MrBrain
Member
+24|6933|Finland
Man I suck with the knife, I really do. And I hate it, and I'm writing just to whine. I'm missing the basic, yes basic, knife combat badge but after reading the forums at bf2s for some time now and looking at sig-stats I got inspired to get the badge. I've read posts describing how easy they got expert knife in one night and how fun it was and was actually starting to get excited about it.

So yesterday I was playing on a server that had quite long rounds and when we got to karkand I thought I'd give the knife badge a try. I mean the basic one should be easy, "only" 7 kills. thats nothing. No matter what I did I got killed. Was playing US and found a sniper on our hill and tried to knife him. He pulled his gun and we bounced around a while until he shot me. Angry as I was I thougth that I would eliminate him first and then carry on with the knife. Spawned and ran up the hill again, with my machine gun, found my old pack and the sniper bounced up behind me, we bounced a very short time and he killed me with the friggin knife

Now I was really pissed and thought I'd go get somebody else with the knife. I was sprinting/jumping at people, hiding at roofs, waiting behind boxes and manageg to trick a few and got up behind them only to see that they turned around and shot me.

The absolutely worst was when I was at the first flag after the US-hill, I heard mec fellows on the other side of the wall and jumped down there. I got down behind them and they were both aiming the other way watching someone. I smiled an ran up behind the first one but at the same time he gave up and turned around towards me, I missed him and he ran past me. So I thought I'd take the other one before I got shot and went towards him but nooo.

I didn't get one hit with the knife. Nada! Not even when I had the moment of surprise behind two persons I could hit the with the knife. Wtf did I do wrong?! I was standing all the time trying to stad them in the neck, but did I go to close or what? I was so mad I started talking to myself, it cannot be possible to suck this much with the knife. It really can't be...

[/whine]
nitroglycerin [SWE]
Member
+0|6970|Falsterbo Sweden
try to aim for the center of the body, and make sure you make the stab about a yard away from your enemy if hes moving. Well thats my tactics anyway
Dr0pped
Member
+8|6997|Ontario, Canada
One thing I would suggest is that you also learn to dive at their feet/legs as you get to them. You are harder to hit if they see you and it is still one stab/one kill. As you approach, make sure that your sprint capability is at the max, approach quickly, jump, go prone while in the air, land at their feet and they are yours a lot of the time.

Another couple of things that may help you:

1) If your mouse has extra buttons that you can program, make one of them your knife button and one the prone button. That way you can get clsoe with your main weapon out in case they turn around, but if they don't see you, hit the knife button and they are yours again...

2) If you are in a server and waiting for a round to start, PRACTICE knife fighting with someone. You will get quite adept at the diving & jumping stabs.

Once I had set things up like this and practiced a bit, I got my basic and vet badges in karkand in the first 10 minutes of a round. What a rush that was. My buddies were on TS and could not believe it as I counted them...hehe

Good luck - you CAN do this...

Last edited by Dr0pped (2006-01-11 10:16:33)

UnitPhantom
Member
+0|6924
When your enemy rushes at you jump up and to the side of him, repete this until you het a chance to quickley stab him in the back when he's not facing you. This is a little tactic incorperated from Counter-Strike: Source.
Silverwolf
Member
+0|6925
meh, u weren't doin much wrong man, just very unlucky by the sound of it.

Like DrOpped said, always leave ur main weapon out until the last minute just incase they turn around on u, and try to get as close as possible to ensure a kill. Prone does help if ur trying to get someone who is prone or crouched, but I find it's simpler on a guy who is standing to just come up right behind them as close as u can n tear through their bac.

Myself I haven't bothered going for the vet/expert badge for it yet, only got the basic so I could go up to the special rank for 20000pnts.

My guess, u just had a real bad run of luck man, keep at it, u'll get there

happy hunting
SargeJp
Member
+87|6992|Canada
cs source sucks
Ayumiz
J-10 whore
+103|6976|Singapore
If someone wants a knife fight, i usually win him though lol.
polarbearz
Raiders of the Lost Bear
+-1,474|7032|Singapore

Quick Ayumiz. Lets have a nonstop knife fight on EASG servers! See you at the bottom left corner of them map..



I'm still pissed off I missed my veteran knife by one on sharqi. Grr. My ratios took a huge beating trying for my vet pistol/knife/explosives. And i only got the vet pistol to show for it.
QuackinChicken
Member
+1|6945

polarbearz wrote:

Quick Ayumiz. Lets have a nonstop knife fight on EASG servers! See you at the bottom left corner of them map..



I'm still pissed off I missed my veteran knife by one on sharqi. Grr. My ratios took a huge beating trying for my vet pistol/knife/explosives. And i only got the vet pistol to show for it.
try ghost(the SF map), thats where i got my expert pistol. Lots of snipers, and lots of unsuspecting rooftop campers.

This goes for pistol or knife badge
Metaltop
Member
+1|7006|The Netherlands
Or be a commander at the same time,, and hunt down the ones that aren't moving (snipers/commanders/people that are afk).
Berserk_Vampire
Banned
+7|6931
Ask him nicely to stay still so you can knife him.
MrBrain
Member
+24|6933|Finland
Don't think I'll manage to kill him anyway. He'll probably shouth some "bingo on ammo" command that will kill me
ozzi92
Member
+2|6948
here's how i got mine very easily go to a strike at karahad (try to find a full one with not to much lagg) go MEC and w8 for ppl to come up the roofs and then walk behind them and boom or camp and w8 for ppl to run past u
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6960|Riva, MD
Yeah, I hate that.  You see an opportunity to get like all seven kills in one place and then you die not even being able to get one kill.  That usually happens to me because I freak out and start getting mad at myself because I know i'm going to completely screw it up.  Plus it seems that when you have the knife in your hand, it reforms your arm to only 4 inches long and you can't reach anybody to knife them.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2006-01-11 05:55:16)

Octavarium
Member
+1|6953
Use The Uav To Spot Enemies Facing The Wrong Way!
cat4ever
Member
+69|6996|CATALONIA

Berserk_Vampire wrote:

Ask him nicely to stay still so you can knife him.
LOL
Eckzack
The east-german Fuxxer
+37|7087|Germany / Saxony

MrBrain wrote:

stad them in the neck
No, stab them to the chest. Knife is 1-hit kill, even in the upper leg...
So stabbing at his chest instead of his neck gives you a bigger chance to hit, cause of the bigger hitbox...
Btw. I got my expert long time ago on songua stalemate... Jungle-ambush!
https://bf3s.com/sigs/384f5f7318c23ecb5909f14b157d6d31e8b5a332.png

IRNV-Field 3... New School Shit...
G.H.O.5.T.
Member
+1|6926

MrBrain wrote:

Man I suck with the knife, I really do. And I hate it, and I'm writing just to whine. I'm missing the basic, yes basic, knife combat badge but after reading the forums at bf2s for some time now and looking at sig-stats I got inspired to get the badge. I've read posts describing how easy they got expert knife in one night and how fun it was and was actually starting to get excited about it.

So yesterday I was playing on a server that had quite long rounds and when we got to karkand I thought I'd give the knife badge a try. I mean the basic one should be easy, "only" 7 kills. thats nothing. No matter what I did I got killed. Was playing US and found a sniper on our hill and tried to knife him. He pulled his gun and we bounced around a while until he shot me. Angry as I was I thougth that I would eliminate him first and then carry on with the knife. Spawned and ran up the hill again, with my machine gun, found my old pack and the sniper bounced up behind me, we bounced a very short time and he killed me with the friggin knife

Now I was really pissed and thought I'd go get somebody else with the knife. I was sprinting/jumping at people, hiding at roofs, waiting behind boxes and manageg to trick a few and got up behind them only to see that they turned around and shot me.

The absolutely worst was when I was at the first flag after the US-hill, I heard mec fellows on the other side of the wall and jumped down there. I got down behind them and they were both aiming the other way watching someone. I smiled an ran up behind the first one but at the same time he gave up and turned around towards me, I missed him and he ran past me. So I thought I'd take the other one before I got shot and went towards him but nooo.

I didn't get one hit with the knife. Nada! Not even when I had the moment of surprise behind two persons I could hit the with the knife. Wtf did I do wrong?! I was standing all the time trying to stad them in the neck, but did I go to close or what? I was so mad I started talking to myself, it cannot be possible to suck this much with the knife. It really can't be...

[/whine]
know what ya mean i hade the knife also
G.H.O.5.T.
Member
+1|6926

G.H.O.5.T. wrote:

MrBrain wrote:

Man I suck with the knife, I really do. And I hate it, and I'm writing just to whine. I'm missing the basic, yes basic, knife combat badge but after reading the forums at bf2s for some time now and looking at sig-stats I got inspired to get the badge. I've read posts describing how easy they got expert knife in one night and how fun it was and was actually starting to get excited about it.

So yesterday I was playing on a server that had quite long rounds and when we got to karkand I thought I'd give the knife badge a try. I mean the basic one should be easy, "only" 7 kills. thats nothing. No matter what I did I got killed. Was playing US and found a sniper on our hill and tried to knife him. He pulled his gun and we bounced around a while until he shot me. Angry as I was I thougth that I would eliminate him first and then carry on with the knife. Spawned and ran up the hill again, with my machine gun, found my old pack and the sniper bounced up behind me, we bounced a very short time and he killed me with the friggin knife

Now I was really pissed and thought I'd go get somebody else with the knife. I was sprinting/jumping at people, hiding at roofs, waiting behind boxes and manageg to trick a few and got up behind them only to see that they turned around and shot me.

The absolutely worst was when I was at the first flag after the US-hill, I heard mec fellows on the other side of the wall and jumped down there. I got down behind them and they were both aiming the other way watching someone. I smiled an ran up behind the first one but at the same time he gave up and turned around towards me, I missed him and he ran past me. So I thought I'd take the other one before I got shot and went towards him but nooo.

I didn't get one hit with the knife. Nada! Not even when I had the moment of surprise behind two persons I could hit the with the knife. Wtf did I do wrong?! I was standing all the time trying to stad them in the neck, but did I go to close or what? I was so mad I started talking to myself, it cannot be possible to suck this much with the knife. It really can't be...

[/whine]
know what ya mean i hade the knife also
i mean hate
MrBrain
Member
+24|6933|Finland
LOL G.H.O.5.T, that was some gigantic quoting
Henkuz
Repairs on request
+28|7047|Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Finally I got my basic & vet at Sharqi, first round 6 of 7, next round 7 and DRUMROLLLLLL, yes, shaking hands, heart beating like crazy and a screenshot.
https://home.hetnet.nl/~mcjunior/PLAATJESMAP/55%20Veteran%20knife%20combat%20badge.jpg
Dr0pped
Member
+8|6997|Ontario, Canada
Congrats!!
RAIMIUS
You with the face!
+244|6957|US
Try Sharqi...stick around the Hotel, Construction Site Walls, and Security Outpost.
Oh, and if you really want it, use medic and ALWAYS have your knife out. (unless you see a guy at distance)
You may die...A LOT.  But, at least you'll have it.

(I got 9-10 this way, then went back to regular weapons and came out with a positive K/D for the Round

GOOD LUCK
Henkuz
Repairs on request
+28|7047|Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Karkand seems to be the most popular for knifing and I've tried it but didn't work for me, Sharqi 64 player map has enough spawnpoints, alleys and hidingplaces in my opinion.
pokerplaya
want to go heads up?
+11|6977|cairns australia
sf support kit use gas then knife away got my basic this way on warlord(tv station and palace)

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