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Not bad. +1.

Ground defense can tackle tanks, war walkers and enemy infantry

I'm not sure all of that is true, i have been in a tank with someone shooting at me with air defense and it has done nothing i am 99% certain it has no effect against tanks and walkers m8 but still good post

i believe he was referring to the ground defense installation, no the AA.

maybe you should have put this topic in the 2142 guide sub forum? Just a though seeing that there is a specialised sub forum for guides and this is a guide.

edit: THink this topic should have it's own place in the 2142 guide section.

Last edited by theDude5B (2006-11-03 13:35:22)

theDude5B wrote:

maybe you should have put this topic in the 2142 guide sub forum? Just a though seeing that there is a specialised sub forum for guides and this is a guide.

That's a locked forum, things have to be put there, sort of a specialised featured post section.

Not a bad guide, but not worthy of a sticky.

Just took 5 minutes to write my own quick guide out, just slightly more detailed and with more tips against armour.

You missed out the most important part of ground defence, because now the armour on large vehicle is realistic, you should always aim for the side or rear of an enemy, even if it takes a few seconds more to wait or aim a little better it is worth doing as you will do far more damage.

Don't be afraid to let a Tank/APC/Walker go by and then take the shot at the rear, you will do far more damage (mentioned twice because it is that damn important)

With Walkers also always aim for the "crotch", if you hit the lower section of the mech the splash of the fire will do a little extra damage to the vents, if you can hit the underside of a mech even better, these vents are the key weakness of the walker.

Going support might have it's uses in defending yourself, but if you plan to take on armour you are much better equipped if you go engineer. Firstly if you have them unlocked place motion mines, place them. Deploying them behind walls and behind wreckage in your vicinity means that when enemy armour comes rolling (or walking) along it is quite likely that you won't even have to fire.

If it does come to firing your weapons this is where the engineer will shine against anything else.
There are two main scenarios
1) The enemy spots you first:

Tanks; Take the shot as quick as you can (side or rear if possible) wait for the tank to fire it's shell (obviously keep firing if he doesn't) one shot from a tank will not destroy an AV instantly but as soon as the tank has fired bail out as the AV will be on fire and soon it will explode. Then your best chance is to go at it with your rockets/pilum, if you stay away from walls and wreckage it is difficult for a tank to use the splash to kill you, and even more difficult if you get as close to it as you can. Again always run for the rear and unload. Quite often your enemy might bail out, if this happens just jump in his tank and ride off and kill him with it, if not just keep trying until one of you is dead.

APCs; Your chances of victory here are dependant entirely on if the F2 seat of the APC is live and effective, if it is aim for the sides or rear, and get ready to bail. If you're lucky the F2 gunner will miss the first time, it is unlikely that he will miss again so get out of there and run (while strafing side to side) straight at the APC, taking shots at it with rockets/pilum as often as you can (you can fire unscoped at that close range). If there is no F2 gunner just pound away at the APC, the drivers gun is unlikely to effect you if you are facing the APC, so go at it.

Walkers; Aim for the "crotch" as much as you can, if not go for the legs, as soon as you see your AV's health dropping below 30 get out and go with the rockets/pilum. Same applies if you see your own health dropping rapidly. This however is the hardest vehicle to combat, especially at close range.


None of these include if the enemy uses active defence, mainly because if they do apart from the APC your screwed.

2) The enemy does not know you are there:

Tanks; Wait for them to roll past, if you have the pilum (and you know you should) fire one shot with that first into the rear of the tank, then get on the AV and fire. This will destroy the tank almost instantly and because the pilum gives no warning note active defence is not an issue.

APCs; Again the pilum is the first port of call, fire one shot into the rear/side and then board the AV, if they raise defence just wait and then then resume fire.

Walkers; Let them go as far away as possible, walkers should always be engaged at long range anyway and while this can be difficult on city maps it is still the best course of action, as soon as the walker is a fair distance away unload the pilum or just lock on with a rocket but don't fire so the active defence wastes itself. Then hop on your AV and aim as close the crotch as possible, if using the rocket method now is the best time to jump off and actually fire as the active defence won't be raised and while firing the AV will recharge.

Just a quick guide there, but most of it rings true.

what you have to watch out for is that if a person on foot runs directly at you in the ground defence, and you miss, they can actually knife you through the front on sheild of the ground defence. i know cos ive done this to people a fair few times, and they have never expected to have died. kinda glitchy thing but so good for knives........little unsuspecting poppets.

my ground defense guide involves 1 jeep + 5 rdx

you do the math O_o