• Lesson 1 for newbie me: Battle Points don’t accumulate between matches – so spend them!
• Don’t waste Battle Points. Ok I just said spend them, but don’t waste them on crap. Try to make a profit on every purchase (e.g. buy a parrot and tag more than 10 people).
• Phosphorous bombs are average for taking out a few people, but cluster bombs will take out vehicles too – with a slightly smaller blast radius. Use these when an enemy is taking capture points.
• Spawn heavy tanks to capture Ground Control points – they take a serious beating before they’re destroyed.
• Parrot drones are very effective. I have a whole post / tutorial about them. They’ve been nerfed a bit in a patch but they’re still good.
• Neither of the RPG style weapons lock on to vehicles. The proximity version is useful for shooting at aircraft and at tanks hiding behind walls.
• Unlike Blackops, you can briefly leave a Ground Control capture zone and come back again to resume capture. If an enemy steps onto the zone in that time then the capture progress resets.
• You can run forever, even while reloading.
• Neither sniper rifle offers a one-shot kill anywhere except the head. Double-tap the trigger on the semi-automatic is the easiest way to kill.
• Night vision goggles, unlocked at level 49, let you see all those snipers hiding in the bushes. I’ve not personally tested if they work in conjunction with a sniper rifle.

Vehicle stuff:

• Press A (on Xbox) to activate missile defence when in vehicles while under attack. It only lasts a few seconds and takes a while to recharge. Vehicles can also “sprint” / boost.
• Hold X to exit vehicles. You can also exit drones and re-enter them later. Very useful for Parrot and Rhino drones.
• Rhino Drone is probably the most effective tool for taking out enemy air support. It does lock on, and only costs 400 BP.
• The only other lock-on weapon is the light tank’s secondary fire. I don’t think this can lock on to enemy drones though.
• Maintain an anti-vehicle class. I use LMG, EMP nades, Boomer perk, RPGs, Proximity rockets, quick reload, quick ADS.
• Rifles with EMP launcher attachments can be used to disrupt helicopters – it sends them into an uncontrolled spin for a couple of seconds.
• You can shoot down the circling aircraft that launch air strikes, sometimes before the controlling player has launched – wasting their 1000+ BP. One or two hits with the Rhino.
• Vehicles take different damage when hit in different spots. Aim for the body, or C4 underneath. If your tank is under fire – turn sideways to reduce the amount of exposed body. Your tracks are not a weak spot.
• You can shoot the exposed gunner on a Humvee – especially from behind or above. Shooting the driver is a bit harder, and an RPG is much easier.
• How many RPG’s to take out a Sherman heavy tank? Quite a lot. About 6 or more – all hitting one side!
• Hide your damaged vehicle regions by turning them away from the enemy. This is most effective in tanks.

General team player tips:

• Play the objectives. Snipers that stay at the back of the map are the worst kind of player.
• Prioritise taking down enemy air support.
• Communicate with your team. Be that guy that encourages a team of strangers to call out enemy positions and activity. Tell them where you’re pushing, what you’re attacking, where you’re moving your vehicles and need more support.
• When you die and you see the whole map overview, look where the enemy are. Does it reveal a capture point that is unprotected?
• Don’t ignore or run away from enemy vehicles dominating your spawn and leave it for someone else to deal with.
• Is the round about to finish? Get to the next capture points early.
• Is there a mountain between you and the next capture point? Suicide with a grenade to spawn closer.

If you have any more Homefront multiplayer tips then add a comment and I’ll add them to this list :)

Some general tips:

• As I mentioned above, you can shoot down UAV and counter-UAV drones. This helps your team significantly.
• Learn the maps. I went as far as to watch a youtube walkthrough video for each map to learn some of the areas. It made me a much better player on Highrise and opened my eyes to the non-house areas on Estate.
• Aim! 20% of my shots are on target according to the leaderboard stats. Even when I play lasertag games in real life I typically have a higher hit ratio than most others. I can’t say for sure if this is a) because I don’t blindfire bullets all over, or b) because I’m a good shot
• FMJ is a fun weapon addition and really works. I often use FMJ on my Loud build to do clever stuff like a) blindfire through barrels, b) shoot the explosive barrel in the main Afghan bunker from outside – wiping out every in there, c) taking out people in the Terminal plane.
• Blow stuff up. Blow up cars to kill people beside them, blow up any big gas cylinders (especially in Terminal and Highrise) where you know there’s someone camping.
• Lie down to avoid being shot, especially when stunned. More effective against bad players.
• Play dead – works amazingly well sometimes.
• Turn a corner and aim where you expect an enemy to be. When you’re moving you should always be aware of where an enemy might be. There’s a bunker around he next bend? You should be aiming at the window/door already. You’re walking out into the open? Take a brief scan of rooftops or other places you expect to be shot from.
• Move, cover, then move again. Your running distance is fairly short but that’s not a bad thing. Run with the intention of zig zagging (slightly) to cover. Never aim to run all the way down one street without thinking someone probably saw you walk in.
• AC130 lasts 30 seconds. You can a) hide, b) shoot it down with 3 shots from launchers, or c) die lots. I typically go for b.

It took me three hours to drive the 25 minute journey home last night through the extreme weather conditions (2 inches of snow). Luckily I was allowed to leave early so it actually averaged out ok in the end.

So above is my little setup.

• Dell Mini 9 netbook
• hooked up to my 24″ monitor
• with my N97 providing my music for the day
• and Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox providing lunch time pressure release

Completely different to my usual remote working setup where I take my 17″ laptop to my girlfriend’s and work from there. Now I just wish that work’s VPN had Windows 7 support.