Identifying The Enemy

[twobells 0]

I know this seems like a newbie question and perhaps it is but I have been having some difficulty id'ing the enemy.

Is ID based purely on their combat dress?

Many thanks in advance

[TonkaToy 10]

Moving your cross-hair over soldiers/vehicles and pressing the space bar will identify them on many of the multi-player servers.

[kylania 567]

Kill 'em all! Or just shoot anything with a weapon. ID'ing can be really difficult. Especially if you're at range with nothing more than a close combat weapon scope.

[sniper pilot 36]

One of the many challenges not faced in many other games! Make your shots count and check your fire!

[Stinger2 10]

Id'ing the enemy is crucial in Arma 2, People won't like it if you teamkill. I'd say

easiest ways to ID and enemy is "The" Weapon, aswell as headgear, the OPFOR

a.k.a pakistan forces have an russian like helmet (an egg formed) which is

extremely easy to spot. Also a tip about ghillie suits OPFOR uses a half body

dressed ghillie unlike the americans who uses a full body ghillie.;)

First post yay ;D

[sparks50 0]

Use binos if your unsure, and check the map. The best tip is to never shoot unless you have a good ID.

[EDcase 87]

Yep, this is one of the many things that sets ARMA appart from other shooters.

With time you will learn to id targets better visually and also by weapon sounds too.

(Bit annoying when changing sound mods ;))

[Murphe 0]

Yep thier appearance is the main give away, best to make sure you always have binos or a rangefinder if you don't have decent scope. Also ask yourself where the enemy should be coming from or whether there should be friendlies in that area. The map may also tell you if they are a friendly depending on the mission or difficulty setting.

[kylania 567]

First post yay ;D

Welcome to the forums!

[Noraf 0]

don't forget to use coms, that way you also easily can get help with id'ing a target ;)

The ingame voice aplication is pretty good, and a lot of servers runs their own teamspeak servers aswell ( usualy they let you know in the message of the day text that apears when connecting to them )