DAO12 Suck? Discuss.

[Gorillastein]

So, I'm on my fourth profile in BF:2.

I've unlocked the Medic weapon, the PKM, the M95, and am now thinking of doing the DAO12. Why? Because I use the Anti-Tank kit a lot. There are so many damn vehicles on the maps, that I am always in need of those rockets.

The Anti-Tank sun machine guns bite. Especially the chinese one!

So those of you who have messed with the DAO12, please let me hear your feedback.

[Drum]

i also play anti tank alot and im wondering about the DAO12 tooo, and honestly wtf is that Chinese one.. god its like a toy

from what i've heard about the DAO12 is that ur gona become more friendly with ur pistol
meaning you'll have ur DAO12 out most of the time but if u gota enemy 30+ feet away ur never gona hit him with the shot gun, switch to pistol

[alexroyce]

The DAO12 is really REALLY good on urban maps. Its good up to about 10m then its practically useless. Its quite easy to use, just make sure to run up to the poor bastard who you kill when you find someone.

[Roderick]

I use this weapon nightly. This is one of the better weapons in the game. Up close, this weapon dominates, plus you get 12 shots. If you are not killing your targets in front of you 80% of the time using this weapon, something is wrong with you, not the gun.

The DAO12 is meant for close range combat, not medium and certainly not long range. It lacks the power punch of the basic engineer shotgun, but the engineer's gun can be made a tad more accurate by going into the prone position. Something that gives that gun an edge power and accuracy wise. The DAO 12 does not have this benefit in any position with the cone of fire. So you have to use more shots to kill a player.

This weapon totally relies on how the player uses it for its damage effect. Other weapons have the selection of semi fire or auto fire modes. This weapon totally relies on how fast or slow the user of it clicks their mouse button. Click it too slow and you might get killed. Click it too fast and you will use up more shells fast but kill your target and may suffer a longer reload time. Firing it too fast too will make you suffer kickback inaccuracy, hence possibly missing your target with a shell. So the player using it determines its effect totally unlike its little brother the Jackhammer which delivers 7 auto fired, more accurate shots with less kickback, but you suffer using up your rounds faster and having to reload in the middle of a fight if shooting at multiple targets.

So to wrap this up, I feel this is a great gun to have, plus you cannot beat having an anti vehicle missle on your shoulder either. So you have a punch for the soft targets and the hard targets too.

[Roderick]

ifrom what i've heard about the DAO12 is that ur gona become more friendly with ur pistol
meaning you'll have ur DAO12 out most of the time but if u gota enemy 30+ feet away ur never gona hit him with the shot gun, switch to pistol

Yes you will. Any faithful DAO12 user can tell you they have had to pull out their pistol on more than one occasion, but that is not a bad thing since the pistol is quite deadly too.

[slosh]

The DAO is awesome, in my opinion. You have to adjust your style of play if you are going to use it though. The effective range is very small as alex stated and you have to learn how to either bait people to coming to you or learn how to get closer to them with out them seeing you. But once you are close, forget about it, they are all toast.

I have taken out at least 5 people with one unloading of all 12 shells. I'm sure you could get more if they were all well placed shots.

It was my first unlock and I friggin love it. It definitely takes getting used to but once you learn how to use it you will love it.

[Slaytanic]

when i get 25k points, im unlocking it. the G36C and the PKM somehow turned me off. its a major upgrade from the crappy sub machine guns that are default, so its a legit upgrade

[Fall0ut]

it's really good upgrade, you'll like it.

[18Zulukiller]

Ill be honest with you when i first unlocked this weapon i said anyone that uses it and raves about it is a retard i take that back now and apolagise ( SORRY ). At times this weapon can be unbeleaveable im not jokeing ive taken out an entire squad useing it . But there are times when this weapon is about as much use as a wet fart at meddium distance it sucks at long range it sucks. If you unlock this weapon make sure your in a squad when you use it so your team mates can engage anyone at a distance and you can total own upclose

[Money Fist]

Im personally not too happy with it
I think it is quite weak
I have unloaded 3 shells into some ones chest up close and still not killed them

only really choose it because its a gangsta weapon

*STREET-SWEEPER!!!*

[Ghiest]

It's great 1on1 but if you have more than 1 person you will run out of shots really quickly and the reload time is insane (although you can fire mid full reload).

You can unload 12 rounds as fast as you can press that button, if you have a quick trigger finger you get off 4-5 shots before they can even react and that's enough to take somone out from a good 10m range unless you really wanna get personal then 2+ shots pointblank will kill someone.

It's time to kill depends on your quick fire skill compared to the SMG's you usually get but also the range is dire (obviously with all shotguns), it's a trade off.

Really good for Fushee and Karkand and you always have the option to switch back to the smg on other maps.

Personally wouldn't be my first unlock but definatly my second.

[GSN42]

i didn't like it... just because my computer is barely up to snuff to play BF2, so when i fired my DAO-12 in rapid succession i would pick up tons of lag and ultimately lose the fight... other then thats its a solid weapon in CQB, at around 20m, it becomes almost useless it takes 2 shots to kill at point blank, but at 20m or more it can take 12+ for one guy, so get good with the pistol

[Attila]

I love this gun so much! Unbelievably fun. During the global unlock bug yesterday, I tried a few other guns, but kept coming back to my DAO (which, btw, I think stands for Damn, AT Pwns!)

[C11.Nemisis]

i used the DAO in the period where all the unlockes were unlocked and it sucked in my opinion the recoil was insane and if you empties your whole clip you would have to wait for all 12 shells to load 1 by1

[Brian]

I love it. My only complaint is I wish it came with the Engineer kit.