I usually play hotwire/tech almost the entire game and end up in the top 3 most of the time in large games. I do this by ballancing defense and offense. I usually mine the base then go on engi runs to score big points, but sometimes thats not always possible so i get a tank and go out in the field, hopefully with some others. If my tank dies, i stick around repairing my teammates until i myself die, at which point i usually have more than enough credits to buy back my tank and hotwire.

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1) 2 guys came up line abreast in mammoths and started banging the artillery, and I was Hotwire back and between these 2, repairing them as they got hit. Next thing I know, not 1, but BOTH mammoths panick and pull back, leaving me to get toasted by the flamer.LOL

2) Another tactic I tried was to buy a hummer and use it to zip around the map and thru the tiberium field to get to my team and repair them as they tried to press an attack. Same darn thing happened, they pulled out and left me to get toasted, and some fool took my ride

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So why did u just stand there and let the mammoths pass? Infantry is faster than mammies, so u could have backed up while repairing them. In fact you should never stay still when repairing vehicles in the field, but always try and stay behind them and jump-strafe while you are reapiring them to avoid snipers and other attacks. (it looks stupid, but it works). Also if you are in some sort of danger and taking damage you can jump inside the vehicle as a temporary refuge. You might also want to jump in if it is a faster tank like medium or light that is backing up, so u can hitch a ride with them back to base but this isnt always easy to judge. I really wish there was a hotkey that say "wait for me" because there are SOOO many times when people just get in their vehcils and drive off when i really need a ride to or from the battlefield.

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3) How many times have you been repairing a vehicle in an attck, only to see the driver jump out and start repairing it himself?!?! DOH! OK so it repairs faster, but chances are the time you waste doing that prevents our side from destroying their vehicle.

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This is just pure stupididty on the part of the driver for three reasons.
1) our team doesnt get any points for repaiing an empty vehicle.
2) u could be doing damage in you tank while im repairing.
3)an enemy could sneak up and grab your tank and run both of us over.

If you are repairing your tank and see another engi come please get back in the tank and give your team a few extra points.