Titan
assault in BF2142 is a rewarding experience. The key
to a successful titan assault is teamwork. It helps to have a
support placing infantry sonar, a recon with rdx to blow the core and a
medic to revive you during the hallway assaults. We cannot
capture teamwork on a video, so we opted to give you tips. I
recommend using the support class for titan assault after 1.4.
Specifically, I utilize the shotgun, rdx gun, and sentry to
proceed to decimate a titan. After
1.4, the supports ability to knock out enemy rdx and apms greatly
increased the value of the support class. If you find
yourself in a brutal fight, it helps to throw an infantry sonar down
once in a while.
When
the shields first go down, rush over and try to take out
consoles 1 and 2. Corridors 1 and 2 are the key to a
successful titan assault. If you can knock those corridors
out, you stand a chance of destroying the enemy titan.
This
video demonstrates the basics
of a titan assault. Just remember, you will need a recon to
RDX the enemy core.
Other weapons simply take too long.
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Titan
Assault Tactics
As
soon as the enemy shields go down, get on board no matter
what kit you have.The
best way to board
a titan is via APC.Even
if you are
rushing the enemy titan, try to steer the APC somewhere where it will
be parked
without being immediately destroyed by the enemy titan guns if possible
as a
courtesy to your teammates.
If
you are the squad leader, you should place a beacon on
the enemy titan.There
are few
legitimate reasons for not placing a beacon on an enemy titan.Even if you decide later
to silo hop, leaving
the beacon on the enemy titan reserves your options.
My
preferred titan assault kit is support.I usually go with a sentry gun and the rdx clark gun.The rdx
clark gun can
destroy an enemy titan in 12
shots (3 reloads).Usually,
if I get on
board, I rush to console corridor 1 or 2.If you hear the sound of a sentry prior to entering the
hallway, check
the other hallway.Figure
out which one
is clear first.The
RDX clark can also
detonate enemy apms (3 shots) and rdx (4
shots).It is
highly underrated.
If
the hallway is empty, I usually place a sentry at the
mouth of the hallway and rush down it while reloading.By the timeI get to the base, I can place another sentry closer to
where the
soldiers will be coming from.
Always
blow consoles 1 and 2 first.In
first strike scenario’s, if I am playing
with other people,I
prefer to split up
initially and try to blow 1 and 2 first.While it is tempting to stick together, you should
leverage your first
strike advantage unless you hear the whir of a sentry.
Attack the console shields in 3 & 4 as a back up in
the event that the titan corridors are heavily defended.
If
you meet heavy titan defense and you are in a small
squad, you may want to keep up the assault even if you cannot break
thru.This will
allow you to divert enough of the
enemies resources to keep your team in silos.
Another
very useful device is the IDS personal infantry
detector.If I meet
any resistance on
the first attack, I usually place an IDS detector to see if I can get
down the
hallways.I almost
always equip the
sentry which means it will take longer to blow a console than I would
prefer.Nevertheless,
lighting up the titan cargo bay
and core area is an asset to your team.
After
consoles 1 and 2 are blown, you have no use for the rdx
clark attachment
and you should always go with
IDS personal sonar in the kit.I
almost
always blow corridors 3 and 4 with the grenade spam from the hallway.By setting up a sentry to
face away from the
corridor you are attacking, you can defend yourself from attackers from
the
side and behind while you nade spam.
Once
you blow corridors 3 & 4, you need to rush in as
fast as possible.When
rushing in, I
always have a sentry ready to go and drop it first.I do this even if it means risking getting
killed.Setting up
a sentry to cover the
primary entrance to the core is critical.If there is one medic, two assaults, and a recon, you
should be able to
easily blow the core.Most
of the time,
you are lucky just to have another recon.I often type to request one once I am in the core.
In any event, if you can
get two sentry’s set up, one facing
each entrance, you can defend yourself from frontal and rear attacks.
In general, I rely on other
people to blow the core because
I play support rather than recon with RDX.
Titan corridor nade spamming
nest with sentries.
Corridor’s
one and two can be almost impossible to crack if people
set up a decent nade spam, sentry combination.As a defender, I can expect to get combat efficiency pins
easily.As an
attacker, you have to figure out how
many defenders are in the corridor.If
you are looking at more than 4 defenders, you probably will not get
passed
them.
Several
variations on a strategy can be tried.One player can draw the fire of the sentry’s
by moving towards the hallway first and sitting in the corner near the
mouth by
the boxes that lead up towards the core.This will allow the other players to rush without the
sentry, but they
still have to deal with the nade spams.A rush into the hallway can sometimes be accompanied by a
grenade toss
or setting up a sentry pointing down the hallway.A sentry facing down the hallway will at
least pin down the enemy defenders a bit.Remember that all you need to do is get a foothold in the
corridor and
then hold it until others begin to head down the hallway.A medic is an excellent
addition to any
corridor assault team.
Experiment
with smoke grenades and the emp grenades on the
sentry.It is also
possible to ghost
passed the enemy sentry.Sometimes,
I
ghost down the corridor passed the sentry before it can track me, and
drop a
nice RDX package in the defender’s lap.Once in a while, I even knife them (single defender),
grenade them
(multiple defenders), or shoot them.It
is possible with enough noise that they won’t see you and you can
actually blow
the console before they know you’ve ghosted by.
Don't
forget to attack console shields in corridors 3 & 4.
A team
of supply kits and engineers can take the shields down if they work
together. It takes 14 pilum shots on the shields to destroy
consoles 1 & 2. Working together can get the job
done.
Watch the video on advanced techniques.
Overwhelming
defense
The
good news is that an overwhelming titan defense is the
perfect opportunity to take the silos.When the opposing team over-commits to defense, the team
can usually
take control of the silos.This
is a
perfect time for a silo counterstrike.It sometimes helps to keep a small one or two person crew
attacking to
maintain the ruse of a titan assault while the rest of the team turns
silos.This is also
a time for creative
assault practices.Experiment
with the
apm mines and the decoy beacon, ghosting, sentry traps in corridors you
do not
even need.Anything
to keep the enemy
confused and wondering what you are doing.While they asked themselves these questions, your team can
change the
silos easily.