The Noob's Guide to Phantom Forces

REMINDER, STARTER GUNS ARE GUNS BELOW LEVEL 10

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How to Slaughter Those Ghosts
To get good, use a powerful assault rifle.

- AK-12: Amazing gun, perfect for new players.

- Colt LMG: Amazing CQC weapon, insane accuracy and fast reload.

- M4A1: Low recoil, close range gun.

- Beowulf ECR: A high capacity, low rank battle rifle.

Close Quarter Combat (CBT)
CBT is one of the most common form of fighting in Phantom Forces. You need to be good at it if you want to get a good kill-death ratio (KDR). Okay... I think you guys need to learn some abbreviations. I'm starting to get tired typing them completely out.

In CBT, you need good reflexes, and a gun like an Assault Rifle, Carbine, PDW, or even secondary weapons like the SFG or Obrez.

Basically, when you see an enemy that is close to you, look up to the air and SHOOT!!!!! That's pretty much the essence of CQC. Of course, you also need to know how to sneak up on people, so that you get to shoot them before they shoot you. And after you have killed someone, look around for other enemies, because chances are that there's another guy coming up behind you to kill you.

To sneak up on your enemies, if you see them at a distance going somewhere, go in that direction, but don't follow him directly. Then, when he appears round a corner, shoot. There might also be other enemies crowding round that space. Shoot them all! At least try to kill as many as you can.

You can also check out Salty Tim's guide on flanking and sneaking.

The more you play, the more experienced you will get, and the better you will get at killing those murderous Ghosts.

Tips on Sniping
The most important control here is Shift. Press Shift on your keyboard while aiming down sights to steady your scope. If you aim, there is a good chance that you can kill ANYONE, unless they're close to you. When they are very far from you, you should aim down sights (ADS). Look around for enemies first. Press E to spot enemies in your field of view (FOV). Once you see a target, aim. Watch his movements. If you're lucky, you'll be able to hit him while he's moving. But to guarantee a hit, you have to wait until he's aiming and trying to snipe someone else. Aim for his head or torso, AND SHOOT! Good luck, soldier.

Face-to-face shooting tips
If you see someone face to face, hipfire and try to move a lot to confuse your enemy. In this range I recommend PDWs like the MP5K for this type of shooting

However if you see a person who keeps on coming out then hiding and coming out then hiding, I recommend you use a P90 (Or any other guns which have wall penetration) and then shoot them when they are hiding, However if you dont have wall penetration guns and want to shoot them first hand, Try sneakily going in a another path to the location of the enemy and then from there you shoot.

Individual Map Tips
This has already been covered in the "Maps" section of this Wikia. But anyway, I'll go through the most basic stuff.

Crane Site - If you are up on the crane, someone who knows how to spot enemies will be able to easily kill you, so I recommend not going back to the crane over and over, and another tip on every map, do not go back to the place where you were killed otherwise your enemies will expect you to be there and kill you again. Assault Rifles are useable on this map, but normally people will use Snipers because of the amount of long sightlines and positions where snipers can get kills easily. The crane can be useful if you are careful enough not to get you or your team be killed by other snipers.

Ravod 911 - I like to snipe on this map. Get behind the vehicles, peek out, and snipe. It's difficult for your enemies to shoot back. The only downside of sniping there is that you'll be oblivious to enemies who come with big assault rifles from the side, and shoot all the snipers. Even worse is the knife. Since the knife is silent, you won't know that there's an enemy by your side killing all your friends until he slashes you in the back. Be aware of that. The middle of the map is extremely dangerous, but it will be fine if you have a gun that can take out snipers on the tops of the buildings, and be alert to people crouching down behind the several cans and props.

Metro - The middle of the map is super dangerous and has FUCKING CAMPER BITCHES WHO USE BFG AS RANK 1 BC THEY DICK HEADS, Hellish and extremely risky to go there. If you have an assault rifle, you can take out several campers and snipers there who are sometimes oblivious to their surroundings. This map involves extremely close combat, like Mall Construction. Still, it's better to get an assault rifle or a machine gun than a personal defense weapon because long-range combat also occurs in this map. There are pathways leading directly to the other team's spawn points, and you might meet enemies running along it. They probably won't be expecting your presence, and so take advantage of this surprise and shoot them before they can react. Other stuff are covered in more detail in the "Maps" section.

Crane Site Revamped - Try your best and get on the crane without getting shot by the others. Hide behind the billboard, then when you're ready to shoot, peek out, shoot, and get back in cover. If there are enemies upon the crane, either you go up with an assault rifle and take them all out, or go to the high floors of one of the buildings near the crane and fire upwards. This is precisely why you must be careful when on the crane. There are a lot of such people waiting in the dark buildings to snipe you down.

Desert Storm - You can use a lot of types of weapons in this map. For long-range killing, of course, a sniper. For medium to close range, a light machine gun, assault rifle or carbine. Beware of enemies hiding in the buildings. Tip: If you see your enemy proning on top of the building, try and get on the floor directly below him and shoot his legs which would be sticking out at the bottom. Once he gets shot, he'll look around but won't see anyone. Then he'll think there's a really sneaky sniper nearby. He won't know what got him until he's dead! Well, that's some revenge for the pros who keep spamkilling you..............................................

Some Really Awesome Inspiring Scenes (that really happened to me)
Shotgun Surprise - Once in Ravod 911, I got a really good kill streak on my G11 assault rifle, and when I was in the midst of trying to taking out my sixth enemy in a row, I suddenly ran out of ammo. "GRRRRR," I thought to myself. Then, I spied a Zip 22 Rat shot shotgun lying on the ground. I picked it up and hid behind a big container. The moment my enemy confronted me around the container with his huge AA12, I blasted him in the face. I died.

What you can learn from this: Don't use your secondary weapon, unless you can't find better guns on the ground.

King Of The Remington 870 - On King Of the Hill gamemode, my teammates and I were defending the really dark hill in Highway Lot. I had just hit Rank 2 and was excited to try out my brand new AA12. As everything was extremely dark, my enemies couldn't really see me when they came in, so I just blasted pellets at them. In half an hour, I racked up 500 kills.

What you can learn from this: Shotguns are good for close range encounters. And they are super powerful.

Rank 3 pro VS Rank 103 noob guy - I was below the crane, and he had a super OP BFG 50 sniper on top of it. Fortunately, I was equipped with an Zip 22, which is great at shaking your enemies and making it impossible for them to aim at you. He tried to move to the side, but my shots moved with him. He is so bad at the game so I spammed L in the chat, I got muted for some reason. [he respawned and killed me again and again in revenge]

What you can learn from this: Zip 22s are good at suppressing; and they can wreak havoc on noobs.

Epilogue
I wish all new Phantom players good luck and hope you'll rank up fast. As you keep playing, you'll know the tricks of the game and will be able to handle many different situations.

Godspeed, stinky.

Yours Faithfully,

Sergeant T.W.K.P.T.P.S., Noob

Edited by Alphaundercat

And attempted at linking Tim's shoutout by Fermin07

Fixed by BadAtGame (pls don't ban me I'm just trying to help people with tips)