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Bad Company 2: Explosions, Hyperbole, and Hyperbolic Explosions

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  • rakuenCallistorakuenCallisto Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Yah, 40mm is great, but I like Assault because the good AR's (XM8, AN-94, M416, M16) all feel like awesome, beefy, holy righteous tools of mans killing.

    Everyone talks about how deadly the LMG's are, but I am a MUCH more efficient killer with the good AR's than I am even the M60. My K/D ratio and number of gold stars in Assault (with nearly equal point totals and hours played) shows that.
    Oh yea I totally agree.

    LMGs are crap compared to most of the ARs.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Plus i mostly run with the smoke 40mm now anyway. Especially if I am attacking.

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • Raoulduke20Raoulduke20 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Yah, 40mm is great, but I like Assault because the good AR's (XM8, AN-94, M416, M16) all feel like awesome, beefy, holy righteous tools of mans killing.

    Everyone talks about how deadly the LMG's are, but I am a MUCH more efficient killer with the good AR's than I am even the M60. My K/D ratio and number of gold stars in Assault (with nearly equal point totals and hours played) shows that.
    Oh yea I totally agree.

    LMGs are crap compared to most of the ARs.

    Eh, opinions. I still am better with any LMG than I am with any of the AR's. Just shitloads more ammo, faster fire rates usually, and at least the same accuracies seals it for me.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Yah, 40mm is great, but I like Assault because the good AR's (XM8, AN-94, M416, M16) all feel like awesome, beefy, holy righteous tools of mans killing.

    Everyone talks about how deadly the LMG's are, but I am a MUCH more efficient killer with the good AR's than I am even the M60. My K/D ratio and number of gold stars in Assault (with nearly equal point totals and hours played) shows that.
    Oh yea I totally agree.

    LMGs are crap compared to most of the ARs.

    Eh, opinions. I still am better with any LMG than I am with any of the AR's. Just shitloads more ammo, faster fire rates usually, and at least the same accuracies seals it for me.

    The AR's are more accurate in short bursts, which is how I am comfortable shooting, which is probably why the AR's feel better to me. I am not "Pull Trigger Until Ammo Is Empty" Guy, which is probably why I am not great with the LMG's or SMG's, which require that sort of shooting, as they gain accuracy over the life of the trigger squeeze (or hold).

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    LMG's are pretty accurate off the bat

    tap them or burst them and you should have no trouble hitting people at any distance

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  • El GuacoEl Guaco Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I'm not so sure that LMG's gain accuracy over long bursts so much as the inaccuracy or spread only gets so bad then statistics takes over, that is, if you fire enough rounds then eventually enough of them will hit to kill.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Using the Saiga really trained me in tap-firing as opposed to treating every gun as a fully auto bullet hose, which combined with unlocking the ARs that don't suck has made playing Assault a lot more fun.

    Lawndart on
  • Raoulduke20Raoulduke20 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    El Guaco wrote: »
    I'm not so sure that LMG's gain accuracy over long bursts so much as the inaccuracy or spread only gets so bad then statistics takes over, that is, if you fire enough rounds then eventually enough of them will hit to kill.

    No. The LMG's don't get more accurate when shot, they are much much more accurate when you burst fire. That's how people snipe with M60's and the like without perks. The only time you spray and pray is if you're right in their face, and even then sometimes you're better to tap. But yeah, AR's aren't inaccurate by any means, but they certainly aren't more accurate. At all.

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  • Winnie The PoohWinnie The Pooh Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Yah, 40mm is great, but I like Assault because the good AR's (XM8, AN-94, M416, M16) all feel like awesome, beefy, holy righteous tools of mans killing.

    Everyone talks about how deadly the LMG's are, but I am a MUCH more efficient killer with the good AR's than I am even the M60. My K/D ratio and number of gold stars in Assault (with nearly equal point totals and hours played) shows that.
    Oh yea I totally agree.

    LMGs are crap compared to most of the ARs.

    Eh, opinions. I still am better with any LMG than I am with any of the AR's. Just shitloads more ammo, faster fire rates usually, and at least the same accuracies seals it for me.

    The AR's are more accurate in short bursts, which is how I am comfortable shooting, which is probably why the AR's feel better to me. I am not "Pull Trigger Until Ammo Is Empty" Guy, which is probably why I am not great with the LMG's or SMG's, which require that sort of shooting, as they gain accuracy over the life of the trigger squeeze (or hold).

    It appears that the reason you aren't as good with LMGs is because you don't know how they work. Tap firing/burst firing with LMGs is the way to go, just the same as ARs.

    Also, I find it hilarious that some of you think you "understand" how goomba posts, when it is obvious you are the victims.

    I am still trying to find a new, stupid way to play; smoke was good for a bit, but I need a new cheese.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    El Guaco wrote: »
    K/D means NOTHING if you lose the round. If you're more worried about K/D than making sure you're near the top of your team on points, you're doing it wrong. Go play MW2 or something.

    Hey chief, K/D doesn't mean much in MW2 outside of Team Deathmatch.

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  • CroakCroak Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I see that you have zero defib kills Pooh. Might I suggest running around giving electric hugs of love?

    Croak on
  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I wish there was a perk for extended capacity. I'd happily give up my optics for a 45-round AR.

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  • Jimmy MarkuJimmy Marku LondonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    40mm shotgun is somewhat good. Even up to about 10m it almost always kills in one shot and it has massive spread so it's a good backup when you run out of ammo and someone's up close.

    I also have a dislike of the LMGs, I think it's the ridiculous muzzle flash and noise, it scares me.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    LMGs definitely do gain accuracy when firing sustained....except the M60 doesn't.

    Try using the starter LMG. Start firing and don't stop. You'll notice that it starts out bucking wildly before relatively quickly settling. While tap/burst firing works, if you're looking just to keep firing in a single direction, it will become more steady after a second or so.

    Oh also, don't move while firing and accuracy goes way up with LMGs. LMGs are built for staying in one place and firing. Of course, they also work on the move and tapping, but if you're stationary and sustaining fire they're more accurate.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    LMGs are about covering fire.

    I also don't buy the whole "We're not gonna nerf the M60, we're just gonna buff everything else" excuse. If you buff everything else, no one will use anything outside of stuff like the AN, AUG, etc.

    Sheep on
  • Muramasa18Muramasa18 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I care about my K/D ratio only in that I dislike dying a lot. Killing is more fun that dying, and since I mostly play conquest these days it's important to kill people and stay alive.

    Oh yeah, if anybody on the PS3 wants to play, go ahead and send me a friend request. I promise I'm not too terrible at the game.

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  • AsiinaAsiina ... WaterlooRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Sheep wrote: »
    I played PA servers pretty regularly on TF2 until this one girl with this absolutely annoying laugh kept constantly yelling at me for about three games in a row about how I'm not being a good enough Medic even though I was running Pyro and Demo.

    That and when All Chat kept getting voted on and it was just an hour of everyone yelling over everyone else in an attempt to throw out witty one liners.

    :3

    Asiina on
  • AlejandroDaJAlejandroDaJ Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Robman wrote: »
    El Guaco wrote: »
    K/D means NOTHING if you lose the round. If you're more worried about K/D than making sure you're near the top of your team on points, you're doing it wrong. Go play MW2 or something.

    Hey chief, K/D doesn't mean much in MW2 outside of Team Deathmatch.

    Mr. Tac Nuke and killstreak rewards say otherwise.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Lawndart wrote: »
    Goomba wrote: »
    Lawndart did you change the pitch, roll, and yaw of your air.pdx or whatever it's called? I was having trouble until I realized I had to change whichever one Carbon leaves out.

    Ah, that may be it. Thanks, I'll futz with them and see. I don't think I changed anything in the air.pdx since I never fly helicopters and the fix says the UAV uses land controls.

    The UAV is a very weird special case. It technically uses the mouse settings from the land controls for the speed of its free-look, but it also uses bits from the air controls (which is more than likely why its not working right). I went back and even tried finding a fix for the UAV / chopper inverted problem again, but alas, that solution will have to come from DICE directly.

    As soon as that new, easy-to-use automated program is released with all of the updates to the fix, I'll let you guys know.

    CarbonFire on
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  • WMain00WMain00 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    PEOPLE. ANGRY DOME!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Asiina wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    I played PA servers pretty regularly on TF2 until this one girl with this absolutely annoying laugh kept constantly yelling at me for about three games in a row about how I'm not being a good enough Medic even though I was running Pyro and Demo.

    That and when All Chat kept getting voted on and it was just an hour of everyone yelling over everyone else in an attempt to throw out witty one liners.

    :3

    No real offense intended. But on several occasions I kept hearing "SHEEP WHY WEREN'T YOU HEALING ME" and since I had no mic I couldn't tell you it was because I was a Pyro. Your vocal characteristics tended to make you stand out. :P

    Sheep on
  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    As others have pointed out, LMG's do stabilize over time as you hold the trigger. The only one this doesn't hold true with is the M60, which I think is part of the issue (it's too accurate early in it's fire band).

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • AsiinaAsiina ... WaterlooRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Sheep wrote: »
    Asiina wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    I played PA servers pretty regularly on TF2 until this one girl with this absolutely annoying laugh kept constantly yelling at me for about three games in a row about how I'm not being a good enough Medic even though I was running Pyro and Demo.

    That and when All Chat kept getting voted on and it was just an hour of everyone yelling over everyone else in an attempt to throw out witty one liners.

    :3

    No real offense intended. But on several occasions I kept hearing "SHEEP WHY WEREN'T YOU HEALING ME" and since I had no mic I couldn't tell you it was because I was a Pyro. Your vocal characteristics tended to make you stand out. :P

    I don't remember this particular incident, and I only usually tend to berate people I know, not new or random people for exactly this reason. It's not nice to tell random people they're awful, but you should tell your friends they're awful at every opportunity. Even more so if they actually ARE awful.

    That said, I'm a pretty loud and talkative person, so you're probably describing me. Sorry about that!

    Asiina on
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    I've been trying to get platinum stars on all of the difficult to use weapons (CG, sniper rifles, M1911) and the GOL is just so fucking weird. I mean if you use it it's obviously easy-mode but dang I can't get three headshots in a row with the piece of junk.

    Goomba on
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  • cshadow42cshadow42 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goomba wrote: »
    I've been trying to get platinum stars on all of the difficult to use weapons (CG, sniper rifles, M1911) and the GOL is just so fucking weird. I mean if you use it it's obviously easy-mode but dang I can't get three headshots in a row with the piece of junk.

    I've almost gotten platinum stars on my AT-AT mine and my CG. I swear, no one ever looks at the roadway for mines, especially when they're in their own base.

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  • PrecursorPrecursor Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    It's just 'AT mine'. Also whoever thought it was a good idea to put a machine gun on the UAV is moron. Let's give something with super mobility the ability to shoot rockets and fire a machine while putting the controller in no danger at all. :x

    I'm just bitter, shooting down a UAV on the 360 is a lot more difficult than it should be.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    On the servers I play on, on PC, UAV's die the second they get spotted, or the second the controller gets knifed in the back, because the UAV is a big "Hey, there is a dude with no situational awareness, and he's always in the same place" bat signal.

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • DoomninjaDoomninja Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    It's called an AT AT mine because it takes TWO to kill an actual tank.

    Zzulu, HAIL XM8.

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  • DoomninjaDoomninja Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    On the servers I play on, on PC, UAV's die the second they get spotted, or the second the controller gets knifed in the back, because the UAV is a big "Hey, there is a dude with no situational awareness, and he's always in the same place" bat signal.

    UAV works on the buddy system, never use alone.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Doomninja wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    On the servers I play on, on PC, UAV's die the second they get spotted, or the second the controller gets knifed in the back, because the UAV is a big "Hey, there is a dude with no situational awareness, and he's always in the same place" bat signal.

    UAV works on the buddy system, never use alone.

    Yes, but most people don't have a buddy watching their back while they do it. They're just happily head down in the UAV control box, and you can just walk up and get some free dog tags.

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
    Steam: Brainling, XBL / PSN: GnomeTank, NintendoID: Brainling, FF14: Zillius Rosh SFV: Brainling
  • DoomninjaDoomninja Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Doomninja wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    On the servers I play on, on PC, UAV's die the second they get spotted, or the second the controller gets knifed in the back, because the UAV is a big "Hey, there is a dude with no situational awareness, and he's always in the same place" bat signal.

    UAV works on the buddy system, never use alone.

    Yes, but most people don't have a buddy watching their back while they do it. They're just happily head down in the UAV control box, and you can just walk up and get some free dog tags.

    Not if you have a buddy.
    Sometimes you get 2!

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  • jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Just rig the UAV controller to explode with C4. If you see the UAV go down, hit detonate!

    jefe414 on
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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Sheep wrote: »
    Asiina wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    I played PA servers pretty regularly on TF2 until this one girl with this absolutely annoying laugh kept constantly yelling at me for about three games in a row about how I'm not being a good enough Medic even though I was running Pyro and Demo.

    That and when All Chat kept getting voted on and it was just an hour of everyone yelling over everyone else in an attempt to throw out witty one liners.

    :3

    No real offense intended. But on several occasions I kept hearing "SHEEP WHY WEREN'T YOU HEALING ME" and since I had no mic I couldn't tell you it was because I was a Pyro. Your vocal characteristics tended to make you stand out. :P

    You should intend offense. This is Asiina we're talking about.

    Pancake on
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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    I don't remember this particular incident, and I only usually tend to berate people I know, not new or random people for exactly this reason. It's not nice to tell random people they're awful, but you should tell your friends they're awful at every opportunity. Even more so if they actually ARE awful.

    That said, I'm a pretty loud and talkative person, so you're probably describing me. Sorry about that!

    It's all good!

    TBH, the absolute #1 reason for me slacking off the PA servers were the constant votes for All Talk and the inability to even up teams. TF2 was the ONLY game I played with PA folks as well.
    Pancake wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Asiina wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    I played PA servers pretty regularly on TF2 until this one girl with this absolutely annoying laugh kept constantly yelling at me for about three games in a row about how I'm not being a good enough Medic even though I was running Pyro and Demo.

    That and when All Chat kept getting voted on and it was just an hour of everyone yelling over everyone else in an attempt to throw out witty one liners.

    :3

    No real offense intended. But on several occasions I kept hearing "SHEEP WHY WEREN'T YOU HEALING ME" and since I had no mic I couldn't tell you it was because I was a Pyro. Your vocal characteristics tended to make you stand out. :P

    You should intend offense. This is Asiina we're talking about.

    Hahahah.

    I'd definitely be back on and plan on getting back into PC gaming as soon as I replace my stolen machines.

    Sheep on
  • AsiinaAsiina ... WaterlooRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Was that really necessary?

    Asiina on
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Yes. Everyone must know of my opinons on the GOL.

    Goomba on
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  • CommunistCowCommunistCow Abstract Metal ThingyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goomba wrote: »
    Goomba wrote: »
    Warcry wrote: »
    K, so.

    Attacking on Isla Innocentes. Both teams loaded with PA'ers.

    Spawn, grab chopper, dump dudes on island. Awwwright. Die in chopper.
    Spawn back at base. No chopper, get on jetski. Get shot off it by three dudes camping on an island. Ok.
    Spawn back at base. Oh look, chopper is up, I'll just get in th- chopper disappears in hail of mortars.
    Spawn, run over hill toward island. Die. Oh look, six guys camping the bottom of our hill. Fuck that shit.
    Get in boat, get killed by Carl G as I enter it.
    Getting angreh.
    Get in fresh chopp-
    GoombyG - Mortar - [PA]>Warcry<
    Leave server.


    Not cool at all, guys.
    Haha man, you missed the first time. I almost felt bad, but it was Veit and Mere_Immortal. Then it was them again and you.

    Hilarious.

    Did you just run up to the attacker's sniper hill and mortar from there?

    Also the spawn camping is not so much hilarious as it is being an asshole.
    Well first off killing a guy that can't get a decent score without using the CG, a guy that uses the M60 all of the time, and Warcry is never assholeish.

    Second you can't spawn camp on rush.

    How did you manage to mortar the helicopter or was it just dumb luck that they flew threw a mortar strike aimed somewhere else?

    CommunistCow on
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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Well the first time I knew that they flew over the hill so I targeted that after someone spotted it taking off. And then Carbon slowed down just enough to get hit with it.

    Goomba on
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  • ArlingtonArlington Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goomba wrote: »
    Well the first time I knew that they flew over the hill so I targeted that after someone spotted it taking off. And then Carbon slowed down just enough to get hit with it.

    Sounds complicated considering you can see the chopper spawn point from the right side of B.

    Arlington on
  • SladvanSladvan Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    New special offer! For a limited time offer, the Angry Dome is offering Squad Deathmatch! 4 on 4 on 4 on 4 action for the price of 32 player rush! Offer good until I feel like changing it in an hour or two.

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