ways to kill or have any other tips please add! thanks.
1. Whenever trying to shoot someone, Aim Down the Sights (ADS). This is where you look behind the iron sights/red dot/scope of a gun. Use this whoever you're trying to kill is at a medium-long range distances for accuracy.
2. Conversely, it is not recommended to ADS in Close Quarter Battle (CQB). This is where it gets down to two or three meters apart from you. Use the cross hairs to target the opponent and fire from the hips (hip-fire). This is essentially spray and praying. You lose valuable time when you ADS in CQB; where time becomes crucial to the milliseconds.
3. In general, it takes 3-5 bullets to kill someone. In this game, killing is very easy and dying is just as easy as killing. In face to face confrontation, you and your enemy will normally go down within a few mere seconds. You need to make good use of your reflex, instincts and strategies to make sure you're the one still standing after a firefight.
- Don't be surprised if you get a lot of deaths, I find that most players have negative a Kill-Death Ratio (KDR) on the leader boards. You will die. A lot. And kill tons to compensate.
4. For starting out new, it is generally a good idea to make your killstreak rewards lower. The lower ones provide less support but are easier to get, the higher ones have much more impact but are harder to get. Stay within the 3-5 kill range until you get a little better with the game.
5. I recommend new players to attach the red dot sight or holographic sights as attachments to your gun as soon as you unlock it. This replaces the gun's default iron sights (which for many, even veterans, are inconvenient or even difficult to use) and replace it with a fancy sight with either a red dot or reticle. As I think I've recalled Jeff Gerstmann saying somewhere "just aim at the red dot" in COD4/Killzone 2, do that. This will considerably improve your accuracy as you have less obscure things blocking your line of sight on a target and have a sense where the bullets will actually land.
6. If you have frag grenades, make use of them. Make sure you cook the frag a few seconds before throwing so the enemy doesn't have time to run away from the blast radius. Cook while in cover, try to not cook while you are visible to enemy targets and don't reveal yourself until you are ready to throw. This doesn't apply as much when you try tossing it across the map randomly.
- This is most useful in confined spaces such as a room, since the guy on the receiving end won't have many options to run away from it. A very good and basic room clearing tactic.
- Frags bounce around walls and can roll down hills now. Practice or get used to throwing nades right off a wall to get someone right around the corner, or any other sort of scenario where you can angle a nade to hit someone without exposing yourself.
- With Semtex is a different story as they stick to walls, people and objects. They do not bounce. Just throw it at someone or at the ceiling/ground of the room.
7. Become proficient with a class of weapon or just a particular gun. Any guns that you are fond of will normally be good enough to kill someone.
8. Don't become too stubborn with a tactic or strategy you use. Like always trying to knife someone even though you've failed for the last five times in the match or trying to kill a camper from the same spot over and over again. Decent and good enemy players will try to exploit this and only make your life more miserable.
9. If you aren't getting any kills, just switch things around. I find switching classes sometimes help me gain more kills.
10. Whenever you shoot your gun, it produces recoil. For the newbies to FPS; it basically means the gun will go up and down when in ADS (Aim Down the Sights) and your crosshair gets bigger and wider each shot when your hip firing. This makes your shots go off target by either a slight margin (depending on the range and factoring the gun's recoil; as some have more than the others) or fly way off. In particular, the only weapon that you have some control over controlling the recoil are automatic firearms, namely the assault rifles, LMGs and SMGs.
- Learn to control the recoil of these automatic rifles by firing in bursts; in medium and especially long range scenarios. Firing in bursts means to tap on the triggers for a few milliseconds (or seconds for sustained burst fire) and letting go. Shooting fully automatic is when you hold onto the trigger with a continuous stream of bullets hailing out of the gun.
- Burst fire will ensure that there is minimal recoil, maximize ammo efficiency (as well as conserving it) and accuracy. After all, if someone spent like half a magazine on killing someone for spraying in ADS at long range, they will quickly run out of ammo and may have difficulty to find replenishment before someone puts a cap in their head.
- If done correctly, automatic firearms will have more flexibility than fixed burst firing rifles like the FAMAS and M16A3 (as the user can decide to spray and pray as he likes in CQB but still maintain accuracy at long ranges with burst fire) and perhaps become a more superior choice of weapon.
- Depending on the gun, the benefits of burst fire will have different results that make it more attractive to fire in bursts.
* Assault rifle will gain ammo efficiency/conservation and accuracy.
* LMGs will have considerably more accuracy and minimize recoil but benefits little from conserving ammo as they already carry a bucket load of ammo, if excluding the AUG.
- SMGs probably benefit the most for everything since they aren't nearly as good for shooting at long ranges. If done correctly they will act just like an assault rifle; though its not recommended to shoot extremely long ranges with a SMG anyways.
Edit: General tips for Newbies ;)
When roaming around the maps, you may want to play a lot of Domination when first starting off. Domination gives the newbie help in two ways. First, it focuses the action at the three domination points, meaning that you won’t have to hunt down bad guys, because they’ll usually be at one of the three points, which lets you relax and play an offensive game. Second, it helps you get your way around the map, by providing map markers that identify three different locations on any given map, which will help you get a map’s layout down much quicker than fumbling around in a Team Deathmatch game.
Another thing to keep in mind is always be looking up. Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer maps feature much more verticality than CoD4 and most multiplayer shooters in general. We’re conditioned in MP games to look at one plane, what’s before us. We’re not conditioned to look up. So, when running around, do two things. First, get to the high ground, whenever you can. Second, when wandering around, keep your eyes open on any window, hill, bunker, etc., because that’s where the bad guys will be.
Watch your radar. There are two things to keep in mind, first off, whenever you fire your un-silenced weapon, you will give away your position on the radar. Second, you can use this to your advantage when hunting the enemy. Keeping those two things in mind, it is very important to use your knife when in close to keep your profile off the radar when close to a bad guy.
When an enemy UAV pops up, you had better get your ass moving. Each pulse of the UAV will give off your position, however, if you keep moving, your enemy will not be able to get you locked down and you’ll be able to surprise a few unfortunate souls in the process. Knife them and move on. Don’t stay still. Also, you can shoot down UAV’s with your machine gun/sub-machine gun/ light machine gun, etc., so go for it, you’ll get XP for doing it and it disrupts the enemies plan of attack.
Speaking of flying enemies, shooting down UAV, Harriers, Helicopters, et al, will nab you a ton of XP. At the lower levels, this XP will help you level quickly, and at between 200 and 400 XP depending on the aircraft, it’s worth it to stop, look up and fire away.
Last tip:
Pie off your corners. What that means is when rounding a corner, keep your aim focused at what is immediately around the corner as you move around the corner. Keep your body behind the corner, and slowly circle the corner. Think of the tip of your gun as the sharp end of a pie slice. As you round a corner, you will spot campers much easier and you may even get the drop on a bad guy that got careless.
Ive been asked several times whats the best way to kill someone on MW2, once you get used to the game you usually find your own way of killing someone BUT for new starters Ive found an easy guide to start use off. For the more experienced players & veterans if u think there's better ways to kill or have any other tips please add! thanks.
1. Whenever trying to shoot someone, Aim Down the Sights (ADS). This is where you look behind the iron sights/red dot/scope of a gun. Use this whoever you're trying to kill is at a medium-long range distances for accuracy.
2. Conversely, it is not recommended to ADS in Close Quarter Battle (CQB). This is where it gets down to two or three meters apart from you. Use the cross hairs to target the opponent and fire from the hips (hip-fire). This is essentially spray and praying. You lose valuable time when you ADS in CQB; where time becomes crucial to the milliseconds.
3. In general, it takes 3-5 bullets to kill someone. In this game, killing is very easy and dying is just as easy as killing. In face to face confrontation, you and your enemy will normally go down within a few mere seconds. You need to make good use of your reflex, instincts and strategies to make sure you're the one still standing after a firefight.
- Don't be surprised if you get a lot of deaths, I find that most players have negative a Kill-Death Ratio (KDR) on the leader boards. You will die. A lot. And kill tons to compensate.
4. For starting out new, it is generally a good idea to make your killstreak rewards lower. The lower ones provide less support but are easier to get, the higher ones have much more impact but are harder to get. Stay within the 3-5 kill range until you get a little better with the game.
5. I recommend new players to attach the red dot sight or holographic sights as attachments to your gun as soon as you unlock it. This replaces the gun's default iron sights (which for many, even veterans, are inconvenient or even difficult to use) and replace it with a fancy sight with either a red dot or reticle. As I think I've recalled Jeff Gerstmann saying somewhere "just aim at the red dot" in COD4/Killzone 2, do that. This will considerably improve your accuracy as you have less obscure things blocking your line of sight on a target and have a sense where the bullets will actually land.
6. If you have frag grenades, make use of them. Make sure you cook the frag a few seconds before throwing so the enemy doesn't have time to run away from the blast radius. Cook while in cover, try to not cook while you are visible to enemy targets and don't reveal yourself until you are ready to throw. This doesn't apply as much when you try tossing it across the map randomly.
- This is most useful in confined spaces such as a room, since the guy on the receiving end won't have many options to run away from it. A very good and basic room clearing tactic.
- Frags bounce around walls and can roll down hills now. Practice or get used to throwing nades right off a wall to get someone right around the corner, or any other sort of scenario where you can angle a nade to hit someone without exposing yourself.
- With Semtex is a different story as they stick to walls, people and objects. They do not bounce. Just throw it at someone or at the ceiling/ground of the room.
7. Become proficient with a class of weapon or just a particular gun. Any guns that you are fond of will normally be good enough to kill someone.
8. Don't become too stubborn with a tactic or strategy you use. Like always trying to knife someone even though you've failed for the last five times in the match or trying to kill a camper from the same spot over and over again. Decent and good enemy players will try to exploit this and only make your life more miserable.
9. If you aren't getting any kills, just switch things around. I find switching classes sometimes help me gain more kills.
10. Whenever you shoot your gun, it produces recoil. For the newbies to FPS; it basically means the gun will go up and down when in ADS (Aim Down the Sights) and your crosshair gets bigger and wider each shot when your hip firing. This makes your shots go off target by either a slight margin (depending on the range and factoring the gun's recoil; as some have more than the others) or fly way off. In particular, the only weapon that you have some control over controlling the recoil are automatic firearms, namely the assault rifles, LMGs and SMGs.
- Learn to control the recoil of these automatic rifles by firing in bursts; in medium and especially long range scenarios. Firing in bursts means to tap on the triggers for a few milliseconds (or seconds for sustained burst fire) and letting go. Shooting fully automatic is when you hold onto the trigger with a continuous stream of bullets hailing out of the gun.
- Burst fire will ensure that there is minimal recoil, maximize ammo efficiency (as well as conserving it) and accuracy. After all, if someone spent like half a magazine on killing someone for spraying in ADS at long range, they will quickly run out of ammo and may have difficulty to find replenishment before someone puts a cap in their head.
- If done correctly, automatic firearms will have more flexibility than fixed burst firing rifles like the FAMAS and M16A3 (as the user can decide to spray and pray as he likes in CQB but still maintain accuracy at long ranges with burst fire) and perhaps become a more superior choice of weapon.
- Depending on the gun, the benefits of burst fire will have different results that make it more attractive to fire in bursts.
* Assault rifle will gain ammo efficiency/conservation and accuracy.
* LMGs will have considerably more accuracy and minimize recoil but benefits little from conserving ammo as they already carry a bucket load of ammo, if excluding the AUG.
- SMGs probably benefit the most for everything since they aren't nearly as good for shooting at long ranges. If done correctly they will act just like an assault rifle; though its not recommended to shoot extremely long ranges with a SMG anyways.
Edit: General tips for Newbies ;)
When roaming around the maps, you may want to play a lot of Domination when first starting off. Domination gives the newbie help in two ways. First, it focuses the action at the three domination points, meaning that you won’t have to hunt down bad guys, because they’ll usually be at one of the three points, which lets you relax and play an offensive game. Second, it helps you get your way around the map, by providing map markers that identify three different locations on any given map, which will help you get a map’s layout down much quicker than fumbling around in a Team Deathmatch game.
Another thing to keep in mind is always be looking up. Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer maps feature much more verticality than CoD4 and most multiplayer shooters in general. We’re conditioned in MP games to look at one plane, what’s before us. We’re not conditioned to look up. So, when running around, do two things. First, get to the high ground, whenever you can. Second, when wandering around, keep your eyes open on any window, hill, bunker, etc., because that’s where the bad guys will be.
Watch your radar. There are two things to keep in mind, first off, whenever you fire your un-silenced weapon, you will give away your position on the radar. Second, you can use this to your advantage when hunting the enemy. Keeping those two things in mind, it is very important to use your knife when in close to keep your profile off the radar when close to a bad guy.
When an enemy UAV pops up, you had better get your ass moving. Each pulse of the UAV will give off your position, however, if you keep moving, your enemy will not be able to get you locked down and you’ll be able to surprise a few unfortunate souls in the process. Knife them and move on. Don’t stay still. Also, you can shoot down UAV’s with your machine gun/sub-machine gun/ light machine gun, etc., so go for it, you’ll get XP for doing it and it disrupts the enemies plan of attack.
Speaking of flying enemies, shooting down UAV, Harriers, Helicopters, et al, will nab you a ton of XP. At the lower levels, this XP will help you level quickly, and at between 200 and 400 XP depending on the aircraft, it’s worth it to stop, look up and fire away.
Last tip:
Pie off your corners. What that means is when rounding a corner, keep your aim focused at what is immediately around the corner as you move around the corner. Keep your body behind the corner, and slowly circle the corner. Think of the tip of your gun as the sharp end of a pie slice. As you round a corner, you will spot campers much easier and you may even get the drop on a bad guy that got careless.
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