It is good at all ranges imo. Even with the slight nerf.
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It is good at all ranges imo. Even with the slight nerf.
computers putin'
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You still see players death symbols pop up, so you can pinpoint direction, and you can still hear a gun without a silencer even without headphones. As long as I'm aware, silencers have never really been a big issue to me.
I'm taking up the task of trying to play and master AR's in this game and find a niche they fit, rather than using them like SMG's with longer engagement distances ( which doesn't work well) and I'm having fun trying. It seems best to use them as mid range support weapons, which means backing up and covering my teammates, rather than lone wolfing and flanking like I usually do. I actually feel like I'm helping my teammates play better this way, rather than trying to carry them, since everybody feels like rushing while not generally being aware of anything that's not in front of them. It's a little uncomfortable to play this way, since I kinda move at the whim of the team and where they generally want to go, but I'm starting to prefer playing this way.
TheGoreMagala
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General thoughts on the GI Unit?
Pure_Phazon
Member
GGs
Ggs man!
TheGoreMagala
Member
Has anyone tried the Mothership recently? It's so good!
I was actually just hopping on to post that, I think the buff helped a bit
Yeah... It was like the beast inside came out
Been playing with it tonight and I love it
I love when they buff guns I like already; they buffed the Razorback, MoW, HVK, and Weevil lol.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Man the Pharo with the silencer just sucks.
Pure_Phazon
Member
I got an assload of trophy system points that match. They just wouldn't stop throwing grenades lol.
I think a re tooled specialist system could be good. I'd like if they made certain specialists just naturally have bonuses for certain weapons or killstreaks etc. For example if you ran with a tanky specialist they would get bonus stability or damage across the whole LMG class. Shit like that. I think with perks being as tame as they are just play more to the customization aspect of CoD which i think most of us like.
TheGoreMagala
Member
Friendly reminder that you can use the Dart (and it's missiles) and a big Hellstorm missile (preferably moving slowly for more accuracy) to effectively take out enemy scorestreaks easily/instantaneously. I know for a fact a single Hellstorm and a Dart can take down a Wraith.
Ggs man
Pure_Phazon
Member
GGs guys. That last match was rough though.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Yet I make it work, lol.
It's not the only challenge that isn't working for me. Secondary gunfighter kills don't get registered either.
Wow GG! Watched the whole video and I´m thinking: Is bumper jumper now essential to be competitive?
I mean you jump right before or at the most gunfights. I´m not jumping that much and still get a lot of very good games but I´m thinking about switching to bumper jumper and start jumping all over the place.
What do you guys think about jumping in firefights?
I'm using bumper jumper tactical. That way not only is it easier to jump, but also to slide.
Daffy Duck
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Sorry I didn;t join you last night, I was already in a party.
That FFA game though the other night was fun.
What is bumper jumper? Is it adding the jump button to the L1 or R1 button?
Yes, L1 will be "jump" and X will be "throw tactical". You can better aim and jump together with this setup.
Good Job Bob
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So apparently silencers received a significant buff on everything except LMGs.
Exactly what kind of buff?
Also, on everything? Not snipers right? I mean, it already didn't do anything to it
Most likely to decrease the effect on range. Although I'm curious by how much.
I wanna say a couple of weeks. A lot of the ARs and smgs were well on the way to 100 headshots before I started.
HC FFA on Combine is your friend for headshots. And safe guard for the rest I'd say. Good luck.
Hikami
Member
Ah I haven't tried FFA yet, thanks. I'm getting like 1-2 gold camos a day at the moment. Annoying but doable at least..
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
I have found I have the best success with the vesper. Anyone else rock that one?
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Oh dear god why buff the silencers!?!!
It was actually nice to not have everyone run around with silencers like in Advanced Warfare. God that was terrible.
They have also buffed the range on ARs. Again, why? I really dont like when developers nerf weapons post game. I can understand nerfing broken shit like shotguns in Destiny or quickscoping snipers in BLOPS 2 (which never got nerfed btw), but the game is perfect the way it is. ARs beat SMGs in range battles, LMGs beat ARs longer range, and snipers have the best range. That's good enough.
Now everyone is going to be running around with that stupid sniper.
It was actually nice to not have everyone run around with silencers like in Advanced Warfare. God that was terrible.
They have also buffed the range on ARs. Again, why? I really dont like when developers nerf weapons post game. I can understand nerfing broken shit like shotguns in Destiny or quickscoping snipers in BLOPS 2 (which never got nerfed btw), but the game is perfect the way it is. ARs beat SMGs in range battles, LMGs beat ARs longer range, and snipers have the best range. That's good enough.
Now everyone is going to be running around with that stupid sniper.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Like someone else said, play hardcore and use the thermal scope. I got like 11 longshot medals in one game on Fringe lol.
Pretty much everything in Hardcore is a 2 shot kill. Headshots are one shot as well. or at least it felt like one shot.
probably glitchers.
Is it true that you have to get bloodthirsty medals with the combat knife? Would be the hardest challenge
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
lol this is me for the last two weeks since the Double XP weekend. For some reason, some of the ARs in the game just dont get me headshots. The HVAK is the worst. It's one of my favorite ARs in the game but after 1200 kills, I was still sitting at 80 headshots. Compare that to my M837 headshots, 224 in 1200 kills. Shieva 130 headshots in only 500 kills. The ICR is even worse because it has no recoil.
However, last night, I decided to set my crosshairs just a tiny bit higher than i usually do. i have actually tried it before to no success, but this time, I adjusted it just a tiny bit and got 10 headshots on that rooftop map.... i forget what its called.
I only have the ICR and the XR2 left, and I am almost looking forward to trying them out tonight.
Yeah 5 bloodthirstys. They were the very last to do for me. Safeguard/combine/smokes/tracker/vision pulse and slide knifing helped me get them.
Good Job Bob
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ARs used to be a 75% decrease, now they are a 35% decrease (KN-44 is a 23% decrease)
SMGs used to be a 40% decrease, now a 23% decrease
Pistols used to be a 40% decrease, now a 23% decrease
LMGs, Shotguns and snipers remain unchanged at 90%, 30%, and 0% respectively
