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- 6) Features -
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DICE was nice enough to actually add a few elements of content to Battlefield
2142 such as 40+ ranks, 40 unlocks, a slightly tweaked game engine, and the new
Titan game mode. This section will go on to describe the more intricate
elements of the BF2142 engine along with a few tips.
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" WHAT IS TITAN MODE? "
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- Titan mode is different from Conquest mode, but similar. Each team starts
off with a ship called the Titan. The Titan is like a mothership. It holds
some of your air vehicles, has cannons that can be operated by you to fire
explosive rounds, has anti-air turrets that can be operated by you, has
ejection pods, and also acts as a mobile spawn point. The goal of Titan mode
is to destroy the enemy titan. Start off by capturing the silos on the map. A
blue one is friendly, a red one is an enemy silo, and a black one is neutral.
If you hold down T, you will notice a timer appears under the silos at the
top of your screen. This is the amount of time before a missile launches from
the silo. These missiles that launch are anti-shield missiles. They fire at
the enemy's titan to lower the enemy's shield surrounding their titan.
- When enough of the missiles hit their Titan, and the shield is destroyed,
you can now access their titan. You have 2 options:
(1) - Board their Titan, infiltrate and destroy a console in 4 different
hallways, then destroy an energy core in the reactor room.
(2) - Continue capturing silos so the anti-Titan missiles eventually
destroy their Titan.
- The first manner is the quickest way to destroy a Titan, but also the most
challenging. You must get aboard their Titan. This can be accomplished by
getting in an APC then using an ejection pod. You can also bail out of a
transport helojet or land one on it. You can also eject out of an ejection
pod on your Titan (these are the 6 circular cylinders to the left & right
of you when you spawn on your own Titan), or you can spawn on a squad
beacon. When aboard their Titan, go inside. There are 4 hallways lined up
like this:
[Door 3] [Reactor Door] [Door 4]
[Door 1] [Door 2]
- Proceed into the door and you'll see a long hallway. Watch for enemies at
the ends of the hallways. Proceed down it and you'll see a console against
the wall. Shoot the console with a gun, blow it up with explosives until it
is destroyed. When it is destroyed, head back out the way you came, and
proceed to the next console panel. You can see the status of the consoles
underneath their Titan logo at the top of your display. Once all 4 reactors
have been destroyed, the Reactor Door will open up. Inside will be a purplish
energy core that must be blown up or shot at. Do this until their reactor
reaches 0% (you will see the shadowing in their Titan begin to fill up at the
logo at the top of your screen). When the Titan is destroyed, sprint out
towards the back and jump off the Titan. If you do and manage to land to the
ground, you will survive. If you don't, you will die bravely.
- The second manner of winning would just be to keep capturing silos. By
doing this, your missiles will continue to hit their Titan resulting in a
slight loss of its hull. Once enough missiles hit, the Titan will be
destroyed, and you will win. This method takes longer, but may be the ONLY
way to victory if your opponent has a tight defense.
" DEFENDING MY TITAN "
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- One common trait of any good Titan defender is surprise and stability. You
are capable of holding a hallway through the use of good skills or great item
placement, OR, you are able to flank attackers from the rear. To do this, you
must locate the ejection pods on your Titan. When you first spawn on your
Titan. Turn around and look at the computer panels that operate your turrets.
Now look left & right of them. You will see 3 cylinders on each side. Press E
to enter one. Now you can rotate around. Click the mouse to launch yourself
in ejection pod.
- To TWIST EJECT, look straight up in the air, then eject. Now twist your
mouse so you guide yourself to the roof of your own Titan. Try to land on the
upper area above the back hangar. You will see 2 ventilation shafts. Drop
into either one, and now kill the attackers in these vents. If there are no
attackers in these vents, look in your base room from this vent location, and
you should be able to shoot or flank any attackers currently on your Titan.
- To defend a hallway, be Support or Assault. If support, use an IPS Shield
and Sentry Gun. Mount them a fair distance away from the entrance corner, as
this will provide them some cover from corner grenades. Place the IPS shield
wherever you plan on proning. If you don't plan to prone, then stand against
one of the side columns that provide mid-level cover. Remember that the LMGs
get more accurate when fired longer, so simply fire down the corridor and
keep firing to kill a target. You can also spam hand grenades by dropping an
ammo box and continually tossing them down the hallway to kill potential
attackers.
- If Recon, use APMs at the entrance to hallways to kill oncoming attackers.
It is VERY hard for opponents to take care of APMs without killing
themselves.
- Operate the anti-air turrets (there are 2 of them) to destroy enemy
dropships attempting a landing. You will rack up easy points. If both Titans
are near each other, aim your turret at the opposing Titan's hangar and
destroy any vehicles that exit their energy shield.
" ATTACKING A TITAN "
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- Difficult, but doable. Be Recon, Assault, or Support. The main goal of an
attacker is efficiency. The idea is not to run in like Rambo. The idea is to
run in like Rambo with RDX, or to kill as many defenders as you can to clear
the path for your men to charge in. Doing neither of these objectives leads
to no victory. So our goal on the enemy titan is to have a high K:D ratio, or
to be the guy who blows up ALL the consoles or the reactor core with RDX. You
have a choice on which role you want to play:
(1) RDX Destroyer
- Equip some RDX to a recon player, and give him light armor. Get on
the enemy titan, and have a cloak if possible. Use your primary weapon
to kill defenders down the hallways in conjunction with frag grenades.
If multiple defenders are down a hallway, use the cloak, and charge
forward. When you see the console, bunnyhop towards it, uncloak,
quickly drop as many RDX charges as possible and hit the detonator.
You may kill yourself but will also get credit for destroying the
console and anyone near it. This technique works best in the reactor
room. Remember to bunnyhop through the doorway to avoid sentry fire
and potential APMs. When landing RDX charges on the core, run around
the corner while doing it so the enemy fires while you're moving. This
makes it harder to die. You will damage the core quite a bit. This is
the only true technique to destroying cores/consoles when they are
heavily defended. You may not have the best points score, but you will
be the key reason your team wins, despite your sacrifice of life. It
will take a few tries to master.
(2) K:D Ratio Guy
- Try to be assault or support. Board their titan, but do so from the
2 ventilation shafts. Use the window accesses to snipe potential
defenders inside. Watch your rear for knifers. Drop down if your team
needs assistance in the hallways. Spam frag grenades or revived down
combatants, but wants yourself as most defenders also toss grenades
down their hallways. The K:D role best works when attacking a reactor
room. You want to pick off as many defenders from an angle in the vent
as possible, which will help alleviate less pressure to your RDX men.
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