Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:21 am
Never been much of a fan of Pure Pwnage, but the "Boom Headshot!" catchphrase is addictive - got to have something to shout when I'm owning n00bs.
My personal favourite is sitting in the gunner's seat in the attack helicopters on Battlefield 2 and mowing people down with the chaingun - or more amusingly, the autocannon (because you just have to hit "somewhere near them" - and the explosion will finish them off).
I'm getting damn good with the guided missiles now - those things are lethal against any armour they hit.
Problem is, most players don't realise how effective a gunner can be, so they don't bother to pick one up before the they fly off - that leaves them with just the basic rockets, which aren't that powerful or accurate.
The fact is the gunner can swivel so much faster, and where the main pilot will struggle to hit a single target in a large group, the chaingun can mow down the group in one, and it can shoot potential threats before they can take the helicopter down, so it lasts a lot longer, and can do over 10 times the damage before the pilots are forced to abandon it.
I have gone entire battles in just one helicopter - with a competent pilot and gunner using the VoIP system to allow them work together as best they can, and as long as the ground troops aren't completely useless, it can turn the tide of a losing battle on it's own. I went online with a friend who's an amazing pilot, and... well, suffice to say, 60 kills and 2 deaths between us (got shot down once, we weren't quite quick enough).
As for my avatar, it's a picture of me taken on the two days around the full moon, when I curiously develop the ability to bend spoons telekinetically.
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?