Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

[CptainCrunch]

I have been using both Bomb Squad and flack jacket a lot more and I find that flack jacket seems to come in handy more than bomb squad.

With Bomb Squad you see where the explosives have been planted and you can avoid them or try to blow them up. The problem with that is you are still exposed to the explosion and you can give yourself away blowing them up. If you avoid them, they can stop you from getting to an area or lead you into a trap.

Though flack jacket doesnt tell you they are there, they let you live through it. If you come around a corner shooting at someone, you can take the hit and still take out the guy. You dont know where the bombs are though and that can give you away. Plus, you are tougher against all the other explosives.

OR, you use both perks. Anyone does that?

Crunch

[-Shifty-]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

I walk up to betties and try and get as close as possible for them to kill me but they never have.

No explosive (except a direct tank or artillery hit) will kill you. If you take a second one you're dead. This is a very useful ability if you're in a War or S&D server planting a bomb or capturing a flag.

Bomb squad is a waste! I always take the ammo with me because I run out fast with my M1 Garand Wish there was a proper suppression system though. Although in Hardcore most people aren't stupid enough to stick their heads up when they hear the *SNAP* above their heads

[bradino27]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

I only use flak jacket for my anti-tank kit because I like to use camo on all my kits. I have not tested it at all but don't satchel charges kill you if they're close enough? (with flak jacket) And nades also. I play HC only so maybe some of you were testing it in non-HC?

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

I only use flak jacket for my anti-tank kit because I like to use camo on all my kits. I have not tested it at all but don't satchel charges kill you if they're close enough? (with flak jacket) And nades also. I play HC only so maybe some of you were testing it in non-HC?

Unless they turned the power up on explosives in the hardcore servers, explosives in regular and hardcore mode will NOT kill you until you take a second hit.

If someone is using the noob launcher or in a tank and you take a direct hit, that will kill you, otherwise you get away :thumbsup:

I play hard core all the time and it works. The only time it doesnt is when the server has been modified to increase explosive damage.

Crunch

[bradino27]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

Or maybe they had fireworks to cancel my flak jacket. Who knows. I don't care too much anymore.

[-Shifty-]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

Stopping power cancels jugernaught, and fireworks cancels flak jacket. I don't see many people using fireworks or flakjacket anyway so it's nice to me special

You only die (in any mode) if the explosive is directly touching you. Like a direct artillery round or a direct rocket or grenade launcher. Health recovers quite quick in normal (don't know about HC I don't play it) so you can take more explosives afterward pretty quick.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

Im kinda surprised bomb squad is at 0. Anyone play S&D and what do you use?

Crunch

[Spik3d]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

I say the Flak Jacket because there are generally more nades than there are bouncing betties and/or remote explosives in a round.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

I say the Flak Jacket because there are generally more nades than there are bouncing betties and/or remote explosives in a round.

Yeah, thats a pretty good assessment. There are just more benefits to using flak jacket.

Im still a bit surprised though.

Crunch

[bradino27]

Re: Bomb Squad or flack jacket?

Im kinda surprised bomb squad is at 0. Anyone play S&D and what do you use?

Crunch

I guess the people intelligent enough to try a game for at least a month before saying 'I hate this game' are also smart enough to see a great perk(flak jacket) when they see it. :thumbsup: