BF2S Forums AT class gets no love (SpecOps Rant)

I have to agree with the original poster of this as I have always known this about that game. People feel the need to 'feel' special. Special Ops...SpecOps...get it?. Its a kit that is good in almost all situations. And its over used, you go into any server and for both teams, 60% of the server spawns Spec Ops. Your not safe anywhere you park your tank as you know that the odds are against you that your going to be bum rushed by C4. I think Spec Ops should only get 3 C4 instead of 5. Every kit has its ups, and alot have their downs. But the majority of people play as Medic and Spec Ops. As all of my kills for kits are around 4000 - 5000 because I play them all, I look at my Global Ranking for all of them and Medic and Spec ops are the Lowest Ranked MEANING, that more people have played them and spent alot of time playing them, 150+ Hours in just one kit.

Anti-Tank vs. Players is very annoying. If they find out where you are and have the Anti-Tank Rocket out, you can't challange them as the Missle will be on you before you can kill them, or if you do kill them its to late to get out of the way of the oncomming missle. 1 Anti-Tank Rocket does not kill a Transport in 1 hit, it does on FAV's and DPV's but it only just puts other Transports on Fire UNLESS they are damaged a little. It should take 95% of its life away. 3 Missles kills a Tank (Unless the x2 Damage Bug Occures). If they made the Speed that the Rocket travels through the air a bit slower and perhaps made its range not as insane it would be more fair.

Example... You all know Dalian Plant right? ...well someone of you dont because some of you noobs only play Karkand, BUT. From the Island with the Artillery on it near the USMC Carrier, I can take shots on the Essex with the Anti-Tank Rocket from there and get Easy Kills. It takes 7 Seconds for the Missle to get there...and thats Almost if not more then 150m - 200m away.

Werd, The Cat Knows To Much.

PRiMACORD wrote:

ExquisiteDeth86 wrote:

Only 2 shots to the front treads?or the back??bullshit.
every time i go to kill a tank it takes more than 5 shots no matter where it is.
the amount of shots needed to kill a tank should be changed. You think its easy to calculate where the weak spots in the tank when its hunting you down knowing your hiding nearby?bullshit.

Man you really don't know what you're doing if it takes you more then 5 shots to kill a tank.

i do know what im doing.i just decided not to play as an AT after i would waste entire rounds trying to kill tanks. i dont calculate all this 'sweet spot' crap in a game i just try to kill stuff.

The only reason I don't like using SpecOps to take out tanks is that it requres you to get right up next to the tank.  If the enemy is smart and is following the tank with foot soldiers or APCs, getting up to the tank is very tough.  I like the ability to pop out from behind a building and hitting the tank in the tracks.  By the time the tank figures out that he's being shot at, I can relocate and nail him again and he'll never know where I got him from.

ExquisiteDeth86 wrote:

PRiMACORD wrote:

ExquisiteDeth86 wrote:

Only 2 shots to the front treads?or the back??bullshit.
every time i go to kill a tank it takes more than 5 shots no matter where it is.
the amount of shots needed to kill a tank should be changed. You think its easy to calculate where the weak spots in the tank when its hunting you down knowing your hiding nearby?bullshit.

Man you really don't know what you're doing if it takes you more then 5 shots to kill a tank.

i do know what im doing.i just decided not to play as an AT after i would waste entire rounds trying to kill tanks. i dont calculate all this 'sweet spot' crap in a game i just try to kill stuff.

Whats so hard about FRONT TREAD and BACK OF TANK?

I humbly agree with all of your points Pyrocity.

I agree its bloody easy as Spec Ops. As an experiment, I tried tank busting with both on Smoke Screen.

Spec Ops - Ended up with about 30 points. That map is so open, yet has lots of little hills and things, so sticking a couple of C4 to a FAV is easy. You accelerate to full speed, head for a tank, jump out and detonate. Then you still have 3 C4 remaining, enough to kill another tank. Especially when defending, its very easy to jump onto the tank where it cant see/shoot you, drop two C4, jump, so the tank drives away form you, and detonate.

Anti-Tank - About 12 points. Even when shooting from behind/the side, the trail of the rocket instantly allows everyone to see where you are, even if the tank doesnt get you. Suddenly I find myself a target for snipers and spec ops. Close range shots dont do enough damage compared with the C4, and take too long to reload.

Ok my 2 cents.

I play AT a lot. And I realize its mostly common sense if you want to take down a tank. Not so much so choosing your spot, but knowing how to GTFO and pick a new spot to shoot from. You don't have the luxury of the time to aim for the front treads or shit (yes you CAN hit his ass if he's going away from you) but 90% of the time I just release my missile into him and the main thing in my head is getting the hell out of there.

IMHO Assault is the more useless class.

Nothing else to add but a silly smoke grenade or flashbang.