Rocketjumping tutorial

[sylrax]

lol he didn't crouch

[Jewblob]

A little update: Rocket Jumping with the Gunboats will lessen your distance. You take less splash damage from your rocket, not giving you as much airtime as you normally would get.

[Jaesik23a]

Hey great tutorial! I never liked soldier until i saw some dude do some awesome rocket jumps so i tried it and by far my favorite class now! Your tutorial is great too! Is there any difference if i jump crouch shoot vs crouch jump shoot?

[Methuselah13]

@Jaesik23a I found that if I crouched after I jumped, I'd sometimes release it too early and end up doing a half-assed jump. But since you should be holding crouch all throughout the jump anyways, either order works fine, it's just personal preference.

[DeltaOneAirsoft]

could you tell me what map this is? thanks :)

[Methuselah13]

cp_skyscraper3 (or is it cp_skyscraper_3?)

I basically learned all the rocket jumping basics on it. Normal jumps, horizontals, wall climbs, big air strafes, etc.

[J0rD4n9001]

Good video, but basic stuff. Most soldiers probably know this.

[Methuselah13]

You'd be surprised how many don't. But you're right, this is very basic stuff. Nothing really needs to be taught past this, any other advanced jumps are just based on these.

[shadowsmiley]

oh, crouching! so that's the answer!

[Hill177]

But you can't jump while crouching...

[Methuselah13]

Yes you can. Try it. Tap crouch, and IMMEDIATELY afterward jump. Yes, it's unnecessary, but I found myself occasionally shooting the rocket while not crouched, resulting in some bad jumps. This is to make sure that you are crouching before you fire.

[Warpstarkirby]

sliced to the left a bit on the horizontal, that would get you owned up cause it'd leave you wide open to snipes. otherwise good jorb

[Methuselah13]

Yea, these are by no means optimal jumps. It's an issue for me though, and I'll try to work on it. Thanks for the comment!