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Childs

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Just started using the M16A3 or was it A4.. One of them that can go full auto and it is easily my new favorite gun. Very accurate and deadly and even better with the silencer.

The only guns in that class that I havent really used is the AUG and SCAR-L. The reason is once I unlocked them I went back the to M16. The AK74M is also very good.
 

sigurros81

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thats cheap, get a real kill, its so satisfying and hilarious :D

I bet it is, but for the amount of time that I'd waste and the amount of deaths I incur just to get 1 EOD bot kill, definitely not worth the frustration :)

One of my favorite things to do is sneak up behind snipers, type in chat "HEY (PERSON'S NAME), BEHIND YOU!" then I knife them in the face.
 

Zargon

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thats cheap, get a real kill, its so satisfying and hilarious :D

I thoroughly enjoyed using the EOD bot to punish one of those asshats on canal TDM that goes prone and backs into a corner

torch to the face!

The only guns in that class that I havent really used is the AUG and SCAR-L. The reason is once I unlocked them I went back the to M16. The AK74M is also very good.

they are merely OK(aug and scarl)
 

Zargon

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I bet it is, but for the amount of time that I'd waste and the amount of deaths I incur just to get 1 EOD bot kill, definitely not worth the frustration :)

One of my favorite things to do is sneak up behind snipers, type in chat "HEY (PERSON'S NAME), BEHIND YOU!" then I knife them in the face.

I was playing with SLU and he dropped me an ammo box where I was hiding in a corner, still took like 7 eod bots to get it
 

Destiny

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thats cheap, get a real kill, its so satisfying and hilarious :D

Childs watched me get killed by an EOD flaming my face when I had my MG mounted... it was the other guy's needed EOD kill to complete his assignment too...

The funny thing was I saw it coming but I was too busy shooting the other people on top of the esculator...
 

Methodical2

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So apparently you can snipe people with smoke grenades now when attached to an AUG.

Yep! I was a victim of many of those sniping smoke nades... its just as bad if not worst than the darts... because its one hit death no matter what the distance! o_O

There's a video where the gent has been using this method before Premium came out, so it's not a new tactic, just newly known.
 

QuantumPion

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There's a video where the gent has been using this method before Premium came out, so it's not a new tactic, just newly known.

It sure is funny but it is not overpowered at all. It's really hard to aim at a small distant target with the crappy launcher sights.
 

DeadFred

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I thoroughly enjoyed using the EOD bot to punish one of those asshats on canal TDM that goes prone and backs into a corner

torch to the face!
hehe glad to see I started a trend

I cant even drive the damn thing.

It is a bitch to get the hang of. The main thing to remember is that the camera follows your mouse but its tracks only move forwards and backwards. To turn you have to use the A + D keys, if you try to use the mouse to turn you will only get disoriented.

I just hope there is never a MAV kill assignment because Ive tried several times to get a kill with it and just cannot fly the thing in a controlled manner to save my life. :(
 

Destiny

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There's a video where the gent has been using this method before Premium came out, so it's not a new tactic, just newly known.

With AUG it shoots more straight and faster... I've known for a while that Smoke nades can kill... but with the AUG it is easier!
 

Zargon

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With AUG it shoots more straight and faster... I've known for a while that Smoke nades can kill... but with the AUG it is easier!

I've heard it has no drop, but it could just be using the aug's projectile speed

I havent really used it yet, besides to toss smoke on the crane to troll a guy
 

QuantumPion

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I've heard it has no drop, but it could just be using the aug's projectile speed

I havent really used it yet, besides to toss smoke on the crane to troll a guy

No it has laser-beam like infinite speed and zero drop. Which means if it had a scope you could snipe people with it thousands of yards away. The only thing preventing is the crappy launcher sight which in practice limits you to about 100-200 yards or so.
 

sigurros81

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I've heard it has no drop, but it could just be using the aug's projectile speed

I havent really used it yet, besides to toss smoke on the crane to troll a guy

Just for shots and giggles I ran around and killed a few with smoke grenades the other night. I'll have to try the crane trolling technique, lol.
 

Zargon

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No it has laser-beam like infinite speed and zero drop. Which means if it had a scope you could snipe people with it thousands of yards away. The only thing preventing is the crappy launcher sight which in practice limits you to about 100-200 yards or so.

its not quite that fast, i missed a few on the run


trying not to whore it though playing around on wdas server
 

Childs

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its not quite that fast, i missed a few on the run


trying not to whore it though playing around on wdas server

Some dude sniped me with it tonight. It was the width of the upper Metro station area. Registered as a headshot.
 

DeadFred

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I got torched by an EOD bot while knifing someone tonight, barely got their tags. LOL



I wonder why there have been no new pistols in any of the expansions so far. I would love to have a FN Five Seven, a Deagle, 454 Cassull, Python. My wish list could go on and on.
 

Childs

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If anyone is still up it looks like CQ is live.

Got to play against Enigma on Scrapmetal. For some reason he switched over in the last few secs, probably just to get the win.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/34268755/1/277031243/

lol @ me getting 99% accuracy. Its too bad they dont keep track of the 1v1 record, cause I kicked his ass! Well, SPAS-12 vs L96 in cq will win every time, but the dude is quick with those headshots. He had a spectacular one on me where he jumped off the stairs and headshotted me before I could go into ADS. I also caught his ass in the air a few times. Crap like that only works on me once. Playing conquest domination with good players is going to be really tough. Its the small circular design that has people shooting you in the back all the time. Its basically TDM. There are some 64 player servers running CQ...that must be madness. It'll be interesting to see how these kinds of maps play out once the strategies start to form.

And I suck at Gunmaster. Get stuck on the Magnum 44, as I never use it. I was also stuck on a sniper rifle, which was pissing me off cause thats my bread and butter, but it felt weird and the reload was really slow. Also, up close shots to the chest was only doing like 50% or less damage. After the third or so game of leading then getting stuck on this POS, I paid attention to what it was. Turned out it was the M417, and I was treating it like a bolt action: reloading after every shot. lol F me. The game is so fast and it had a scope, so I thought it was the new bolt action or one that I dont use. So problem solved, but then I got stuck on the knife. Its BS cause half the time it doesnt do shit when you are facing someone, so its really random...you almost have to come behind someone. I was rushing around and my frickin teammates would shoot people right before I got to them. Anyways, best placing was 2nd. CODs version of this is better. Heres a tip though, join a server with few players, or one that is capped at 8. You shouldnt have a problem placing, as half the guys are still on handguns when someone wins. On the higher player count if you get stuck on a weapon you are done. I was always leading, then stuck on magnum a little too long, stuck on M417 :rolleyes: a little too long, and you go from 1st or 2nd to 6 or 7. There are no ties, as ranking is determined by points. And I still have a problem using the grenade launcher, so this mode is always going to be a problem for me. It was sphincter clinching experience, especially when you feel things slipping away...

For some reason, I only got to play Scrapmetal, and I played like 7 games, on three different servers.
 
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