DONT BE AN ANT!
(20 votes, average 4.50 out of 5)
Written by TOPD   
Monday, 08 March 2010 15:00

How many of you have seen the phrases “Follow the ant trail” or “Don’t follow the ant trail”?  I know I have but it’s often forgotten in your rush to get to forward base, flag building or tank.  
I often see /reports about “he has an invisible bush bug” or “he must be spying because he found our MS”.  Well, consider how you and others are approaching a target as a reason you and your buddies are dying and being discovered so quickly.


“The ant trail” refers to that line of visible corpses that often take a straight line right back to the MSP.  I’ve often used that visual cue to drive my 232 or Daimler right over infantry hiding in a hedgerow on my way to the MSP. 

 

Of course, since most don’t have ATG protection for their MSP or the ability to move it because is unmanned, I can hose down all the bushes on my way to the UMS and break the attack on the FB or CP.

So, next time, take a flanking approach to your target and make it harder for that tank to follow the ant trail back.
 

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Comments (10)
1 Monday, 08 March 2010 17:17
Jorvik
shhhhhhhh - dont give the lemmings away :)
2 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 02:23
Diavlopl
So true. I remember once when i killed 72 people in my 232. One sortie :)
Thats why i think 20s timer, sending groups together would be nice.
3 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 05:24
ratware
The same goes when looking down from the air,
you can see the trail of dead or moving ants,
that guides directly to the emsp.

So keep an eye up in the air aswell.
4 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:06
catfive
ant trail + no atg support = a pile of stats waiting to happen.

good article TOPD.
5 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 11:29
cobray
ant trail? I thought it was the conga line. Or the gay conga line, depending on how you look at it.
6 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 12:19
ses
it need not always be an ant trail. if you hear the truck you know almost 100% where it is ;)
7 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:02
woodbine
so true this article i rate it
8 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 15:43
Mattwitt
Some of my best K/D missions are hunting down EMSPs using the rifle. People are rather relaxed when they are not yet within a hundred meters or so of their objective.
9 Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:34
klaus
I'm always trying to get people to Flank. Better for getting into town, getting kills, you name it.
10 Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:52
Jizzyjaz
A thing everyone knows, yet no one follows. So true.
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