I’ve been playing ET since it was put out, and I still try to find new ways to play the game or new tactics that might be of use. Recently, I’ve tried to experiment with getting to places on the map(s) that might give you an advantage or that might allow you to fire at enemies from an unexpected or (fairly) concealed location. I’ve seen a few trickjump movies here and there, and while most are cool they either require FF to be off, or they’re not really of any use within the game itself.
The reason I’ve been trying to experiment with this is because I’ve found, over the past few weeks, that jumping to the top of the mast near the trackswitch at Railgun (as Allied) gives you a tremendous advantage and often results in a lot of kills while you generally remain unseen. It might sound strange, as in reality you should still be in plain view, but a record run of about ten kills in a row there the day before yesterday convinced me that this is quite a cool tactic. I think the reason why enemies tend not to see you is…well, simply put, because they’re watching the ground and will generally be engaged in combat with the rest of your team down there. It’s amazing how easy it is to pick them off from up there and how long you can remain unharmed. The same goes for the top of the railgun itself; I find the Axis generally won’t expect anyone to be there, and yet you can fire at them from the back while they’re fighting over the trackswitch.
So now I’m looking for more cool places to get to in the game, in the interest of keeping the game interesting. I guess everyone knows how to jump onto the roof of the Axis MG towers from the top of the railing, or onto the roof of the hangar on Fuel Dump in a similar fashion, but I’m curious to know from what other places you like to give the other team hell. Yesterday for instance, as Axis on Radar, I tried to get to the roof of the Axis spawn building at the back of the map. I know it’s possible to get on there as I saw it in a trick jump movie some time ago, but I didn’t succeed. I tried getting onto the little pointy overhang sticking out of the wall outside the front of the building, on the wooden balcony, and then to jump onto the actual roof. I could manage the first one, barely, but the second one? Maybe I remember the procedure wrong.
In any case, what tips do you have in this respect? Are there “trick” jumps you often do yourself? Any locations on the maps you find are effective to hide at and where the enemy often doesn’t expect you? Since I like to play engineer, I’d love to have some tips on good places to hide on maps like Oasis as well.
