@Imperious:
I don’t think thats correct. About half of the peeps stuck with the sniper rifles and just camp and shoot.
The shotty is a noob gun as well. In fact some have hacks that allow them to range like 50 yards. Its also a noob gun because its does not recoil alot which gives it stability. The Thompson,MP 40 and the PSSH are my primary guns because they give you the smoker which my main weapon for frags. I can smoke out and kill those campers with ease. MP44 is better for stability and damage, but i don’t get that smoker.
The Bar and grease guns have issues. The bar has a small mag and the grease gun has low damage, but i sometimes use it.
I think the BAR was much better in the first one, and I hate how they changed 2 so that you can’t set your fire type (semi, auto). In the first, I would set it to single shot and use it like a rifle until I got up close. It seems to do less damage in 2 as well, which kinda defeats the purpose of using it. And it takes a while to reload.
I wish the thompson still had 30 rounds instead of 20, but it’s still a good gun. I’m glad for the addition of smoke as well. Don’t care for the grease gun too much, but I’ll take it to replace my pistol without hesitating. I try and roll with a rifle and an smg.
The STG44 is great, and I think it got better than the BAR in 2. But the shotgun only works for CQB when I’ve played…which I see very few TDM or HQ servers with people in them and low ping. I’ve tried blasting at people from a decent range and it just won’t hit them. You’ve got to be within 20 yards, and within 10 is a guaranteed kill. I don’t think it’s very noobish, you just got to know when to use it, which is only up close. And it’s only a single shot so the recoil doesn’t really matter. If it was set to auto, it would have a hell of a kick.
I only see a few snipers on the couple of servers I’ve played lately. But most of the maps that are circulated aren’t very open like in the first. I do miss Brecourt, though.