If you want to know the quickest way to rank up, the best way to maximise a class’s potential, or how to dominate each of the eight intricate maps that ships with Killzone 2, who better to ask then Eric Boltjes? As the Senior Online Designer of the game, Eric is the man responsible for creating the epic online component that we’ve been forsaking sleep for since the servers went live a week ago. He knows the inside tips to make your first hours more productive and less frustrating. Towards the end are a few nuggets that we’ve figured out over the last week of getting blown to Helghast and back, but in the meantime, it’s over to Eric!
What are the top 5 unlocks to help a new player rank up and progress the fastest:
1. Corpse Counter Medal. This is relatively easy to get and gives you loads of extra points when playing Bodycount.
2. Retrieval Corps Medal. Increases amount of points gained for returning a Search and Retrieve objective. Can be very lucrative.
3. Assassins League Medal. One kill, many points. Not too hard to get either.
4. Black Belt Medal. Melee kills are very impressive and fun to do. This medal increases your satisfaction by giving you extra points while doing them.
5. Example Soldier Medal. This lets you start with more ammunition when you spawn, enabling you to fight longer and kill more bad guys.
In 50 words or less, tell our readers how to maximise the ability of each class
to rain pure terror and pain upon the battlefield.
1. Assault - Boost is your best friend. Save it for when you need it the most. Remember, boost also instantly starts your health regeneration, so using it in a fire fight not only allows you to dodge bullets, it also makes you feel better. A definite edge over your opponent.
2. Medic - Throw a couple of medkits at the area you are going to defend, even when you do not need them yet. This lets you pick them up as you fight, so you can concentrate on aiming and living longer during the fight.
3. Engineer - Repairing is easier than killing, so try and focus on this. Run around the level, locate enemy ammunition boxes and emplaced weapons, destroy them and repair them for your team. You help your team out, with the added bonus of scoring points.
4. Saboteur - Proximity mines are best placed around mission objectives; on top of a Search and Retrieve return location of the enemy; around a Capture and Hold area; on the Search and Destroy locations. Players are usually so pre-occupied with doing the missions, they forget to check for mines.
5. Scout - Spot and Mark as much as possible. The ability is quick and recharges quickly too, so why not use it? It helps you detect targets from really far away, relays them to your friends and helps you snipe them. Win, win, win!
6. Tactician - The best place to throw a Spawn Grenade is not right next to an objective but in a room next to it. This prevents spawn camping as well as giving your team mates a breather before they have to start shooting.
What are “Eric’s Top Five Tips for Not Becoming a Hunk of Bleeding Meat” when playing KZ2?
1. Think before you spawn; check the spawn camera and make sure you don't spawn in the middle of a rocket-fest.
2. Create squads in the pre-game lobby; squads give you an enormous edge over your opponent and creating them as early as possible is key.
3. Stay mortally wounded when you are the Assassination target as long as possible; you can still win the mission when you are in this state!
4. Reload as much as possible; if you have a few seconds, reload! It might save your life...
5. Achieving mission objectives gives more points than killing enemies, especially if you win the round. It should be your focus at all times! (Yes, we’ve bolded this one, as 98.7% of online players are currently forgetting this fact)
We love your maps Eric (even if we keep ending up as nothing more
than a red smear underneath a pile of garbage).
We’re running out of space though –
give us a one sentence tip on each map to convert us mere mortals into gods amongst Killzone men.
1. Phyrrus Rise - Sniper heaven - pick the scout, a nice spot and snipe away.
2. Salamun Market - Best stay off the main street. The alleyways provide much more cover and concealment.
3. Helghan Industries - High ground is your friend. Get to the higher floors and rain down the pain!
4. Visari Hammer - He who controls the central courtyard, controls the level. Try and keep a presence here at all times.
5. Radec Academy - The courtyard might be fun to frag in, strategically it isn't that important. Focus on the library and the classroom!
6. Tharsis Depot - Same as Helghan Industries; high ground is your best bet!
7. Blood Gracht - Placing a spawn point on the higher walkways in the middle area gives you access to everything really quickly.
8. Corinth Crossing - If you control the highest layer of the bridge, you can control the whole map! Place a spawn point there!
So there you have Eric’s top tips, but what about ours?
Here are our top 5 tips for new players, based on getting our butts kicked for the last week.
1. Slow down. This is not COD4. You will die quickly and messily if you run straight towards the nearest bang-bang noises. Take your time, and slowly approach from a different angle than the front line. The bad guys will never notice as you pick them off from the side. Explore the maps – there are plenty of side paths to help you get through that turret-infested chokepoint.
2. The best class for racking up kills is the basic Assault, armed with a light machine gun or shotty. This is especially true for close quarters combat, when you’re fighting so close you can small the helg-burgers on the breath of those red, beady-eyed bastards.
3. Buy a headset, but turn your mic sensitivity down. It’s amazing how few people have PS3 headsets, and those that do have them set up incorrectly. A single 4-man squad operating with clear voice comms can be the decisive factor in a 32-man battle.
4. Learn the controls. Stop whinging about how they suck, and spend some time practicing them. You’ll soon realise that they’re awesome, challenging, and change up the entire pace of the game, actually making it easier for smart noobies to survive. They make the game a little bit less about how much of an ADHD Twitch freak you are, and more about whether you plan out your strategies like an AK-wielding Kasparov.
5. Look up and down. Killzone 2 brings a verticality to multiplayer that we haven’t seen since...well, since forever. The maps are multi-tiered beasties that demand you to keep your eyes pointed skyward, lest a nasty scout take pot shots at you from above.
Even with Eric’s expert tips, expect to get your buttocks thoroughly roughed up when first playing Killzone 2. It’s a got a learning curve like Everest, and the unlocks take several decades to progress through. Which is why it’s all the more satisfying when you do start topping the kill-boards and unlocking all those shiny new toys...
http://games.on.net/article/5133/Killzone_2_An_exclusive_multiplayer_guide_from_Guerilla_Games
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