# Help for a beginner **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196 "2013-11-18T17:06:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Disney\_Reference](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Disney\_Reference](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Disney_Reference)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/1 "2013-11-18T17:06:14Z")
BF4 is my X1 launch title. I play a ton of Halo and I want to know what class, weapons, and game types I may be fairly good at. Help from this awesome community? ---
**Author:** ![Brotworst](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Brotworst](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Brotworst)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/2 "2013-11-18T17:36:03Z")
Play assault for a while. The third assault rifle is good. On the screen where you wait to join a battle, change squads and try to get in one that is 4/5 or has the most people. Get defib when available and revive players and throw out health kits. If you are the squad leader, target “a” or whatever, hold right bottom trigger and move the right stick up to target “a” for your team. You all get extra points for attacking/defending the target. Domination is a good place to get familiar with the game. ---
**Author:** ![RaptorF22](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RaptorF22](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/RaptorF22)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/3 "2013-11-18T21:23:20Z")
As another beginner, I haven’t grasped the ‘squad’ concept yet. So far it just seems like same old team deathmatch. Do I need to have a mic and talk with my squad during play? ---
**Author:** ![DrunkenHyena](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DrunkenHyena](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrunkenHyena)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/4 "2013-11-18T22:48:01Z")
Your squad is your small team of people you’re supposed to work with. Each team is made up of a number of squads. The more you do with your squad such as have them spawn on you, have them kill someone you marked, or you save them you get points. Although working with your squad is optional, you can always lone wolf it. ---
**Author:** ![Polarion](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Polarion](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Polarion)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/5 "2013-11-19T00:50:23Z")
I personally preferred the engineer class. If you like using vehicles this is the class for you. If you like blowing up vehicles this is he class for you. If you keep playing until you unlock the stinger, you can pretty much keep any air (mostly helicopters) at bay. Plus one hit from a stinger will damage the aircraft and give a mobility kill. This will net you 95 points, not including if you actually blow up the aircraft and kill someone. Play with your squad and use voice chat if possible. I’ve found that communication is by far the greatest weapon you’ll have in BF4. Whenever I’m playing with friends or just people who have a mic, our performance skyrockets and we usually end up in the top 10 if not ace squad/player. Ask your squad leader to designate points to attack and defend. Not only does that set a goal but attacking and defending bases will score you extra points. This is an incredibly easy way to level and is very satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Brotworst](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Brotworst](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Brotworst)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/6 "2013-11-19T15:09:17Z")
Your squad will be the green arrows, the other friendly squads will show as blue arrows. You share battleperks with your squad, it’s the bar above your name in the bottom left. If your squad is wiped out, it resets, so try to stay alive if you’re the last in squad. Hopefully your squad leader will mark a place to attack or defend. You get extra points for doing so. Get an enemy in your sights and hit the right trigger finger to “spot” him. If you or your squad kill the guy, you get extra points. The extra points really add up. Work together to heal, provide ammo, repair and mark enemies. ---
**Author:** ![savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/savagewinds)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/help-for-a-beginner/110196/7 "2013-11-19T20:19:56Z")
I don’t think either of the other guys mentioned it, but to me the biggest squad advantage is that you can spawn in on any squad mate. This is particularly helpful in the huge maps, because sometimes it can take quite awhile to get back into combat if you’re spawning at the base every time.