Star Citizen is unique in that it severely penalizes death and has a robust combat revive mechanic, which will only get more robust in future patches. Unlike most shooters, dying is not a neutral event — it puts a burden on your entire team, removes your gun from the fight, and forces a teammate to expose themselves to save you.

The main goal of any Rune Guard ground team is Survival. We have structured our tactics around keeping players on their feet rather than the straight offensive gameplay you may be used to in other games. This is not about being passive — it's about being smart. A marine who stays alive and applies pressure is worth more than one who charges in and forces a revive.

Standing tactic: before you shoot, get behind something. Every engagement starts with cover. Find it, get to it, then engage. This isn't timidity — it's the foundation that makes every other tactic work. Without it, the Point & Security formation falls apart, revives become impossible, and your team bleeds players it can't recover.

Once you have found the enemy, a direct assault is rarely the right move. The better play is to work a new tactic with another two man team. Flank, pin and move, false retreat, etc are all good options other than just aim trading.

While you progress through the ranks, you will be exposed to the concept of coordinated tactics. Try to avoid frontal assaults that 70% result in trading kills. The goal is not to get the kill — the goal is to survive and win through attrition.

There are two separate decisions when peeking a corner. People often confuse them — they're not the same thing.

Decision 1: How far from the wall are you standing?
This is about your distance from the wall before you begin the peek. Standing close to the wall will expose you before you place your crosshair on the enemy. Standing 3–5 meters back from the wall opens your angle and allows you to put sights on the same time they see you, giving you the advantage. Stand away from the wall.

Decision 2: How far do you step around the corner?
This is separate from wall distance. Even from the far position, you should only step around the corner far enough to see your target — avoid stepping wide. Stepping wide means moving so far around the corner that you've left your retreat angle behind. Additionally, this give more time for your enemy to react. Stay only wide enough to acquire the target, no more. Advanced exceptions do exist, though.

Currently the only throwable available in game is the frag grenade. Use it. A grenade thrown into a room before you push can clear a threat entirely, or force enemies out of position and into your teammates' line of fire. Most new players carry grenades and never throw them because they're too focused on aiming. That's backwards — throw before you push, then aim.

Grenades are especially effective in enclosed spaces: doorways, corridors, rooms with limited exits. If you know or suspect an enemy is on the other side of a door, lead with a grenade before entry. It costs you nothing to throw and potentially eliminates the threat before you're exposed.

This should be obvious — but morale wins and loses battles in ways that aim and positioning can't compensate for. We've been in engagements that went wrong in every direction: bugs, unexpected deaths, positions lost. The ones we came back from were always the ones where people stayed focused, stayed encouraging, and kept pushing. The ones we didn't were the ones where attitude collapsed before the enemy could finish the job.

A good teammate who misses half their shots is worth more than a great shot who makes the squad want to log off. Stay positive. Give encouragement. Keep moving forward.