Any tips on how to play as the ghosts?

[adamkkool]

Pretty new here and every time I get set as the ghost it seems like the enemy team finds all the rifts in 5 seconds and where trained by Nimrod himself to hunt me down. I can't even scare a single person away before I lose.

[Spoonman]

The rifts spawn in specific objects around the map that people have learned where they could be. First priority for you would be to get to rifts out of sight from the busters and move them to a different location. If possible, in an object that's not on the floor, like in the museum map. I've personally had good luck with people not looking up to find rifts.

[Decoy]

Personally, I ignore rifts and focus on haunting. Let the busters busy themselves with the HP tanks that are your rifts. Spend all of that time haunting objects. (That's not objectively correct. Just how I personally like to play)

Never stop moving. Don't stay in a room until it's completely haunted. Just keep on the move.

Regularly check your spirit vision to make sure you're not going to run into people around a corner.

When you do run into busters, your first priority should be to see where the nearest corner is. Breaking line of sight is key.

And that's honestly kind of it. Map knowledge helps a lot. Knowing where the ghost shortcuts are is very handy.

Just be constantly aware of your surroundings, haunt everything and keep moving. If you get tagged, escape (if you can) and break for the nearest corner.

Conserve your energy. Sprint when you absolutely have to, but no more. If you run low, stop and possess something until you're full again.

Personally, I like trap minions because they throw off ghost readings on the PKE and anything you can do to confuse PKE readings is exactly what you should be doing.

An ideal game is one where I don't see a buster the entire time.

[TEMPEST]

Practice against the bots single player before going into matches.

[Steve C.]

I have played some matches as the ghost against bots, and on some levels it seems almost too easy (mostly because the bots aren't terribly smart). When a room or region becomes fully haunted, it adds 25% to the overall haunt percentage. I don't know if the different maps have a significant variation in the number of "rooms", but in some places with a complex layout like the museum, it feels like you don't need to fully haunt a lot of the rooms to max it out.