BF2S Forums Going with the flow: using the noob tube.

M117 in CQC ownz your n00b t00b

Fortunately there is no nade launcher on Iron Gator *phew*

All I use the "noob-toob" for is vehicles. A grenade in a jeep kills everyone inside, and they're great for finishing off APCs or helis.

Talon wrote:

All I use the "noob-toob" for is vehicles. A grenade in a jeep kills everyone inside, and they're great for finishing off APCs or helis.

But they are great for every type of encounter except extremly close combat. Why would I waste 10 or more rounds trying to kill you alone, when I could drop one nade and kill you and any friends you got hanging around. Noob or not, I am trying to kill everyone I see as quiclky as possible. You be retarded if you didn't use the best weapon in the game. I have an over 60% accuracy with it vs. under 20 with most other weapons.

I usually bust out with the tube, to make up for some cheap tube deaths (north flag of warlord).  After that, I usually go back to "regular" weaponry.

Last edited by Rakasan (2005-11-30 18:25:38)

the best time to use the "noob tube" (i prefer the term 'cheap mortor') is after u shoot someone with the rifle, wait for their medic to come by, revive 'em then nade the both of them for more points!

What happened was sorta like this:

After I changed my class to Assault, I made my way towards the stairwell. A teammate just got blown out of it... and as shown on the frag-report, by a nade-launcher. I change my weapon to the nade-launcher, and rushed into the stairwell.

I went it, shot a nade, and got 3 kills. All 3 of them were on the stairway landing between level 2 and 3. Nomatter where the nade hit in that confined space (wall, floor, whatever), they're toast. 2 outta three were assault class.

If I had used the DAO, I'd probably get wasted by one of them.

I went on dashing through the corridors and stairwells to waste a few more along the way.

I am not contending the moral 'rightness' of using the nade-launcher. I've been reading lots about the noob-tube without knowing exactly why. Now I do. Without too much prior experience, one can rake in a lot of kills in the correct circumstance. That aside, I am suggesting that the nade-launcher is very effective if you are holding or clearing the stairwells.

I rarely get killed by grenade launchers in open spaces now, only getting killed when next to a wall. The trick is to dolphin dive forward while shooting at them, sometimes diving straight at their chest. 90% of the time this works as they shoot past u or don't do enough damage.

I dont like the n00b t00b word. If someone killed you with GL it doesnt mean that hes a noob. Sure reloading GL after you missed and combine it with  bunny hoppin' is kinda noobish and weak. But it makes me laugh, because usually guy who is doing that wont get a second chance. Well termin of n00b t00b in SF is less powerful. I'm not a t00ber, but I found myself in using GL more often when SF came out. If you are on the roof its much easier to frag someone with GL. + Assault has the hook, so you almost all the time on heights. Sure I still see ppl who just running around with GL. But they wont live long in SF if they will not swith back on their assault rifle instead of bunny hoppin and reloading, because of long GL reloading time and big mass of infantry around. And if you see the tuber and he is hopping , just run towards him and stay as close as possible to him. So he will blow you and himself up (LoL, thats stupid) or he will try to keep some distance for shot. While hes trying to gain some distance he will die, because you can easy shot in his face even without a good aim. I've done it many times and it works fine. Sure if this is not a former tuber, he will just swith on his assault rifle, and then we will see.....+ it works in CQC only because if you killed by someone from a long distance its hard to call your enemy a t00ber.
My advice is to care less about it. I got killed by GL many times and I dont rly bother. Even a master t00ber cant get a higher score than a person who uses his rifle first, and GL second.


GL HF.

Last edited by Dr.Battlefield (2005-12-01 10:11:37)

people who are so concerned with getting killed by the m203/gp's usually put themselves in an easy shot position.

keep your location low key, or go around spaces where you think you would miss somebody using it.

The noob-tube, or noob-cannon, only gets really pesky when used as 'panic button'. Which is, 99% of the times.

There is nothing wrong with the launched grenades....except the fact they are used in CQC.  The 203 (and other launched nades) are designed to hit a small group of guys across the road. NOT be a Quake 2 rocket launcher.  And in real life, they aren't used that way...do you know WHY? Minimum range.  They don't blow up close range.  IF EA ever implements that...noob toob problem solved.