Smart positioning | Game modes Battlefield Hardline Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

When playing Battlefield, right position of the player on the map has great importance. Shooting is usually the final stage of killing, which should be earned by correctly positioning yourself on the map. Very often it is position that decides about the result of a duel. In this chapter you will learn about positioning behind obstacles and limiting the dangerous angles.

When you're standing in open area, you are threatened from all directions: front, back, left and right side. Let's talk about which directions are greatest threats for player. Front is the side you see, so there is no point in hiding from that side. We assume that the territory from which you have walked is clear, so you shouldn't cover it as well. Now two sides remain. Securing them should be priority, as you don't see that area and the probability that enemy is there is large. The basis is to position yourself in a way so that you are uncovered from two sides - front and back.

The easiest way to eliminate any threat from one direction is to position yourself at the edge of the map. It doesn't matter if it is sea, wall or artificial border of the map. By positioning yourself like that, only three sides from which you can be attacked remain. To neutralize second side, all you need to do is stand behind any obstacle and all that's left are two sides.

Now you can start looking for some cover that will partially hide you from the front and it will make killing you harder for enemy. An often mistake is to start by searching for cover from the front and leaving one side completely unprotected. If you won't stay in that position for more than few seconds, then the threat is minimal. But with each second risk increase that enemy will show there and kill you before you manage to turn around.

For everyone to understand it better, let's take an example situation. A player stays in one edge of the map. Only thing that he has in front of him is a booth. Let's assume that there is no one on the right. It's not obvious, but the risk that someone will appear there is smallest.

If the player hides behind it, he will partially cover himself from the front and he will have greater chance of winning a duel with enemy lurking from that side. But he will be visible from the left side, which means the center of the map.

If he hides on the right side of the booth instead, then he will be visible only from the front that he sees and back, from where he run. It is best that option he has in that situation.

Obviously, there are many other places on the map to hide. If it is possible, you should search for places that allow you to be covered from the front as well. Best situation is when only player head is visible from behind the obstacle, which makes him a very hard target. Despite that, it shouldn't be always a priority.