Hey guys,
Can someone give me some tips on levelling up Recon for a noob? Every other class is straightforward where u get the points...assault revive teammates and chuck medpacks, engineer blast some tanks, support just pump that trigger and chuck ammo packs, but recon?
I.e. specific maps, game modes,scopes and what I should be doing. Just unlocked the SV98 so haven't got very far.
What I've figured out...Recon is the stealth and infiltration class. Spawn beacons are useful for securing a strategic location. But I usually switch kits with any fallen comrades for more firepower. It jus seems difficult to get the kills I need to level up with a sniper rifle. I try helping the team play the objective but that usually just means getting those 10point spot bonuses by scouting out enemies around flags etc.
EDIT: Just unlocked the TUG-s wooooooo, gonna have fun with that, if I can figure out how to use it lol
I think I've already posted about Recon in this topic, but either way I'll say something again.
I find it the hardest class out of the four, mainly because the class-specific weapons are pretty shit until the final two rifles. I used the MOD mostly at first, a bit of the SV98 and then gave up on medium-to-long range sniping. So I unlocked the UMP-45 (rank 16) and because it's an all-class weapon I used it in Recon, with a holographic sight and within 2 sessions on the game had increased my Recon total score from around 40,000 right up to 110,000. Try and get that spawn beacon as far towards the base nearest the enemy's deployment or a MCOM as possible, making sure you're in a squad of four for maximum whoring of it.
The best rifles in my opinion are:
- the M40A5 (104,000 score)
- the M98B (146,000 score)
They're both long range bolt actions and I've used them with 4x, 7x and most of all 12x zoom scopes to good effect. Bagged a 844m headshot the other night with the M98B, it feels like Lana Del Ray noshing you off with those dinghy lips. You have to spot absolutely everything, as much as possible, to get your score up. The MAV (45,000 score) has got me so many motion sensor assists (over 800 to date) and they're worth 350 points every five assists as you get a ribbon for each five. On maps with bottlenecks (Bazaar, Damavand, Operation Metro, Seine Crossing) and around MCOM stations they're great for flying around and hammering the spotting button (my record is 49 assists in a match of Rush. They can also be left in a busy area but out of sight (on a ledge, in an unused building) and it'll rack up the assists whilst you're busy hunting down enemies. If you've been damaged by an enemy sniper but can't find their location, hide out of sight and set MAV off to get that position found.
Great sniping maps are Op. Firestorm, Kharg Island, Sharqi Peninsula, Noshahr Canals, Tehran Highway, Gulf Of Oman and Wake Island. On Wake Island in Rush, if you spawn on the carrier (as an Attacker) by jumping out of a parked chopper, you can pick off those on land by either going prone on deck or heading to the small island near the carrier. Obviously, your range will depend on what rifle you have unlocked. I'm not sure that the MOD or the SV98 could reach anyone from the deck. You can perform a similar routine on Kharg Island if Attacking. Stay on the carrier, send MAV in, spot everything, park him up in a sly area and then pick off the guys you've lit up. The carrier on Kharg isn't as far out as the one on Wake, so the early rifles may reach.
