BF2S Forums Come hither and make a choice. Infantry classes and squad leaders...

I don't give a shit what kit they are as long as they are alive and in a good position when i want to spawn.

Definetly not a sniper squad.

Also, where's the C4K3

I agree.
But snipers are usually leaders only for the following reasons:
1.The get SL time
2.They want UAV and supplies

Most important is that there are no piloting of jets or choppers in the squad, especially not the SL.

I don't find snipers especially attractive but they can be useful.

If the SL don't have any orders or start setting them I'll leave shortly and try another squad.

Im only posting because I mis read the title and thought "why is he asking for Hitler".  I been out in the sun, forgive me.

we're going over to defense here ! go go go , Hit it ! i always try to be a Delta sq leader a hooah !

Sgt_Bob05 wrote:

I don't give a shit what kit they are as long as they are alive and in a good position when i want to spawn.

I tend to like to join squads with an AT squad leader or member, this usually means at least one person in the squad is more concerned with teamwork than points, though I like most snipers as squad leaders. These people that sit in one spot for half an hour are giving the rest of us snipers a bad name. In my opinion, if you're going to be in a squad, snipers should be just behind the squad by about 25 feet, or up in some rafters supporting the squad capping the flag. All the time, I let my squad or just anyone on my team with a rifle go first,  someone pops out that's either at his extreme range and I can pop down and head shot him so my buddy doesn't have to screw with a long firefight, or someone pops out close range and I get a quick hit on him, either taking him down after my buddy hit him  a few times, or I put some serious hurt on hi and if my buddy has any skill at all he can land an easy shot on him. Either way I saved my buddy a death or at the very least helped him on keeping his health up. Another example is when I'm the squad leader on Karkand at the warehouse, usually with my clan in a squad of 3-5, everyone else goes down to cap the flag I stay up in the rafters to keep people down who spawn and to alert them of armor and/or infantry coming in through the back where they can't necessarily see them right off the bat, and this means they lose the element of surprise.

For an analogy, I think snipers should be like mages in rpgs. Everybody disses them because they are typically the coolest class so there is an excessive number of them, but the fact is there are still some good ones and without any on your team, it can make it a very frustrating game. They need to stay back and support the big, burly fighters, (AT, assault, medic) with precision work, giving your side the health advantage and keeping your eyes open for people hiding and/or long distances away that harass your squad.

So I like a good sniper squad leader.

Edit: awww, someone beat me to it in a lot fewer words.

Last edited by Flaming_Maniac (2006-06-29 06:52:12)

CrazeD wrote:

If someone doesn't join a squad simply because of the squad leader's kit, then they have no idea how to use teamwork.

I base my squad selection on good players, not on kits. I've played with people who will own everything with any kit.

The kit doesn't matter, it's whose using the kit that matters.

Agreed

I love being sniper. While i dont have the hours and experience some have, I still think that a good sniper can make a good squad leader. Last nite on wake, i snuck around to the back of the air field and with my .50cal and kept there chopper down, while a supply,medic and AT class spawned on me and created havoc in there base. My other team mates took the base (eventually!) as they were so distracted by us four, I stayed back avoiding the heavy machine gun fire and the tank while my squad enjoyed having a well hidden spawn point behind enemy lines. Im pretty sure they appreciated my camo kit and my keeping the heli and snipers off there backs

why dont u guys wanna join a sqaud leader who is sniper.. there goin to be camping sumwhere in a bush not so far out from a flag... its perfect.. if ur sqaud leader follows u into battle hes could die and then u urself get owned.. u gotta spawn all the way bak at a flag...

I.M.I Militant wrote:

why dont u guys wanna join a sqaud leader who is sniper.. there goin to be camping sumwhere in a bush not so far out from a flag... its perfect.. if ur sqaud leader follows u into battle hes could die and then u urself get owned.. u gotta spawn all the way bak at a flag...

The point I'm making is, most snipers won't move from flag to flag, they perch in some out-of-the-way location and that's it.  Handy to spawn on if they are near a flag, but usually, they aren't.

If I see a decent teamwork player leading his squad well, I don't care what class he is.  Point of the poll is that 95% of the BF population are fools and have no idea how to play it, like so.

Sgt_Bob05 wrote:

I don't give a shit what kit they are as long as they are alive and in a good position when i want to spawn.

I agree, although I do not want to spawn on a Spec-Ops squadleader running through the streets of Karkand instead of doing useful things like blowing up commander's assets.  I already see way too many people playing Spec-Ops and doing shit to take out a tank or arty.  All they want is their stupid unlocks.  And C4.  Which they don't use.