Picture the scene...
You're on the West side of the bridge defending the Train Accident on Karkand......
You see several enemy infantry running aimlessly towards you.......
But you are under a train carriage sniping with your trusty L85 so they can't see you.......
Easy kills for a minute or so, until.......
One enemy soldier darts towards one of the low walls at the side of the bridge and dives for cover....
He jumps up from cover and throws a grenade before dissapearing again before you can think to fire a shot.....
And the grenade lands so close you could kiss it (remember you are under a train carriage).....
Lather rinse and repeat - the same guy throws all of his nades using the same method and kills one or two people with every single one.
Cheat or no cheat?
This same guy held our team at bay for a good minute using his tactic of popping up and throwing hand grenades in perfect positions, every time. Now I wouldn't normally complain, maybe he's just a sad bastard who has no life outside of BF2 and he practises this tactic on a daily basis, but he did a few other things that made me suspicious -
Bunny-Hopping and firing every weapon under the sun (including sniper rifles) with amazing accuracy, it was as if DICE never got rid of it. I spend a lot of time sniping but I have never seen anyone jump in the air, land and make a perfect headshot everytime - impossible and unsportsmanlike in my opinion - Carlos Hathcock would roll in his grave.
Holding off our entire team for several minutes with a sniper rifle, no matter which way you tried to flank him or catch him out he was always scoped in on where you were about to appear from.
Killed me, I respawned and he was waiting, i go another way round and he's waiting for me again. Eventually i took a squad with me and we took him out but he killed 3 of them leaving me alone to kill him, luckily i was a medic.
He ALWAYS seemed to know where everyone was, he was ALWAYS prepared and if you caught him as he spawned he would just bunny hop, spin round and mow you down.
There were too many amazing instances to speak of, i could pretty much recall every single time he killed me or one of my squad and most of them were unbelievable.
In the end our team started leaving the server because it was just getting ridiculous, he ended up with 60 or so kills and he didnt once use a vehicle, this is something i can accomplish myself on a good day but he was doing it without breaking a sweat.
I'm sure a lot of more experienced players are going to flame the shit out of me and call me a noob, but i've been playing online FPS's for years and I know a dodgy player when I see one. I have also played a fair bit of BF2 and this is the first time I have ever played a game where I am certain I am up against someone who isn't on a level playing field. I don't consider myself a bad player, my stats aren't awesome but i am a strong team player and I usually end up dying a lot for this endeavour.
As a final point I would just like to say that I am nearing the 100 hour mark of playing as a sniper, i've always been a sniper (and a good one at that) in online games and i'm hoping to get that Gold badge sometime this week, I made a post a while ago saying that I was going to write a definative sniper guide (yes I know there are lots out there already - flame away) and i'm going to make a big effort to get the guide finished this week to commemorate my achievement. Watch this space.
Oh and by the way, here is the dirty cheating bastards BF2S profile - http://bf2s.com/player/macamba/
You're on the West side of the bridge defending the Train Accident on Karkand......
You see several enemy infantry running aimlessly towards you.......
But you are under a train carriage sniping with your trusty L85 so they can't see you.......
Easy kills for a minute or so, until.......
One enemy soldier darts towards one of the low walls at the side of the bridge and dives for cover....
He jumps up from cover and throws a grenade before dissapearing again before you can think to fire a shot.....
And the grenade lands so close you could kiss it (remember you are under a train carriage).....
Lather rinse and repeat - the same guy throws all of his nades using the same method and kills one or two people with every single one.
Cheat or no cheat?
This same guy held our team at bay for a good minute using his tactic of popping up and throwing hand grenades in perfect positions, every time. Now I wouldn't normally complain, maybe he's just a sad bastard who has no life outside of BF2 and he practises this tactic on a daily basis, but he did a few other things that made me suspicious -
Bunny-Hopping and firing every weapon under the sun (including sniper rifles) with amazing accuracy, it was as if DICE never got rid of it. I spend a lot of time sniping but I have never seen anyone jump in the air, land and make a perfect headshot everytime - impossible and unsportsmanlike in my opinion - Carlos Hathcock would roll in his grave.
Holding off our entire team for several minutes with a sniper rifle, no matter which way you tried to flank him or catch him out he was always scoped in on where you were about to appear from.
Killed me, I respawned and he was waiting, i go another way round and he's waiting for me again. Eventually i took a squad with me and we took him out but he killed 3 of them leaving me alone to kill him, luckily i was a medic.
He ALWAYS seemed to know where everyone was, he was ALWAYS prepared and if you caught him as he spawned he would just bunny hop, spin round and mow you down.
There were too many amazing instances to speak of, i could pretty much recall every single time he killed me or one of my squad and most of them were unbelievable.
In the end our team started leaving the server because it was just getting ridiculous, he ended up with 60 or so kills and he didnt once use a vehicle, this is something i can accomplish myself on a good day but he was doing it without breaking a sweat.
I'm sure a lot of more experienced players are going to flame the shit out of me and call me a noob, but i've been playing online FPS's for years and I know a dodgy player when I see one. I have also played a fair bit of BF2 and this is the first time I have ever played a game where I am certain I am up against someone who isn't on a level playing field. I don't consider myself a bad player, my stats aren't awesome but i am a strong team player and I usually end up dying a lot for this endeavour.
As a final point I would just like to say that I am nearing the 100 hour mark of playing as a sniper, i've always been a sniper (and a good one at that) in online games and i'm hoping to get that Gold badge sometime this week, I made a post a while ago saying that I was going to write a definative sniper guide (yes I know there are lots out there already - flame away) and i'm going to make a big effort to get the guide finished this week to commemorate my achievement. Watch this space.
Oh and by the way, here is the dirty cheating bastards BF2S profile - http://bf2s.com/player/macamba/