aah, but what to do if the stealth has already planted the beacon? if your base is currently intact, he'll usually go for the one in the back of the base, like the pp or tr. if you're alone and a hotwire, it won't be easy to both find and kill the stealth and defuse the beacon. i've had some success by starting to defuse, then when stealthy opens up, quickly switch to c4 and kill him that way. if he's good though, he'll probably pop you in the head while you're defusing, so you won't have much time...overall the best way to keep the stealths at bay is to have some good base D. if only 1 guy on the team is defense, you can't stop em all. with the exception of course, that your offensive team is doing a good job in their base, keeping them defensive. like somebody said, the best D is a good O, the emphasis being on GOOD!!!