range though so he continues on his merry way probably completely oblivious to your attack as he won’t hear or feel the hit that you saw. Try again. the bigger the disparity, the larger the difference of where he really is. When stationary, this isn't important, but on moving targets, it is. Remember that the first attack may not kill when you are attacking a moving target. Plan for the miss and the continuation of the chase and follow-through attack.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 5) What is the best kit to use - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
For every player and for every map, this will be a different answer. Use your kit and the map surroundings to your advantage. If there is plenty of foliage cover, be a Sniper with the ghillie suit and use the cover to sneak up and kill your targets. If there is no cover and you are taking fire at odd times, use the Support or Assault kits as you will have some body armor. In Special forces, remember that the Batman or Spiderman are very kit oriented attacks and require the grapple or zip lines.
In specific cases, you can also use mines from the Engineer kit to protect you from Tanks and APC's or claymores from the Sniper kit to prevent being someone else's Back door Susie.
After a while, you will find that no matter what kit you have chosen, that the knife situations will present themselves, so don't hesitate to experiment with whatever works best for you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 6) Knife Duel - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There comes a time when you try to knife someone and he runs out of ammo while trying to shoot you. Also, he may realize you are trying for a knife kill and offer you mano y mano combat. If he also pulls out his knife then you have some choices to make as to whether or not you just shoot him. I hope you choose to go through and fight it out Thunderdome style. Bob, weave and jump. Feign forward, backward and thrust. Of all my knife kills, I have been offered honorable combat once or twice so far. I remember those situations to this day where as I normally don't remember many specific instance in a days worth of BF2 gaming.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 7) Knife Against Gun - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Up close, the knife vs gun debate is a hot issue. My own personal feelings are that I've missed too many people up close with the gun because the person didn't sit still and let me kill them and I wasn't able to hit them more than once or twice before they shot me. Personally, I would prefer to dance with them and let them take pot shots at me while I move in for the blade kill. This gives them an adrenaline rush that will work in your favor. I have seen people time and time again overreact because they are being attacked by someone with a knife. This may give you the needed time to finish your opponent. Any time a close quarter combat situation presents itself, ask yourself if it should be gun or knife and be prepared to pull the blade at a moments notice. If your opponent is a sniper and holding his rifle, use the blade.
Medium range, unless the target is not looking at you or if he is otherwise engaged in another target, you need to think about your gun or a feign. I often run in the opposite direction or half way around an object that is between me and the target which will obstruct his view and then double back. Usually the target will go to face you and you can attempt the Back door Susie. Medium range is very dependent on the situation and surroundings. Contemplate the gun as a backup plan.
Distance, forget it. See if there is a way to close with the target discretely. The farther away a target is, the better a time it is to hunt for someone else.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 8) Maps - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Every map is a knife map. My own favorites are the ones that promote close quarters combat. For instance in Special Forces, the Iron Gator when one side has the mess hall and the other side has the forward hanger bay, the battle between those two points are fast as you contact the enemy within three seconds of spawn if you run to the other p osition. Also, between those two points are four different choices of travel. There is always a possibility to back door someone there. The other strong Special Forces map for me is Warlord. When one side has the third floor of the palace and the other side has the second floor, there are multiple choices for paths between the two points. Many opportunities for fast and multiple knife kills come up here. Make sure your team is not nade spamming before you run forward to do your deed. Also, if you have killed two or three already in a tight area, remember the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.
For Vanilla BF2 maps, I've done a lot of good work on Strike At Karkand. The Hotel has a lot of alley ways that allow for CQB. I have also had a lot of luck and actually got my own Basic Knife on Songhua Stalemate as a sniper. The two sides on that map (Chinese and US) appear to use the same character for sniper. This gives you a moment delay as when you approach someone and are not shooting, they assume you may be on their side and delay for that important moment. Sharqi Peninsula at the construction site is also a great fast one to get a couple of blade kills in if the enemy has the flag point there. Please do not camp the spawn area and not attempt a flag capture. This is just flat out camping and not really what the game is all about. Some servers even have strong rules against such behavior. There are also so many knife kills out there that this practice is unnecessary.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 9) Knife/Pistol servers - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Unranked servers I don't have an issue with. Ranked servers are against the Rules of Engagement set up by Electronic Arts. Play on them and possibly have your stats wiped if you are caught. If you are going to listen to anyone regarding this route, then take my advice here: The awards are not real and are worth nothing to other people. Go this route and they are worth nothing to you as well.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 10) Badges - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -> Knife Combat <- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - Basic = 7 Knife Kills in 1 round - Veteran = 50 Global Knife Kills - Expert = 100 Global Knife Kills
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 11) Ranks That require Knife Badges - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ First Sergeant - Basic Knife Badge Brigadier General - Veteran Knife Badge
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 12) Stats - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Knowing where you are in your quest for your Knife Badges may motivate you. Here are some stat sites that will let you view your current knife kills.
http://www.bf2player.com/ http://www.bf2s.com/ http://bf2stats.formitron.com/ http://www.bf2tracker.com/ http://www.bf2stats.nl/
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 13) Common Questions - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
None as of yet. Simon CanadianBlackWatch com Subject: Knife Question
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 14) Servers I Play on - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When you read this you were the learner, now you are the master? Thou be drawn against heartless hinds? Turn thee then Benvolio and face thy death.
CBW: Current site http://www.CanadianBlackWatch.com Server: 64.182.159.20:16567 Canadian Black Watch BF2 Ranked
HellsFury: Current site http://www.HellsFury.net Server:64.69.36.78:16567 (Ranked) Hellsfury #1 SF - Server:64.69.36.30:16567 (Ranked) Hellsfury #2 BF2-
Don't be saddened. Just because you get that "I wanna stab the fat man" look in your eye, doesn't mean I'll knife you. Often times I will just fill you full of lead. So do yourself a favor, don't let me know you are coming for me till after the blade slips between 5th and 6th ribs from behind me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 15) Copyright/Distribution/Reproduction Guidelines - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This FAQ/Strategy Guide/Walkthrough is my own published work, and copyrighted by |CBW|Simon. Do not edit this FAQ nor borrow its contents in any way. If you want to use some information in your own guide, simply ask me. If you want to place this guide on your website download the file and host it, unaltered, on your own web server. Please give all proper credit for the guide.
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============================ - 16) Thank You - ============================ I'd like to thank the following people and clans for their help in making this FAQ possible:
|CBW|The Clan - My brothers in arms. |CBW|Whipsaw - Always my cohort in treacherous humor attacks. |CBW|Spive - For your leadership, tolerance, guidance and friendship. |CBW|D@rknyte - The rock. Be it the one I hide behind if we are on the same team or the one that lands on my head if we are not. Thank you for recruiting me back in 2001.
=HF= HellsFury clan at http://www.hellsfury.net for hosting a BF2 Special Forces server that taught me the strength of teamwork and cooperation in BF2, not to mention many killer map strategies and much advice.
=HF=Alfaeagle - Great server, great clan and great fun. Thank you. =HF=Cigar-Man - An encyclopedia of death and fun all rolled up in one player. =HF=FizzyCola - Always willing to support a fellow gamer. Always ready and always there. =HF=Wolfbird - Just like playing with someone who can see 30 seconds into the future.
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