Why does the Baur have a full-auto mode?

[blank1]

I have 12000 Baur kills and over 45% average accuracy. This is how I use the Baur. First off, the Baur's burst fire ability is very competent, I don't know what all these other guys are up a tree about. I can burst fire (2 - 4 shots) the Baur accurately up to 40 meters, and if I can do it, someone else can too. First off, leave your Baur in full auto mode, because if you chance upon a CQC encounter you'll thank yourself that you did, and you can combat every AR successfully on burst fire up to 40 meters (if you can't, practice at it). From 40 meters onward, your Baur's single click should be used. Why? Not because you can't burst, as you can still 2 shot burst effectively. It's because you can fast-click your single shot mode while still going for total accuracy, and you can expect to get head shots when you aim for one. The Baur's fast click single shot at greater than 40 meters is complete mind boggling pwnage. By "fast" click I mean as fast as you can shoot while compensating for muzzle rize and shake. Some players fast click faster than others. I, for example, am proficient enough at it to where I click as fast as I can (not panic crazy fast, just fast), and I've been averaging 50 to 60% (real... none of that 110% accuracy stuff lol) accuracy per game as of late.

Just how I use it. I'm really really good with the Baur too. But, after all is said and done, the way you prefer to do something is the best way for you. Oh well then.

[ICE*T]

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Im not an expert with the baur having only just unlocked it but it is ok on burst;dont run around with the weapon prone or kneel to increase acccuracy;I took out a squad of three on burst fire ( exceptional close range, they didnt know where I was) if you get into a close range head on firefight you will probably lose unless you get lucky;it will probably take a bit of practice to get used to this weapon but I know how good it can be coz I ve been owned by it so many times:laugh:if it doesnt work just use a different gun its only a game..

[Skates]

What I was getting at with the semi-sarcastic title was that it seemed as though even when two-round bursting and pulling down for recoil compensation such that the red dot was still on the target, it seemed as though the second bullet simply never hit, and felt as though it never even existed in the first place. :p

~Wolfgang

I think I can answer your "Missing second bullet" problem. The sound from the Baur, and as far as I know the rest of the automatic guns in BF2142 is not matched with the actual rounds being fired. Sometimes, a quick click of the mouse with the Baur will only shoot one bullet even though you "heard" it fire twice. I was playing around with this on an empty server. Get about 20m from a wall/panel or whatever that will show the bullet holes. Shoot a short burst at it and pay attention to the number of bullets left each time in your clip and also the holes that are made in the wall. You will find that often, you will hear it fire twice even though the bullet count only went down by one. If you play around with it long enough, you can figure out the timing for a 2 or 3 round burst. Go with that timing, regardless of how many shots you hear and you'll be fine.

[Ryan Williams]

Oh yeah, that's a seriously good point.

One thing that really confused me at first is the lack of sync between the sound and round firing. I'd very frequently think I was doing double bursts, but look at the ammo count and see I was in fact only firing one shot. With an extremely swift click I can get it to just do one click, but it's more comfortable to do it a little longer and get the weird ghost bullet sound effect; I feel more in control.

Another minor bug in the game. Sadly they all mount up and result in a kind of shoddy feeling game.

[Wizrdwarts]

Oh gawd. I hate that bug.

I remember when I was new and I tried to single shot with the SCAR on full auto mode. I tapped it and 2 shot sounds came out. I set it on single and the sound is back to normal. Major confusion for me back then.

[WolfAlmighty]

I think I can answer your "Missing second bullet" problem. The sound from the Baur, and as far as I know the rest of the automatic guns in BF2142 is not matched with the actual rounds being fired. Sometimes, a quick click of the mouse with the Baur will only shoot one bullet even though you "heard" it fire twice. I was playing around with this on an empty server. Get about 20m from a wall/panel or whatever that will show the bullet holes. Shoot a short burst at it and pay attention to the number of bullets left each time in your clip and also the holes that are made in the wall. You will find that often, you will hear it fire twice even though the bullet count only went down by one. If you play around with it long enough, you can figure out the timing for a 2 or 3 round burst. Go with that timing, regardless of how many shots you hear and you'll be fine.

Actually that's a good point, thanks. I'd forgotten about that. I remember having the same issue with the G3 (my whorage of choice in BF2) so it's probably the same thing here.

~Wolfgang

[TheDesert_Fox]

The Baur single shot, double noise used to really get to me, but I have since learned just click really fast and it will only make one shot noise.