Is the m203 "Lame"?

[Pvt.Caboose]

yes an arming range and splash would be amazing, but sometimes I find myself with my 203 out and I round a corner bam nail a dude 5ft away, whenever this happens I just laugh and think about how unreal and lame that is but it saves me sometimes, but lemme get this straight, they were calling you a noob and trying to kick you out of your own server... now thats lame...

[{iivx}Helot]

Well I don't really understand why everyone has this apprehension towards assaults who use it. I've been trying to play assault more often, and I must tell you, strating out it is somewhat difficult to get the aiming sight "down" on the m203. I mean, I still have some trouble determining the angle at which to shoot. So it does require some skill... or I'm just stupid.

And about the anti-tank. I was a big "don't-kill-one-person-with-it" guy. That is until a recent playing time on Gulf of Oman; where 3 medics ran to try and revive a guy. I couldn't just stand there without thinking, "Hey, I could use my rockets." So I did. Got four kills. My opinion changed.

[XCrosser]

I don't mind the 203 I mean it IS a given weapon, I just don't like it when someone walks around the cornor with the 203 and blows you up along with them selves because thats somewhat cheap in the sense of not even having the chance to fight back against someone coward enough to lop a 203 at you and killing themselves in the process. I think it should be somewhat like AAO where you have the 203 must fly for a a certain time/distance before exploding since its a real failsafe. Its also annoying to have someone just jump around the cornor and 203 you but its fair. I just don't like it when someone lops the 203 at his own feet to kill both of you. I was about to kill someone the other day with my L-85 after killing his buddy I was reloading so he lop'd the 203 at his feet and then type to me "hahaha 1 more shot would have killed me" therefore cheating me out of another kill and also a CP for the team. I'm just glad I've not seen any 203 dropshot spam yet, once that happens something in the game will need to change big time.

[VISTREL]

I use m203 and GP-30 as my trusted weapon...best weapon to take out infantry and small vehicles...and it's definitely not lame, takes a skill to hit the target from a considerable distance...

[ROCKETt]

about the killing yourself with 203...

i admit i have done that (a lot) but most of the time i just get surprised by the enemy that i click that left mouse button while totally forgetting i had the 203 selected =P.
usually after i do that i type "lol, my bad"

[redheadedfreak]

The Assault class IS the M203....

They have nothing else...their main job is to kill lots of people and thats it!

They cant heal, cant give ammo and cant get points any other way except to kill.

What do people expect.

Only 12 year olds whine about stuff like this.

And as for bunny hopping goes...I admit, I bunny hop. BUT, for me, its just a natural instinct from games like Q3 and UT2004...if someones shooting at me, Im gonna try to get out of the way anyway possible.

[XCrosser]

I understand the role of the Assualt, its just the 203 "shoot at your feet" thats annoying. I think that they deserve to have it and i've used it many times, but never to kill someone 5ft away from me I'd rather switch to my rifle and risk getting killed(tho most times I kill them) than a cheap 203 1 shot kill. An arming range would be all that I ask for everything else about it is great, that and maybe an animation when switching back to your rifle instead of just having your M-203 disappear only to come back up at the buttom of your screen in the rifle mode.....they have animations to switch to it so why not one to switch back huh??? That and make the splash damage larger as said. I've hit the wall next to 3 people before only to get a death and no kills because it wasn't a direct hit...its a GRENADE PEOPLE not a bullet.

[=HPSF=Dr.Doom]

You guys who are complaining want the best of both worlds, you want to be medic or spec ops with all of the advantages those classes have, and also not have an enemy with an advantage against you.

Too bad, assault gets an advantage (ie: it is easier) in the killing department, don't like it, be assault too.

[Mr Tough Pants]

Even worse is the flying fish manouver the pull when they jump and go prone in the air, looks like some strange tropical snake or something.

Hell half the time i think these people are jumping and using thier joystick to manouver!

Shooting inf with an at is something i have never done and never will, i started fps multiplay on quake 2 and it was ok there, then quake 3, half life etc, all acceptable.

It was only when i started playing joint ops and joined a clan i realised people frowned upon it.

This is in almost every shooter game...the developers figure out how to have great physics and amazing graphics yet they still leave stupid **** in like bunny hoppinh and flooring humping or what ever the **** it is... :laugh: Hysterical

[glasseye]

I use m203 and GP-30 as my trusted weapon...best weapon to take out infantry and small vehicles...and it's definitely not lame, takes a skill to hit the target from a considerable distance...

considerable distance yeah. 2 feet isnt considerable distance.

[imported_Wrafe]

Aiming with the m203 is not easy, and sometimes, in a fast paced game its easy to over fire the grenade. If you check BFtracker with the name [UKNG]Wrafe you will see that my accuracy is like 1% better with the m203 and i always use assault.

To use an M203 effectively u need a decent lvl of skill. The downfalls to M203's is, you can probably kill only 4 - 5 soldiers before u die, unless you have a support on ur side all the time.

I agree with the splash damage, many times ive landed a grenade 2 ft to the left or right of a target and hes still wasted me :S

[Wynterheart]

We had a clan match in which the other side mostly use that the whole match. It was quite annoying though because they didn't actually use anything else the whole time. I suppose you just have to get use to it and find a way to dodge em.

-rahul

people used to call the m203 a noobcannon in SoF2 too. most servers even went as far as removing it. its just people being pussies about it. its in the game, its there for you to use. wtf is wrong with it.

oh and you know your sig makes no sense? Vash didn't want to kill anyone.

[Faint_Uk]

It's in the game, it is there to be used. Use it.

[glasseye]

calling ppl names for using it is possible in game also. wtf is wrong w/ that?

[Footshot]

Ahhh... nothing like taking out a sniper with a SRAW or Eryx.