BF2S Forums Tips on how to raise Kill:Death Ratio

DrDestruction:  You are the master of sniping please don't hurt me

Tank Skank all the way!

01:14:23 isn't enough time to build up a valid arguement about a class... esp. if it's a Sniper.

Hey, you missed some other info...

Incontrovertible
Sniper      00:19:52      7      8      0.88      516,252
Sniper Rifles      00:16:31      5      5      1.00      43.55%      496,234
vs
Rakasan
Sniper      01:14:23      72      35      2.06      253,915
Sniper Rifles      00:59:56      44      25      1.76      46.38%      247,603

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I think that qualifies more than you Incontrovertible, LOL. 
DrDestruction, calm down.  Just let it go before this turns into some gay flaming war. Save the moderators and myself a headache.  I'm done.

Last edited by Rakasan (2005-10-23 09:59:56)

Dont Die!

r00fus wrote:

Dont Die!

Kill lots!

i reckon a good name improves your chances of killing more people.

Commanding increases both the K/D ratio and SPM if you're team wins a lot. Then there's the tank whoring....

Last edited by Hanism (2005-10-23 18:28:17)

Incontrovertible wrote:

Greenie_Beazinie wrote:

Snipers are worthless.. they rarely have over 15 kills in a round and dont take flags. Take whores are weak as piss, but at least they take down enemies tickets and sometimes cap flags.

I got 25 kills my first game with the M95 on Clean Sweep. From what I have seen a good sniper usually outdoes most people on the server in kills, kills not points.

Thats why you have 5 kills - 5 deaths with the sniper rifle.. and no M95 unlock...............

Okay, easy tips to improve K/D ratio (with no anti sniper comments thank you):

First off, it's important to note that there are two aspects to your question. First, How do I get more kills? and second, How do I die less?

1. Learn to fly- jets are best for insane kill numbers but attack helos get the job done as well.  This focuses on garnering more kills.  Also, those people in ground turrets while you're flying around... know what they're called?  Free kills.  Nothing easier than killing a guy in a turret with a quick burst of jet machine guns.
2. Sniper kit-  Note that this isn't the way to great amounts of kills (for most) however, the other side of the kill ratio is deaths.  Playing sniper (usually) means less deaths.  If you are still dying more than you're killing as the sniper kit find another hiding spot.
3. Explosives-  Another kill focused strategy.  Explosives allow you to kill more than one troop at once.  Nothing like placing explosives on an enemy vehicle or defensive flag and watching the kills rack up.  Very gratifying.  Mines are good for this, C4 is great at the multi kills, and claymores work in areas that you are positive no friendlys will be (I like to sneak as a sniper to an enemy flag, place claymores, run away and find a place to snipe the spawing survivors- good for like 4 kills usually).
4. Medic/healing in general- This one also focuses on reducing deaths.  As a medic you can heal yourself between battles.  Go a step further and lay some healing pouches around you if you see a fight coming.  If you're getting shot at snag one and run.  Reposition, kill baddies.  In general, as soon as you're at less than half life you should do one of two things: get into an armored vehicle or seek healing.  Did you know that if you use the 'Q' menu to call for a medic all the nearby medics and health pacs will be lit up on your 3d map?  Very helpful.
5. Armor- armor has the unique benefit of both sheilding you and giving you more firepower.  I won't go into how to be a great tank commander here as it's covered elsewhere but do keep this in mind.  That said, I wouldn't focus on armor too much (for K/D improvement purposes) as any decent pilots on the map should take you right out.
6. Unlocks- If you really want to get serious about this stat you may wish to tailor your unlocks towards surviving or killing more.  For example, if you like the medic advice- get the L8.  If you prefer to have all around killing power unlock the anti tank gun (so you can kill up close and far away).  I picked the G36C for spec ops first as it allows me to kill anything I come across.  Tailoring your unlock to your specific goal or style
7. Play defense.  Spawn as an engie or spec ops (I prefer spec ops for defense personally).  Strategically lay out your explosives in and around your base.  Find a good defensive position around the base perimeter and lie down and wait.  The best positions are elevated and allow you to see the flag/your explosives while giving you some concealment.  Use your weapon on the one to two guys that show up and save the explosives for the big rush (squads, teams of armor, etc.)  Some of the best places for this type of fighting are Sharqi and Zatar.  A good way to get that damned elusive explosive badge too IMHO.
8. Lastly, (and this is somewhat cheesy) spam the 'nades- using a newb toob or basic nades while checking your radar for friendlys, toss granades in the general direction of the enemy.  Note, you must be backed up by a generous support troop for this to work but I can't tell you how many kills I've gotten just tossing massive amounts of 'nades over the fence on Karkand.  Many enemy will fall before they figure it out.

Hope this helps.  Remember though, if you should ever see me running around on an enemy team all this info is null and void.  In that case I suggest you try laying on the ground in a pacifist position and awaiting my kind introduction

Good luck!

BB|EyeSeePeeDude wrote:

Commander's Arty strikes - if you're laying low in a hanger, just blast the heck out of the enemy...  you can generally get a 25:2 K/D ratio this way  (*assuming you don't get picked off too often*)

I don't believe that these kills count since version 1.03.

Another thing about snipers...just kidding.

Yes, kills are counted in global.  Good way to boost overall KDR, but being commander gets old.  I think that is pretty weak on Dice/EA's part considering there's a new patch.  I just go by my small arms KDR.

Dont worry about K/D ratio, just have fun. K/D ratio is really only a guideline anyway since medics can keep kills off your record just by reviving you. If there were no medics the K/D ratio would mean more since there would be an equal number of total kills and deaths in the game. That is, there would be someone with a ratio below 1 for every person with a ratio above 1. With medics in the game you could have two equally skilled players with vastly different ratios based on the number of times they got revived by medics.

Its too bad the system doesn't track the number of times you were revived, if it did then it could add that to your deaths and give us some true K/D ratios. EA probably likes it this way becuase it helps push people above that magical ratio of 1:1 where people can feel happy thinking they are breaking even. Happy people play games longer and buy more expansions.

Last edited by Adonlude (2005-10-24 09:07:19)