https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_shooter

"" A tactical shooter is a subgenre of first-person shooters, where realistic ("real-world") settings are simulated by the gaming engine (to the best of its ability) and players use authentic military tactics to accomplish goals in the game, thus making tactics and caution more important than quick reflexes in other action games. Tactical shooters involving military combat are sometimes known as "soldier sims"."""

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authentic military tactics... check
accomplishing goals in the game... check.
tactics and caution more important than twitch... check

unless you haven't played in one of Dingo's squads

I use cover all the time. I love it when people don't because they're so easy to kill.

Being in the military, I promise you: Throwing grenades the very second you see hostile forces 5 feet away from you and running over people as your main method of attack are not military tactics.

I agree, Dust really isn't all that tactical.

You get that huge EHP to work with, you can make a mistake, engage in a fight that you shouldn't of, get outnumbered, whatever, in most cases you can turn around and run away and you have plenty of time to react thanks to the TTK (time to kill) in this game; especially now that weapons have been nerfed so many times. Sure you can use tactics, but that goes for ANY shooter game.

I don't see a whole lot tactical about the gameplay that I usually see in Dust, nor do I see it really necessary in average matches. In LOU, unless playing against complete scrubs I still feel it's necessary to crouch walk a lot, check corners, proceed carefully, and pick my fights wisely. I hardly had that feeling in Dust, only in very few pubs that were high competition and corp battles against top corps.

I was always able to run and gun and play stupidly and consistently do well in Dust... That is rarely the case in a tactical shooter unless the enemy is literally brand new to shooters.