BF2S Forums Scout Update

Finray wrote:

Flecco wrote:

Yes because the scattergun really does sod all damage right?

At close range the scattergun destroys things.

Yes, but I'm guessing in comparison to the FAN it's going to be like a asthmatic flea coughing on your from long range.

(Best simile ever?)

Get's my vote.

Well, remember it says they'll use the results to determine which order the unlocks will be in. They didn't say they'd be the same as the poll .

Voted for the shotgun.

Shotgun seems like the only unlock worth a damn so far and even then only for trick jumps.

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

I wonder if the shotgun will do increased damage at all. It doesn't say it does, but only 2 shots (that launch someone away from you) makes it sound like the FaN is going to be very difficult to get kills with.

But then I guess it's more of a crowd control weapon than anything. Launch someone into the path of a friendly sentry, that sort of thing.

Maybe both shots go at once?

also, will be useful since you can't double jump with sandman.

Kptk92 wrote:

Finray wrote:

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

I wonder if the shotgun will do increased damage at all. It doesn't say it does, but only 2 shots (that launch someone away from you) makes it sound like the FaN is going to be very difficult to get kills with.

But then I guess it's more of a crowd control weapon than anything. Launch someone into the path of a friendly sentry, that sort of thing.

Maybe both shots go at once?

also, will be useful since you can't double jump with sandman.

..with it equipped.

i.e switch weapon

Has that been confirmed?

Rod Foxx wrote:

Assuming that you need to be aiming down to gain the height from FaN jumping then what happens to your forward momentum if your in the air and shooting straight forward?

If that will cause you to stop or go backwards then that would really shit me right off.

I think you'll have to do it like a Rocket jump, but Scout style.

Jump, then in midair turn around 180 and aim downwards at an angle, depending on how far/high you want to go, then shoot.

Kptk92 wrote:

Finray wrote:

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

I wonder if the shotgun will do increased damage at all. It doesn't say it does, but only 2 shots (that launch someone away from you) makes it sound like the FaN is going to be very difficult to get kills with.

But then I guess it's more of a crowd control weapon than anything. Launch someone into the path of a friendly sentry, that sort of thing.

Maybe both shots go at once?

also, will be useful since you can't double jump with sandman.

..with it equipped.

i.e switch weapon

that would be so stupid.

Fat_Swinub wrote:

Shotgun seems like the only unlock worth a damn so far and even then only for trick jumps.

I disagree.

I thought the other unlocks would be useless but some of the best medic/heavy combos I've seen have used kritz instead of uber.

Natascha is dead handy at times. The backburner is awesome. Sandvich.... Well it's good if there are no medics around but there was only once I had it equipped when we had no medics around. The flaregun is good to harass 'squishy' targets.

As much as people cry that the unlocks are useless... They aren't. Just require minor adjustments to your tactics. Except for Natascha.

Just lost connection.

Update?

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

Flecco wrote:

Fat_Swinub wrote:

Shotgun seems like the only unlock worth a damn so far and even then only for trick jumps.

I disagree.

I thought the other unlocks would be useless but some of the best medic/heavy combos I've seen have used kritz instead of uber.

Natascha is dead handy at times. The backburner is awesome. Sandvich.... Well it's good if there are no medics around but there was only once I had it equipped when we had no medics around. The flaregun is good to harass 'squishy' targets.

As much as people cry that the unlocks are useless... They aren't. Just require minor adjustments to your tactics. Except for Natascha.

Agreed. Except for the bit about the flare-gun. The SG is better 95% of the time.

If you are in range to do any decent damage with the shotgun, 95% of the time you should be flaming them instead.


Flaregun has range, shotgun doesn't have that much.

Flecco wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

Flecco wrote:

I disagree.

I thought the other unlocks would be useless but some of the best medic/heavy combos I've seen have used kritz instead of uber.

Natascha is dead handy at times. The backburner is awesome. Sandvich.... Well it's good if there are no medics around but there was only once I had it equipped when we had no medics around. The flaregun is good to harass 'squishy' targets.

As much as people cry that the unlocks are useless... They aren't. Just require minor adjustments to your tactics. Except for Natascha.

Agreed. Except for the bit about the flare-gun. The SG is better 95% of the time.

If you are in range to do any decent damage with the shotgun, 95% of the time you should be flaming them instead.


Flaregun has range, shotgun doesn't have that much.

Flaregun has slooooooooooow rate of fire, sloooooooooooooooooooooow round velocity, looooooooooooooow DPS.

Shotgun has none of these.

The shotgun has much better range than the FT, and mostly that's what I use it for, when my enemy is just out of the range of the flames, and I can do more damage by pumping buck-shot into him that by not hitting him with the flames.

Flare-gun is only good at shooting Heavies, and they have enough health for it to not make much of any difference.