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jackhammer sucks?
i've gotten one unlock so far (~5000 exp), and since all i play is the engy, i chose the jackhammer. I've found it to be pretty worthless.
"but the jackhammer can kill with 1 hit at point blank and spit out shells at a tremendous rate! and it makes a big noise"
yes, at point blank... if you get a direct hit... and if you haven't blown the whole clip yet, cause then you're basically dead once you empty your clip since the damn thing takes about 3-4 secs to reload the clip, which is an eternity in close combat.
the problem is simple: at point blank, nearly all weapons can kill you pretty quickly (particularly an unarmored engy), so the hammer doesn't have that big of an advantage. and since everyone tends to be bunnyhopping around, it is VERY easy to unload your whole clip without getting that point-blank/dead-center fatality-inducing hit. particularly if you have even the slightest bit of lag or fps drop.
and beyond a couple meters, the gun is totally worthless. i've made the mistake of unloading an entire clip into a guy who's standing still & looking the other way at a distance i would expect to kill him but doesn't, and he just turns around and blows me away while i fumble with the next clip. you invariably end up running around with your pistol out.
frankly, if you're in a situation where you can get a solid kill with a jackhammer, you probably could have just used your knife. it seems to me the standard shotty is quite decent enough (and at a greater distance then the jackhammer). you shouldn't be picking this weapon as a CQ gun for urban levels cause a) its not so hot (even in urban levels, most combat is at a distance far greater then the hammer can be effective) and b) the engy is unarmored and sucks at direct battle anyway. maybe a real bf2 vet will post differently, but i would reccomend getting a different unlockable weapon when you level up.
"but the jackhammer can kill with 1 hit at point blank and spit out shells at a tremendous rate! and it makes a big noise"
yes, at point blank... if you get a direct hit... and if you haven't blown the whole clip yet, cause then you're basically dead once you empty your clip since the damn thing takes about 3-4 secs to reload the clip, which is an eternity in close combat.
the problem is simple: at point blank, nearly all weapons can kill you pretty quickly (particularly an unarmored engy), so the hammer doesn't have that big of an advantage. and since everyone tends to be bunnyhopping around, it is VERY easy to unload your whole clip without getting that point-blank/dead-center fatality-inducing hit. particularly if you have even the slightest bit of lag or fps drop.
and beyond a couple meters, the gun is totally worthless. i've made the mistake of unloading an entire clip into a guy who's standing still & looking the other way at a distance i would expect to kill him but doesn't, and he just turns around and blows me away while i fumble with the next clip. you invariably end up running around with your pistol out.
frankly, if you're in a situation where you can get a solid kill with a jackhammer, you probably could have just used your knife. it seems to me the standard shotty is quite decent enough (and at a greater distance then the jackhammer). you shouldn't be picking this weapon as a CQ gun for urban levels cause a) its not so hot (even in urban levels, most combat is at a distance far greater then the hammer can be effective) and b) the engy is unarmored and sucks at direct battle anyway. maybe a real bf2 vet will post differently, but i would reccomend getting a different unlockable weapon when you level up.
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