You ever stream? be fun to watch you in action prolly.To pete, velo, and nightmare.
I use either the stealth load out with the bow. Bow is two shot down and you have to be sneaky cause if you get hit first you're likely going to miss your shots. You also spawn with a shiv every life with this load out. I use a smoke bomb to stun and then go in and get a free shiv.
I also use a custom load out. I use a revolver and burst rifle, 3 points in listen skill (to stalk the other team for longer), 4 in covert training (for stealth and free shiv), and 4 in reviving (like 2 second revives). Its about a two burst down. Or if one burst hits the head its an auto execution. I love the burst rifle.
So the way I play. I NEVER sprint. I try to be a ghost and never on radar other than when I'm attacking in full force. But I only go all out if I know I can take them down. I do walk standing up when no one is around and crouch when Im sneaking up on people. Also as I mentioned I spawn with a shiv. Always make a smoke bomb and get a free shiv kill. Use the modded melee weapon and smoke combo with shiv and thats a group of two you can take down. For extra parts I revive people even if they are a dead weight but I won't risk dying for a bad random teammate. Also molotovs are beast. Its always awesome when you're the last man and the other team still has a team of four and one life still in stock and you just wreck all five. Best feeling ever in TLOU MP.