The Anti-Tank Shortage: When do you play AT?

[PHPT]

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If I'm dead and someone tells me or spots a vehicle taking a flag, I'll spawn as AT.

Even then, I'll often spawn as SO instead. Because of the blind spots on APCs and tanks, you can often just ambush them and blow them up. I find that AT too often doesn't kill them, then they just shoot me and I die, especially APCs.

Two ATs are deadly, one AT is dead meat.

And the SMGs aren't really that bad up close, only thing I hate is the clip size. Well, okay, that Chinese SMG is really, really bad.

[ARC|Noodles]

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I have no problem getting points with AT...

Same here, I can do better than most people using the Assault kit when Im using the AT. The problem is that most people are lonewolfing pricks who only play for points,so you usually only see the dedicated players using the AT to actually HELP the team

And then there's the excellent point Talus already mentioned .....

[ARC|Noodles]

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Two ATs are deadly, one AT is dead meat.

One AT spanking rockets off at a tank then moving to a new position can pretty much hold up a tank indefinately (I like to tank, so I would know)
or at least until the tank eventually gets wasted.




And the SMGs aren't really that bad up close, only thing I hate is the clip size. Well, okay, that Chinese SMG is really, really bad.[/QUOTE]

The SMG's are terrible,the Chinese one especially , the DAO is pretty much a must have if you play AT.

[Tobacco]

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I can't wait for the Unlock in the New Patch!



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[DisposableHero]

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i love AT. i play it all the time. sniper used to me my main kit, but it was just too slow. i've gotten really good at taking choppers down as AT. i took down a plane the other day. he was flying straight at me but missed with his gun and i nailed him right in the kisser. it was great.

[<DV8>mrbucket]

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The AT kit rocks. I have 4 times more kills with the kit than any other weapon, with a winning K/D ratio.

[skitzo]

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It boosted my KD up alot. First kit I had to make it have over 1000 kills. First kit for me to recieve a vet badge. Its cool like that.

[Boss_HoggHB]

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I sometimes play AT from the start of the game but most of the time i resort to the at when there is a tank or chopper at my spawnpoint . I still have to get the DAO though....

[PHPT]

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The SMG's are terrible,the Chinese one especially , the DAO is pretty much a must have if you play AT.

The SMGs actually do damage faster than the G36C. Only problem of course is their ammo capacity and accuracy are terrible, but I have found them somewhat useful in long confrontations thanks to the fast reload time (which is the DAO's sore spot, and it's a BIG sore spot at that). I will pick the SMGs to defend the suburbs from a large squad attack on Karkand, for example.

[Xurreal]

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I voted for the first option. Though I have long retired from using the AT kit after getting my expert AT and expert AT specialist badges respectively.

The smg's are trash but the DAO outright increases AT kit's killing ability. I have no idea how many times I have stormed onto a flag with 3-4 people on it, killing them all with the DAO and a close range SRAW/ERYX if I happen to run out of ammo on the DAO. The DAO is also perfect for someone with "Compulsive Reloading Order" like me:P I tend to reload rifles with 28 bullets in them wasting a perfect clip.

My 2nd most used kit is now engineer the DAO has really given me apperiation for the one shot kill pump shotguns. ( Although shotguns are still tempermental at times)

It suprises me that people complain abt the lack of sprint as one of AT's kit shortcomings. Although it is a disadvantage, but it's something you have to adjust your playstyle accordingly. When I use my AT kit, I don't just sprint everywhere. You don't get to Point A to B faster by using your stamina, everytime it's up. You get to Point A to B the same way by saving your sprint by walking someways then sprinting when your stamina bar has restored somewhat.

What I am trying to get to is, with the AT kit you have to learn to take cover and "catch your breath" so to speak. Regularly I would sprint behind cover, wait for my stamina bar to recover then sprint the final distance.

Playing AT is also a good learning experience that passes down onto the engineer kit, aside from shotguns. It has really improved my "tanking" ability, since I am aware of the weak spots for tanks (and apcs), I always bail prematurely and survive the blast.

[DOGGiE52]

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I love shooting at moving target with the rockets. So amusing to see the poor idiots trying to drive away from my rocket :).

[DrJambo]

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The truth is, C4 often does the job a lot better, and you get a decent primary weapon if you play spec ops.

True, but I'd also argue that the DAO is far better in CQC and CQC happens surprisingly often in a lot of maps. In fact my shotgun kill:death ratio is far better than my carbines. RPG or pistol for long range, shotgun for close range - it's a good mix.

Before I unlocked the DAO, I would have easily agreed that the AT is the worst kit. The smg primary weapons are awful. However, the DAO is simply the ruler of CQC. Maybe only an engineer can sometimes rival an AT guy with the DAO and even then they'd better hope they don't run out of ammo, because the DAO has 12 quickfire shots at its disposal.

For completeness however, I really do think the AT kit should have grenades.:evil:

[LBC|Jester]

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Ever since I unlocked the DAO-12 (Streetsweeper), I play AT a majority of time. Nothing beats getting awesome shots off on people, buggys, and anything else that moves.

[triumph]

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I use it in a reactionary fashion and have no problem getting points or anything with the AT kits but i find this games leathality and counters to be annoying.

[Rogue845]

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The reason people don't play AT very much is - as has already been said - it takes a lot of effort to take down any sort of vehicle (so it does take a lot of skill to use) and unless you make the kill yourself, you get no reward for your efforts at all, not even a kill assist. Everyone else gets kill assists, why not AT?

Also, the best kit for taking out vehicles is Spec Ops. It's actually easier to run up to a MBT or APC to blow it up, plus you can better defend yourself with your primary weapon(although the DAO pwns)

The rockets are underpowered. I can understand 3 hits to kill a MBT, but it should be less for an APC, and a one hit kill for everything else.