Ive been on the leaderboard with AT plenty of times, in anything up to and including booming 64 man servers. As others have stated, you just need to know how to play it properly. You need to understand your role on the battlefield, where you should and should'nt be, your liabilities, responsibilities as an AT and how you should place yourself when reacting to threats. IMHO none of the kits in BF2 are 'suck', its just most people think you can just use each kit the same; rush in with guns blazing. Obviously with AT you need to play smart. If you dont have a med nearby all the time, ration your health, only take shots when you know you have a good chance of taking down the vehicle, or only start blaring off your SMG/Shotgun if your in good range to do so. This means alot of flanking, strategizing and trying to outsmart your opponents.
I love how when something like this comes up everyone either gets defensive or offensive. Defensive if said kit in question is getting picked out as 'suck' because they play it all the time and enjoy it, also most of the time they envy other people because its always the 'other' kit that is getting the points or kills/whatever. Play whatever you want/need to to get your fun out of the game. People get all offensive and just plain out say 'said kit sucks' cause they cant play it or have had bad experience with it.
Personally I play all kits when I need to, but when I can I play medic. Its the fast paced combat I enjoy, also I am a teamplayer so I like to see all my teammates at full health and alive because a) its no fun to be dead and b) we lose if we lose too many tickets. When I need to I will pick up 'said kit' such as AT to take down tanks. If you know the sweet spots you can take em down pretty effectively, and alot of the time the warble in their speakers will be enough to drive them crazy and make them stop mowing down your teammates. Lets be realistic..Alot of the time you can Spec Ops a tanker but any experienced driver will be constantly cycling views if they need to be stationary to the point where spec is going to be a threat. With AT all you have to do is hit accurately and atleast mask about 2-3 shots. Pop up in different areas, shoot when they arent looking at you with the barrel of their main gun. USE FREAKING COVER. As well as the AT rockets you have a very effective SMG that ISNT as bad as everyone says it is. Use it like an SMG; flank, be sneaky, dont get in a firefight at medium range with anyone that has something like a G3. Get in close and unload on them.
Anyways thats my 2 cents. Im not the best ATer nor do I claim to be. Alls Im saying is that every kit is useful in this game if played properly. A little less whining about inexperiences and a little bit more doing whatever the hell you want without complaining about it is much appreciated by all.
Love you all.
I love how when something like this comes up everyone either gets defensive or offensive. Defensive if said kit in question is getting picked out as 'suck' because they play it all the time and enjoy it, also most of the time they envy other people because its always the 'other' kit that is getting the points or kills/whatever. Play whatever you want/need to to get your fun out of the game. People get all offensive and just plain out say 'said kit sucks' cause they cant play it or have had bad experience with it.
Personally I play all kits when I need to, but when I can I play medic. Its the fast paced combat I enjoy, also I am a teamplayer so I like to see all my teammates at full health and alive because a) its no fun to be dead and b) we lose if we lose too many tickets. When I need to I will pick up 'said kit' such as AT to take down tanks. If you know the sweet spots you can take em down pretty effectively, and alot of the time the warble in their speakers will be enough to drive them crazy and make them stop mowing down your teammates. Lets be realistic..Alot of the time you can Spec Ops a tanker but any experienced driver will be constantly cycling views if they need to be stationary to the point where spec is going to be a threat. With AT all you have to do is hit accurately and atleast mask about 2-3 shots. Pop up in different areas, shoot when they arent looking at you with the barrel of their main gun. USE FREAKING COVER. As well as the AT rockets you have a very effective SMG that ISNT as bad as everyone says it is. Use it like an SMG; flank, be sneaky, dont get in a firefight at medium range with anyone that has something like a G3. Get in close and unload on them.
Anyways thats my 2 cents. Im not the best ATer nor do I claim to be. Alls Im saying is that every kit is useful in this game if played properly. A little less whining about inexperiences and a little bit more doing whatever the hell you want without complaining about it is much appreciated by all.
Love you all.