Search & Destroy FAQS 101

Objective:
Defense - Defend bomb planting sites A & B
Offense - Use team work to get the bomb to A or B and plant the bomb, and defend.

Planting and Defusing
Planting - Hold down SQUARE to plant the bomb.
Defusing - Just like planting it. Hold down SQUARE to defuse the bomb.

Useful bomb information:
º In a ranked game it takes 5 SECONDS MINIMAL to plant and or defuse the bomb.
º If the bomb carrier is killed on your team, someone else needs to get the bomb and move on with the objective.
º When defending, and you kill a bomb carrier you will see a briefcase on the ground. (Thats the bomb)
ºIf defending and the bomb is planted, you need to defuse the bomb. Even if you kill every member of the opposing team. Try to keep in mind the 5 seconds you will need.
ºYou can win the round if you kill the opposing team before the bomb is planted.

Basic Tips On Search And Destroy Gamplay:
º Learn enemy paths
º Be sure your team is guarding both planting sites on Defense. Doesn't mean you have to be there, but you can view if a enemy infultrates the planting site.
º Its always good to have someone moving with the bomb carrier incase of a fatal attack. And you can take out the enemy, and pick up the bomb.
º When a bomb is being planted and or defused you can hear the package being opened. Listen for it! Its a great way to hide near by and know whats going on.
º If you run into a game where 20 seconds in, and your the only one left. Relax! Take a breath and be cautious. Not too cautious otherwise you wont complete your OBJECTIVE. A Great time to know you have to get going, is when you get your warning of time running out. Please try not and be someone that camps past that time if you need to plant the BOMB.
º Crouch when your around no one. Believe it or not your creating alot of noise walking around! If you crouch while you walk you dont make noise. Especially on stairways. You always find people making that mistake of just walking around when its quiet. If you dont want to crouch, use DEAD SILENCE for your 3rd perk.
º There are other perks that are useful to Search and Destroy. You Have to find what is useful to you. Ex. If you dont like to be careful and just run through doorways. You might want to use BOMB SQUAD. You can see C4 and Claymores before you walk into them.
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Helpful Weapons To Use To Your Advantage
CLAYMORES
º If enemy cross in range of the beams in most cases they will die, and or be greatly damaged. Its also a great indicator if someone is around when they go off. They work great for unguarded stairwells, doorways, and planting sites.
C4
º You can almost stick it anywhere. Great to put on or near planting sites incase the bomb is planted, or being defused after you planted. Good spots to hide C4 would be under the wooden crate the bomb sites sit on. On a ceiling where most enemy dont look! or a close by crate or wall.
GRENADES
º Yes you can always get kills with a grenade, but it buys you time! It takes a grenade 5 seconds to explode. Please use a grenade to your advantage and not for a random kill. It helps accomplish your task. When you plant a bomb, a couple of you can defend it with a grenade. Lobbing one over there with 10 seconds to go buys you 5 seconds before enemy can try and go over there to defuse. If you have 3 grenades you just bought yourself 15 seconds of easy defense. And if you want to clear a room with a grenade "cook the grenade!" Remember 5 seconds and it goes boom! Enough elaborating about grenades, you can figure out the rest.
SMOKE GRENADES
º Its a great way to keep the enemy from seeing you when you are crossing their line of site. But not only that, its great for DISTRACTION! If you set off smoke at a different bomb site than you are planting at they enemy usualy come to shoot around and or lob greandes. Great to get a camper out of their corner if you know they are there. And alot of other useful ways along the lines of my explanation.
RPG
º Yup sorry to say it. One of the so called NOOB weapons. But if you have a sniper/gunner camping a building every round, and or building entrance. Have your RPG preset. Hes not going to stand there or camp there after you put an RPG through the opening and send him into the next level.

ADD-ONS
Silencers
º Great way to keep your location a secret. And harder for an enemy to hear where its coming from. Really does help you sneak around without your shots being heard too close.
Grenade launcher "NOOB TUBE"
º It also helps clear a path that you might want to make so you can get somewhere. Most people frown upon the Grenade Launcher.

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MORE BOMB INFORMATION
º If you find the bomb carrier and happen to kill him. Set claymores near the bomb. Or at entrances to get to the bomb.

MORE USEFUL PERKS
UAV JAMMER
º Helps you stay hidden from the enemy radar when it is called in. Not a good thing for them to know your location.
***Another reason why a silenced weapon is good to use. It wont show up on radar.
EXTREME CONDITIONING
º Definatly helps you get to a location before an enemy can. If you are both using it be cautious. This perk works really well with the MP5, Shotgun, etc.. (Smaller Weapons)

EXTRA TIPS FOR HARDCORE MODE
º If you hit select during the match you will see where your team is at. You will also see how much time is left in the match, and or how much time you have to plant and or defuse a bomb.
º First timers be careful. It takes only but a couple bullets to kill you. And if its an accurate shot it will take but one.
º Silenced pistol is great to come up on an enemy from behind with. If your not out in the open where others can see you, chances are the opposing team doesnt know where it came from.


MORE OBJECTIVE INFO
º Atleast make an attempt but If it is impossible for you to defuse and or plant in that 5 second window, dont bother. Its not worth the death, go for the kill if the opposing team still has someone left.
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l2yu
Posted 7/30/2008 12:03:23 AM
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"Sleight of Hand"
It is useful if it fits your playstyle. For example, for those snipermen who use the m1911, you only have 6 bullets in one round (if i recall correctly) so with sleight of hand if you miss those first six, you reload quickly.
If you are going assault, it's useful when you come face to face with multiple enemies, you can shoot, take quick cover, then start shooting again with little delay, your enemies will think you're still reloading and will have their guard down =D
"Knifing"
Knifing is essential in Hardcore SnD.if you have to reload, and you are in CQC with an enemy it will be easier to knife then to switch to your pistol (KEEP IN MIND that you have to be within knifing range)(WARNING: don't try and be cool and knife a guy >_> it WILL bite you in the ass if done incorrectly)
If you are in enemy territory and you bump into an enemy, knifing would be great since it's quick and silent.
Techniques
"Pressing Start"
When you press start, you are shown a map with the current location of your partners, it is very helpful knowing your partners location. Now i know everyone has been in a match where you see two people guarding the same crate without knowing it while the other one is exposed. By pressing start, you'll know who's where, guarding what, so that you aren't left with worries. *******If done with quickness, whenever one of your partners gets killed, if you press start quick enough, you can see their location before their arrow disappears on your map. that is key to knowing the area where your enemy is and will give you a heads up.
"UAV"(Using them Wisely)
Whenever people get UAV's, they use them quickly the next round. A tip i will give you is to hold on to that UAV, it can come in handy later. EX. everyone on your team gets killed and you have to face 2 or more enemies. your UAV can help you out. I simply wait for this situation to arrive of somethin close, like you and your buddy against five people. If this doesn't happen, then i save it until either my team or the other team have 3 rounds won
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landoarik321
Posted 7/30/2008 1:12:12 AM
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USEFUL WEAPONS AND PERKS
DESERT EAGLE
In hardcore modes it is a very useful weapon. It can shoot across the map, and kill a person with one shot. Although it can't be silenced, it is still awesome.
G3
Great weapon for hardcore modes. A hit to the body is usually a 1 shot kill. Its accuracy is as good as you can aim it. Use this weapon on Mid-Long Range levels. The only bad part about this weapon is its CQC. Even with steady aim on, you will be killed by someone using an SMG. In these situations, I would use a pistol instead of the G3.
GOOD PERKS
BOMB SQUAD
It is a very underrated perk, and can come in handy in hcsd. Claymore explosions in hardcore modes will kill you 90% of the time, if you are hit at all.(Not an actual statistic) With bomb squad, you can avoid attracting attention by setting a claymore off, and choose to enter the building a different way.
UAV JAMMER/OVERKILL/SLEIGHT OF HAND
In hardcore modes these should be the only perks used. UAV jammer especially because if you are using a silenced weapon you are "invisible".
LAST STAND
Enemies using this perk, can be killed by stun/flash grenades when put into last stand. If you are afraid of getting pistoled, throw a stun grenade in there and get the kill. Or just leave him alone, and hope a teammate does not take your kill.
GAMEPLAY TIPS
BOMB EXPLOSION
If your team plants the bomb, and you are very close to the bombsite at the time of explosion, IT WILL KILL YOU. The planter will lose 50pts because you were a noob, and you will receive a death.
GRENADE INDICATORS
These do not show up on screen in hardcore. Friendly and enemy grenades will kill you. Also friendly claymore/c4 explosions will also kill you. Basically do not get blown up.
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SILENCED WEAPONS
ºEven if you dont have a UAV JAMMER I find that it is better to use a silenced weapon. I know when I am being shot at with a silenced gun i dont really know where its coming from. But when someone unloads with a non-silenced gun you can hear and see more of where the bullets are coming from. Keep that in mind.
IMPACT KILLS
º Works alot better in hardcore. Ive gotten plenty of kills this way. If your throwing a grenade, no matter what it is (FRAG, STUN, FLASH, SMOKE), and you hit someone with it. You will damage and or kill the enemy. I rather try quickly if someone jumps infront of me to hit them than throw it random. It saved my butt plenty of times. Also with the Grenade launcher, sometimes enemy are too close and you cant get the grenade to explode. Aim center screen and you should hit them. INSTANT KILL! Also if you damage someone in S&D with a grenade on impact and you get killed, if they die you get half the points!
SPAWN KILLING BY ENEMY
º Yes its very possible in most levels. Best way to avoid them. Move to the sides of the maps when the match starts. Alot of players are good at this. Including myself! As time goes on i notice alot of players are getting smarter and not rushing up the map. Yes you want to move in. But take a second for the opposing team to finish their "NOOB TUBES", and or FIRE BACK!

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Jimmy_Kudo21
Posted 7/30/2008 8:28:32 PM
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Eavesdrop
Can be a very helpful perk on S&D. While you are defending a already planted bomb, about to move in to plant the bomb, or just defending the area, Eavesdrop helps you hear when people are around you giving you a heads up for those with Dead Silence.


lnly_joe
Posted 8/3/2008 5:13:05 PM
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C4 TIPS
º When you find the opposing team's bomb (suit case), plant the c4 inside it b/c no one would expect a trap in the suit case.
º Plant a pachage of c4 near cars for massive damage , some players break the window and throw it inside cars or just throw it under it.
º You can throw your c4 to high places like those two huge buildings in pipeline where most players camp there just look up, jump then throw it. (works wonders against campers at windows and such).
º Some players will find c4s at bomb planting sites even if you planted it under the bomb crate but there are good hiding places that will make it hard for players to spot the c4 even those with bomb squad will have a hard time finding it.
º There is also a technique used by many players which has proved to be very useful, when you plant/defuse a bomb, do it for a sec then stop. this will make all campers around the bomb site pop out of there hiding places to stop you.
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Yea, i just closed the other topic, and renamed this one. Bolded some of the stuff other GFAQS users added. Looks alot better with the faqs closer to eachother. Hopefully everyone will request sticky, and we can get this tacked up there.
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I requested a sticky myself. But im going ot need more stickys requested from veterans and above. Please also leave good feedback if you like the faqs.
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LOL @ Nliew - The only way it can get stickied is if people request it. Appreciate all the bumps the topic gets! Dont know if it was a smart idea to lock the old topic. But this one everythings all right on the first page. AND LEAVE FEEDBACK UPON REQUESTED STICKYS!

And everyone, feel free to add anything you want. If you feel there is any other better ways to play and do things, im all about it!! If you dont know how to Bold things look up my Sig by clicking on my name, that will show you what to do to bold. Thanks!!
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Just wanted to point out why i didnt add in any of the other game modes and made this about Search and Destroy only. I could have wrote about good weapons and other things for other game modes, but those are more on your own choice. Dont be offended by my choice of S&D being a worthy game play mode compared to others. I feel they are fun too, just not worth writing about the objectives and such. as shortly explained below.

The other game modes run alot different than S&D. TDM whatever. FFA - whatever. Headquarters - Whatever. Domination - Whatever. TT - is all the game modes so whatever. Then the only thing that comes with a little bit of decent objective is Sabotage - yet that game mode is played really dumb. Everyone just loves to camp and not pick up the bomb whatsoever. Cant give anyone good tips for that, they are just basically playing TDM and eventually getting to the objective when someone decides to make a run for the bomb. Which never happens cuz everyone wants to rack up points before completeing the objective! So the closest you can come to a great game mode on COD4 is HCSD! HC to make it feel more realisitic, and S&D actualy needs teamwork and tactics to complete your objective. Dont shoot back at me with well these other game modes you have to do this to get the flag and to do this and whatever. No those are basically TDM with unlimited lives! If your good at TDM you can play any of those game modes. When you play S&D and HC at that, your in a whole different gaming environment!
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