Has anyone noticed how many people play Recon just to get access to C4? I have seen so many Recons with shotguns it is amazing... Don't they know that a shotgun on assault would render the same result? I mean unless they really like motion-sensors.
People don't play Recon for the C4. The people who play Recon with a shotty are people like me, I absolutely hate hiding in the hills, so boring, so if I want mortar strike I load out with a shotgun and level that kit some. Once I have mortar strike I call it a day and go back to using Assault with a shotgun. I see a lot more people running Assault and shotgun, those few I see as Sniper, I know what they are doing.
seriously though, Blowing up the mcoms with c4 is sooo cheap.
I'm glad there are going to be many more game modes than this
Thats part of the reason I don't like crates. It's a fun mode, but crates goal is to funnel you to the enemy, so wall glitching to better vantage points or other things is a massive tactic as it gives a huge advantage. Something like CTF, there isn't going to be walls to glitch and crap like that.
Yes, it's annoying but then again it forces the team to actually defend the stations (which most don't). First base, point B? Just shoot the ATV's driver. Point A? Just have the team defend it instead of strolling around the woods near the enemy spawn letting them sneak past them.
Defending stations doesn't really achieve much. Lets say your at crate A of the 1st base defending. If you all huddle behind the bigger building, something like a simple tank shot, a grenade, or a n00b tube will literally kill like 5+ people. If you all hide behind the building then have a better shot at you than you do them, and you also just let the tanks shoot the building down.
Defense against ground and not leaving the area of the crates just leaves them susceptible to tanks and other vehicles. And huddling together makes it too easy to rack up kills. You huddle up and get hit by a tank shell, then 2 groups coming in on wheelers with C4, all the defenders are dead and they blow up the crates. The C4 is a broken mechanic they said they will fix, if done right there really isn't a good way to defend it, because you can't guard it too much from guys on foot or tanks own you.
That's what I do, hell, if I don't do it no one else will. And sometimes that means sitting there all alone defeating wave after wave of enemy attackers while your team is still running around A even though it has been destroyed. Manning the Heavy MG on the under construction building or the AT emplacement? Nah! Nonsense.