BF2S Forums Wake Island - USMC Tricks n Tips (needed!)

It's easy to get on the island . . . but as i have noticed not many KNOW HOW TO WORK AS A TEAM on BF2.
1 or 2 guys spawns in and makes a squad . . everyone waits for him dont enter the game right away.
They jump into a jet a helo . . flying to the airbase . " HIGH " then eject out of thier jets helo. Dont open chute right way wait for the very last minute . as you see him on the board land on the ground spawn on him, Jumping out of his squad as soon as you enter it. They should try and land  either by the enemys arty or just behind the airfield , since these places give a little cover and hardly anyone is down there.
   But again people have to work as a team.

I love Wake Island.

As USMC, take a *really* long route around the island, staying as far away from shore as possible in your RIB. Then land on either Beach or North Base.

Alternatively, do the same with a Blackhawk. I like to fly low as possible, a moderate distance away from the island, landing on either Beach or North Base, which is usually undefended. Works better if you have an engineer.

Most obviously: Get some good pilots to shoot down the enemy aircraft. This is the best method, but often the least used, because good pilots are hard to find. They also have to contend with the not-so-good pilots for the aircraft.

Spawn as an engineer. Both the Blackhawk and RIB can be repaired while they go, and if you hop in and wrench it, you'll find you live more often.

If you have some players that will listen, get four of you to spawn on the lower deck of the Essex. (More never hurts, they can engy/medic) Each one takes a boat. Convoy your arse over to Beach, if anyone survives, they create a squad once they touch the sand, and the other three join it and spawn on the survivor. They cap the beach, life's good.

A disorganized USMC team will be slaughtered by a disorganized PLA team, but a organized USMC team should beat a organized PLA team. Get organized, it's a shame for you to miss out on the fun that can be had on Wake.

Good call on the RIBs going out the long way, I'm thinking taking one from the carrier and going north on the side away from the island would probably be the way to go.. Get a bit of cover from the jets so they don't spot you as easy, and they usually seem to come right out over the artillery island..

I'm not giving up on the map completely, just I was a tad annoyed by the complete slaughter I witnessed on a few servers.. Wish I could grab an F35B occasionally since I'm not bad of a pilot, get some dogfighting in.. I'm not one to sit and camp out for one though..

Some inputs:

- the south sinde of the island is usale less defendet than the nord side.
- take a helo, go up to 400 (m?), no jet will ever find you up there
- good kids for the spearhead: medic (can heal himeslf) and commando (can take out tanks and UMV)
- if you landfall on the west edge of the isle, take the jeep and go NOT for the next flag, go for the flags after the briges.
- if you want to start from the smal isle and go with  boat, dont go straigt forward (east) , go in the oposide direktion (back to the west, than down south). This will help you against the MGs vom the nord cap of the isle.

The PLA tactics are pretty clear after a few rounds and never seem to change. Jets do their raping, and snipers and transport/tanks pile of the tips to fire at the incoming USMC. Don't spawn on the arty island in the beginning of the map as you're asking for death. Get a boat and take it towards the map edge and head for the beach or the second northern point (I'm not good with CP names). Try not to fire on the heli's or jets and you can make it to the point pretty easy.

Most times you can cap one of those solo, if you can get a squad to assemble on you then it'll go fast. The key of course is to take the airfield, and most importantly to hold it. If you can hold the field you'll most likely win the map as you can force their jets down. Bonus points for taking their helicopter spawns and from there it will be cake. The big problem seems to be convincing your team to hold the airfield after you take it. The PLA will flock in force to retake that so you can rack up good points defending.

Watch out for soldiers approaching from the south near the IGLA in the airfield, and around the east side of the airfield. That little hill next to the runways are usually crawling with enemies. A thing to note on the airfield is there's a building right next to the pillbox above the arty, it has a patio type thing on the south-west side that a soldier can stand in to cap the airfield flag. Good to know for both PLA and USMC as you can often cap the flag unless you get a commander spot just standing or proning there.

I think I'm all out on that one. For someone who has a high Lone Wolf score I do recommend squads for taking fast caps. Just pray the server your on doesn't get mad at squad hopping and you can get a bunch of people into a base. After that, just kill everyone you can and blow some stuff up.

USMC are Completely at a Disadvantage In This Map.

They need to land and Capture a Flag in the First 2 minutes or They Lose Unless they Capture All Flags.

The only Tactic I know of...Is to take a Boat from the Carrier FAR AROUND to the outside side and Land on the Beach, or North Base. If the Commander isn't Good, and most of the time they are not...You can make it.

the "taking the boat all around tactic" works like a charm but it pisses me off when your on the usmc and your team always tries to go for the first flags closest to the ship. They are just asking to get killed by tanks, infantry, and heli waiting for them by the coast. I think the best thing to do is start frim the back; not necessarily from the airfield but one of the 3 flags in the farther back PLA area.

You and a couple buddies halo onto the airfield flag then take it.

Map over if your team is smart enough to spawn there and not the carrier.

Gotham wrote:

You and a couple buddies halo onto the airfield flag then take it.

Map over if your team is smart enough to spawn there and not the carrier.

I had a SL who  flew the Blackhawk - there were 4 others in the squad...he went high, we spawned on him and 'chuted down to airfield over and over as we captured/held the airfield. Worked like a charm.

Dr0pped wrote:

Gotham wrote:

You and a couple buddies halo onto the airfield flag then take it.

Map over if your team is smart enough to spawn there and not the carrier.

I had a SL who  flew the Blackhawk - there were 4 others in the squad...he went high, we spawned on him and 'chuted down to airfield over and over as we captured/held the airfield. Worked like a charm.

When we first started doing that our SL would take a jet and head straight for the airfield then we would all spawn on him. The halo from a BH way up high is a much better tactic though.

It never fails once the chinese loose that airfield the map is a kill fest on the beach and its over.

PLA is so horribly unbalanced that even one PLA pilot with any skill can completely win them the game.  Hell sometimes I let the USMC have a flag so I have something else to bomb besides arty island and the carrier. 

If there we not jets it might be an OK map but other than that it's just jet rape with me being the one to do it.

OR!! JUST HAVE THE FASTEST COMPUTER! I have a great system and always find myself loaded before everyone else. I always spawn on arty island as fast as posible and get to south base before any more then 1 (usually none) enemies spawn there!