How come it is only ever on forums that I am subjected to (un)likely tales of online shooter supremacy whilst I never ever witness such miraculous deeds when I am online and playing the game with other BF2 vets, many of whom are 3 star generals with 4000+ hours playing time behind them.
I Dunno - but i can assure you Im not just all talk - Everyone has different styles of play therefore might not play the game with the same ingame ideals, stratagies & priorities as me there are possibly hundreds of servers out there - miracles cant be happening in every single one of them at the same time.
You may well get more kills sniping with the Medic LA80 gun than with regular sniping rifles, but you certainly do not shoot pilots dead in moving helis/jets that are attacking you. RARELY, you might be able to shoot a heli pilot when some noob is flying and hovering very still above a spawn point or something.....Of course, killing pilots in stationary vehicles (usually friendly pilots) with the M95 is an entirely differnt matter.
sure you can, its all about timing, firing angle & firing ahead of your target so they 'run' into the shot - luck also plays a big part in it but im not saying my sniping resulted in 1 dead pilot everytime i sniped a plane or chopper. that would be total hax but I did down a fair few choppers/jets while underattack by sniping pilots out of the seat. jets are difficult though as they tend to roll, jink & use evasive manoovers in the air alot so the best time to snipe them is when their flying head on towards you when their going in low to drop their bombs or a gun run so the nose of the jet is lowerd so you can see them through the canopy. its a flukey shot, yes but its totally doable given the right oppotunity. Plus in general Ive always preferd being a sniper & have been since the days of CoD1, much to the point where if i was asked to choose a weapon in real life id get a sniper rifle. basicly its just the way ive played since 2003. other people might not have focused a lot on sniping like I have. Im not saying im the best sniper in the game but I have scored some insane shots in my playing time.
None of them other games you mention are even close to being realisitic. They are just different types of arcade shooter. If BF2 was played in tiny little enclosed maps, infantry only, running up and down narrow enlclosed corridors etc death match style, then it would simply not be as good as the likes of CoD4. It is true that as far as the infantry game goes, the guns can be infuriatingly inaccurate. Furthermore, the nerfing of the guns has been partially done on purpose with each subsequent update patch in order to 'protect' n00bs from vets. However, BF2 is played on massive maps, with all varieties of vehicles, squad play, and a myriad of different methods and playing styles by which the gamer can interact with the game combined with a near endless learning curve due to the vastness of what is on offer.
If you want 'realism' then try BF2 Project Reality mod. That is as 'real' as you are likely to get with any video shooter and going by your taste in FPS games, I doubt 'realism' is what you are really looking for.
Im not talking about the gametype, Im taking about the game in general cuz its a lot more uptodate the BF2 & more attention to detail has gone into sounds & game play therefore the CoD series is a lot 'realistic' then BF2 - you need to be stationary to plant a claymore in CoD4 (even in coD: world at war i think) in BF2 you could be sprinting across an open field & literally throw your claymores like nades while your still running - that doesnt happen in real life & claymores surely dont sound like a peice of card or small paper box when hitting the floor. so you are missing the point completely.
Well yeah, I suppose it does. I can often get better returns for my money 'sniping' with the PKM than I can with the sniper rifles...but it is not nearly as much fun. Also, with the LA96 (unlockable) sniper rifle I have sometimes sat camped claiming up to 20 kills before I have ran out of ammo.....and I am not even that good as a sniper. If the rifles were more accurate then everyone else playing other aspects of the game would have to just put up with being murdered out of knowhere and the game could easily just turn into a snipe-fest. And you certainly wouldnt want that would you?
Actually I wouldnt mind, Ive been on servers where a majority of the players were spawn campers, base rapers & snipers - it doesnt bother me at all. it just means they will be focused on spawnraping/spawncamping/sniping too much to notice someone sneaking up behind them. I loved the LA96. its one of the better rifles in BF2 but snipers should be one hit kills but they arent unless you get a headshot or their already low on health.
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at the end of the day, theres no need to get worked up over it. its just a game, its the way I play, its the way I HAVE played all these years & its the way I have gotten a great majority of my kills. you are not me. so I *dont have to explain myself to you since everyones abilities/skills are different.
if you feel that you are failing then play harder.