In my experience playing cooperative team-based fps games, I am usually a medic. I played Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for upwards of two years before playing BF2, and I was usually a medic, so it is understandable that I started out by playing medic and that my first unlock was the medic unlock, the L85.
I thought that it was just INSANE to give a medic a gun that could essentially act as a sniper rifle. I continued playing medic a lot, playing city maps a lot and doing a lot of infantry fighting. When I'm a medic, I use the medic tools equally to heal others and to help myself kill more people.
A little while after reaching cpl (pre-patch) I tried the ak-101 at karkand because I had heard someone say that they liked the basic weapons better than the L85. I realized that they were right. I was MUCH more deadly with the basic weapons. I DO know how to use the L85, and have used it extensively, but I still prefer the basic weapons, and here's why for each one.
AK-101- This has to be my favorite weapon in all of BF2, except for maybe the copilot laser guided bombs in the bomber. The L85 is MUCH weaker than the AK-101 at close range and has greater spread, so you end up trying to force the L85 down to kill someone rather than just pointing the AK-101 at someone's head and destroying them. When it comes to long range, the L85 is obviously better, but I like the AK-101 because you can kill someone faster. Rather than pop-pop-popping away with the L85, you can always put the AK-101 on burst and kill someone right away on top of a roof, provided you have good aim. It is useful to kill someone at range more quickly because every spec ops and his dog has a G36C, which will often mow you down from range if you're using the L85, but you will damage a spec ops.
M16A2- same as the AK-101, except for the burst. It makes the gun a little harder to control, like the L85, but after practicing controlling the L85, you should be fine.
AK-47- This is my least favorite of the 3, mostly because it isn't useful at long range. It still has less recoil than the L85, I think, but it pwns at close range because it does so much damage. I almost would use the L85 when playing as China because the maps are all so spread out, but I don't play China very often, and when you're on Chinese maps, you're usually in a vehicle, travelling to the next spawn.
It reallycomes down to the type of medic that you are. If you are an assault medic, go with the non-L85 gun because they're just more powerful, and you are going to be attacking on the front lines. If you are a support medic, take the L85 to pick of people from far away while helping teammates attack spawn points. You might die more, but If you DO die from a ranged gun, you probably are going to have dealt enough damage to that person that your teammates will be able to finish him off.
I thought that it was just INSANE to give a medic a gun that could essentially act as a sniper rifle. I continued playing medic a lot, playing city maps a lot and doing a lot of infantry fighting. When I'm a medic, I use the medic tools equally to heal others and to help myself kill more people.
A little while after reaching cpl (pre-patch) I tried the ak-101 at karkand because I had heard someone say that they liked the basic weapons better than the L85. I realized that they were right. I was MUCH more deadly with the basic weapons. I DO know how to use the L85, and have used it extensively, but I still prefer the basic weapons, and here's why for each one.
AK-101- This has to be my favorite weapon in all of BF2, except for maybe the copilot laser guided bombs in the bomber. The L85 is MUCH weaker than the AK-101 at close range and has greater spread, so you end up trying to force the L85 down to kill someone rather than just pointing the AK-101 at someone's head and destroying them. When it comes to long range, the L85 is obviously better, but I like the AK-101 because you can kill someone faster. Rather than pop-pop-popping away with the L85, you can always put the AK-101 on burst and kill someone right away on top of a roof, provided you have good aim. It is useful to kill someone at range more quickly because every spec ops and his dog has a G36C, which will often mow you down from range if you're using the L85, but you will damage a spec ops.
M16A2- same as the AK-101, except for the burst. It makes the gun a little harder to control, like the L85, but after practicing controlling the L85, you should be fine.
AK-47- This is my least favorite of the 3, mostly because it isn't useful at long range. It still has less recoil than the L85, I think, but it pwns at close range because it does so much damage. I almost would use the L85 when playing as China because the maps are all so spread out, but I don't play China very often, and when you're on Chinese maps, you're usually in a vehicle, travelling to the next spawn.
It reallycomes down to the type of medic that you are. If you are an assault medic, go with the non-L85 gun because they're just more powerful, and you are going to be attacking on the front lines. If you are a support medic, take the L85 to pick of people from far away while helping teammates attack spawn points. You might die more, but If you DO die from a ranged gun, you probably are going to have dealt enough damage to that person that your teammates will be able to finish him off.
