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I tried it out yesterday, but didn't have much success. For some reason just about every other trigger press of mine wasn't registering, meaning the gun was firing at a slow, irregular rate. Seemed like it was caused by lag. I still managed to do OK, but this resulted in quite a few frustrating deaths. If the gun becomes unreliable when it's laggy, then I won't bother with it for the time being. Odd that the FAL is the only gun I've experienced this with.



Admittedly I haven't played around with them too much. I didn't like the Spas at all though, especially compared to MW2's version. It simply has about half the range that it used to, which is a bummer any way you swing it. The shotties just don't feel "right" to me, and I think it's because their damage drops to almost nothing at no more than 20' out. Gonna try the Stakeout next and see if it's any better.



I tried out an odd loadout yesterday that I ended up really enjoying. WA2000 + ACOG. It was actually a ton of fun. The logic being: I almost never use sniper rifles because so few of the maps seem to lend themselves to them (there are so few places with a long range of sight, that aren't completely exposed). For me, even the biggest spaces in the game can be bridged with an ACOG'd weapon, and it's more flexible than a sniper scope. WA2000 is a 1HK to the chest and head, and 3HK to the limbs. Basically it worked like an ACOG'd FAL, except that it scores a ton of 1HK's.

I had mixed results with it depending on the game type and situation. Obviously, in more spastic, close range games it wasn't much help. I need to figure out a good close-range secondary for it (oh man, I wish shotties were still secondaries!). But in bigger maps it was awesome. It suited me great; a slightly more dynamic sniper setup.

Plus it looks amazing, and makes a nice, scary noise when you fire it.




PS: Also, though I do agree with you guys about matchmaking, at least the game doesn't lend itself to the sort of base-rapes that I've been a part of in Warhawk and Killzone 2. Good lord those could be brutal.

Edited, Nov 17th 2010 8:58am by Eske

Edited, Nov 17th 2010 10:19am by Eske

You'll have to beat these two videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUbEEaKQo5k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYVRTOg4BY

I don't like the gametype-specific ones. I don't enjoy playing Demolition or S&D, but I have to if I want Ninja Pro. And I prefer playing defensively on CTF, but if I want Marathon Pro, I'll have to go offense. Aside from that they're okay, although some of them are obnoxiously luck-based.

I had a similar one, though not quite as far with a Flag Carrier. I love that game winning kill one though. I'd hate to be that guy on killcam haha.

Contracts and Challenges provide me and my friends with goals other than "win". It makes the game more fun. Also gives nice boosts to EXP and Cash.

Right now I'm at 10/30 on aircraft kills for Ghost Pro. I'm still working on Hacker Pro, need 10 more Claymore/C4 kills and then need to get all the Jammer/Motion Sensor kills. Apparently Hacker Pro lets me make enemy equipment my own, and lets me turn care packages into explosive devices... I can't wait til I get that.

Actual money.

If Microsoft screws up enough, they usually give you some free MSP, but I would prefer it if they just changed over to money so that I didn't have to go through the extra hassle of adding MSP to my account every time I want to download something. It's probably the only thing about PS3 that I actually like, now that I know about it.

We played Hardcore CTF last night. It was fun. I especially liked hearing "That son of a ***** isn't fit for the mission, get him out of here!". Took us a second to realize what was happening. Then one of my friends joined late and we didn't tell him, he dropped a napalm and killed himself, two teammates, and an enemy. He got banned from the lobby, he tried to rejoin and you hear "Get that son of a ***** out of my sight!".

We played the rest of the game without him, since we were winning and didn't want to leave. Afterwards we backed out and picked him up. Had a good laugh.

I like what they did with CTF. Two rounds, first team to three points wins the round. Overtime is no longer just touching the flag, you have to capture it, but overtime is sudden death, one point wins the round.

I wish they had some more combo game types. Right now unless you choose Team Tactical (too few players, we roll with 5) or Ground War, it's just a single game type. I want something like Moshpit and Hardcore Moshpit. 12 players, multiple game types, hardcore option.

I did hate Ricochet at times. A teammate would run in front of you JUST as you pulled the trigger...

EXP Whores play Search and Destroy.

EXPWhores WITH SKILL play SnD

Guys like me EXPWhore in Domination/Headquarters due to the multiple lives thing.

Wager Matches are my favorite ones to play.

I just wish they had some interesting gameplay modes that earned XP instead of just money, I'd play those constantly. Sharpshooter, Gun Game, One in the Chamber, and Sticks and Stones are all great.