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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dangerous wrote: »
    Metacortex wrote: »
    If i had a fucking dollar for every time some goose pops up in the .25s I am doing something that will prevent me from killing him I could retire and live like a fucking king.

    It is uncanny. I guess I missed out on the "know exactly when your enemy turns from watching his current direction" perk.

    Also, someone must have planted a homing beacon in my asshole because 80% of all predator missiles have my name written all over them.

    Holy shit you must be my fucking twin or something. Nobody on our whole god damn team has cold blooded on yet the missile always goes straight for me. I could be running full tilt or hiding under an overhang, it doesn't matter. Even if I'm inside a building the missile flies down the chimney and goes "HAHA NICE TRY ASSFUCK!"

    You know that guy? The one running around singin' "HOT BLOODED, CHECK IT AND SEE!!"

    Don't stand next to him.

    Probably a good idea anyway, he's got a fever of a hundred and three.

    mcdermott on
  • MusicoolMusicool Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Arrath wrote: »
    Though I hate it when one is called in and I'm with a clump of team mates. Who then run in the same direction I'm trying to flee.
    I seem to dodge most Predators on my own, but this is just infuriating. It's worst when you're at that very precise distance from a follower where turning and going the other direction (where he won't follow you) will get you right next to each other as the Predator hits, but keeping on running leaves you at the mercy of his stupidity. If he doesn't turn around then you're still the target. If that guy would just stop and turn around at least one of us would survive.
    It's not rocket science. I figured it out the first time I got a Predator strike for myself.

    Musicool on
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    I disagree completely.

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    It's the same as when KS reward is called in. I switch to my AA class, but a teammate stands next to me and gets me killed as well. Good going, that giant launcher on my back doesn't mean I'm going to kill it I just like making myself easier to see.

    Magell on
  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    SirToasty wrote: »
    How do you guys get SMG bullet penetration kills? I've gotten 1 with the MP5K in the time I have gotten mastery on 3 LMGs and an AR.

    Marathon and Stopping Power to allow you to get a flank easier, which in turn allows you to be more likely to get the kill. It took me a few levels with the UMP - I'll let you know how it goes with the P90, but I imagine it'll only be a little harder.


    With AUG out of the way I'm trying P90, I've got a feeling it'll be pretty hard.

    Speaking of the P90, thank you to Brutle for those Sabotage games, I enjoyed them immensly, even if there was that silly goose on Favela. On Rundown, I hid in the perfect position to kill 3 people in a row as they ran for the bomb, on Scrapyard I earned the "3 killstreak while on low health" challenge and on Sub Base I planted the bomb, was oblivious to the defuser, then when he was killed I re-planted the bomb seconds later, shooting any further would-be defusers until the bomb blew, in spite of the fact that the enemy stole an AC-130 from our team (serves them right for throwing the CP down near the enemy bomb).

    Couldn't have done it without ya.

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  • Tridus1xTridus1x Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dangerous wrote: »
    Metacortex wrote: »
    If i had a fucking dollar for every time some goose pops up in the .25s I am doing something that will prevent me from killing him I could retire and live like a fucking king.

    It is uncanny. I guess I missed out on the "know exactly when your enemy turns from watching his current direction" perk.

    Also, someone must have planted a homing beacon in my asshole because 80% of all predator missiles have my name written all over them.

    Holy shit you must be my fucking twin or something. Nobody on our whole god damn team has cold blooded on yet the missile always goes straight for me. I could be running full tilt or hiding under an overhang, it doesn't matter. Even if I'm inside a building the missile flies down the chimney and goes "HAHA NICE TRY ASSFUCK!"

    Yea I know how you feel it sucks when you run in the middle of a damn room thinking "alright i'll just wait this ou...WTF!!OCELOT!!!" after a predator destroys you and everything you could/would of been in MW2.

    It is kinda strange every now and then to watch a killcam and watch your killer do a 360 turn around and aim down his sights right where you were gonna turn a corner. I already decided to call everyone that kills me a hacker since i'm running out of things to say to them and I gotta keep it fresh ya know? :P

    I gotta state one more BS thing that annoys me so no end. Getting killed while moving to cover. I swear I see someone shooting at me and I move to total solid cover and BAM i'm dead still. I mean I literally see my body in the middle of a solid non-FMJable wall but I still get shot anyways. Good lord that pisses me off and confuses the hell out of me the whole time.

    Also I made a new rule that i'll use DC/OMA tuber/noskillwalrus class if A: If that wall cover dieing BS that I stated above happens and B: If I hear a enemy tube go off....even just ONE....even if it doesnt even hit anything it's over. The line as been crossed. :P

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I feel fine using my DC tube class on Terminal Domination or when I'm sucking ass at any map. Terminal it's just too good not to use, but I don't use OMA, cause that seems cheap to me, but Scavenger is fine.

    I hate Estate on Domination when I'm capturing B and the team that gets A can snipe my foot and kill me from the house. I don't care how many times my foot or ankle gets shot I shouldn't die.

    Magell on
  • Psychotic OnePsychotic One The Lord of No Pants Parts UnknownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Magell wrote: »
    I feel fine using my DC tube class on Terminal Domination or when I'm sucking ass at any map. Terminal it's just too good not to use, but I don't use OMA, cause that seems cheap to me, but Scavenger is fine.

    I hate Estate on Domination when I'm capturing B and the team that gets A can snipe my foot and kill me from the house. I don't care how many times my foot or ankle gets shot I shouldn't die.

    20 seconds to bleed out if you get your leg blown off. You'd go into shock even faster.

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm guessing you guys get the "wait for a guy to round corner for a few seconds, prime a grenade and have him walk out right then to catch you with your gun down" ?

    I get that so often it isn't funny.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yuuup.

    Arrath on
  • pardzhpardzh Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Dangerous wrote: »
    Metacortex wrote: »
    If i had a fucking dollar for every time some goose pops up in the .25s I am doing something that will prevent me from killing him I could retire and live like a fucking king.

    It is uncanny. I guess I missed out on the "know exactly when your enemy turns from watching his current direction" perk.

    Also, someone must have planted a homing beacon in my asshole because 80% of all predator missiles have my name written all over them.

    Holy shit you must be my fucking twin or something. Nobody on our whole god damn team has cold blooded on yet the missile always goes straight for me. I could be running full tilt or hiding under an overhang, it doesn't matter. Even if I'm inside a building the missile flies down the chimney and goes "HAHA NICE TRY ASSFUCK!"

    You know that guy? The one running around singin' "HOT BLOODED, CHECK IT AND SEE!!"

    Don't stand next to him.

    Probably a good idea anyway, he's got a fever of a hundred and three.

    Oh, how I love a good (bad) Foreigner joke.

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  • hjparcinshjparcins Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Magell wrote: »
    I feel fine using my DC tube class on Terminal Domination or when I'm sucking ass at any map. Terminal it's just too good not to use, but I don't use OMA, cause that seems cheap to me, but Scavenger is fine.

    I hate Estate on Domination when I'm capturing B and the team that gets A can snipe my foot and kill me from the house. I don't care how many times my foot or ankle gets shot I shouldn't die.

    20 seconds to bleed out if you get your leg blown off. You'd go into shock even faster.

    Yeah if you get your LEG blown off and your femoral artery gets ripped open.

    But your foot/ankle, ehhhh... you could just take your belt off and cinch that shit up for a few hours.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Guys this is a video game where we apparently have endless air support, we just need to kill people before we can access it. Do you think the soldiers in Afghanistan have to kill five Taleban before they can call in an airstrike?

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Robman wrote: »
    Guys this is a video game where we apparently have endless air support, we just need to kill people before we can access it. Do you think the soldiers in Afghanistan have to kill five Taleban before they can call in an airstrike?

    I assume they have to in order to prove they're worth it. I also assume predator missiles fall like rain so I could be wrong.

    Magell on
  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Robman wrote: »
    Guys this is a video game where we apparently have endless air support, we just need to kill people before we can access it. Do you think the soldiers in Afghanistan have to kill five Taleban before they can call in an airstrike?
    I would assume so. I doubt the Air Force would want to risk their precious precious planes on redshirts vs. seasoned combat veterans.

    Hacksaw on
  • Mr.SunshineMr.Sunshine Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Okay, this is something I must know because I've been wondering about it since the game came out.

    What are Predator missiles? I know there are Predator drones. And I know that there are Predator drones that fire Hellfire missiles. Are there actual Predator missiles in a what I assume the US aresenal or the "Predator" missiles actually Hellfire missiles but are called Predator missiles in the game for the reason of simplicity?

    Or are the players actually in control of a rocket assisted Predator drone doing a kamikaze run...

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  • MegaMekMegaMek Girls like girls. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    No idea, but I've always loved the name "Hellfire." It's pretty appropriate for an air-to-ground missile.

    MegaMek on
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  • emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Quick question about kill streaks: do the chopper/pave low/chopper gunner/AC130/Predator missiles count towards your kill streak?

    I seem to remember thinking no.

    emp123 on
  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    emp123 wrote: »
    Quick question about kill streaks: do the chopper/pave low/chopper gunner/AC130/Predator missiles count towards your kill streak?

    I seem to remember thinking no.

    As long as it doesn't come from a care package it does.

    Magell on
  • emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Magell wrote: »
    emp123 wrote: »
    Quick question about kill streaks: do the chopper/pave low/chopper gunner/AC130/Predator missiles count towards your kill streak?

    I seem to remember thinking no.

    As long as it doesn't come from a care package it does.

    So its possible that a attack chopper can get me a pave low which could then get me the chopper gunner/ac-130 in super quick succession? Like, I could have 3 helicopters out at the same time sort of thing?

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  • President RexPresident Rex Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I actually counted a streak along three games where I was hit by each of the 8 consecutive missiles fired against my team (although 2 of them were multikills). Maybe I need to drop the sign that says "Place Missile Here."



    Also, I believe it's a "Predator Missile" in the sense of "a missile fired from a Predator". The wiki says it's a Hellfire AGM (and also notes the Predator only holds 2 missiles, while its successor the Reaper holds up to 14).

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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    emp123 wrote: »
    Magell wrote: »
    emp123 wrote: »
    Quick question about kill streaks: do the chopper/pave low/chopper gunner/AC130/Predator missiles count towards your kill streak?

    I seem to remember thinking no.

    As long as it doesn't come from a care package it does.

    So its possible that a attack chopper can get me a pave low which could then get me the chopper gunner/ac-130 in super quick succession? Like, I could have 3 helicopters out at the same time sort of thing?

    You might run into the "air space crowded" limit and have to wait, but yeah. That's how people get Nukes...it's usually Harrier->Chopper Gunner->Nuke.

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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh, and speaking of nukes.

    I was just in the WORST game ever. First, there's some dickbag who is STILL rocking the double 1887's who was kind enough to show me a new trick...the little stand in the building off the corner of point B in Favela...basically you stand on it, cannot be seen from the capture point, but prevent captures. You're actually fairly hard to see approaching from C, for that matter (I only found him because I saw the tip of one of his two shotguns, ironically enough).

    Which is cool, I guess. Fairly cheap, but I guess when you're a douchebag you gotta do what you gotta do.

    So, we're struggling. Every capture of B turns into a "check his little hidey-hole, then start to capture, then either fire through the wall or whip around and shoot him again in his hidey-hole, repeatedly until you finally capture the point." We're losing, but no big deal. And it's starting to get close. Basically it's still mathematically possible for us to win simply by holding two points.

    Then some dickbag (different dickbag) with an obvious console mod drops a nuke on us. Hey, fuckstick, when you drop a Nuke even though your 13-25, it's not exactly subtle. Oh well, hopefully The Pro will catch up to his little ass soon enough. First question out in the lobby (from one of his teammates no less) was "man, how did he get a nuke?"

    He cheated, that's how. Which, obviously, I pointed out to anybody that wasn't paying attention. But of course we all went ahead and reported him for console tampering, so hopefully his mom's gonna get called soon too.


    EDIT: Basically, what I'm saying is that I'm about ready to trade this bitch in for Lego Indiana Jones 2 or some shit. Maybe see if I can just do a one-for-one and trade it for a copy of NCAA Basketball 2007.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Bad Company will be the end of your woes, McD.

    On a sidenote, when are we going to hang out again? I need to get my drank on.

    Hacksaw on
  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Bad Company will be the end of your woes, McD.

    On a sidenote, when are we going to hang out again? I need to get my drank on.

    I don't know that I have the money (or time) for BC. And my friends are determined to keep playing this. I just have to make sure I don't bother playing without them (or at least some PA duders), because it's just a pain in the dick otherwise.

    And I see no reason we couldn't get the band back together sometime soon. This weekend's shot, next weekend the Army owns me, but maybe after that?

    mcdermott on
  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Sounds good. We should do another pub crawl like the one we did when Elki was in town.

    Hacksaw on
  • MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I actually counted a streak along three games where I was hit by each of the 8 consecutive missiles fired against my team (although 2 of them were multikills). Maybe I need to drop the sign that says "Place Missile Here."



    Also, I believe it's a "Predator Missile" in the sense of "a missile fired from a Predator". The wiki says it's a Hellfire AGM (and also notes the Predator only holds 2 missiles, while its successor the Reaper holds up to 14).

    It is a Hellfire missile fired from a MQ-1 Predator. My brother worked on these in the Navy, and he also pointed out that he saved my ass by firing a missile into a hotspot my patrol was heading into when we went to pick up a disabled Deuce.

    Fucker never lets me forget how many times he "possibly" saved my ass, while he sat in his air conditioned hangar, eating chow hall food, playing video games IRL, while I was pounding the ground with my MREs...

    Morvidus on
  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Magell wrote: »
    I feel fine using my DC tube class on Terminal Domination or when I'm sucking ass at any map. Terminal it's just too good not to use, but I don't use OMA, cause that seems cheap to me, but Scavenger is fine.

    I hate Estate on Domination when I'm capturing B and the team that gets A can snipe my foot and kill me from the house. I don't care how many times my foot or ankle gets shot I shouldn't die.

    20 seconds to bleed out if you get your leg blown off. You'd go into shock even faster.
    But the point is that twenty seconds is more than enough time to capture the point before you bleed to death.

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  • SanguinarySanguinary Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wait since when does the pavelow add to KS? I know they're going to fix it (according to luigi), but presently it does not add. But once it does, 9-11-25 could be pretty easy as pavelows are beast.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    Is there any point to going prestige besides titles and emblems?

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  • BlurblBlurbl -_- Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Additional challenges, more class slots at 1st, 3rd etc prestiges. But mostly for the thrill of unlocking stuff again, hearing the awsome guitar riff and having to use weapons you normally wouldn't have.

    I do them in themes. 0 Pretige I used LMGs, then ARs, Then SMGs etc. Keeps the game fresh.

    Blurbl on
  • GrundlestiltskinGrundlestiltskin Behind you!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm almost 65 in my first playthrough and still have yet to see a nuke. Is that weird? All I play is TDM.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    This one seems like it takes a lot longer to level up in, I remember I could knock out a prestige in under a week of playing, all I had to do was get my m16 and I would cruise through the levels.

    And yes that is strange about the nukes, I got nuked three games in a row.

    Fizban140 on
  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm almost 65 in my first playthrough and still have yet to see a nuke. Is that weird? All I play is TDM.

    I've only seen one legit nuke so far, I stick around in TDM as well.

    Arrath on
  • MusicoolMusicool Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I have some questions about prestiging too.
    Do you get the extra class slot at level 1 of an odd prestige or at level 70? How much faster is a full prestige versus the first time? And how would I go about speeding up that first prestige?
    The 5 class limit is killing me, and although I don't think I'll ever prestige 3 times one more slot is tempting.

    Musicool on
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    I disagree completely.

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  • smokealbertsmokealbert Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Musicool wrote: »
    I have some questions about prestiging too.
    Do you get the extra class slot at level 1 of an odd prestige or at level 70? How much faster is a full prestige versus the first time? And how would I go about speeding up that first prestige?
    The 5 class limit is killing me, and although I don't think I'll ever prestige 3 times one more slot is tempting.

    Yeah, you get your first extra slot when you prestige for the first time.

    Leveling is quicker on your first prestige thanks to the prestige challenges, but not hugely faster. You can level faster by going objective based game types, particularly round-based ones that give you a round bonus. SnD is ideal for this as you'll get 500 points a kill.

    Also, get your riot shield and stand facing a sentry or lie down with it on your back under a harrier. Mega XP!

    edit: also nukes: I've seen about half a dozen legit nukes and I've logged ~6 days of game time. Most of them have been in ground war. I've had 8 legit nukes myself simply by always having the Harrier - chopper gunner - nuke combo. Any time you get to 7 kills there's a possibility of that turning into a nuke with no hard work at all.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    you get an extra slot at first prestige, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth
    you get the class slot after you've prestiged (at level 4, when you can create your own classes)
    it adds a boatload of extra challenges that are worth between 2,500 and 10k as well as weapon specific challenges that are worth 10k each.
    Of those, I bet you could get at least 150k in a playthrough if you were keeping an eye out for them, so that's about 2.5 endgame levels or 25 startgame levels.

    Also, if you can reliably get two emergency air drops in a match (and let your teammates collect all the goodies) you'd average ~3k per match just on share package alone, plus whatever XP you score from playing the game.

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  • ChillyWillyChillyWilly Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Definitely just got nuked by the enemy in Domination when the score was 199-124, my team winning.

    BULL.

    SHIT.

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  • slurpeekillaslurpeekilla Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Morvidus wrote: »
    I actually counted a streak along three games where I was hit by each of the 8 consecutive missiles fired against my team (although 2 of them were multikills). Maybe I need to drop the sign that says "Place Missile Here."



    Also, I believe it's a "Predator Missile" in the sense of "a missile fired from a Predator". The wiki says it's a Hellfire AGM (and also notes the Predator only holds 2 missiles, while its successor the Reaper holds up to 14).

    It is a Hellfire missile fired from a MQ-1 Predator. My brother worked on these in the Navy, and he also pointed out that he saved my ass by firing a missile into a hotspot my patrol was heading into when we went to pick up a disabled Deuce.

    Fucker never lets me forget how many times he "possibly" saved my ass, while he sat in his air conditioned hangar, eating chow hall food, playing video games IRL, while I was pounding the ground with my MREs...
    yeah in the game you can actually see the Predator flying realllllly high up and the flash as it fires the Hellfire missile.

    the actual killstreak rewards menu and the in-game notification are the only times it's called a "Predator Missile", in the campaign whenever you have them available they are referred to as AGM missiles.

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  • wonderpugwonderpug Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    emp123 wrote: »
    So its possible that a attack chopper can get me a pave low which could then get me the chopper gunner/ac-130 in super quick succession? Like, I could have 3 helicopters out at the same time sort of thing?

    You can only have one helicopter out at a time, so the attack chopper, Pave Low, and Chopper Gunner clash with each other. The AC-130 only clashes with other AC-130s, and there is no limit that I know of to the number of Harriers.

    If you want to have three of your own killstreaks in the air at once, you want Harrier -> Pave Low -> AC-130.

    Personally I prefer using Stealth Bomber as my 9-kill killstreak. It usually won't get as many kills as a Pave Low, but it can't get shot down and the kills it does get are instant, which A) means I get my 11-kill killstreak faster and more reliably, and B) if the Stealth Bomber gets a ton of kills, all those people respawn in the exact same spot and thus nicely clustered up for my AC-130 or Chopper Gunner. Insert evil laugh.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Is it possible to shoot down your own pavelow/harrier with your own ac-130?

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