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[dougp]

I do not like chopper gunner. Every time I get it it seems to be on a level where everyone is sitting inside.

I'm only using it to get the animated icon - though I feel it's better than the AC-130 because of no reload times. Best combination is probably Pred -> Harrier -> Pave Low if you don't care about anything else, and more about killing. I doubt I'll ever make the nuke one though.

 

[Kabob]

That's exactly the setup I use, Pave Low is a beast. I think AC-130 > chopper gunner though. Reload times be dammed, that's why they give you 3 guns!

 

[GrantMeThePower]

That's the same one i use too, predator, harrier, pave low.

I've played around changing it to the ac-130 and the chopper gunner, but i didn't find that i got significantly more kills than with the pave low, and its not as much fun as the regular combat. I'd rather just click the call in for the pave low and keep playing the game.

 

[BlackTigers]

UAV -> Care Drop -> Chopper Gunner

I've found that I like the UAV a lot better than the predator or whatever, and care drops seem to give me a good chance at getting some swag.

 

[BoberFett]

I seem to get more kills with the chopper gunner than the AC130. With the chopper you just aim at anything that moves. The rounds go through a lot of the walls anyway so just keep firing and you'll hit something. When the AC130 comes in everybody runs for cover and the explosive ordinance loses a lot of it's value unless somebody is dumb enough to hang out right near a doorway.

 

[BW86]

Pred -> Harrier -> Chopper Gunner

If I get the pred I almost always get the chopper gunner

 

[stag3]

I seem to get more kills with the chopper gunner than the AC130. With the chopper you just aim at anything that moves. The rounds go through a lot of the walls anyway so just keep firing and you'll hit something. When the AC130 comes in everybody runs for cover and the explosive ordinance loses a lot of it's value unless somebody is dumb enough to hang out right near a doorway.

same here, i dont like the ac130
i just chopper gunner everywhere and i get mad kills

 

[BRObedoza]

nm

 

[Kabob]

Woke up early to check the weather, schools in the area are closed so my wife (teacher) wasn't working. She went back to bed, I got up and played for an hour before work. Had one of the best games ever on Favela with my MP5K/marathon/lightweight setup. I went 31-3, it would have been 31-2 but near the end of the game I killed 2 guys and turned a corner and there was a 3rd...pulled the trigger and had only 1 round still in the mag..so he kilt me . Sad as he didn't start shooting back until halfway through my reload, he'd have been SO dead.

It just seemed like no-one was expecting to get flanked and that's all I did all game.

That coupled with my other games which were all quite good pushed me up to a 2.07 kill ratio...don't know how long I can hold that though.

 

[digiram]

Woke up early to check the weather, schools in the area are closed so my wife (teacher) wasn't working. She went back to bed, I got up and played for an hour before work. Had one of the best games ever on Favela with my MP5K/marathon/lightweight setup. I went 31-3, it would have been 31-2 but near the end of the game I killed 2 guys and turned a corner and there was a 3rd...pulled the trigger and had only 1 round still in the mag..so he kilt me . Sad as he didn't start shooting back until halfway through my reload, he'd have been SO dead.

It just seemed like no-one was expecting to get flanked and that's all I did all game.

That coupled with my other games which were all quite good pushed me up to a 2.07 kill ratio...don't know how long I can hold that though.

2.07...That's a sick ratio man. What do you normally play?

 

[1ceHacka]

Woke up early to check the weather, schools in the area are closed so my wife (teacher) wasn't working. She went back to bed, I got up and played for an hour before work. Had one of the best games ever on Favela with my MP5K/marathon/lightweight setup. I went 31-3, it would have been 31-2 but near the end of the game I killed 2 guys and turned a corner and there was a 3rd...pulled the trigger and had only 1 round still in the mag..so he kilt me . Sad as he didn't start shooting back until halfway through my reload, he'd have been SO dead.

It just seemed like no-one was expecting to get flanked and that's all I did all game.

That coupled with my other games which were all quite good pushed me up to a 2.07 kill ratio...don't know how long I can hold that though.

Flanking is king against the majority of players. I use a Silenced Uzi, Magnum w/ tac knife combo...Marathon Pro, LW pro, Ninja Pro. I rarely actually use the Uzi though. You can easily flank people and quick knife packs of 2 or 3 before they even know you are there.


In the Chopper Gunner/AC130 discussion, I believe that chopper gunner is ahead of AC130. I have had quite a few nukes, all with Chopper gunner. When I attempt to get them with the AC130 on, I cannot get the amount of kills as with Chopper gunner. I am using AC130 now just for the icon, but my normal setup is Harrier, Chopper Gunner, Nuke.

 

[fbrdphreak]

So I hadn't seen the care package glitch till yesterday, nor had I seen many level 70 folks. But when I take a break from working at home to get some stress relieving MW2 in, every game I tried to join had 2-3 level 70's and then I finally saw the emergency air drop glitch. Eff it, I ended up leaving like 3 games in a row because of that or because everyone was camping. For whatever reason, this seems worse during the day than at night.

In fact, I was playing a game yesterday evening and there was a guy who was quite skilled, but insisted in camping and sniping everywhere. When he had to run & gun, he did well. But because he was camping all the time, he never got many kills and his K/D was generally under 1:1. Sad. I made it my mission to hunt him down

BTW, to whoever suggested the ACR + Stopping Power + Scavenger + Ninja setup, thank you!! I was stuck in a rut with my M4 setup that usually used Marathon + Lightweight. While I miss the speed, the firepower is awesome and even though I had almost never used those perks before, I've already upped them all to Pro with only a few hours combined play and I'm doing much better than I was. Before I barely ever broke 1:1 K/D and was usually at the bottom of my team score-wise. Now I'm usually towards the top!

 

[Kabob]

2.07...That's a sick ratio man. What do you normally play?

99% of the time I play TDM, lately I've played a little FFA though.

BTW, to whoever suggested the ACR + Stopping Power + Scavenger + Ninja setup, thank you!! I was stuck in a rut with my M4 setup that usually used Marathon + Lightweight. While I miss the speed, the firepower is awesome and even though I had almost never used those perks before, I've already upped them all to Pro with only a few hours combined play and I'm doing much better than I was. Before I barely ever broke 1:1 K/D and was usually at the bottom of my team score-wise. Now I'm usually towards the top!

I'll assume that was me (that's one of my favorite setups as I've said a few times). As I play more I've migrated towards other weapons more but that's still my fallback setup.

 

[1ceHacka]

I am a huge Scavenger Pro fan, but more and more I am finding that Sleight of Hand is king in many game types. The fast reload + the pro ability to ADS faster is great for playing against the upper levels of players.

 

[digiram]

I am a huge Scavenger Pro fan, but more and more I am finding that Sleight of Hand is king in many game types. The fast reload + the pro ability to ADS faster is great for playing against the upper levels of players.

I used to love soh b/c of the quick ads and reload. Saves your but so much when you confront a bunch enemies, but I find that Scavenger is much more valuable now. You just have to play a bit slower, and take your time. Learn to find cover when you need to reload or just run away.

Anyhow, when confronted with multiple enemies actually, nothing beats dual p90's with stopping power...haha. Killed 5 enemies in a single spray at scrapyard once.

 

[Kabob]

For FFA I prefer SoH, for TDM I prefer Scavenger.

 

[stag3]

i'll have to try SOH for ffa
when i ffa, i still use the silencer,scav,stop,ninja

 

[Kabob]

Yeah, I decided that with it being more difficult to stay alive and carry a long killstreak in FFA you might as well reload faster. Only sad thing is I like claymores and you can't replenish them, but I guess it keeps me from being a jerk in the eyes of others at times.

Usually in FFA I go ACR + HBS, M9 sidearm (once again, harder for killstreaks, less likely to see aircraft), SoH, Stopping Power, Ninja.

 

[basslover1]

Yeah, I decided that with it being more difficult to stay alive and carry a long killstreak in FFA you might as well reload faster. Only sad thing is I like claymores and you can't replenish them, but I guess it keeps me from being a jerk in the eyes of others at times.

Usually in FFA I go ACR + HBS, M9 sidearm (once again, harder for killstreaks, less likely to see aircraft), SoH, Stopping Power, Ninja.

Sure you can, but laying the third claymore blows up the first.

 

[Kabob]

Sure you can, but laying the third claymore blows up the first.

No, I meant I can't replenish them when using SoH, that's the one thing I miss out on by not using Scavenger.

 

[chedrz]

Care package glitch is now fixed on XBL. FINALLY

 

[Kabob]

Yup, just turned on the 360 and up it went. Woo hoo!!

 

[Kev]

I've been wondering why does MS certification take so long?

I'm imagining this is the test case:

1. Install patch
2. Did patch brick console?
2a. Yes? Send back to developer
2b. No? Release patch

PC games releases patches at will, and pc's can have vastly different configurations that you need to worry about. I don't see why it takes over a week to release these

 

[Queasy]

Here's everything the patch fixed:

- Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed normalized.
- Fix for "infinite care package" exploit.
- Sentry Guns: Improved placement detection, preventing cases of Sentry Guns inside geometry.
- Model 1887: Bling using Akimbo and FMJ combination now has same range and damage as non-Bling Model 1887s.
- Fixes to prevent various XP hacks (including the prevention of negative XP)

 

[dougp]

Here's everything the patch fixed:

- Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed normalized.
- Fix for "infinite care package" exploit.
- Sentry Guns: Improved placement detection, preventing cases of Sentry Guns inside geometry.
- Model 1887: Bling using Akimbo and FMJ combination now has same range and damage as non-Bling Model 1887s.
- Fixes to prevent various XP hacks (including the prevention of negative XP)

Did they fix the glitch for Pave Lows and Cold Blooded? The other day I went to Cold Blooded 5 in one match - where the bullets count as a single kill.

*just a note* I didn't do that intentionally - I did try to replicate it and it didn't work again, so who knows. I read on wikia that this bug pops up every now and then, but it's hard to replicate. Basically, when the Pave Low is "crashing," instead of blowing up, you can keep shooting it. I was just trying to blow it up.