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Jezz Blume offers some words of wisdom to young gun
players about tactics and how to survive a little longer
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here are loads of sites across
the UK and many varieties
of terrain, such as urban
areas, wide open spaces and
woodland with lots of cover.
I’m going to identify different playing styles
based on the terrain you’re in, as different
tactics are used within each area.
So let’s start with CQB and urban areas.
When in a close combat situation or
some form of building make sure you’re not
alone, as clearing or taking buildings can be
near impossible on your own – unless you
seriously know what you’re doing!
I suggest four or five man squads to
help you out. With a building, for example,
it is usually best not to assault from
one side but from as many as possible
simultaneously. Grab a bunch of people
and try to organise them into two squads.
Get both teams to enter at the same time
(usually front and back), thus splitting up the
enemy within the building and leaving each
squad an easier job.
Enter the building and get up to a wall
as soon as possible, as standing in the
corridors will leave you sitting ducks. Clear
every room you see with tactical entries,
or ‘frag and clear’ (which is most effective),
until you meet the other team – so the
building’s cleared and you can focus on
controlling it if needed. Do not run in guns
blazing – that will simply get you shot as
the enemy will be under cover or in
separate rooms.
For every building assault or close
combat situation I recommend tactical and
precise warfare to help secure the battle
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and make sure you don’t lose
it. You will have seen many
of these tactics on Rainbow
Six Vegas 2 if you have
played it (Campaign).
Next up: open ground
with little to no cover.
If you’re caught in this
situation the best thing to
do is not panic and hide as
you’ll just end up having a long
and unwanted battle of shooting
at each other from long ranges,
and you ’ll get nowhere. Instead I
recommend the very useful method
of ‘fire and move’, a very simple
tactic but equally effective.
Split the team you’re with into
two groups (let’s call them Alpha and
Bravo) and pick one to go first (in this
case, Alpha). While Bravo lays down
covering fire, Alpha moves five
metres forward, gets down and then
lays covering fire to allow Bravo to
move. Bravo moves two metres
ahead of Alpha.
The method repeats until you
reach your destination, by which
point you will have probably taken
them out. But if you find yourself
alone in a situation like this you can be
sneaky and go ‘bush crawling’, although I
suggest you back away from the situation and
get backup or go for a different objective.
And finally: woodland areas with lots of
cover (bushes, trees, barricades). This type
of terrain offers a lot of choice. If you’re in a
group of people simply split up so you’re not