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Very nice guide man. Absolutely brilliant work.

One thing I wanted to add to your C4 trick at the Hangar Bay Aft is that you can substitute the C4 for an AT mine, which works wonders since the chopper will usually(or accidentally) touch down to gain access to the hangar.

+1 to you.

EDIT-typo

Last edited by SplinterStrike (18 years, 4 months ago)

Best Guide so far, +1

Things I miss:
This little guide gives some hints on Apache vs Tunguska and that's important for Mecsf to limit the Apache a little.

As you said, the transport chopper is the only real option to make it onto the ship so don't land and always crash it to make it RESPAWN.

If you're commander as mecsf, always drop a boat on land because it looks funny and you can pad your transport time...
If you're commander as seal, always drop a boat on the mecsf commander...

I have updated the guide to suit additonal tactics from both myself and others and credited where necessary.
(Delphy, -TL- and Bratwurstschnecke).

Delphy wrote:

Very nice guide.

Thanks

Delphy wrote:

Don't ever try to land the Mi-17 on the deck. You'll get SRAW-ed to shit. The best tactic for it is to take off, stay where you are and just climb, till you're a good 300/400 feet up. The Essex will be locking on while you're climbing, but it'll miss when you flare because of the range. Then just fly straight towards the viewing deck, and HALO out. Go downstairs to the Mess Hall or Hangar Bay Fore, nobody spawns there and you can take them easily.

Well, on the Flight Deck thats definitly true. In my experience, you can get away with landing or jumping out of the heli outside the Control Tower entrance no problems (other than the Apache...).
It just depends on how many people are playing - a full 64man server, then definitly do not land anywhere on the deck!
It takes 3 SRAW's to take you out, so the less people - the better the chance you have.

Delphy wrote:

When inside the ship, you want a fast weapon, infantry combat on this map is all about speed as there's nowhere to hide really; it's all about who gets the drop. Ak-47, Ak-101, G3 and G36C are all great for this, when you come across an enemy, prone and fire.
The support guns are slower, in a head-on with a decent player with one of the aforementioned weapons you will generally lose. However, they are useful for camping a spot; prone on a staircase where you know enemies will come from, you can often suprise them, or prone in the corner of a corridor facing away from a door where enemies will be running through. Often they will run past you and you can fill their back with lead!

RPK-74 is the best, if you don't have access to that then the PKM is also good.

Agreed. Also, dont underestimate the SEALs Scar-H...it is accurate, reliable and powerful. A really good weapon.
The rapid firing shotguns are also very useful when the fighting is around the First Floor and going between the Mess Hall and Hangar Bay Fore flags - lots of CQC where the DAO, MK3A1 and even the S12K really dominate, especially on the stairs.
The M11-87 is also quite useful, but only in experienced hands, since the infantry battles are fast and intense - so if you miss, you have a long wait while an AK would have you dead before you can fire again.
Bunny hopping helps a little, but I find the rapid firing shotguns are more reliable due to the fast paced action in these areas.

Tjasso wrote:

Ziplines and Grapple Hooks ... why ??? why they removed it ??? Silly move it is !

I believe they were originally on the map but taken out in a previous patch, like 1.2 or something.

Good guide also this will help for noobs +1

haffeysucks wrote:

How about Iron Gator for Dummies:

pg. 1

Iron Gator = laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.

pg. 2

Same as pg. 1

And so on...

pg. 3 = get a better computer
...or just dont play on full 64man servers.

ShadowFoX wrote:

Are you sure you can use night vision. In all my time I either didnt notice or your special and you can use it.

The only tactical equipment u can use is gas and gas mask. No NV unless we all missed something

Grapples would be nice on the map though, be a little easier to get on the ship as MECsf besides choppers and being sploded in boats by AT rockets.

Ok, this WILL be in the featured section.!

Oh yeah one thing im going to add is the rearm and repair zones dont look a 100% accurate but it gets the general jist down.

If there is a supply crate on the top of the ship you can get repaired while flying around in the hangar bay.

As far the repair zones go their pretty much in the same spot. I think there is one above each point. When occasionaly raping the viewing deck you can get resuplied a bit farther from the essex so I assume its because your above mess hall.

The essex gun is an enigma. Im pretty sure it has something to do with the inner points of the ship. Also the gun must be destroyed and then it respawns instantly for the other side.

Last edited by ShadowFoX (18 years, 4 months ago)

Snake has your guide mentioned that you can only repair your heli at cap points that are controlled by your team?
All attack heli's should remember to keep at least one deck flag safe (viewing deck or flight deck).

UPDATE:

• Topic title logo created and added
• 16size map info added (Section 7)
• Essex Gun notes added and expanded (Section 6)
• Heli repair zones updated (Section 5)
• Use of AT mines added (Section 6)
• MEC AT Rockets Vs Essex Gun (Section 5)
• Server IP's updated (Section 8)
• More info and tips added regarding Barrels, Sniping, Mounted LMG's & Teleporting (Section 7) 
• Slight changes to layout and some text added/changed in places

As you can see, its a pretty major update to the guide.

Still got a few more things I would like to add in due course, but thats for another time

Delphy wrote:

I think the Essex Gun won't work if the MEC have either of the deck flags (Viewing or Flight Deck). Then it becomes indestructible and you can't get in it.

Yea, Ive come across that before now - but other times, that hasnt been the case.