Eryx Sniper Missile vs .50 Sniper Rifle

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I'm chuckling at some of the people who have no love for the AT, and think they should have certain rules of engagement concerning their AT rockets. When people tell me to stop using my Eryx to shoot them I tell them to tell their team to stop using vehicles so I don't have to go AT. Simple as that. I unlocked the DAO which improves the CQC capabilities of the AT kit tenfold, but if I'm chasing an APC around the side of a building and you pop out of nowhere with your assault rifle in my face, guess what? You're going to get a SRAW sandwich! Since, like was said earlier, Engineers with landmines are largely nerfed because of dumbass players who run clean over mines (and punish the TK, naturally), AT is pretty much the only class I ever play on the Chinese maps. Ever played Dragon Valley? Or FuShe? Each base has at least one APC spawn at it, and some have an AA vehicle or tank to go along with it. I face an APC about three times as often as I do an actual infantry soldier. I love assault, it's easily my favourite kit, but it's worthless against vehicles. So it's either AT or spec ops, and while I really love the G36C, I don't really relish needing to be withing spitting distance of a vehicle before I can kill it, especially on maps like Songhua where if you run out to destroy one APC you're almost guaranteed that there's another one 10m behind it waiting to fry anything that gets close.

I do 'snipe' people with the rocket if I have to go really long-range on a non-moving/prone/not-paying-attention target, but usually I'll switch to the pistol for those kinds of kills. It's actually funny how many snipers don't bother moving when I fire the rocket straight at them. They just sit there like a deer in the headlights, awarding me with 2 free points.

Edit: Also I feel AT is the most underappreciated class in the game. In order to scrounge up a kill from a tank, it takes 2-3 rockets and a good hiding spot. On top of that, half the time the driver will pop out of the tank and a nearby medic or assault trooper will polish him off for the easy kill. Plus they get gypped out of hand grenades, so they can't even clear out an emplacement like every other class can. Yet when a vehicle comes rolling along and starts mowing over the medics, what's the first thing they start yelling (after "AAUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!")? 'WHERE'S THE AT???.

~Wolfgang

God bless you man! you told what is in my heart. I get very annoyed when someone complains about AT. I play AT more than anything else in this game. It is not a high scoring class, but it is very enjoyable. Keep shooting those guys! If I have my SRAW ready I wont save anyone in my sight.

[WarGimp]

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Asome rant, Wolfgang.
You should seriously consiter re-posting it as a new thread unter the title "Where's the AT-Love".

Unfortunatly, I can't quite fully agree with the strife of the AT Trooper, though. I like playing AT ever since I got my DAO. The thing is a man eater and I don't feel even slightly underprivlaged while I'm packin it.

[MMad]

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It takes 3 [AT missiles] to get a tank smoking, 4 of them to blow one up.. you get 6.

Actually, you can kill a full health tank with just 2 missiles, if you hit it in the right places.

[pepper22]

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why did you revive this topic?

I didn't really revive it, I mean 2 others posted less than 1 hour before me...or does 1 hour make a dead topic? Besides, I am trying to play medic more of late, so I guess it gives me practice for in game~~

[WolfAlmighty]

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Heh wow, I'd forgotten about my post here. Well, I still pretty much feel the same way now as I did then, so I guess not much more needs to be said.

~Wolfgang

[A$$a$$ination]

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^*cheers*

[vbl]

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Asome rant, Wolfgang.
You should seriously consiter re-posting it as a new thread unter the title "Where's the AT-Love".

Unfortunatly, I can't quite fully agree with the strife of the AT Trooper, though. I like playing AT ever since I got my DAO. The thing is a man eater and I don't feel even slightly underprivlaged while I'm packin it.

I'm also pretty content with the AT kit. I only play it on armor heavy maps like Songhua, but when I do I have few complaints

Once the DAO-12 is unlocked, the AT trooper becomes one of the most well-rounded, complete kits in the game, rubbing shoulders with Assault and Spec Ops. Good long-range, great short-range, good anti-vehicle, high durability.

I think that most of the frustration people express toward the AT kit is related to the SRAW/Eryx not destroying every vehicle with one hit, but c'mon - if it was that easy everyone would be playing it, and then folks would complain that it's TOO good.

[DarkHorse2160]

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What really pi**es me off is when I'm fighting it out "fairly" with an enemy in close quarters and one of his team mates rockets me from 5 feet, with NO damage to him or the guy I was fighting!

[Tony238]

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Wow I'm really starting too miss BF 1942 after reading this. Sure it wasn't perfect but it was good and you had fun playing it. Sure the tanks owned the infantry,but tanks do that and it was the way it worked. The bazookas werent perfect but they killed the tanks and did a fair job at holding the infantry down. The snipers could actuall kill targets because the rifles were the most realistic of any BF game to come out yet. You had to lead the target, fire off in single shots or bursts too hit the target but when you did the targets died without pumping an entire clip into them.

The planes were essentially the same but they had their own unique traits. The zero was well balanced and excellent in dog fights, the ME 109 had strong cannons and was a great climber, the spitfire could maneuver like a sports car, the corsair was kind of mediocre, and finally the YAK 9 had a good set of cannons and was fairly quick. The divebombers were also nice with the stuka having the nice climb rate, the Aichi Val being good at dogfight maneuvers, the American Dive bomber just being nice to fly, and the Russian Ilyich was just damn awesome and frightening.

Hopefully BF 2 can become as good as BF 1942 was.

[guitarjunkie66]

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Ahhh I finally made corporal but bfhq didn't update yet. I want my :cussing: m95!

i dont mean to **** on your parade or anything, but in my opinon, the M95 is not worth it at all, its much better just to get headshots with the m24 or Svd

[guitarjunkie66]

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Wow I'm really starting too miss BF 1942 after reading this. Sure it wasn't perfect but it was good and you had fun playing it. Sure the tanks owned the infantry,but tanks do that and it was the way it worked. The bazookas werent perfect but they killed the tanks and did a fair job at holding the infantry down. The snipers could actuall kill targets because the rifles were the most realistic of any BF game to come out yet. You had to lead the target, fire off in single shots or bursts too hit the target but when you did the targets died without pumping an entire clip into them.

The planes were essentially the same but they had their own unique traits. The zero was well balanced and excellent in dog fights, the ME 109 had strong cannons and was a great climber, the spitfire could maneuver like a sports car, the corsair was kind of mediocre, and finally the YAK 9 had a good set of cannons and was fairly quick. The divebombers were also nice with the stuka having the nice climb rate, the Aichi Val being good at dogfight maneuvers, the American Dive bomber just being nice to fly, and the Russian Ilyich was just damn awesome and frightening.

Hopefully BF 2 can become as good as BF 1942 was.

damn! you persuaded me to install BF1942 again!

lol

[Tony238]

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damn! you persuaded me to install BF1942 again!

lol

Really because i'm thinking of doing it too.

[BurnTheWeed]

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Really because i'm thinking of doing it too.

BF Pirates ver 1.0 was just released for BF1942... something to think about.

[wrxlvr]

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The reason I tend to kill infantry with the AT missile is because that's the weapon I have ready when running around looking for vehicles. If someone pops out and tries to shoot me, I'm not gonna take the time to put away the missile and then pull out my crappy SMG. I'd be pretty much dead before having the SMG ready :p

I agree