Hey,

When I play Crysis 2, this is my setup. I am a 5th reboot, so I have seen it all and this strategy was developed through my own blood, sweat and tears. Please sticky this thread.

Energy Transfer
Stealth Enhance
Retriever

No surprise huh?

This is what you do to win all the time. Please follow the steps carefully.

1) Cloak
2) Shoot someone in the back
3) Cloak
4) Shoot someone (who is just came out of cloak themselves) while their shooting someone else
5) Cloak
6) Run past someone in cloak, armor up (optional), turn round and shoot
7) Cloak

Repeat these steps 7 and you will be a 3.5 KD + player and you will rarely lose an IA match, I use this strategy and I only seem to lose games nowadays by mid-game joining or when everyone has all red bars and I have to quit because it takes 9 melee's to kill one enemy.

This is the ULTIMATE STRATEGY my friends, all the apparent "top players" do this and I've seen most of them. I have played with alot of the "top players" and in gamebattles and they all use this winning-formula.

DO NOT BE AFRAID - This strategy is within everyone's capabilities. It doesn't require;

1) Aiming Ability (Just spray at your unwitting target and the aim assist will take part of the killing for you)

2) Good decision-making (just run a round like a mad man until you can implement the above strategy)

3) Intelligent use of Nanosuit abilities - With this build even Armor mode is optional, don't worry about it. Just press RB (to cloak) when you see an enemy press RB again (uncloak), kill him, then press RB again (cloak).

4) Intelligent use of Energy Management - You have an almost unlimited pool of energy!

5) Tactical gameplay - No need to think at all or concern oneself with silly notions of thinking, teamwork, tactical positioning or module variety.

I have a special treat for you guys - If this ultimate, vulture-like strategy, is not perfect enough here are further benefits on using more cloak!!

1) You move so fast people can't track them easily on radar - Giving you a mini-Blind Spot
2) footsteps are silent in cloak (as per Zee said but I don't think this is the case)and more cloak means that you won't get shot from Ceth Gunship - mini-Covert Ops
3) More cloak = footsteps cannot be tracked with Tracker
4) You recharge less = less time in corner waiting around doing nothing which is annoying and also less time spent vulnerable sitting there and/or exposed to enemy radar
5) More cloak = faster movement from one area to another without being noticed
6) More cloak = less deaths = more kills = more killstreaks = less deaths + more kills = higher KD and better score
7) People can't see you properly all the time so you can get a split second on them to kill them!

Am I great or what revealing this to you all?

Serious now guys.

Am I really a great player? Would you say I was a beast because I win about every match using this strategy.. unfortunately this strategy is becoming more and more prevalent. If you want to vote against this type of gameplay then go here;

http://www.gamesas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=28478

Please let me know in the poll if I am a GREAT Player? This is not to self-congratulate myself, it's to find out whether you really think this type of player behaviour is really "elite". I don't, I'm a winner, competitor, I want to win so if you want to beat them sometimes you have to join them.

p.s. Asking for this post to be a sticky was a joke.

Yeah I learned this within like 2 days of multi, Energy Trans/SE is literally the best first 2 modules in combination, and Retriever creates consistency. I do the same thing and average like 3.5 k/d depending on if I go for challenges and dog tags and such.

Yeah I learned this within like 2 days of multi, Energy Trans/SE is literally the best first 2 modules in combination, and Retriever creates consistency. I do the same thing and average like 3.5 k/d depending on if I go for challenges and dog tags and such.

Were fantastic aren't we! We can't lose! mwhahaha

Don't let everyone know though... mum's the word!

Everyones starting to do it already though =[

Everyones starting to do it already though =[

Perhaps when everyone is an Elite player then Crytek will do something about the cloakers!

Hey,

When I play Crysis 2, this is my setup. I am a 5th reboot, so I have seen it all and this strategy was developed through my own blood, sweat and tears. Please sticky this thread.

Energy Transfer
Stealth Enhance
Retriever

No surprise huh?

This is what you do to win all the time. Please follow the steps carefully.

1) Cloak
2) Shoot someone in the back
3) Cloak
4) Shoot someone (who is just came out of cloak themselves) while their shooting someone else
5) Cloak
6) Run past someone in cloak, armor up (optional), turn round and shoot
7) Cloak

Repeat these steps 7 and you will be a 3.5 KD + player and you will rarely lose an IA match, I use this strategy and I only seem to lose games nowadays by mid-game joining or when everyone has all red bars and I have to quit because it takes 9 melee's to kill one enemy.

This is the ULTIMATE STRATEGY my friends, all the apparent "top players" do this and I've seen most of them. I have played with alot of the "top players" and in gamebattles and they all use this winning-formula.

DO NOT BE AFRAID - This strategy is within everyone's capabilities. It doesn't require;

1) Aiming Ability (Just spray at your unwitting target and the aim assist will take part of the killing for you)

2) Good decision-making (just run a round like a mad man until you can implement the above strategy)

3) Intelligent use of Nanosuit abilities - With this build even Armor mode is optional, don't worry about it. Just press RB (to cloak) when you see an enemy press RB again (uncloak), kill him, then press RB again (cloak).

4) Intelligent use of Energy Management - You have an almost unlimited pool of energy!

5) Tactical gameplay - No need to think at all or concern oneself with silly notions of thinking, teamwork, tactical positioning or module variety.

I have a special treat for you guys - If this ultimate, vulture-like strategy, is not perfect enough here are further benefits on using more cloak!!

1) You move so fast people can't track them easily on radar - Giving you a mini-Blind Spot
2) footsteps are silent in cloak (as per Zee said but I don't think this is the case)and more cloak means that you won't get shot from Ceth Gunship - mini-Covert Ops
3) More cloak = footsteps cannot be tracked with Tracker
4) You recharge less = less time in corner waiting around doing nothing which is annoying and also less time spent vulnerable sitting there and/or exposed to enemy radar
5) More cloak = faster movement from one area to another without being noticed
6) More cloak = less deaths = more kills = more killstreaks = less deaths + more kills = higher KD and better score
7) People can't see you properly all the time so you can get a split second on them to kill them!

Am I great or what revealing this to you all?

Serious now guys.

Am I really a great player? Would you say I was a beast because I win about every match using this strategy.. unfortunately this strategy is becoming more and more prevalent. If you want to vote against this type of gameplay then go here;

http://www.gamesas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=28478

Please let me know in the poll if I am a GREAT Player? This is not to self-congratulate myself, it's to find out whether you really think this type of player behaviour is really "elite". I don't, I'm a winner, competitor, I want to win so if you want to beat them sometimes you have to join them.

p.s. Asking for this post to be a sticky was a joke.

I'm being using this since the start, but yeah awesome this took hell of alot of time so very well done.

Should be a sticky lol I'm bump this for you time to time

Great stuff bro

I love it when people try to use this strategy and end up on the bottom of the score because it doesn't really work against decent players.

Problem is...decent players can still detect you, even without nanovision.

Secret:
Stay together.
Mind your surroundings.
Know the map paths and usually crowded areas.
Use sound to locate them.
Either wait for them to uncloak or pop 3 in their head right before they do.

And I don't even use nanovision. I'm super l33t!

This is already done by 70% of all players, so nothing new.

Maybe you should add C4 spam IN THE FACE! That's 42/π.... That's 13.37

This is already done by 70% of all players, so nothing new.

Maybe you should add C4 spam IN THE FACE! That's 42/π.... That's 13.37

You're correct most players use this strategy but not to its fullest extent.

I see people having the audacity to run around without cloak for 97% of the game and engage people directly!?! Ludicrous or what? If they follow this guide they should stay in cloak 99% of the time and only shoot people in the back or while their fighting someone else!

Follow my guide with 100% dedication and you will be given the honorary title of beast!

Yea this game def needs more variety and I use different loadouts just to change it up even tho admittedly I do not score as well when not using the "ninja" loadout. Sometimes it depends if the opposing team is really good as well, but any decent player should be able to use a multitude of loadouts and help there team-here I know you are talking about IA however.

People using this strategy forget about my proximity alarm and cloak tracker. Keep on cloaking people. It makes you an easy target.

People using this strategy forget about my proximity alarm and cloak tracker. Keep on cloaking people. It makes you an easy target.

Give that man a cigar!

Yes cloaking can be very effective, but its only so when the opposition dont take steps to counter it. I had a game a few days ago on the central station map and the opposing team ran around in cloaks with shotguns trying to be clever. Half my team had cloak tracker/proxy alarm and we were talking to one another calling out targets as we spotted them. We won 50-12, with me in 2nd place using my airstomp kit, as its super duper easy to kill peeps with airstomp on that map when they roll through the exposed center or just chuck grenades in to the corners where they congregate.

Also just as a PS, if your like me and you played Crysis on the PC you should already have the nouse to be able to spot cloakers without suit modules helping you do so. Sure its not 100% effective but the Mk1 eyeball when trained can spot them in time for you to take them down before they even know you have seen them.

People using this strategy forget about my proximity alarm and cloak tracker. Keep on cloaking people. It makes you an easy target.

Most people don't use Proximity Alarm and when they do it's usually because there waiting to level up Armor to level 6 so they can unlock Energy Transfer and Nano Recharge.

Cloak Tracker is rubbish. You can see people perfectly well without it and you hear this weird sound when people cloak nearby but you don't know which direction, you may as well just listen for footsteps. Why use Cloak Tracker when you have Stealth Enhance III - No SE III = you're not Elite.

FYI I voted C to humour you.

Cloak Tracker is rubbish but its darn fun to see the cloaker clearly for extra seconds to put a bullet in their head..... hehe. And you keep forgetting Blind Spot is amazing when people are radar savvy but forget to check their backs.

FYI I voted C to humour you.

Haha thanks!

I often wonder of those who say they "don't need cloak" or "always kill cloakers" are playing against the same cloakers we are referring to.

Sure, you may get 1 or 2 times where you kill us, but almost all of us who use a setup similar to the OP have a KD of 2-3+. Someone, somewhere has to have the KD less than 1 to make up for those of us who aren't... in the end the total KD across the community should be around 1.0 (Someone has to die for each kill, or at least generally speaking).

As someone who is used to playing other games where they have cloak abilities, I am well versed in being able to spot cloakers. That is why I'm usually killed by someone across the map who is sniping or similar, its usually not the in-range game that I get killed at, but when I'm de-cloaked and assassinating or shooting someone. When I am in-cloak I very rarely get killed, even when I run right past people's face and behind them to kill them.

You *can* work as a team to take down cloakers, but that's the thing - if you come against someone who knows how to properly cloak, it takes an entire team with Proxies and calling them out, i.e. loads of teamwork, which is lucky to get when playing with randoms. Whereas when I'm in cloak, even without a team, I can average anywhere from 15-25+ kills per game of TIA, often with less than 5 deaths (3+ k/d)

I mean, honestly, I'm not trying to rip on anyone's play style here, but I have played 870 total games of Crysis 2. I will admit to being beasted on from time to time. However, I cannot ever recall a time when that beasting was done by anyone except a cloaked person. (Except for maybe my first 15-20 ranks before I got the necessary modules) So, until I come across this in-game, I will always be a bit sketch on believing it.

Speaking of TIA or team modes, I think the OP is talking about best strategy for IA ie not team work.

Example of different IA modules raqe: I came across a guy the other day, that used prox alarm/blind spot/retriever or weapon pro. He was level 50, gt deusixmachina (something like that), used scar with reflex/ext mags and c4 as well. Rarely cloaking, he won 5 out of 6 matches (had 22 kills 12 deaths when he lost on statue 2nd place) on various maps. The matches he won, he had about 8-9 deaths.

Not sure if he was really good or cheating or what, but I guess people can win IA regularly without cloaking around. I will say he was hard to put down.

@Goose306 - I think we are talking of the same players here, but from the same angle but with varying views. You see I usually play in a team with roughly half always anti-cloak. Between team shouts and anti-cloak tools it means an effective screen against an entire team of SE/ME III players. However in pubs the prevelence of players running various different builds and not communicating means that players with SE/ME III that are skilled have a much better chance of swaying the battle. Bear in mind though that I didnt say I dont need cloak myself or always kill those using it, but I do have a higher than average K/D ratio in most games and have made MVP numerous times. I myself tend to use SE III more than other modules but only because I went out of my way early doors to level it and have yet to level the other modules to the same effectiveness.

Personally I think the default cloak drain should be reduced slightly to offset the vast decrease that SE III offers. Its because the default drain is so high that the majority opt for SE III to compensate.

I mean, honestly, I'm not trying to rip on anyone's play style here, but I have played 870 total games of Crysis 2. I will admit to being beasted on from time to time. However, I cannot ever recall a time when that beasting was done by anyone except a cloaked person. (Except for maybe my first 15-20 ranks before I got the necessary modules) So, until I come across this in-game, I will always be a bit sketch on believing it.

Hit the nail on the head.

It's all about the cloak cloak cloak. "My strategy" works all the time, all the top players use the same vulture tactics and ultimate setup.

Also about saying that for every person that gets 3+ KD there is someone going negative. Those players that go negative consistently are the 550,000+ players that have bought C2, tried the MP and was p*ssed off with getting annihilated by us and now left.

I have watched reviews and gameplay where people are down right mind-boggled how they are being destroyed so badly. I mean, you only need to play the game to see that most players are low levels and there running around in Armor mode or no cloak lol and getting massacred. This is why no-one bloody plays the game anymore

The ones that stay around use the ultimate strategy and siphon off the noobs. Always funny seeing someone using the ultimate setup against me and they lose. Although the ultimate setup does 95% of the work for you, there is still that 5% that is the defining difference between one fellow Feline ultimate setup sprayer and another lol

I voted for D: complete phucking randomness.

lol any skill in this game is bollocks due to broken mechanics and balance.

Yep i'm so skilled I shot that cloaked beeeyatch from 100 meters with 2 full clips, hit him with everyshot in the head dropped a grenade at his feet, just to be killed by one shot to my nuts from his default pistol while armoured, after it took him 5 minutes to work out where I was firing from after he stopped spinning about from freaking out at being shot while invisible.

Just to one shot some guy on spawn without trying.

Oh yeah that's skill......

LMFAO.

I never use cloak enough, but I do like it when two players use cloak and are fighting then you just come up behind them and BLAM! they are all dead. My two counters for invisible people if they are right next to you jump and shoot them on your way down (not if you have ground slam though) or if they are infront of you, armour, slide 'n' shoot then pop up and melee.

Easy way to be good, like your strategy.
Weapons:
*Feline / Scarab
*AY79 (machine pistol)
*JAW / C4

Modules:
*Energy Transfer III ( Restores full Nano-Suit Energy after each kill )
*Stealth Enhance III ( No shadow cast, and decreased cloak energy use, faster transition )
*Mobility Enhance III ( Increased ledge grab speed, faster aim after sprinting, and less energy usage from jumping or sprinting )

Tactic:
*Run while cloaked, find someone, uncloak and kill them, let Energy Transfer reset suit energy, recloak, and run.

Easy way to be good, like your strategy.
Weapons:
*Feline / Scarab
*AY79 (machine pistol)
*JAW / C4

Modules:
*Energy Transfer III ( Restores full Nano-Suit Energy after each kill )
*Stealth Enhance III ( No shadow cast, and decreased cloak energy use, faster transition )
*Mobility Enhance III ( Increased ledge grab speed, faster aim after sprinting, and less energy usage from jumping or sprinting )

Tactic:
*Run while cloaked, find someone, uncloak and kill them, let Energy Transfer reset suit energy, recloak, and run.

Never fails.

Check out my other post "Ultimate Guide to Become a Douche".. it is a much stronger than an Elite class.

players that have bought C2, tried the MP and was p*ssed off with getting annihilated by us and now left.

I have watched reviews and gameplay where people are down right mind-boggled how they are being destroyed so badly. I mean, you only need to play the game to see that most players are low levels and there running around in Armor mode or no cloak lol and getting massacred. This is why no-one bloody plays the game anymore

I completely agree with this.

I was in a game before with some really good players. I had 2 noobs on my team, only rank 2 & 8. The rank 2 guy was kicking off. "This is the most stupid game ever, I quitting, fuk this i'm quitting" on & on lol.

MK Gunner kept getting him with C4, "What the fuks that blowing me up" like he's never seen C4 lol. I didnt have my mic so I couldn't tell him, but he still kept running back lol

Me 14 - 6
Rank2. 0 - 14
Rank8. 0 - 9

What made it worse was that I wasnt getting my XPx2 but I stayed to listen to him.

He rage quit just afer saying " The most retarded game i've ever played" They must of been raping him bad. I don't think we'll see him again lol.