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Art · 11 Nov 2011 at 14:44

v1bez said:
I've almost got Rocket Pods they any good?

They're great, as long as you get a decent run up you can always disable tanks on the first pass. If your attack run is long enough you can switch to the chain gun afterwards and finish it off completely. They're not great with infantry.

I've unlocked the guided missile and I'm not sure if it's just me being a muppet, but I think I might stick with the rocket pods. Out of the three or four times I've got a lock with the guided it has always missed and caused no damage, whereas the pods can be used on infantry and buildings as well, which the guided can't.

rogueblade · 11 Nov 2011 at 14:44

rogueblade said:
Man, wtf is with claymores detonation detection, I don't know how many times enemies have just walked in front of them and killed me. It really, really ****es me off

arknor said:
they are useless and wont trigger if the enemy is crawling/courched down while moving past them its a feature dice put in....

No no no, I'm talking like, they walk/run into the room with the MCOM, and I've got a claymore (or two!) covering a very wide arc of the entrance, and they just stroll on past it wasting me. Drives me bananas

topgun06 · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:12

MrLOL said:

Right ok, I'm off to try this!

Rojin · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:17

I've placed loads of claymores, and whilst some do detonate I don't think I have had one kill from them...

flopper · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:21

MrLOL said:
Yes you can.

MrLOL said:
trouble is, you lose so much peripheral vision with the night scope, it makes them pointless on shotguns.

You need to use a shotgun at close range, at which point you dont need a thermal scope to see the enemy coming.

exactly

Efour2 said:
its just a well edited video to make it look better than it is.

Ive used that shotgun with frag ammo its a lot worse than the standard ammo . You use a full clip to get 2 kills..... where as with standard you can kill 4 or 5.

It looks "cool" cos he has slowed it down and stuff.

It does give it quite a long range... but be careful at short ranges you can really wound or even kill yourself.

its by far the fun gun weapon for me, suits my playstyle perfectly.
can take out 5 people at close range and even works long range.
died a few times from my own ammo, but mostly its so much fun to use.
in short range it totally owns.

Bf3 is a noob game, its adapted for people who cant aim and shoot, so the game allows you to be able to gun people down without much effort.
then the netcode and client side hitreg makes low ping a pain to have on a server.

asus12 with exploding shells makes the game fun again.

sniffy · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:29

Rojin said:
I've placed loads of claymores, and whilst some do detonate I don't think I have had one kill from them...

You basically need to lay two on-top of each other.

DiCe! · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:32

Unlocked the SCARH the other day, what a great gun (even with iron sights), Also didnt realise most guns can be set to 1 bullet mode. (I really am a CSS Player at heart).

I find when playing with people, even if your losing its lots of fun. but play by yourself and its just annoying as no one helps anyone atall

Greebo · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:36

DiCe! said:
Unlocked the SCARH the other day, what a great gun (even with iron sights), Also didnt realise most guns can be set to 1 bullet mode. (I really am a CSS Player at heart).

I find when playing with people, even if your losing its lots of fun. but play by yourself and its just annoying as no one helps anyone atall

SCARH kills people by one less bullet than any other gun (sniper rifles excluded) so is a great gun and currently my preferred as an engineer.

Detrimentum · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:39

It can be quite hard to control at medium-long range even with burst fire though (I always forget to change fire mode).

Swifty55 · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:40

Detrimentum said:
It can be quite hard to control at medium-long range even with burst fire though (I always forget to change fire mode).

Who actually changes the fire mode?

Greebo · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:41

Swifty55 said:
Who actually changes the fire mode?

V

Adrianr · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:42

Still can't seem to get through more than 2 subsequent rounds before getting booted

Detrimentum · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:43

Swifty55 said:
Who actually changes the fire mode?

Fair point.

Pighardia · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:43

I have just discovered the tactic of changing fire mode and it is great, it is easy if you remember to do it, especially as an engineer it can be vital for medium-long range, especially if you add a scope. I do it all the time now

I am also using the SCARH, best i have used so far.

DiCe! · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:44

I change fire mode all the time....its useful

Greenja · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:45

I also change fire mode a lot.

meths · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:46

I do it as well but still can't hit anything.

Adrianr · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:49

Changing fire mode just seems a fast track way of loosing even more 1v1's than I am doing already

Pighardia · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:51

Adrianr said:
Changing fire mode just seems a fast track way of loosing even more 1v1's than I am doing already

But you will pick up a lot more medium range kills if you switch to single-fire mode, as you do not have to worry about recoil and it is much more accurate.

Davepen · 11 Nov 2011 at 15:54

Pighardia said:
I have just discovered the tactic of changing fire mode and it is great, it is easy if you remember to do it, especially as an engineer it can be vital for medium-long range, especially if you add a scope. I do it all the time now

I am also using the SCARH, best i have used so far.

Well duh

The Scar is good, but not so good for medium/long range, the bullet seems to drop off quickly (not particularly realistic)