BF2S Forums Basic Pistol

i dont remember how i got my basic pistol.  i think it was as a sniper.  use the sniper rifle to hit the person once, then take out your pistol and hit them one more time.  worked like a charm.

my veteran pistol i remember quite well.  i went to karkand and camped inside that bottleneck between the USMC spawn and the hotel CP.  the one with a couple boxes in the corner...and its surrounded by a metal fence...anyway i just sat there looking out with my pistol.  as soon as you see someone, fire away.  sure, you die a lot and its not as efficient as sitting there with a shotgun or something...but it does work.

I got mine just running about on 32 player Karkand.  Wasn't too hard.

Another thing, shoot fast Pump them full of lead in a few seconds. The pistol may be highly accurate, but the bullets won't do much damage. You'll need to shoot fast in order to get kills.

I got basic and veteran in a 16/16 map at karkand.

I just ran around with the pistol out and shooting around, i was dying alot but i did get my badges

PsycoCheerio wrote:

i got mine by shooting ppl first with any bolt action sniper rifle, then finsihing them off with the pistol becuase it took only 1-2 rounds and the pistol has an amazingly long range.

This worked for me too. 64 player Sharqi was the map and it was quite easy to get. Remember,pistol is almost like low power sniper rifle,it's damn accurate when zoomed!

Pistol is easy. I didn't even try to get my pistol badge as such. I just used it as I normally would have, but with the badge in mind, I simply used it instead of a knife when enemies were unaware.

I have been known to kill n00b-tubers with my pistol, as well as Spec. Ops equipped with the G36C. They were full health, I just took my time and calmy shot them. Mostly people who are shooting at you from mid range or even close range are shaken up. By simply being the calm one and popping off shot after shot into their torso you will come out hurt, but your opponent will come out dead.

To do this, know you are dead, but know it dosn't matter. You get to come back in another fifteen seconds and if you don't kill the guy, at least you may get a kill assist later on. I have given up hope many times to have something happen that lets me live a little longer. Notibly with knife, (getting that lucky run at  the face slashing kill,) pistol, (just keep shootin' just keep shootin' and hopefully he'll miss while I accuratly hit him repeatedly,which is what the pistol is good for,) or once when I was running at a guy with a knife who was running backwards out of a shed firing at me only for him to be run over by a speeding tank, (TK, and very funny at the time.)

The Pistol is not a bad weapon. It is not even a weak weapon, it's just not quite as powerful or fast at firing that a head-on opponent. I'd still rather have out a pistol than a SMG that has somehow switched to single fire while I madly tapped keys.

Oh, and kneel, (not prone,) when you're shooting at someone long-mid range. I'm pretty sure that it helps your accuracy, but if it dosn't, at least you look cool.

Got it on Mashtur the first round I tried. It's a pretty good idea to camp the building enemies can spawn at if they got the Mosque...they pop up all the time and you can shoot em away before they become aware or just walk up and down...I got 3 people just with a pistol on the roof while they were shooting at me, 2 with headshots...imho pistol is not that hard really.

go to a map like karkand and use a scilenced pistol and your badge will come before you know it.

I got my basic on Karkand, and I got the veteran on a Gulf of Oman match, using ye olde hit them first with the m95 trick

I guess I'm just not as skilled as some are with it. I'm suprised it even has a 20 damage rating. No lie, I've shot a full clip into guys with all Xs showing only to have them turn around and kill me.

I did manage to get it though, the sniper rifle trick worked like a charm. I'm definatly not looking forward  to trying for the vet badge with it. Before then though, I have to get 3 more  that I'm not looking forward to. They all seem impossible to me. Basic Explosives, Knife, and Commander. I'll give them all a shot before I come asking for help though.

You guys have been helpful on this, thanks.