BF2S Forums Medal of Valor: how to get those 5000 driver points

=Karma-Kills= wrote:

Is it only when your passenger uses his speical ability (eg heal, repair) while you are driver?

Or do passenger kill assits and all that count towards driver special ability points?

Last edited by [CSG*] Bane_The_Destroyer (2006-05-26 10:02:56)

=Karma-Kills= wrote:

Now this will make me sound a bit of a n00b, but what exactly is a special ability point?

Is it only when your passenger uses his special ability (eg heal, repair) while you are driver?

Or do passenger kill assists and all that count towards driver special ability points?

Speelbal wrote:

Many people, mostly the higher ranked players want this medal. 1000 defend points is nothing, 30.000 teamwork score is relatively easy. But to get those 5000 driver points you  need to whore a vehicle pretty much.

So what are the best ways to get those driver kills?

Helicopter

Flying. Duh. This is an easy way to get a lot of driver kill assists. Especially on Sharqi as MEC. Only downside is, half the team wants that chopper and the helipad is full of teamkilling bastards. Yes.
And what about that raping arty and USMC cobra? Always nice is to park a vodnik in front of the MEC chopper to avoid getting TV'd or TOW'ed. (Don't blame me for getting this in public!)

You can't do much against arty, except for asking your commander to warn for enemy artillery strikes.

Wake is another good map for getting driver kill assists in the chopper. The open seas gives a TV a nice advantage. Tanks aren't safe anymore. Too bad they cut the range of the TV a while back.

Best: MEC chopper on Sharqi Peninsula.

Armor

Don't try to get a lot of driver kills in a tank, use an APC. Strike at Karkand is a hell of a map for it. Just sit in the second, third (etc.) places, and do nothing. The opportunity to kill someone from those fire holes is very slim, so you can make urself a sandwich. Nice advantage of the APC is the high rate of fire. Drivers of the APC get a lot if infantry kills. A good driver  can take a tank out too, so find those APC whores who have the knowledge.
Only downside of the APC is it's weak armor. 2 shots of an Anti tank is enough to set it on fire and destroy it. So be an engineer, let your driver know that so he can escape the battle, find a safe spot an both repair your vehicle.

Best: USMC apc on Strike at Karkand.

Jet

Don't try to get driver kill assists in a 1-person jet. That won't work... Go for the SU's, or F-15. Bomber class. I tend to play on Operation Cleansweep. This can be because I'm used to the map and know where to bomb, shoot w/e or because of some strange advantage of the map. (Maybe noob AA positions, on hills and surrounded by open fields or water?)
Try to be on the USMC team coz the Airfield with the bomber on MEC side is cappable.
You can take your bombing actions to the Gulf if you want, but I can assure you, the F35B's are like flies which don't go away and will not DIE! Also, you have to be on MEC side.
Kubra Dam I won't recommend because of the Mobile AA. Bah! Zatar is a nice map too, open fields an many vehicles to bomb, but a little harder because of the mobile AA and the fact you have to be MEC.

Best: USMC F-15 on Operation Cleansweep.

Transport

Not a recommendation. A very weak but versatile vehicle. I would recommend small city maps like Strike or Gulf. Don't do Mashtuur because it has 2 APC's and 2 tanks in total with 16 players. (Yes, it's weird!)
Don't underestimate the power of a vodnik where there are a few tanks or APC's.

Best: USMC or MEC transport at Strike at Karkand.

Conclusion:

I'm not even close to 5000. I'm around 3000. So I'm probably not the best person who should make this topic about driver kills and such. But then again, I don't whore vehicles.
If you see some mistakes, (not spelling please..) post it and I will try to change it into the correct ..thing.

Don't see this as a Bible to Driver kills, but see it as a little piece of text for inspiration.

EDIT: Edited some readability aspects.

Keep in mind I don't own SF/EF/AF.

:]-[: El_Shiznit wrote:

By the way, Zatar Wetlands doesn't have a bomber on either side.  32 man has one F35 and one MIG.  64 man has two F35s and two MIGs.