How to get started?

How do I get started playing vctf?  I'm decent at regular CTF.  And I played the game through, so I learned a bit about using the vehicles, but obviously the bots are retarded and the way humans will play with the vehicles is going to be 100x faster.


So if I join a vctf game as a noob, what should I do first?  Play D?  Grab some vehicle or not?  etc.

teach me.

Grab a longbow as soon as you respawn...Always stay on the move...Communicate...Dont park vehicles on flags...Dont be afraid to ask questions...Try to get familar wit all the vehicles too see what ones best suite you...Learn where all the armor & health pick-ups are...Control the power-ups on the map...Use whatever weapon you can beast wit, If it annoys someone then you're doin something right...Learn the maps even if it means you're gonna be respawning alot.  Under your UT3 settings you can organize your weapons & prioritize them...If you're gonna run flags try too go in wit Jump Boots.

Buddy up with someone in the game, you'll need a mic to speed up your learning tbh. Adopt your natural game might b good but the maps are much bigger generally and vehicle kills are frequent if you're on foot. Still I would start off in defense with my fave weapon (not bio it doesnt spawn on vctf maps) and yes, find out where the flag room entrance, exits and avrils are. The power ups health packs, vials, ammo armour and boots are all important. You can learn a lot from observing what happens, what vehicles are capable of and flag runners consistently do. Then try to masters vehicles 1 by 1.

Originally posted by grog_grog thanks! would you normally play defense in a vehicle or not?  or it depends...