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Hasn't the Pilum only got like 5 bullets?

jord wrote:

Hasn't the Pilum only got like 5 bullets?

So? Don't the others.

try the unlocks mod by ffolkes

The Pilum-H-AVR is a Heavy Anti-Vehicle Rifle, it's not meant to kill infantry. If you want more rounds for the Pilum play as a team and have a support in there.

While everyone says the Pilum owns, it does - at short to medium range. At long/extreme ranges it is uselss, as its accuracy is sometimes a bit flawed (enough to make you miss a target) and its unguided, so a small movement by the target and you miss. An example is on Minsk: while defending the front line as EU I couldn't hit PAC tanks across the valley with the Pilum.

However, at short/medium ranges, it does own, due to not having a warning tone. This means you can stay hidden in the same place and keep hitting the target. You can also use it at point-blank range -- run out behind a tank and blast it.

There's also a rumour that the Pilum is stronger. It isn't, it does the same damage as the regular launcher.

Finally, against infantry it only works on stationary targets.

DoctorFruitloop wrote:

The Pilum-H-AVR is a Heavy Anti-Vehicle Rifle, it's not meant to kill infantry. If you want more rounds for the Pilum play as a team and have a support in there.

I know what Enginner is supposed to do.

When i encounter any other kit with a rifle,the Smg loses alot of the time,unless the rifle guy sucks.So the
Rocket launcher comes in handy for distance infantary as guiding it into someone is easier.

I play as a team or a squad alot,but when all your Support guys are 500 metres away on your Titanic putting ammo bags on guns i aint going to get much ammo.

Zefar wrote:

Pilum destroy a console in 3 hits or something and rarely hurts team mates. So I would go for it.

VERY true in deed.

IMO, as well as many other players who HAVE posted a reply and who HAVE NOT posted a reply, Pilum would be a popular answer in your case.

Fear58, as you can see from my stats, I am a recon user myself. I have seen (AND I have done...) countless teamkills resulting from my teammates ignoring my CRY to get the hell out of the console area due to my RDX-Demo packs going to be exploding very soon. I usually give 5 seconds heads up, if in dire situation 3 seconds. However almost no one listened to me and I ALWAYS have gotten one or two teamkill per console that I took down. After a while (I destroyed 8~9 so far, not many I know.) I just gave up because of all the teamkill punish and kicks from the server.

Pilum H-AVR will help you destroy consoles faster (not as fast as demo pack, heck what can) AND since Titan mode has tons of vehicles trying to cap silos, sneak up to their back (usually where their weak point exist) and unload an ultra-high caliber round either to make them go nuts or to completely destroy them. Remember that Pilum is the only Anti-Vehicle weapon which can guarantee a FAST one-shot kill on vehicles (others can one-shot kill but vehicles usually stay on fire for for some duation of time for them) upon your round contacting their weakest spot; you can even take down a Battle Walker with one-shot if you know where to hit.

However, you have to remember that this thing is not really meant for shooting moving targets at a distance. Sure you can do it but try to refrain from doing so because you have total of 6 rounds (1 in the chamber 5 extra ammo), and if you are not with a support player, you might not want to waste those ammo. Besides saying that, you CAN rely upon it to shoot medium-long range (between medium and long range) on targets who are trying to capture flag, repair, and for whatever reason that they are stationary for. Just remember to go prone and not move since moving adds significant deviance on this weapon. Use it just like a sniper rifle, but for a shorter distances.

While trying to acheive the goal of getting Pilum H-AVR, you will get a defuse kit (AE Defuser), NetBat Vehicle ID (Another NetBat system for you, Passive), and a vehicle sonar (PDS-1). Now you can go into enemy titan and defuse those APM mines, Demo Packs (even though I do not recommend this one since you don't know when they are gonna blow. BUT you defuse pretty fast), and on ground you can defuse those pesky motion mines and EMP mines from the silos that you are bound to encounter when you are trying to capture one. Use can use your vehicle sonar either by placing in the silo for a heads up notice for you to defend a silo, or you can slqp it onto a vehicle to give you a mobile sonar for enemy vehicle; just becareful not to mistaken between your PDS-1 and UAV, because they have the same white circle on the mini-map.

Hope this has helped you in the hard choice that you are going to make.

StormEye Out.

straz_mataz wrote:

heggs wrote:

i usually find myself coming out on top with the engi's smg. you just have to get real close and unload half your clip.

so true!
the smg doesnt hit shit on anything more than 30 meters...well it does but you basically have to shoot like 3 bullets at a time to hit anything at that distance

basically playing the same way you had to with the AT in bf2, with the dao 12 unlock.

the trick is learning how to cut the distance and make people come after you so you have close quaters.

Pilum, PDS-1, motion mines.... Go Engi BTW, the extra clip gets really handy for the Engi.

Last edited by Buzerk1 (2006-11-10 11:07:03)

Clark. FTW.

When titan defending as a SL, I go clark. Place a SLB behind the titan core, behind the "force field" thing. Equip the Clark, the Sentry Gun, and the PDS-1(I think that's what it's called.). The PDS shows any and all enemies hiding anywhere, and from there on just go hunting. Especially helpful when you want to throw grenades up on the "Second level". Unlimited ammo helps too.

I would say Pilum tree, as the Defuser is awesome for Titan mode with all the claymores and RDX, and the PSD-1 Rocks in gerneral. Also, the Pilum has six shots, it takes three shots to kill a console, and it can kill walkers and tanks in 1 hit. (note that sometimes, unlike the PAC launcher and the Pilum, the EU launcher can't always kill a Console in one hit, because it shoots multiple rockets and they all don't always hit.)

man forget 2142 im stickin with bf2