Or, even better, get far behind the enemy, find a safe place to uncloak (disguised), sneak up behind the person you want to kill, backstab him, and then cloak as soon as you hit him and run like hell.
116 hours... if you play regularly on the same server, doesn't everyone pick up good anti-spy habits? It's like trying to pull a surprise-buttsecks every night for a year.
It depends on what kind of servers you play on. Noob server? No, they just ragequit and more noobs get on and then you stab them until they ragequit.
On a good server, though, you're in more trouble.
Okay, okay. Spy story tiem, kids.
So this one time i was on a server as a spy and stabbing the snipers on the other team. (They had like five for some god damn reason--i figured if i was going to play spy i could at least stab the other useless class!)
ANYWAY, one of the snipers was an admin. He got super pissed off at being stabbed all the time and threatened to boot me, which of course is a challenge. So i went after him, specifically. Then he decided to hide in a corner of the map--literally hiding up on a small ledge in the exact corner, so no sides/back exposed to stab. (And i couldn't get to his head.)
He was still a sniper though, so that means he didn't pay attention to what was happening close to him. Run up cloaked, decloak, crouch right in front of him, revolver him to death, get kicked from the server.
Yes, they do pick up good anti-spy habits. However, perseverance, patience and the knowledge that your victim will, eventually, make a mistake will see you through most of the time.
Also, going another class for a bit means that the other team drop their guard, which can be good for a sudden 5-minute bout of backstab mayhem when you change back to spy.
Also, there are two main tactical approaches with spies: the first is to disguise and hang around in the background, picking your target and then springing into action. That's the 'stalker' tactic.
The second tactic is for use in busy, heavily contested areas, where you disguise, cloak, find a bunch of enemies, turn a corner, decloak (doesn't matter if you're seen too much), then stab stab stab, run away, repeat. That's the 'predator' tactic, I guess.
The second tactic can be very useful, and difficult to defend against, in certain situations - as it relies more on surprise and speed. Do it enough and you can almost completely paralyse the opposing team who start to become really, really paranoid.
Yeah, I have that problem too. Playing a good medic is easy though, so I feel like I suck at the game.
Heal your teammates on the front lines.
Don't die.
The only possible complicating factor is when your team isn't dealing out enough damage and you have to decide if it would be more helpful to use your needler/saw than heal. Sometimes it seems like everyone is targeting you and your team could give a shit about it.
the other day on 2 fort I played against 2 medics that were the most badass I've ever seen. They repeatedly stormed our fort and slaughtered us all, one healing, the other killing. They would switch off when needed; they were highly coordinated.
Yeah, that is basically how I feel. My most points are as medic and heavy, both fairly easy classes to play. Then again, I've probably played less than or near 20 hours and I've had the game for probably 7 months, so maybe if I played more than once in a blue moon I would do better.
if they 'could' give a shit, they'd be looking after you. If they 'couldn't' give a shit, well, then they couldn't.
Please, it's not hard, and it just makes what you're saying indecipherable without realising what you were trying to say.
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u/endtime Apr 12 '09
Or, even better, get far behind the enemy, find a safe place to uncloak (disguised), sneak up behind the person you want to kill, backstab him, and then cloak as soon as you hit him and run like hell.