Is it ever okay to camp?

[shootthebandit]

Don't spawn camp, that's it. End of story.

Games like Battlefield Bad Company 2 have made it impossible for people who sit in one single spot the entire game to win so camping isn't really all that great a strategy, but don't spawn camp that is the worst gooddamn thing you can do, it's absolutely beyond contempt.

what? did you just say camping is impossible on bad company 2?

i take it youve never had the pleasure of defending on port valdez when half the enemy team is sniping on the hill

also you always NEED that one guy to sit next to the M-comm with a shotgun

i dont spawn camp on BC2 i spawn rape (with their own helos), i will sneak into the enemy spawn and kidnap there helicopters. the amount of times ive been attacking on isla innocentes on the final base were we have a aquired the Hind, that base doesnt stand a chance when up against a hind and a blackhawk

 

[imnot]

yes, it works, so use it.
I dont though BTW.

 

[gl1koz3]

If game allows, whatever it allows is what I do.

 

[Iandiaeufaieubfeuihfi]

Defending objectives = OK
Temporary camping (camping at a spot for only 1 or 2 kills then moving on)=OK
Critical Camping (camping behind an object because injured or ambushed and then moving on)=OK
Fail Camping(Camping throughout a team deathmatch game 24/7 with claymores at doorways and allies camping near the door)= The tactic for scum

 

[Thedayrecker]

I think it's okay if you're sniping.

Really there's nothing wrong with it at all, but it just gets annoying.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Hey, if its possible to do in the game, I have no complaints

 

[Kuilui]

If I'm watching someones back then yes. If I'm getting hunted down by numbers that are superior to my own and I want to get the jump on them yes. Also if I see someone heading my way but my weapon is less powerful then sure why not. Its not being a coward to get the advantage over your opponent its called having a brain.

 

[shootthebandit]

i dont mind camping in certain situations. the obvious one is if you would be at a major disadvantage in a direct fight (like sniper rifle versus shot gun) but if you were camping a very loooooooong corridor with no cover and people had no choice but to go down it and be picked off with a sniper rifle from just one guy staying there then camping wouldnt be acceptable.

thats how i got my first nuke in MW2, long corridor in skidrow holographic FAL claymores behind me. i know its bad but i wanted a nuke so badly

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Sometimes you have to hold ground because theres nowhere else to go.

But I dont like camping when an entire "Attacking team" in BFBC2 rush sits around camping with recon and does nothing but snipe and call mortar and not even doing it properly. Thus leading to the few that do attack are outnumbered and outgunned.

It really depends on the game tbh.

The worst is when they get into tanks and snipe... with a tank... I've seen plenty of tanks just sitting there long range camping on the attack team.

 

[meowchef]

Bottlenecks and paths taken a lot are great places to set up shop with an LMG.

 

[shootthebandit]

Sometimes you have to hold ground because theres nowhere else to go.

But I dont like camping when an entire "Attacking team" in BFBC2 rush sits around camping with recon and does nothing but snipe and call mortar and not even doing it properly. Thus leading to the few that do attack are outnumbered and outgunned.

It really depends on the game tbh.

The worst is when they get into tanks and snipe... with a tank... I've seen plenty of tanks just sitting there long range camping on the attack team.

like anything in BC2 its situational, if youve managed to steal a tank from the attackers then you should be allowed to take it and do what the F*** you want with it you deserve it. Same with helos, if you can succesfully steal an enemy helo they deserve to be spawn raped with it

 

[Bluesoul]

Come on you cant blame a sniper for being too good at shooting from a fixed position, you must see through the diferent possibilities to atttack him, either a riot shield, backstab, tossing a grenade, you cant just run torwards him and expect him to miss so you can kill him

 

[Xanadu84]

It's NOT okay to camp when it both handicaps your team, and makes the game less fun for both sides. Even then, its not so much, "Not Okay" as it is, "A bad idea". A good rule of thumb is that you should only ever listen to people who are complaining about your camping if they are on YOUR team, and they are making the point that your camping is making the obtaining of objectives for your team more difficult. If your opponent is complaining, congratulations, making the game more difficult for them is your job.

 

[mrF00bar]

In Real Life? Yes.
In Games? No.
In MW2, Whenever I See A Camper, I Riot Shield Them To Death XD

Why no? It is a legitimate strategy whether it is in games or not. Just read Newfoundsky's post.

 

[zaiggs]

It's totally a legitimate strategy. It just makes those not camping have to alter their tactics a bit. I think it's fun catching campers and killing them. But, it's also fun to sit in one place and watch inattentive people run into the same area again and again.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

like anything in BC2 its situational, if youve managed to steal a tank from the attackers then you should be allowed to take it and do what the F*** you want with it you deserve it. Same with helos, if you can succesfully steal an enemy helo they deserve to be spawn raped with it

But they didn't steal it from us. It spawned in their base. And they sat on the hill and camped from a mile away. They were in their territory, too, so it's not like I could have C4'd it to death. It's just really annoying.

 

[A Gent of Villainous Intent]

If Garrus did it in ME2, then it is a legitimate strategy.