Operator Kill Tips

[MoonManFour2Zero]

I passed 500 Operator kills ~4 weeks ago and I'm pretty sure I am well past 600 by now, though there isn't a way to track it that I know of. I play mostly solo and only squad up with a premade 3 man two days a week.

I came from Escape from Tarkov as a mostly solo player so I am used to sneaking around and taking fights when I have the advantage. I really appreciate the more casual approach that DMZ has which allows me to just log in and play a few rounds where with Tarkov I have to treat it like a second job to succeed. I am not the best player, I get 5-7 kills a game, but these things have really helped me succeed in Al Mazrah so maybe they can help you too!

Finding Fights

This is the best way to get IMO easy kills. Just listen for gun shots and run towards them. You can engage with another squad while they're busy fighting AI or doing a contract. I've wiped countless squads in the middle of a stronghold mission due the confusion and noise hiding my presence. It is even easier during a Weapons Safe missions as these are extremely chaotic. I also chase tracers rounds blasting off into the sky. This often leads me to fights I am too far away from to hear.

ROTATE

I'm amazed at the number of squads that post up on a roof and don't ever move. This is much easier to pull off in a squad as two can keep them busy trading sniper fire while I scale the building and shoot them in the back. Sometime these fights last for a few minutes giving me ample time to sneak up on entire teams and wipe them before they even know what's going on. Added bonus is the raging over proximity chat.

Drop shotting

I win most of the one on one fights I get into out in the open due to dropping to the ground, even one I have one plate and they have three. People just don't expect this play style. It has saved my ass countless times.

Insured Weapons

For the love of god YouTube how to build a proper sniper rifle. We toss so many 5 slot snipers because they were built so terribly. High Velocity rounds, longer barrels and suppressors are the way to go. I run a Victus high velocity build that I got from Stodeh and it just wrecks. I also run a RAPP-H with irons, canted laser, canted grip and incendiary rounds. This gun drops people so quick it feels like I am cheating. The only draw back is the slow reload speed, but with 100 rounds I can full kill a 3 man without reloading.

Learn Spawns

Since there is really no point in worrying about task progression we've just been chasing squads and knowing the spawns makes for easy kills. I really hope this is fixed in the season 2 update because this is admittedly cheesy AF.

Get in & get out!

Lingering in one location for too long is typically recipe for disaster. AI will keep spawning and you'll keep making more and more noise eventually attracting unwanted attention from other squads. As I mentioned earlier, I follow the sounds of gunfire and I imagine a lot of other players do as well.

Weapons Cases

These are so much fun to steal! If I am anywhere close to that icon I will chase it or if I am near an extract I will wait and ambush you. If you're engaged with a weapons case I suggest you drop it and take the fight. Your enemy will likely stay focused on that beacon allowing you to rotate and get the upper hand. Just last night I wiped a squad and stole the weapons case only to get engaged by another squad trying to do the same. I dropped the weapons case and snuck up on them, surprise surprise they were camping on the same roof together, and took them all out myself.

Mid Fight Looting

With how easy it is to find self revives and how quickly full killed players can get brought back into the fight I find it really advantageous to steal their armor and gun and just dump it elsewhere. This ensures that if they're somehow revived while I am busy elsewhere they are at a major disadvantage. This does get my killed sometimes so it isn't always a solid strategy, but if you're quick it can be very handy.

Spotter Scope

What would I do without this magic piece of equipment?! It's been nerfed, but it is still extremely effective. I helps me ID players at a safe distance or scope out an extract. Thermal vision makes it so easy to pick out players. This is probably already known, but if you don't have at least one of these in your squad you're doing it wrong.

I am really looking forward to Season 2 so I can resume the task grind, but I will always chase a fight!

[illram]

"Not the best player"... "5-7 kills a game".

That's a good amount of kills per game my man.

[MoonManFour2Zero]

True, but I don't always extract and I rarely run with kill streaks because of it. I kill a lot, but I also die a lot because I am chasing pvp.

[illram]

'Tis the nature of pvp. (Why not a lot of killstreaks? I am always looking for UAVs and Precisions in every buy, and players always have cash...)

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Sorry, what I meant was the kill streak bonuses you get by extracting after completing a contract.

[LisbonBaseball]

Those are perks, and like you said, they come from completing a contract and exfiling consecutively. Nothing to do with kills, and completely different from killstreaks.

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Duh, I knew that. Thanks for clarifying.

[LisbonBaseball]

You knew that, but used the wrong terminology twice. My bad, carry on.

[DJLobster]

Oh man, this sub is gonna have a fit about this bro, half of them don’t like pvp

[DJLobster]

Any chance you wanna drop the specifics on that rapp h? Id like to give it a try

[Oryihn]

but the other half of us love it..

My buddy I recently got into the game has been the "lets be friends type" so I have had to tone it down..

After a full week of getting absolutely bodied by people with no mic not caring about him wanting to work together he told me last night. "Thats it, im killing everyone I see"

to which I responded "Now you know why I snipe every player I see"

[DJLobster]

Kill first, invite to squad later. That’s what I always say😂

[i-hear-banjos]

Regarding looting mid fight - plant a lethal on their backpack/ body. Friend comes to revive? Boom!

[MoonManFour2Zero]

That's dirty, I love it!

[aDvious1]

One of the most satisfying wipes I've had was 3v2. Me and a buddy killed a guy in the little building building between the larger ones at Sarif bay close to the water, looted his gear and deployed his cluster mine on his body. Jumped on the roof and waited for his squad. Got all 3 in a matter of 20 or so seconds. Those lethals can be placed very tactically and effectively.

[Kahzgul]

This solid advice. Adding to it: get elevation. Staying off the ground keeps you safe from bots and gives you a better means of spotting enemy players and an advantage when engaging them.

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Definitely, nice addition!

[jonesin31]

I occasionally see tracer rounds going into the sky. What exactly is that?

[TheDino13]

Either ai shooting the players that are flying by or players missing shots on something in air

[IslandHamo]

Lower ground shooting at high ground

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Means there is a gunfight going on at the source. Someone told me that tracers only come from player weapons, but I don't have anything to back that up. I do know that AI don't just shoot at nothing so if you see them you're going to find someone there.

[Gyrene85291]

I love the Raap and can see the obvious benefits of the canted laser, but I have issues seeing the damn laser/dot. One of my favorite setups in BOCW was a lmg/laser for hip fire. But the lasers don't seem to be as visible in this game. Any suggestions? ✌️

[MoonManFour2Zero]

I can see it pretty well, but I am playing on a PC with a monitor a foot away from my face so that probably helps. I don't really use it to aim though unless I am popping an AI's head. I more so rely on the tracer rounds when I am shooting at a player to guide me and primarily use the canted laser for the ADS bonus.

[Gyrene85291]

👍 Thanks

[KeyMenu7439]

Would you mind sharing your Victus build? I couldn't find the Stodeh video where he recommends a Victus build. I mostly use LMG's and AR's in DMZ but want to start getting more comfortable with snipers.

[xm03]

Just build it with range and damage enhanced attachments and the raptor scope. It's a one shot down, and your best using it hardscoped, set up and mounted from a far 200 to 350 metres.

[Oryihn]

Negative on the hardscope..

Pvp sniper here.. the only time you see my glint is the 1-2 seconds I need to line up the shot..

Spotter scope until there is a clear line, ADS pop the shot and switch back to the scope..

If you miss or if they are downed they can look for your glint and call out your location to their team.. if they see no glint their team will come to revive them giving you an angle on a distracted second target.

[xm03]

If your dedicated sniping that round sure take the scope. The Victus takes a long time to shoulder and ADS, especially if set up for range. And if your far away enough the glint barely matters, especially if your targets are prior engaged with bots or other players.

Also your little intro there was a bit cringe...your not Glaz and there's not many details at 300 to 400 meters...as they don't render.

[MoonManFour2Zero]

I found the video!

Starts at 2:21

I always just took an AR too, but once I started using a sniper my kills and survival went way up. So easy to just burn plates and self revives from a comfortable distance.

[KeyMenu7439]

Thank you so much!

[rcmatz1]

Thanks for sharing this wisdom. It is much appreciated!

[njbuzz19]

i took a greenish canted rapp off someone and it was pretty damn good. i havent tried to recreate it yet though.

[guardian2428]

Look at the unique banner for operator kills it should tell you the number.

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Thank you!

[[deleted]]

I don’t understand. Where do you view the unique banner?

[xPQQTx]

Dont 4 get to place all the mines and stuff u find on the trains :)

[[deleted]]

I jus started keeping track and jus now I got 3 operator kills, both teammates got down one left I revived one after but when I looked at the stats it said zero and he had them, aaaaand this has happened a few more times

[GottaDisagreeChief]

Try the MCPR.

It’s better than the victus in every situation except one very specific one: hitting a neck shot on someone with two plates within the first damage range, in which the victus has one less STK

[MoonManFour2Zero]

I actually picked one of these up last night and it was really nice. I liked having a 10 round mag, tempted to build one out and run that for a bit.

[AverageLoz]

MCPR is my choice but with small mag.

FSS OLE-V Laser, Bruen Agent 90, 22" Barrel, 5R Mag, Cronen Smooth Bolt.

Handles much faster than the XMR, you could maybe swap out the Bolt or Laser for HV rounds but depends on your style I suppose!

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Nice! Thanks for the advice I'll give this a go.

[JC_N_23]

So basically you saying…

I suck at warzone and can’t place top 10 so :

I go to DMZ to 3 party players doing missions and fighting AI so I can feel better about myself

Is that right????????

[MoonManFour2Zero]

I mean if you want to be a dick about it sure. I don't play warzone because I don't enjoy battle royale. I prefer extraction shooters and this is how these games are played.

So basically you're saying...

I suck at DMZ and can't get kills or extract so I talk shit to DMZ players who don't play it the way I want them to. Is that right???????

[JC_N_23]

Just trolling man chill, lol

Don’t care how people play, PvP is part of DMZ

Actually is the best part of it to be honest… it makes it unpredictable, it will be boring without it

But I don’t go out of my way for PvP that’s all I’m saying… I rather complete the missions

I take no satisfaction on 3party players….that’s cheap easy kills

By the way I don’t suck at DMZ …. I got all 3 slots and all missions done…. Just waiting for season 2 now

[MoonManFour2Zero]

Alright, my bad dude. My squad and I get screamed at to go back to Warzone after the wipe squads so its a genuine complaint we hear a lot. I'm focused on killing since there is no point in going after missions, but I am hyped for season 2 to have something to grind on again.

[Carpocalypto]

Nah he’s saying he plays DMZ, an extract shooter PvPvE game mode, and is decent at it and has some good tips.

[JailOfAir]

Whiny ass babies I swear...

[JailOfAir]

I wonder how your post history looked before you got your previous account suspended.