Top Tips and Tricks for ArmA 3 King of The Hill - Beginner's Guide 

"It is an advantage that you can use to your advantage" -Drewski 2016

I'm scared of dying and getting switched to BLUFOR xD

Due to Arma's problem with latency, it's too easy for me to clear towers, all I need is an AKM and stamina and it's easy.

One time I got team balanced to blufor. Then later in the same game got team balanced to indfor. Then I was stuck in a limbo of not being able to join any team because I was balanced to both. Rip

My 4th person isn't working, how do i fix it?

I love it when you are riding in a full Huron and the pilot tries to land it in the middle of the city, and of course the next thing you know, a rocket flies through the cabin killing everyone.

Rule #1: Play on a Hardcore server. No one likes it when people third-person-peeks you from towers or other places. Rule #2: Help your team and have fun! That's it.

I've unlocked many weapons, including all the full LMGs, and I'm pretty sure the MXSW is my favorite for all the reasons mentioned. It's light, it's accurate with low recoil, high magazine capacity, and has quick reloads. It's lower damage than other weapons, sure, but it's versatility more than makes up for that. Throw an A/RCO optic and you're set for close or medium-long range engagements. With a bipod you can hold down a huge corridor and take out whole squads. 9.5/10 weapon.

I bought a sniper rifle on my first day playing KOTH, by day 3 I was lvl 30 and had all perks unlocked with almost 200k. So please snipe if you want, play the game how you want.

I love your video dude, I never miss one. I have you on notifications bro. I'm a big fan

3rd person. this is why i play on servers where your locked to 1st person

In Arma 4, I want to walk inside the vehicles, especially AC130, I want the vehicle doors are openable, I want supperior Artificial Inteligence, I want the parachutin from an AC130 more realistic, e.g., static line jump, walk inside the AC 130 before jumping. I want the character able to jump. I want it smooth but still complex.

Perfect timing! I started playing KotH this week after watching one of your vids.

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OperatorDrewski, love your videos keep up the good work!

Much appreciated drewski :) thanks for listening to the suggestion. I hope this helped out others.

Dude the C trick has helped me in so many engagements i cannot believe how usefull it is. Thanks for the vid!

Third person is why I play HC servers. You dont get to spot me without looking at me. Also hip fire is negated since you dont have a crosshair.

A few snipers is useful if they know what they're doing. The ability to hit a target at over 1200m is a must. Situational awareness, willingness to designate, calling out groups of enemies, etc. Not ridgelining like every sniper in the game mode is a must. It also helps if it's a coordinated sniper team who has hundreds of ingame hours together. And the ability to shoot down a helo on occasion doesn't hurt.

Thanks man! I just started playing KOTH and those tips are helpful

was just browsing through your videos, run out, and then i see this in my sub box. 32 minutes. Awww heaaalll yiiiisssss boiiiiii

This is exactly what I was looking for

If you could go 3rd person irl would you?

WOW thats actually really informative, thnx man :)

Holy crap drewski your channel is thriving a lot

Great guide. Couple of points. Every 40s the team with the most people in the zone will get 1 victory point. People who are in the towers count double for this. So the towers provide more than just the ability to over watch the surrounding areas. If you want to win, you want to clear enemies from towers and/or camp them your self. If you are camping a tower (or any other building really), you need to be super aware of clipping parts of your body/weapon thru the wall/floor. Usually you can tell if a tower is occupied or not, just from observing people clipping/desyncing, the classic being sticking the barrel of their weapon thru the wall, shortly before rising up to shoot thru a window. Knowing where enemies are is 90% of being able to kill them. If you are in a tower, and you are resting your weapon on window sills/barriers. You are asking to die. If you are going to shoot from a tower, do it whilst standing further back inside the room, and do not stay exposed for more than one shot as you will be easily visible to people all over the map. Personally I find close quarters combat more challenging on KOTH than any other mode. As you've mentioned FPS is generally poor, and I often get massive FPS lags when shit goes down. I'll pop around a corner, so will an enemy, your basic 50/50 who will shoot and hit first. I lose those a lot, as my game will hang in those fractions of a second between seeing them and aiming at them. Then I die. I do not suffer from this in most other game modes, and makes KOTH incredibly frustrating, and forcing me into a longer range role that is scared of close contact with anyone.

I love your arma vids and your tips really helped me

I love these videos, aswell as this channel ❤️❤️😍😍

Love your videos man!! i enjoy watching you play! i would love to play arma with ya but it prob wont happen hahaha

Thank you for this!

A good sniper team can control the game especially on infantry only mode. If allowed to set up and the other team does not a have a counter sniper. That sniper can control anyone trying to get in those towers(such easy targets). Also don't forget you are very exposed rushing those stairs. Most vets will have a kill zone set up on a towers base or open area from a good defendable position 100-200 meters away. LMG set ups are best for defending those areas. good 3rd person tips drewski!

You can switch your rifle to your left shoulder by pressing Left Control + A and back to your right shoulder with Left Control + D

I can tell that this channel has a lot of potential

When you first start out, do you use the trg until you can permanently unlock the mx-sw or ak-12, or do you buy them each life until you can perm unlock? I keep using the trg until I can loot something better while saving to perm unlock what I want as my first step up.

Asome video good Job keep it up

7 year old video and I learned new things after playing for a few months, thanks

I find the best way to clear the towers is to nonstop rush, dont peek corners, dont take your time. Full blitzkrieg is the way cause no one ever suspects it and its usually easy to hear people coming up the tower and if they take their time u can prepare. If u rush they might be busy fighting someone on the ground and may not notice and ull catch them off gaurd or youll just have the advantage in ARMAs laggy system and usually youll see them and kill them before they can react

Good info didn't have problems with stairs though but prolly an old glitch

Vet ranch brought me here .... not even mad >.< Love your videos

For the clothing, with the new KOTH change, the different clothing has different speed. So lower armor, more speed, more armor, less speed.

Zafir 7.62 machinegun with RCO scope + RPG is imo the best loadout you can get for close - medium ranged infantry combat.

The CAR 95-1 is a good choice for a starter gun as well, it sports better armor penetration than both 6.5 and 5.56 with lower recoil as well. IIRC it costs the same as an MX SW. $40,000. It's an Apex weapon, though. You'll probably get $40,000 before level 10, which is when you unlock the Katiba, which is the first non-perk required weapon you unlock that's worth a damn.

it's funny because i've been playing KOTH for a few days non-stop. i'm addicted to it i think. drewski do you wanna play KOTH togethere some time?

Switch the gun to the left shoulder and go through the left door sometimes. Never construct a pattern the enemy can adjust to.

Thanks!

You can crouch walk/run up stairs. You need to walk sideways up them. As in by pressing A or D. Thats the fastest way to get up those stairs. Also you should have talked about how load outs work, and how its better to save up and perma buy and not just buy for one round.

Do a video playing KOTH! Not tutorial, but GAMEPLAY.

I know this is a disadvantage but I use 1st person for that juicy hardcore bonus. Great vid overall though!

Cant wait for him to do a squad v7 video since it came out today

almost at 50k drewski :D

I take LRR or Lynx with me into CQB and it works pretty well for me ^^

best tip- play hc (hardcore) Infantry servers

Towers are the bane of KOTH matches, all it turns into is which team can camp the tower the hardest. Best servers are HC No Towers, forces 1st person only and no towers to camp.

Nice Video

49959 subs! almost 50k, deserved!

speaking of ghillie suits. Back when there was this great paintball field at Hurlburt field in florida, I was playing with some friends on one of the hottest days of the year. This kid decided he wanted to take his ghillie suit out and play in it. kind of a larger kid and was pounding back mountain dew. now keep in mind its like 98 degrees and 100% humidity. We get done playing a couple of games and I see a group of people struggling to drag this kid out of the forest. he straight up passed out.

Almost 50k subs!!!

you can switch shoulders by tapping ctrl+a and ctrl+d

The Problem at the third-Person view isnt that is "unrealistic" the problem is that everyone can look threw walls and shoot also threw walls also if the model is behind that wall...

27:48 have fun dying to Navids if you dont throw the nade

best things to do step 1 get qatiba and an rco then rpg almut step 2 cyrus step 3 get a long rang scope

Do you have a group you play with? I'm looking to start grouping up with a few players that are good.

play the graphics settings you are able to. view distance is incredibly important in arma.

can you make a video on the Type 115? Its a pretty interesting weapon!

guys,now you get a sniper reward, anything over 600 meters you get a bonus for 350 upwards, I think 1000xp for 1000 meter shots and upwards, so you can sit about 2k out and if you get about 5 kills its the equivalent of being in the zone for half of the match or a lot more, once you get about 5 2k shots, get up go back tot he base and head intot he zone with an assault rifle for 10/15 mins and you'll get that big bonus if your team wins.

More gameplay plz!

im new to this game so i might have no clue but, i did the typical newbee thing and got the high powered sniper.. i not earning much points being outside the zone but can guarantee i get more kills from the towers then those at closr range. how can you say that option doesnt help ?

it would be cool if u made a video showing how to be a good pilot for helicopters and jets in koth cause i'm not the best pilot :)

if a sniper is getting 50 kills a game and calling out enemy positions he is helping his team alot

So I'm just gonna throw the first burning torch: Towers aren't really that important. In fact the moment you walk into one, I'll probably be nearby - possibly somewhere near the most used path to it - and shoot you before you even get there so you'll have to start all over again. :) And the moment people find a tower that's occupied, they flush it. I seriously cash in A LOT on people camping the towers, and I love it when they do. The only good thing about it is that it's usually crowded so people don't have to respawn that much, but eventually they do. What's WAY more important is learning these three basic things: tactical awareness and good use of cover and concealment. For the latter it's very important to learn the additional stances. That way armor won't be as important either. I love using fully automatic weapons, but using silenced medium snipers *in the zone* is also extremely effective. It's also fun to use smaller weapons just for the challenge sometimes. Also third person is totally OP. Real men play first person only. ;)

When running up the 3rd set of stairs on the towers, I pull my mouse to the right slightly to bypass that glitch.

If you are aware of your surroundings, you'd remember that, that part of the door wasnt open, i play mainly in FP, but use TP too as anyone else would be, looking over walls and so on, but personally, i prefere FP over TP.

How do you know matt from demolition ranch, vet ranch and off the ranch because i saw you helped him out on one of his videos building something

19:27 wtf was that for, he wanted to learn how to shoot a rpg like us. MONSTER -_-

Hey OperatorDrewski, can you make a video telling people that paradropping is not always the best way to get to the AO?

They Drew, I just got Arma 3 and really wanna try and get into it. I don't know If you would be alright playing with a viewer but I just wanna learn from someone who is experienced.

If you press ctrl + a you switch the gun to the other arm, so you can clear from the right

The best way to take on the tower stairs is to run up them sideways. For some reason it won't glitch then :)

Are you playing on public servers? If so which ones... Can't find squad mates with mics and that work together.

I WISH I could run that fps!

Fastest way to get a really good rifle is to use the machine gunner perk and get the MX SW :)

the dead zone is not as extreme as you are saying.. you can sit wtf the entrance of the stairs and angle yourself to see on the ground

I'm not an arma player, but looking at a beginner's guide for one game mode be 30 min long is really intimidating.

my fav KotH server has 3rd person disabled. much more fun once you get used to it.

I played on a server for over 20 hours, before realizing - the area of the objective where enemy player enter, has the most enemy players...

ctrl+c allows you to always have your gun out while walking

Going sideways the first two steps in each staircase always works. For me atleast. NO matter if you're crouched or not.

Also once you reach a higher level you get a enhanced combat helmet for bluefor

hold ctrl and press A to switch your firearm to your left shoulder

Last time I was this early, I made an overused early joke

The reason why towers are such powerhouses isn't because of being able to snipe people from high ground. It's because the towers are not destructible, and bullets can't penetrate the material used in towers, and the towers only have two points of enterance. The stairwells below them or the roof. All you need to do to guard the stairs is hide near a door and shoot them as they come up. If they throw a grenade, you run back through the door and wait for the grenade to go off, then you return to the stairwell area and continue. For the roof, all you have to do is shoot them as they parachute onto it. If the enemy tries to land on it, since the little bird is the only one that can safely land on the roof, all you have to do is shoot the exposed pilot through the gigantic glass panes which are almost impossible to miss, and then the whole thing will either have a hard landing on the roof and likely injure most of the occupants onboard, or crash into the side of the tower. (Since the occupants do sometimes survive the heli crashes, all you have to do is camp the bottom stairwell. Boom, you have invincible fortresses that can't be damaged and are hard to defeat.

Thaank u

Edit a clip and you'll be considered a pro, anyways, here is a tip for all new players in KOTH, try to reach lvl 12 and buy the: .338 SPMG, also keep shadows in high because if you have it disabled, low or standard your CPU will overload and you suddenly will get FPS drops while fireing.

Most decent servers will ban third person, there is an option in the settings. Servers that do not are trash.

A tutorial on how to find KotH Servers without a third person option.

You dont need to press the c button anymore since Apex. They changed the default to "left-click enables comabt mode for 3 secs"

zafir.even though they patched it in 1.66 it's still op. I also play on servers that will let me use jsrs. why jsrs,well you can hear people way better and from farther away with it

hey Drewski you should play a game called insurgency its right up your alley

DoubleStacked Tower is also magnets for bullets especially sniper bullets

Are the towers essential for controlling the area?