I have watched setting videos and how not to suck videos but I am still having a great deal of trouble getting kills in 2042. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am a long time battlefield player and really want to like this game but it is painful for me right now.

Keep moving. The netcode is so bad that if you stop moving, you will be killed pretty quickly. Weapons and attachments matter. Make sure you are equipped with the proper ones based on your situation.Stick with your squad, if possible, or at least stick with others as outnumbering the enemy gives you better odds.Flank the enemy, head on engagements are like playing whack a mole. Use smoke and use your minimap, the prox sensor is nice.

@pale_rider4 wrote:I have watched setting videos and how not to suck videos but I am still having a great deal of trouble getting kills in 2042. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am a long time battlefield player and really want to like this game but it is painful for me right now. It would help to know what platform and your hardware. PC specs, monitor, mouse, console, controller, and etc.First you need the game to be running at it's best. Turn everything to low and off in the video settings. If you're using a Nvidia gpu that's 3000 series, set Reflex to Enabled or Enabled + Boost. See what works better. If you're using an older gpu you can try Reflex on, but it may not be the best. Use your native resolution.Hud Motion - OffCamera Shake - OffCrosshair Projection - OffIf you're using a mouse you need to use lower sensitivity otherwise you'll never build up muscle memory. You can never be as accurate as your potential with too high of a sensitivity.If you're using 800 dpi, you should be using somewhere between 4-8 in game sensitivity. I wouldn't go any higher than 8. What I usually do to get in the ballpark is go from edge to edge of my mouse pad to do a full 360, then adjust from there. My mouse pad is about 18" wide. Use a big mouse pad.Stick to the meta weapons. There's no shame and don't let anyone convince you otherwise. It's more fun to win. No good player is going to deviate to just "be different". Use M5A3, Avancys, PBX-45, PP-29. Set them up to have as little recoil as possible.Turning "ADS Field of View" to off will use the default zoom of the game. You'll be able to see further with lower zoom scopes. It helps a lot if you're having a hard time spotting enemies. Stick to an FOV of 74-90. Make sure your monitor isn't too far away from you either. The biggest thing that stands out is movement in FPS games. Always scan, I just read going from right to left is easier to spot enemies since we're so used to reading left to right. I'm always looking for something out of place or moving. The orange markers on the enemies is so nice this iteration. My eyes appreciate it.Spot, and do it constantly. Use Prox grenades, Turrets, Casper's Drone, do whatever you can to see people. The enemy is doing it, so should you.Learn the maps. Get familiar with a particular objective and play that spot for the next few times you get that map.Don't be predictable with your movement. Peek a corner at different intervals. Act like your going to do a short peek twice, then jump out or slide out wide.There's a ton that goes into being good at shooters. Feel free to PM if you need any more pointers or ask on here. I'll help if I can. I'm no Enders, but man I try to be.

@pale_rider4 wrote:I have watched setting videos and how not to suck videos but I am still having a great deal of trouble getting kills in 2042. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am a long time battlefield player and really want to like this game but it is painful for me right now. See my name? Youre not the only one. Im Old, Slow, and have arthritis in my hands, neck and back. I accept Im gonna die in just about any twitch scenario. So I try and play in a way to help the team.I have T1'd Lis, C4, Im halfway through AA and Recoil. I hunt vehicles. I still die 9 times out of 10 because vehicles have such a high advantage, but it is a way I can play where the twitch aiming isnt as important. And over time, I have become real good at hunting vehicles, even with using recoil on air because they just LOOOOVEEEEE to hover.

@Adamonic wrote:Keep moving. The netcode is so bad that if you stop moving, you will be killed pretty quickly. Weapons and attachments matter. Make sure you are equipped with the proper ones based on your situation.Stick with your squad, if possible, or at least stick with others as outnumbering the enemy gives you better odds.Flank the enemy, head on engagements are like playing whack a mole. Use smoke and use your minimap, the prox sensor is nice.Good advice.I'd also add:Learn the chokepoints. They're great places to lob a grenade.People feel safe in/behind smoke. C5 can really ruin their day.Learn the spawn patterns for attacking a point. For instance, on D on Exposure, if you have bodies on the flag area, the defenders spawn in the tunnel or out the back near the heavy lift. Set up your defense appropriately.Full auto weapons are just the best. There is already minimal recoil on them compared to other iterations of Battlefield, even less so if you're playing with a controller.You'll notice that you usually die to the same weapons (e.g. SFAR, M5A3). There's a reason for that.Some weapons are much more contextual than others. The 12M auto shotgun with the extended mag is a beast in CQC - perfect for weakening/clearing out a chokepoint. DMRs are great at about 100m, where spread begins to make assault rifles and SMGs ineffective.

@RaginSam Great write up, only point I have a quibble with is always sticking with the "meta" setups. Once I T-1 something I immediately move on to something else, learning all the positives and negatives playing different weapons/specialists will make you better and more well-rounded player overall.It will also make you reevaluate your playstyle and constantly adapt especially since the "meta" is always shifting in this game a lot anyway.I have all the base SMGs, LMGs and ARs T-1ed and have been using the Vault weapons exclusively lately and even though they're not quite as good as the default weapons they are still fun and challenging to try and T-1.

I am having a really hard time killing people in game

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r1zky24
Rising Scout
3 years ago
It's just me or EA actually lower BF2042 TTK's with their latest updates, every anti vehicles gadget feel like stone trebuchet, EMP granade now hit and miss, and don't forget annoying reload animations!
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
According to high rated players, what is most important in 2042 is your positioning.
To be at the right place to maximize your advantage over the enemies
I would like to share 3 videos that might be useful in terms of general gameplay advice
The forum is absolutely refusing to let me display them in the right order but 2 of them are a 2 part series
kregora
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@pale_rider4 Let me start with the question: How familiar are you with first person shooters?
I personally believe that you need to establish a certain level of battlefield (battle zone) awareness. So you need to enter a certain state of mind.
This is something that only develops gradually.
So I prefer modes that condense the area I need to worry about. For me that is Breakthrough 64. It offers you an idea about where is the enemy coming from, or where to expect enemies. It helps you to familiarize yourself with parts of the maps as well.
If you compare Breakthrough 64 to Conquest 128, the area you need to aware of in the latter case is far bigger.
This first has a lot to do with staying alive longer, to help you getting your xp and kills.
My aim is pretty bad, I concentrate on playing the objectives.
You write you mainly use SMG and LMG, I personally tend to always aim down sight, but I try to use SMG in hip shot configurations, and I tend to use LMG in bi pod configuration.
The usual engagement distances are vastly different. I believe TDM might be a mode to familiarize yourself best with weapon behavior.
pale_rider4
3 years ago
I have been playing since they started I’ve been playing BF since Bad Company. I also play COD. I know cod and BF play differently. So I am familiar with first person shooters
kregora
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@pale_rider4 Okay.
I usually use only a few different scopes on all weapons. Fusion Holo, Ghost Hybrid 1.5-4x are my go to scopes. There may be better choices, but these are available on a lot of weapons, and I usually ignore the weapons that don't. I usually also stick to my main configuration, unless I need a totally different behavior, like changing form an assault rifle from a burst or full-auto configuration to a semi-automatic long range configuration. Or a mid range suppressed bolt action rifle, to a long range configuration.
Your ping may influence your hit probability, especially when it varies a lot. My ping is pretty constant between 14-16ms.
But maybe I shouldn't give advise since my K/D is below 1 and I don't care about K/D
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@pale_rider4 wrote:
At range I am struggling to get hits. But med to long range I get hits but fail to drop people before they drop me.
Have you gone into solo/co-op mode matches to unlock the attachments for the various weapons and vehicles? I find that while not perfect, it helps learn the lead times for the various weapons, ammo types, barrel lengths, etc as bullet velocity changes depending on some of the settings.
pale_rider4
3 years ago
So I can unlock attachments for guns playing bots?
Padding_Ur_Stat
3 years ago
@pale_rider4Up to T3
But that wont necessarily make you a better player with the upgraded weapon. Bots do not act like players. Bad habits can be developed.
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@pale_rider4 wrote:
So I can unlock attachments for guns playing bots?
You can unlock every attachment in the game against bots for vehicles and weapons. You can't get to tier2 or tier2 mastery, but those aren't required to get attachments.
I generally play a round or two of orbital breakthrough as Angel with a spawn beacon against bots whenever I get a new weapon or vehicle to get all/most of the items unlocked.
over0007
2 years ago
I dont know where are enemies so I cant flank them, even extremely hard to spot any enemies, even spot one, I shoot, it miss, and miss and miss , and they turn to me and kill me instantly. everything I tried all failed. I am a 30+yrs fps player.

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