how to beat erica on frdm3strat #1: rocket denial Easy enough, you can time the rockets pretty easily, rocket launcher preferably, if she is being really vigilant on the RL itself, just deny the 2 rocket packs down the hallway and the backpack, eventually she will run out of ammo and have to use other weapons... her chaingun and ssg are weak so chances are she will clutch rail, just dont give her any easy shots by moving in a straight predictable pattern for long, she cant hit anything but easy shots that are lined up due to her ping and general lack of aim... at that point it should be easy enough to either steal another RL, or put yourself into a close range where you will have the advantage with chain or ssg against her railstrat #2: rail play Just like it sounds this strategy implies you like railing, if you dont have at least a semi decent rail i dont suggest it, this strategy also works well if you arent in control vs her, you can camp down by the rail area, in the lower area, she wont venture close enough to deal significant damage and you have a short route to steal either YA when she neglects them (which she does often), if you play quiet you should be able to capitalize on her poor use of sound cues and camp the right spots to line up rail shots for when she peaks out over the GL ledge or drops down the stairs for the upper YA, you can also try to rail her as she grabs the two rocket packs in the hallway shortly after hearing the RL pickup and shards, however that is much more dangerous and should only be done if your confident enough... also consider if you frequent the area near rail and she attacks from any passage from the other side of the map, from the distance you create rockets should be easy to dodge, and if she drops down to close the distance you can just take the teleport to chain and now you have the high ground and can assume if she made the effort to go agressive she will fallow you through the teleporter where you can deal some good damage as she has lined herself up for whatever shot you wish to takestrat #3: lovin' nades when she drops down for RL and likely will go down the hall for the two rocket packs, you have an opertunity to sneak around up top and steal a GL and possibly the other yellow by dropping to it shortly after, just make sure you are in the right position about the time RL comes up, the grenades can do you a lot of good with her play style where she walks around like she owns the map... spamming them on armors and she goes for them, elevators and she goes for them, or even weapons such as the rocket launcher, you will score much needed chip damage and due to the map only having 2 YA and her tendency to ignore health packs you should be able to push advantage with chain ssg or rail if you can score a couple good nades, this strategy also helps out the other two strategies greatlyGeneral tip #1: listen and know where health is every player knows that armor is important, but health packs are very important as well, chances are she will get lucky and you will eat some splash damage from a rocket even if you are being sneaky, so knowing where the health packs are will help you stay alive much better, and it also denies health from her, the biggest spot for health is the 2 25s bellow the chaingun, but there is several spots with less health you should learn so you can use them... also you really want to listen, not just for foot steps, jump sounds, and item pickups, but very importantly for weapon firing sounds... the reason i grouped the two of these things together is because most of the time when i see a player lose to erica on frdm3 is because they arent listening so she can either land prediction shots or get up in their face, and when they recieve chip damage or end a fight they take too long to stock back up on health and armor giving her the chance to score a frag by chipping repeatedlyGeneral tip #2: Learn the angles the angles of frdm3 are done in such a way that you can do some really cool prediction and angle shots, try to learn them so you can throw damage out from odd angles where it isnt expected and keep yourself from recieving damage by going into a straight up fight against some one who crutches their rockets like nothin else... you can use the angles with rails rockets and nades, just try to listen and line shots up, she plays quite predictably so it shouldnt be too hard after you learn some shotsGeneral tip #3: defense like a ninja now some people may view a +back style as a cowards way to play, but its just a smarter way to play, learn which parts of the map she doesnt frequent too often and learn to exploit those areas to disappear when ever you dont have the advantage, stay in motion constantly, but do not be noisy about it... her sound awareness is quite bad but you still shouldnt go about picking up every item if you dont need it and you shouldnt just jump for no reason... if you go offensive that plays right to her style of laying rockets for you to run into them, instead do the same to her, try to be patient and dont give her frags, make her work for them and since she isnt too smart with agressive play you can line rails up and use nades and rockets as a way to play defensive while dealing out some serious damageGeneral tip #4: In control use some common sense here, try to hold the high ground, use sound cues to keep track of her and try to spam rockets where she WANTS to go, you can bate the armors and health packs to score some rocket damage if you dont need them, keep a tight hold on megahealth because it is extremely important, a very very important item to control on frdm3 is the RL which you wont want to miss a pickup on because its a very strong weapon for regaining control from the lower position... try to keep track of how much damage you have dealt and use the right weapon for the job, if she is tryin to keep distance with a small amount of health, dont try to score that one rail, dont go for long range rox, just pull out the chain or ssg and get that bit of final damage in... also you want to try and make sure that both armors dont spawn at the same time, delay a pickup for one if you need to so you have enough time to get from armor to armor without leaving one up and you can keep a total lock down on the map
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Strategy to beat me on [your map pick here]?I'd like an analysis, for real.
frdm3 is a stupid map. it will never have the tiniest, remote chance of even being in any duel league around here. If people have fun on it though, then power to them I guess. Personally, I choose to play the other many maps that ACTUALLY promote competition.. as a tdm player, this is more fun for me. I am certain of how you would play this map at the top level of play, and it's really bogus / not worth my time.and wow @ this thread. You took the time to write a guide on how to beat a tdm player that just started on a worthless map because she broke your e-heart. DUDE...... not caring and being an asshole is one thing, but perhaps you shouldn't TRY to make us all think that you're some psychopathic lunatic. I mean damn.... the whole e-relationship situation is funny, both them and you. But it's to the point that you're being pathetic enough that I start to feel sorry for you instead of laugh.of course i didn't read that stupid guide either.