Comments on: Soldier Tips

By: Hive Jesus

Hive Jesus — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:47:56 +0000

For Soldier vs. Pyro:

If a pyro lights you on fire here is an aggressive tactic that often works, and is fun to do. As soon as you ignite, take out your equalizer. The more you burn the more powerful the weapon becomes and the faster you move. Start swinging at him. It won’t take many hits to kill him this way. Pyros are often taken off guard by this, and they usually panic and die. After you kill him the equalizer makes it faster for you to run to your resupply or health pack. This move works particularly well if you’re in your own base. This technique is not a fail safe. A pyro who has his wits about him might take out his shot gun, or air blast you. This is an aggressive, and bold attack but I’ve had pretty decent success with it and its gratifying to kill a pyro in this fashion.

By: Pie21

Pie21 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:55:30 +0000

Ah yes, all good points Bombatomba. I find myself doing that instinctively having spectated good Soldiers doing it, but I couldn’t sum up why it was such a good idea quite as succinctly. Cheers.

By: Bombatomba

Bombatomba — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:35:39 +0000

To add to the soldier tips, I personally find it very useful to keep jumping around while firing rockets (and i don’t mean rocket jumping).
First, it makes you much harder to hit and especially helps you avoid being shot in the head. This is, of course, true for any class, but since the soldier is pretty slow and therefore relatively easy to hit, jumping around as if you were a scout, combined with a high amount of health, makes the soldier very durable (at least for a class that is always on te front).
Second, while in mid-air, it is easier to aim accurately at a certain spot on the ground. This is mostly because the more perpendicular you are to the surface you’re aiming at, the bigger that surface is from your point of view.
Third and last, firing a rocket while in the air, makes you less susceptible to your own explosions. Since your rockets tend to explode on the ground, you will generally be further away from your explosions when you are not on the ground. (This is mostly important in close combat)

By: shipwreck

shipwreck — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:01 +0000

Added a bit about the new, lower rocket reserves.

By: The Bakery

The Bakery — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:51:44 +0000

Nice site!

Maybe also good to pay attention to how you scatter stickies. In a control point, when a demo is lacing the doorways, an errant rocket can actually scatter the stickies to the interior of the CP, with disastrous results if the demo notices.

By: Pie21

Pie21 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:35:59 +0000

Added the sticky scattering, good point. And there is something to be said for direct hits if you’re good enough, but really they have to be slow or very close. It’s also a good point though, in certain situations.

By: ribo

ribo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:37:20 +0000

Good Guide. It may be worth noting that your rockets can scatter stickybombs so if a cluster is in your way you can hit them with a rocket and they roll possibly clearing you a path.

Also in 1 on one fights with a slow opponent I try to hit them in the chest rather than rely on splash..just a preference.