BF2S Forums Etiquette Guide?

help out teammates whenever, if there is a sniper raping the base, spawn sniper and take him out, use AA and AT fixtures whenever possible, except when near lots of friendlies

Always help your fellow tank driver take out another tank. Even if you get the kill, he'll get damage assist points AND will be able to continue killing, as opposed to him having the chance of blowing up and getting nothing.

There's really no need to thank anyone for reviving/healing/supplying you, since the points they get for it is reward enough, not to mention probably why they're even bothering. However, if you ask for ammo/health and someone goes out of their way to find and assist you, a thank you never hurts.

I bail on bad drivers. Never met one yet that willingly handed over the controls because I thought they sucked at it.

Last edited by Poofy (2006-01-19 16:46:04)

Kaosdad008 wrote:

- I see my teammate in a tank battle and I have an AT kit - is it proper to help out?  Would I be stealing points?  You can extend that to any kind of weapon.

Hey, the objective is to win, not to worry about 2 points for a kill. If you see a battle and can help, help. The person will get a kill damage assist so they wont lose out on all their points anyways.

Kaosdad008 wrote:

- How important is it to say "Thanks." when you are picked up, revivied, etc.?  I'm speed challenged and sometimes have to decide between polite & living.

Meh, I know some people get annoied when you dont say thanks or sorry right away after something happens, but I will say thanks/sorry when I have the time, if I'm in a firefight they will have to wait till I'm out of danger, if somebody feels the need to TK punnish because you dont say sorry fast enough they need to think about what they are doing more than your ability to quickly say something.

Kaosdad008 wrote:

- You're in a HumVee as the gunner and it becomes pretty obvious that the driver has never been behind the wheel before.  Should you a) Ask to take over b) Jump & run or c) Hang on for the ride?

Jump and run, they will just get you killed. Also, if you see somebody in a gunners seat of a car/boat, do NOT jump in the drivers seat and start driving. Little is more annoing than having somebody hop in and drive off with your gun platform (esp when they do it while your in the process of shooting something)

Along the same lines as that, if you see a tank far away from its spawn point empty with an engi standing next to it repairing it, dont jump in and run away with the tank. If you want a tank you will have a chance to grab one when it respawns, dont take the tank from the engi keeping it in good health and on the battlefield longer.

Lets see, other things... As a medic its nice to kill the enemy before you revive somebody, if you think they can run away from the danger feel free to give it a try, but dont revive somebody several times in a row when they just drop dead right away again. Fun for the enemy gunner, not so fun for the person being revived.

Also think before you TK punnish. Punnishing somebody doesnt cost them any more points, only places them 1 point closer to a kick from the server, so only punnish if you think what they did deserves a kick. (This is something I've only recently learned myself, so its good to know)

Last thing I can really think of off the top of my head is have ethics when you play and know the difference between tactics and cheap exploitation of the game. Granted this is an iffy subject, but bunny hopping, GL's at your feet etc do ruin the fun of the game for others, and things like the dolphin dive are just plain wrong. Hope that helps some.