CTF - Where are you, what are you doing, and why?

Originally posted by Drokun

   For all you ctfer's, in a game, where are you playing and why?  I think the strategy of this is a good way for folks to learn.

Since I'm relatively average, I tend to play the mid field as it lets me maximize my ability to catch escaping flag carriers, or escort returning ones.  I try to be aware of the flag at all times.  Sadly, I often don't see many folks escort the flag carrier, I usually see them run right by.  This pisses me off most when I have the flag, as its a rare thing and I need cover. 

With good players in the game, you know you have to keep your eye on the tricky routes and hold the middle until you are sure they have pa**ed by.  Many folks get suckered by the delayed flag carrier escape.

It also obviously depends on the current game.  I'm bad (and SLOW) at offense, but if the game is deadlocked, and my team has good players, I know I can help on offense a bit.  I can usually get the flag and get it out of the base partially, and that's good enough for someone better to pick it up when I die.

Conversely, if you do that during a deadlock, you may be exposing your own base, so you have to feel it out a bit.  But if there are 2 /3 people in the base, wtf are you doing adding to the defense?  You can always push that line out to the middle in that case if you don't want to play O.

Sometimes I just like to run into the enemy base and cause confusion until someone better comes along and gets the flag.

So in short, I know my abilities and I know my role, I try to maximize that.  I don't need to cap the flag, I'm just as happy to drill the guy chasing the flag carrier and know that helped us win.


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