Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
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Developer(s)Splash Damage
Publisher(s)Activision
Platform(s)Mac, PC (Linux/Windows)
ReleaseMay 29, 2003
Genre(s)First-Person Shooter
Mode(s)Online Multiplayer

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (ET) is a freeware first-person shooter (FPS) computer game, and a standalone sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, created by Splash Damage.

Enemy Territory was originally planned to be released as a commercial expansion pack to the popular FPS Return to Castle Wolfenstein. However, due to problems with the single-player aspect, the multiplayer portion was released on May 29 2003 as a free standalone game. In early 2004 the source code for the game logic (not the game engine) was released to the benefit of its modding community.

Gameplay

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The team and class selection panel.

The character classes in Enemy Territory are:

  • Soldier (carries heavy weapons)
  • Medic (revives incapacitated teammates and heals the injured)
  • Field Ops (distributes ammo packs and calls in two types of fire support)
  • Engineer (performs construction, repairs and demolition)
  • Covert Ops (responsible for espionage and/or sniping)

There are two sides; Allies and Axis. There are six officially released maps (North Africa Campaign: Goldrush, Oasis, and Battery; Europe Campaign: Railgun, Radar and Fuel Dump), as well as hundreds of custom maps made by the internet community . On each map, the offense needs to complete a certain set of objectives within a limited amount of time. The defense needs to keep the offense from completing objectives until time runs out. Some objectives may be optional, and some objectives can be carried out by either team. These minor objectives assist the team completing them. Depending on Game Mode the action will continue on another map (Campaign Mode) or the same map (Objective Mode, Stopwatch Mode, Last Man Standing).

In the official six-map campaign (most common on public servers), Allies are offense for all but one map. In Stopwatch Mode (most common for locked or LAN servers) two teams - most common setups: 6vs6 or 3vs3 - will play the same map twice, once in each side and the winner is determined of who have the fastest offence (it can be a tie when both teams defence manage to keep the offence from completing the objectives until time runs out).

Players may earn experience points in several skill categories. All character classes may earn points in Battle Sense and Light Weapons. Class skills are generally restricted to the current class, the exception being Heavy Weapons (the Soldier class skill).

Players have certain abilities based on their character class. The player has a Power Bar that provides 'power' for their special abilities. The power bar regenerates slowly.

Players have up to eight weapon slots, depending on character class.

  • Slot 1 - knife
  • Slot 2 - one-handed weapon: pistol (Allies - Colt; Axis - Luger, or submachine gun for high-level Soldiers)
  • Slot 3 - two-handed weapon: selection depends on class (see #Weapons)
  • Slot 4 - hand grenade
  • Slot 5 - Medic - syringe; Field Ops - airstrike grenade; Covert Ops - smoke grenade; Engineer - tool (pliers)
  • Slot 6 - Medic - health pack; Field Ops - ammo pack; Covert Ops - satchel charge/detonator; Engineer - dynamite
  • Slot 7 - Medic - adrenaline syringe; Engineer - landmine
  • Slot 8 - Field Ops - artillery strike (using binoculars); Covert Ops - landmine detection (using binoculars); binoculars for all other classes at level 1 Battle Sense skill

Skills and classes

Players can gain experience in three skills: Battle Sense, Light Weapons, and a skill determined by their current class. Certain class skill benefits remain with the player even if they change classes. Benefits from general skills are available regardless of class. However, when one leaves a server and logs back on later, their experience and benefits are gone.

General skill - Battle Sense

Battle Sense is gained by time spent in active combat. For each thirty-second period of the game, experience is awarded depending on whether a player dealt damage, dealt and received damage, or killed and received damage.

  • Level 1 - You are equipped with a pair of binoculars which can be used to reconnoiter enemy positions. (All Covert Ops are equipped with binoculars and can use them to spot land mines for their team-mates. All Field Ops are equipped with binoculars and can use them to call in artillery. Therefore, level 1 Battle Sense gives no additional benefit to these classes.)
  • Level 2 - The powerful aerobic benefits of prolonged combat activity enable your stamina bar to recharge at 160% of the normal rate.
  • Level 3 - As a wily battle-hardened veteran, your combat expertise effectively increases your maximum health by 15 points.
  • Level 4 - Even if you're not a Covert Ops, you gain the ability to 'see' enemy land mines within a short distance with your bare eyes; however, they will not show up on your teammate's command maps. Any mines within a certain range will appear as translucent outlines in your field of vision. Under some mods, non-Covert Ops also gain the ability to reveal them on the command map with binoculars, an ability that is otherwise Covert ops-exclusive.

General skill - Light Weapons

Skill in Light Weapons is gained by killing with light weapons: a submachine gun, rifle (when not using the scope, if one is fitted), pistol, grenade or knife.

  • Level 1 - When you respawn, your ammo loadout will include one extra magazine of ammunition.
  • Level 2 - Your familiarity with your weapons allows you to reload your weapons 35% faster.
  • Level 3 - Your combat experience allows you to handle your weapons with greater ease; SMG spread is reduced by 35% while pistol recoil is halved.
  • Level 4 - Your single-handed weapon slot now has the option of dual-wield akimbo pistols.

Soldier (Class Skill - Heavy Weapons)

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Heavy combat specialist. The soldier is unique in that his character skill relates only to killing the enemy, rather than helping his team directly. Soldiers are the only class that can carry heavy weapons; however, all character classes may earn points in Heavy Weapons while using a constructed MG42 turret or a tank's Browning machinegun. Soldiers spawn with four hand grenades. Soldiers can also wield a submachine gun if they for example run out of Panzer ammo.

  • Level 1 - Power Bar requirement for firing a heavy weapon is reduced by 1/3, using 2/3 to fire.
  • Level 2 - Overheat rate for heavy weapons reduced by 50%.
  • Level 3 - Walking speed while brandishing heavy weapons is increased.
  • Level 4 - Soldier may carry an automatic weapon (Thompson or MP40) in his one-handed weapon slot (instead of the Colt 45/Luger pistol).

Field Ops (Class Skill - Signals)

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Field Ops support teammates with supplies and support fire. They can drop packs containing ammunition. Support fire is signalled by throwing a colored smoke grenade to call in an airstrike - a series of explosions in a short line along the smoke - or targeting a location with binoculars to call in an artillery strike - a series of explosions surrounding the area determined by the Field Op. The airstrike is generally used for immediately clearing out a large area. The artillery strike is used for making one small area very dangerous for a longer period of time. With both, there is a limit on how many strikes the entire team can have in effect at once. Field Ops spawn with one hand grenade.

  • Level 1 - Ammo packs that you drop contain one extra ammo clip (Mega Ammo Packs); power bar requirement for ammo packs reduced to 15% from 25%. Field Ops may also carry two hand grenades, although they continue to spawn with one.
  • Level 2 - Power Bar requirement for airstrikes and artillery strikes is reduced by 30%.
  • Level 3 - Airstrikes provide a second series of explosions immediately after the first. Artillery strikes last twice as long.
  • Level 4 - The Field Op can recognize disguised enemy Covert Ops. (Turns up as "Disguised Enemy" when cursor is placed over him.)

Medic (Class Skill - First Aid)

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The Medic has more health than any other class, and slowly regenerates health. The Medic can heal teammates with health packs and revive them with syringes. In some servers, syringes can also be used to poison enemy players. Since a Medic regenerates health, and usually gains the most experience by staying with a group, it's a good choice for beginners. However, a skilled player can make a medic an extremely deadly individual soldier, this often occurring mini-class is known as a "rambo medic." The greatest disadvantage for medics is their lack of ammunition, they only spawn initially with only one SMG clip and one grenade.

  • Level 1 - The Medic spawns with one extra magazine of ammo and one extra hand grenade.
  • Level 2 - The Medic spawns with and may carry two extra syringes. Power bar requirement for dropping health packs is reduced from 25% to 15%.
  • Level 3 - Syringes revive a knocked out teammate to full health.
  • Level 4 - The Medic may inject himself with adrenaline. When using adrenaline, the Medic runs faster and takes half damage. His stamina bar is immediately filled and cannot be depleted while the adrenaline is working. The effect lasts for ten seconds. Adrenaline is a useful and sometimes decisive tactical tool, used to rush into places of critical value for achieving objectives.

Engineer (Class Skill - Engineering)

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Engineers are the only class that can accomplish many objectives. Engineers may build and repair machine gun nests, repair vehicles, build constructions (command posts, bridges and such), and plant dynamite and landmines. Engineers spawn with four or eight grenades, and are the only class that can carry the grenade launcher. Allied engineers may carry the M1 Garand rifle and Axis engineers the Gewehr 43.

  • Level 1 - Spawns with four extra grenades and four extra rifle grenades.
  • Level 2 - Arms and defuses dynamite and landmines in half the time.
  • Level 3 - Power Bar requirements for construction, destruction, arming and defusing reduced by 1/3, requiring 2/3.

Covert Ops (Class Skill - Covert Operations)

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A dead Axis player's uniform is stolen by an Allied covert ops player.

Stealth and scouting class. Covert Ops (or simply "coverts") can steal a dead enemy's uniform, toss smoke grenades to hamper visibility with a nearly opaque smoke, and drop a satchel charge (remote-detonated explosive). The Covert Op is the only class that can use scoped weapons and silenced weapons. Any enemies in a covert's line of sight will appear on his teammates' command map. When looking at hidden landmines through binoculars, a covert will see an icon, and after a couple of seconds, the landmine will be visible to all teammates.

While wearing an enemy uniform, Covert Ops can open enemy teamdoors, and can even allow other teammates to pass through. To enemies who look at them from a distance, they will display the name of the person they are impersonating, but they will display no name at all at close range, effectively blowing their cover. They can also sometimes be recognized by alert enemies who notice that they are wielding the wrong weapon for their apparent class or do not appear on their command map. Any disguised covert op can be easily recognized by either a Field Op with level 4 Signals, who will see "DISGUISED ENEMY" instead of a name if they aim at them, or by the person whose uniform they've stolen, who may be made suspicious by the presence of their name on another player.

Finally, disguised Covops can arouse suspicions by, for example, running in the wrong direction or approaching a vital objective. In any case they lose their stolen uniform if they fire any weapon other than the smoke grenade or satchel charge in enemy vision.

  • Level 1 - Covert gets a bonus clip of ammo for his scoped weapon FG-42, K43, or M1 Garand.
  • Level 2 - Power Bar requirements for satchel charges and smoke grenades reduced by 1/3, requiring 2/3. Covert Ops may move closer to enemies without losing their name, and may have different icons on the command map (to reflect the class of the uniform they stole).
  • Level 3 - Weapon sway and recoil when zoomed in with a scoped weapon is decreased by 50%.
  • Level 4 - Instant kill when stabbing an enemy from the back.

Ranking and Advancement

Players start off as a private (Allies) or Schutze (Axis). They can gain rank by leveling up in skills. The rankings are as follows:

  • Private First Class/Oberschütze: 1 level advancement in any skill
  • Corporal/Gefreiter: 2 levels advancements of the same skill
  • Sergeant/Feldwebel: 3 levels advancements of the same skill
  • Lieutenant/Leutnant: 4 levels advancements of the same skill (max)
  • Captain/Hauptmann: 2 fully developed skills (level 4)
  • Major: 3 fully developed skills
  • Colonel/Oberst: 4 fully developed skills (requires class change)
  • Brigadier General/ Generalmajor: 5 fully developed skills
  • Lieutenant General/ Generalleutnant: 6 Fully developed skills
  • General: 7 fully developed skills (all classes)

Some servers delete a player's experience at the end of a campaign, some servers save it until he/she disconnects, and some servers keep the player's experience even after a disconnection. Experience save servers are generally considered to be more 'n00bish' and are usually filled with less experienced players. In competitions and on some public servers, rankings are disabled, meaning that exp gives no advantage. The meaning of this is to make games faster; As defenders usually get a lot more exp, they would become stronger during the match, making the end game very difficult for the offensive team.

Weapons

As is typical in first-person shooters, a player's weapons and equipment in Enemy Territory occupy several inventory 'slots', accessed by default with the number keys.

Slot 1 - Knife

Simple melee weapon. A level 4 Covert Ops can get a one-hit kill if he stabs an enemy in the back, otherwise, the knife does 100HP worth of damage to the back. In many mods the knife does significantly more damage when crouching and stabbing, which substitutes for the lack of headshots for this weapon. Covert Ops deal double damage when using a knife (when not backstabbing).

Slot 2 - One-handed weapon

  • Luger - Axis pistol. Eight round magazine.
  • Colt - Allied pistol. Eight round magazine.

The Luger and Colt are almost identical except in appearance, sound, and in most servers the Luger tends to have a higher recoil when fired repeatedly. A Covert Ops carries a silenced pistol with detachable sound suppressor, which can be removed, except when he is holding akimbo pistols. All pistols deal about 18 damage per hit, and 50 damage per headshot. Any player with level 4 Light Weapons may carry akimbo pistols (a pistol in each hand simultaneously). A Soldier with level 4 Heavy Weapons may carry a submachine gun (normally slot 3) in this slot.

Slot 3 - Two-handed weapon

Available weapons vary by class. The weapon is dropped when the player dies, and it can be collected by any player able to use it (even if it is not otherwise available to their side).

Submachine guns

These are available to every class except Covert Ops.

  • MP40 - Standard Axis automatic weapon. Thirty round magazine.
  • Thompson - Standard Allied automatic weapon. Thirty round magazine.
  • Sten - Standard Covert Ops automatic weapon. Thirty-two round magazine.

The MP40 and Thompson are identical except in appearance and sound. The two were different in Return to Castle Wolfenstein. They both do 18 damage from close range. The Sten is a silenced submachine gun with a fast rate of fire that overheats after 16 bullets are fired non-stop (It does 14 damage per hit from close range). It's the most accurate of all automatic weapons in the game. All submachine guns deal 50 damage per headshot. The helmet absorbs 10 damage when getting hit to the head.

Heavy weapons

These weapons are only available to Soldiers, and many servers have restrictions which limit the total number of each that can be used on a team. All heavy weapons decrease walking speed when held, though speed returns to normal if you switch to the pistol, the knife or some other weapon.

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The Panzerfaust is sufficiently powerful that a direct hit guarantees death of the target, regardless of health in nearly all cases. However a sufficiently skilled and lucky player may survive if they have an engineer's flak jacket or a medic's adrenaline.
  • Panzerfaust - Rocket launcher. Long reload time, high damage, and a wide blast radius. Single-shot, but soldiers who select it spawn with four of them, and firing one costs a full command bar. When fired, the panzerfaust will make a distinctive 'whine' for a split second as it charges up, then launch its projectile in a straight line towards the target. It cannot be fired when prone, and if the bearer leans while preparing to fire, the shot will be canceled. Some players see this weapon as 'n00bish', while others see it as like any of the other heavy weapons- powerful, but with specific weaknesses that skilled players can use against the wielder, such as (in the Panzerfaust's case) the extremely long recharge time between shots and the second-long warning noise before the weapon fires. Despite the fact the Panzerfaust was an anti-tank weapon in the second World War, it's rather uneffective against vehicles in Enemy Territory. While tanks and trucks have 1200 "health", the Panzerfaust only deals 500 damage to them.
  • Flamethrower - Short-range weapon, particularly dangerous indoors as it can deal large amounts of damage over a wide area. Fire damage continues to be dealt after the initial burn, even if the Soldier is killed. Very good for attracting enemy fire. There are 200 units of fuel, with no reload necessary. The weapon is best used behind corners or to close off narrow passageways, since it is otherwise easy to dodge, and the fire rebounds off walls. If used carelessly, it can easily ignite the bearer or their teammates - however with skill it can wreak havoc. The Flamethrower is rarely seen or used.
  • Mortar - The Soldier must deploy the mortar (alternate fire) before it can be fired. Launches an explosive projectile in an arc, and costs half a command bar. When aimed properly, can hit almost anywhere from far away. Single shot before reload; Soldiers spawn with 12 shells. Impact point is shown on Command Map. The weapon can be easier to use if a Field Ops class has placed a marker with his binoculars, or there is a Covert Ops spotting enemies.
  • MG42 - Bipod-mounted machinegun, intended to be deployed in a fixed position by going prone and selecting its alternate fire. It can be fired without first being deployed, but it has extremely poor accuracy under such conditions. When deployed, targeting is limited to a small area; it is possible to crawl, but only very slowly, and you cannot fire while doing so. The firing radius is only around 60 degrees when deployed, which makes the machine gunner very vulnerable to flanking attacks. The Mobile MG42 user should always choose a place where he is well covered, or at least his teammates should protect his back and sides. Otherwise identical to constructible MG42 emplacements. The weapon overheats easily (like its stationary counterparts) and can only be reloaded once its 150-round ammunition belt has been used up. The MG42 fires 18 rounds per second with each shot doing 18 damage. You cannot get headshots with any MG's - even if it seems that the bullet hits your enemy's head, the game engine counts it as a body shot and the enemy will not even lose his helmet.

Scoped or silenced weapons

These are available only to Covert Ops.

  • Silenced K43 rifle with scope - Axis only. Sniper rifle with scope attachment. High damage, ten round clip. Must be still for a long time for zoomed-in fire to be accurate. Time required increases with zoom, and decreases at Covert Operations level 3.
  • Silenced M1 Garand rifle with scope - Allies only. Can only be reloaded after the clip is completely empty and has a smaller clip (eight vs. the K43's ten). In the ET Pro mod, which is used in competitions and most public servers, the Garand is made identical to the K43, the only difference being the sound and appearance. Must be still for a long time for zoomed-in fire to be accurate. Time required increases with zoom, and decreases at Covert Operations level 3. Both silenced rifles deal 50 damage to the body and 100 damage to the head when using the scope. Without the scope they deal 34 damage to the body and 68 damage to the head.
  • Sten - Silenced automatic weapon. Accurate even at long range. Same fire rate as MP40 and Thompson but it has to be fired in bursts since it overheats after a continuous 16 shots of fire. Thirty-two round magazine. 14 damage to the torso, 50 to the head. 6 rounds per second.
  • FG42 - Automatic weapon with scope, scope has only one level of zoom. High damage compared to other automatics, twenty round magazine size, lower accuracy unless zoomed in. It is a very effective weapon in close-quarters combat. Recoil of the FG-42 (when out of scope) is greatly reduced when level 3 covert op is achieved. 15 damage to the torso, 50 to the head. 9 rounds per second when shooting automatic fire.

Rifles with grenade launcher

These are available to Engineers only.

  • K43 rifle with grenade launcher - Axis only.
  • M1 Garand rifle with grenade launcher - Allies only. Can only be reloaded after the clip is completely empty and has a smaller clip (eight vs. the K43's ten). In the ET Pro mod, which is used in competitions and most public servers, the Garand is made identical to the K43, the only difference being the sound and appearance.

The Engineer may use the rifle to fire bullets or grenades (alternate fire). Firing a grenade takes half the power bar. Shallow arc, long range, can be bounced at walls to hit enemies behind corners. Engineer rifles do the same damage as covert op rifles without the scope. Rifle Grenades deal 250 damage.

Slot 4 - Hand grenade

The grenades are functionally identical - pressing the fire button arms the grenade, and releasing throws it. The grenade detonates four seconds after arming, so players commonly 'cook off' the grenade for several seconds before throwing, to give the enemy less time to dodge the explosion. The hand grenade deals a maximum of 250 damage, and as all weapons with splash damage, can be used to destroy vehicles.

Slot 5 - Special Ability

  • Airstrike grenade - Field Ops class only. Releases a cloud of colored smoke (allies=blue, axis=red); after 6 seconds, a bomber creates a series of explosions in a line across the signal smoke, perpendicular to the Field op who has thrown it.
  • Syringe - Medic class only. Revives a mortally wounded teammate and restores part of their health. At level 3 in First Aid, this rises to full health, and the syringe colour changes from yellow to green. At level 4 in First Aid, the adrenaline injection is available as a second (red) syringe in this slot. On some custom mod servers, stabbing an enemy with a needle poisons them, taking away their HP second by second, usually takes about 5 seconds to kill. You can stop the poison by getting a medical pack, and if the enemy medic is killed, some players with high hp can survive. However, getting a perfect needle shot is very difficult, seeing as it takes about 1 second to stab.
  • Pliers - Engineer class only. Used to arm or disarm dynamite and landmines, repair vehicles, and construct objectives. The pliers can actually be used for killing enemies (as well as teammates. When finishing the construction of an objective, for example a Tank Barrier, the whole construction instantly appears after the building process is done. If the objective is built on a player, which can also be the engineer himself, it deals 10000 damage, killing and gibbing any player instantly. If the player standing in the construction area has the temporary immortality shield above his head, for example after being revived by a medic, he will fly to the air at enormous speed and most likely fall to his death.
  • Smoke Grenade - Covert Ops class only. Releases a cloud of opaque gray smoke as a form of cover. Lasts for several seconds. The smoke grenade can be "cooked" just like a regular grenade.

Slot 6 - Special Ability

  • Health Pack - Medic class only. Restores 20 points of health. Some servers do not allow medics to pick up their own health packs.
  • Ammo Pack - Field Ops class only. Provides one clip of ammo, one hand grenade, and one syringe (for medics only).
  • Dynamite - Engineer class only. Must be armed with Engineer's tool. After arming, explodes after thirty seconds. Dynamite is the only thing that can destroy certain objectives.
  • Satchel Charge - Covert Ops class only. Drops a bomb that can be detonated whenever the Covert Op chooses, but the Covert Op must be within range. Satchel charges can be defused by Engineers. Some objectives can be destroyed by satchel charges.

Slot 7 - Special Ability

  • Adrenaline syringe - Obtainable by level 4 first aid.(medic) Can still be used if player switches classes, on certain modified servers.
  • Landmine - Engineers are capable of dropping landmines and arming it with their pliers, so long as the maximum number of landmines available to the team has not been reached. They are activated by any player walking over them, releasing a hissing sound and coloured smoke depending on the team (either blue or red). The actual landmine is detonated when the player steps off the mine: when on the mine, engineers can disable the mine with the pliers. If you are not an engineer, certain other things can be done: for example calling for a medic, and then letting him revive you. You can also just wait for enemy players, and fight them while staying in the same position. If you are knocked out, do not tap out until your killer walks over (or near) your body. The mine will explode, and, hopefully, also kill the enemy.

Slot 8 - Binoculars

  • Field Ops start with these and can use them to call in artillery strikes.
  • Covert Ops start with these and can use them to spot landmines.
  • Other classes are rewarded with binoculars when they achieve Battle Sense level 1.

Maps

Enemy Territory comes with six official maps. On all except Rail Gun, the Allied team are attacking and the Axis team must defend.

There is also a large number of third party maps available, several of them being conversions of RTCW maps.

Siwa Oasis

Siwa Oasis is a map that in most cases will be finished in two stages. First, the Allies need to blow up the Old City wall. This is easier if the Allies capture the Old City spawn point. Destroying the old city wall makes the Old City spawn point permanently Allied. With the Wall destroyed, the Allies have acces to the area where the anti-tank guns are. Destroying both anti-tank guns will win the map for the Allies. The Axis win if at least one anti-tank gun is still intact when the map-timer runs out.

It is possible for the Allies to win the map without blowing up the Old City Wall. Next to the Wall, there is a door that an Allied Covert Ops can open for an Engineer. Another method involves a lone Engineer jumping over the Wall. Both methods allow the Allied Engineer to blow up the anti-tank guns without the Axis noticing.

  • Allied Primary Objective - destroy the two anti-tank guns.
    • Allied Secondary Objectives - repair the water pumps, and destroy the old city wall.
    • Allied Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post, build the allied machine gun nest, destroy the axis machinegun nest, destroy the axis command post.
  • Axis Primary Objective - defend the anti-tank guns.
    • Axis Secondary Objectives - keep the water pumps disabled, defend the old city wall, and defend the old city spawn point.
    • Axis Tertiary Objectives - build a command post, build the machine gun nest, destroy the allied machine gun nest, destroy the allied command post.

Seawall Battery

Seawall Battery has two radically different types of gameplay, depending on whether or not ET Pro has been installed on the server. On normal servers, the big obstacle for the Allies is building an assault ramp, while being under heavy fire from airstrikes, panzerfausts, and other weapons. Once the assualt ramp is constructed, the Allied team might choose to capture the Forward Bunker spawn, but in many cases there actually is a bigger chance of winning if a lone Engineer hastes into the Axis Compound to blow up the Gun Controls. An Engineer can also be given acces to the Gun Controls by a Covert Ops opening a backdoor, but if the Axis team has no inexperienced players (or noobs) on it, the Covert Ops will generally not be able to acquire the uniform required to open the door.

In many ET Pro servers the aforementioned backdoor can be destroyed by dynamite. This forces the Axis to split their defenders between two fronts, and the end result is that the ET pro version of the map is a lot more balanced.

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On the map battery, the Allied team initally spawn on a beach. It's necessary to find a way off the beach and into the gun control building to destroy the controls.

Objectives for the normal servers:

  • Allied Primary Objectives - destroy the "Siegfried" gun controls.
    • Allied Secondary Objectives - build an assault ramp from the landing beach and capture the forward bunker; destroy the generator within the axis compound.
    • Allied Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post; build the machine gun nests; destroy the axis machine gun mounts.
  • Axis Primary Objective - defend the gun controls.
    • Axis Secondary Objectives - destroy the ramp; defend the forward bunker; construct and defend the generator.
    • Axis Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post; build the machine gun mounts; destroy the allied machine gun nests.

Gold Rush

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An Axis engineer plants dynamite next to an Allied command post on the map goldrush.
  • Allied Primary Objectives - steal a tank and use it to blow up the bank doors. Steal the gold crates and escape with the truck. Stealing the tank makes the courtyard spawn point permananetly Allied.
    • Allied Secondary Objectives - destroy the tank barriers, destroy the truck barriers.
    • Allied Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post.
  • Axis Primary Objectives - defend the tank; stop it from reaching the bank; defend the gold in the bank; and keep the truck from escaping.
    • Axis Secondary Objectives - construct and defend the tank barriers; construct and defend the truck barriers.
    • Axis Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post.

Würzburg Radar

  • Allied Primary Objective - steal the two radar components of a Würzburg radar.
    • Allied Secondary Objectives - capture the forward bunker; destroy the main entrance and the side entrance. Destroying the main door makes the forward bunker spawn point permanently Allied.
    • Allied Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post, build the machine gun nest, destroy the axis machine gun tower.
  • Axis Primary Objective - defend the radar parts.
    • Axis Secondary Objectives - defend the forward bunker, main entrance and the side entrance.
    • Axis Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post; build the machine gun tower; destroy the allied machine gun nest.

Rail Gun

  • Allied Primary Objective - prevent the Axis from firing the rail gun.
    • Allied Secondary Objectives - capture the depot yard, keep the track switch down, destroy the rail gun firing controls.
    • Allied Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post, construct the machine gun nest.
  • Axis Primary Objectives - use the rail tugs to load ammunition onto the massive rail gun and fire it.
    • Axis Secondary Objectives - capture the depot yard, raise the track switch, construct and defend the rail gun firing controls.
    • Axis Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post, destroy the allied machine gun nest.

Fuel Dump

  • Allied Primary Objective - destroy the fuel dump.
    • Allied Secondary Objectives - escort and repair the tank, destroy the tunnel grate, build and reinforce the bridge, build the footbridge, destroy the doors, destroy the main entrance, destroy the side wall, destroy the east and west depot defenses. Destroying the doors makes the bunker spawn permanently Allied.
    • Allied Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post, construct the machine gun nest, destroy the axis machine gun towers, destroy the axis command post.
  • Axis Primary Objective - defend the fuel dump.
    • Axis Secondary Objectives - disable the tank, defend the tunnel grate, destroy the bridge, destroy the footbridge, defend the tunnel doors, defend the main entrance, defend the side wall, construct and defend the depot defenses.
    • Axis Tertiary Objectives - construct a command post, construct the machine gun towers, destroy the allied machine gun nest, destroy the allied command post.

Mods

In early 2004 the source code for the game logic was released in an SDK, enabling a number of mods to be created. Previous modifications, such as the popular ET Pro competition mod, couldn't change much. The source code allows more flexibility for mod makers. The game engine remains closed source, but could be released in the near future, considering the source code to Quake III Arena was released in August 2005.

The Quake 3 total conversion mods Enemy Territory Fortress (ETF for short, formerly Q3F) and TrueCombat (known as True Combat: Elite in its ET incarnation) have been ported to Enemy Territory, and Urban Terror was also in development for ET. Other mods, which consist of little additions and fixes to the game mechanics rather than a total conversion, include ET Pro (used in competitions but also popular in public play), Shrub mod, ETPub, and Jaymod, among others.

Cheats

Like many other online games, Enemy Territory has cheats available on the Internet. The most common cheats are aimbots and wallhacks. Both of these cheats dramatically improve a player's performance, but are difficult to distinguish from very skilled players. The easiest way to see if someone is cheating is to become a spectator, which allows you to look through a player's eyes while they are playing. The 'inhuman behavior' associated with inexperienced or blatant wallhackers and aimbotters can then be observed, and appropriate counter-measures taken. However skilled cheaters, using private or personally coded "hacks", proper settings and an elevated skill level can and do routinely cheat on ET.

Enemy Territory uses a program called Punkbuster to reduce cheating. The Punkbuster client has been updated 14 times in 2005, and thus forces cheaters to periodically update their cheats. ET Pro also includes an additional anti-cheat system, that is meant to be used in combination with Punkbuster. Both anti-cheats can be bypassed with relative ease however.

Problems with Punkbuster can often be solved with help of the PBSetup utility.

Trivia

In the game, the Allied troops operate under the American flag, with American-style uniforms and ranks (regardless of whether, historically, the campaign alluded to was fought by British or other troops, as in North Africa). Axis troops use German uniforms and ranks and sound effects describing their actions are rendered in English with exaggerated German accents. Some of the basic radio messages are in German though. Still, they do not use the Nazi flag, but a special Wolfenstein flag, possibly because id Software have had games prohibited in Germany because of the use of Nazi symbols (see Wolfenstein 3D).

The maps are either based upon real projects (Railgun -based upon the Schwerer Gustav-, Seawall Battery, Würzburg Radar) or films (Goldrush). Fueldump is a modified version of the RtCW single-player level 'forest'.

Slang

The following are some Enemy Territory-specific phrases.

  • Arty Spamming, When a player continually applies artillery support onto an area, usually at spawn points.
  • Backrage, Being killed by somone behind you. This then developed into the derivatives 'siderage' (killed from the side) and 'facerage'. The original derivation of RAGE is unknown, however, 'raged' can be used interchangeably with 'owned' (I.E "If you're getting raged, go prone!")
  • Beta Trash, A term used by North American players to describe weak players. The term comes from Team Warfare League.
  • Corner Camper, A player who leans around corners waiting from other players to approach. They remain invisible to their intended victim.
  • CP, Command Post.
  • Noob Stick, A mocking word used to describe rifle-grenades (and sometimes panzerfaust), usually by those opposed to the appearance and use of them in game.
  • Noob Tube, Same as Noob Stick, but only applied to the panzerfaust.
  • Panzer Noob, A player whose use of the panzerfaust is disapproved by the user of the word. Some people may call someone a panzernoob for exclusively using the panzerfaust, others may use the word if someone uses the panzerfaust in 'lame' ways, or if the panzer-player can only manage one kill per shot. Different players have different ideas about what exactly constitutes lame usage of the panzerfaust. Some unexperienced players might even call very skilled Panzerfaust users panzernoobs, for example if they manage to kill four or more enemies with a single shot.
  • Pro, As in progamer. Sometimes used sarcastically.
  • Proner / Pronestar, A player that uses the prone move excessivly during combat. Many players feel this both look stupid and is an exploit due to flawed hitboxes. The hitbox-issue is fixed by the etpro and etpub mods.
  • Pub Star, Usually refers to a rambo medic who is more talented than average, but not great. However he/she thinks they are pro.
  • Rambo Medic, A player who plays the Medic class only for the self-healing benefit. This is often done by experienced players, if they feel that there is little potential for serious teamplay (because of the lack of skillful teammates for example)
  • Spawn Killer, A player who continually stays at enemy spawn points to get easy kills.
  • TK, Teamkill: when a player kills a teammate.
  • TK Revive, When a medic kills his own team mate when below 60HP, so that when he revives with a needle they end up with more health then they had originally. It is faster than giving health packs as it does not remove any recharge bar. This is used more effectively with the level 3 green needle as it fills the entire health bar.
  • Trick Jump, or TJ, the event when a player jumps over one of the objectives in game. There are certain barriers within maps that can only be passed using dynamite or building, but by using trickjumps, more experienced players are able to clear them. The most well known trick jump is the Wall Jump in Siwa Oasis.
  • XP Whoring, A player who uses Classes that can gain experience points quickly, focusing only on the experience points. An example of this is using the Engineer class and only focusing on constructing and dynamiting secondary or tertiary objectives. Another would be for a Field Ops to camp by a mortar using Soldier and feed him a steady steam of Ammunition.

Competition

The most important official competitions for Enemy Territory in Europe are organized by ClanBase (that hosts the most prestigious ones: Eurocup and Nations Cup) and Warleagues; while the most important North American competition is hosted by TWL. Competitions are usually played 6 versus 6 or 3 versus 3 in stopwatch mode, using the ET Pro mod and with the skill system disabled.

Sequel

There is a game in the works called Enemy Territory: Quake Wars by Splash Damage. This game will be based on a modified DOOM³ engine. It will not carry on the location or the time setting from RTCW:ET but it will be set in the Quake universe. The release date is unknown but is speculated for 2006. The core gameplay will remain faithful to RTCW: Enemy Territory, with Battlefield elements. The graphics will be similar to that of Quake 4 and DOOM 3, with the addition of MegaTexturing technology.

See also

External links

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