Poll: Poll:Which FPS weapon takes the most "Skill"
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Very specifically use of the rocket launcher in Quake. Rocket Jumping was an art unto itself.
But that aside, something like a big damage low fire rate weapon takes most skill IMO, because you have to make every shot count. Think the shock rifle in Unreal Tournament
But that aside, something like a big damage low fire rate weapon takes most skill IMO, because you have to make every shot count. Think the shock rifle in Unreal Tournament
I'm going with any type of sniper rifle, so I did bolt-action because of the whole "miss that shot and you're SOL" experience.
The one weapon that in my opinion takes the most skill is:
The it's pump action, shoots very slowly, only holds 3 bolts per clip and the bolts travel so slow that you have to be charging directly at the opponent and they have to be moving either towards or away from you in order to hit them. It also has a scope, which is useless.
I've avoided the incredibly skilled NPCs that had this gun by simply taking 3 steps right, then take 3 steps left. Rinse. Repeat. Try and do that with any other gun in the game and the NPCs will will get instant headshots.
The it's pump action, shoots very slowly, only holds 3 bolts per clip and the bolts travel so slow that you have to be charging directly at the opponent and they have to be moving either towards or away from you in order to hit them. It also has a scope, which is useless.
I've avoided the incredibly skilled NPCs that had this gun by simply taking 3 steps right, then take 3 steps left. Rinse. Repeat. Try and do that with any other gun in the game and the NPCs will will get instant headshots.
Dude, that so true! Nearly every weapon in Tribes 2 took some degree of skill to master.Atmos Duality said:
oh, and f.y.i, every time someone mentions Tribes 2, I orgasm I little on the inside... and a butterfly spurts out of it's cocoon somewhere in the world.
At one point, I was notorious for my "mid-air assassinations" with the lance.Nietz said:
Which is why it pissed me off that they made it so useless in Tribes Vengeance.
And it's true; there are no "noob sticks" in Tribes 2. Oh, sure, the Spinfusor and and Laser Rifle are pretty damn powerful, but it's all in context. Each weapon had a specific, role and the game was all the better because of it.
None of these.
Grenades are the toughest thing to use, because of inclines and the damn thing bouncing around. It's unpredictable.
Grenades are the toughest thing to use, because of inclines and the damn thing bouncing around. It's unpredictable.
So, a bunch of people answered shotguns as requiring skill. Seriously? I pull out the shotgun for when I'm sick of trying and just want to goof off. In MW2 or Black Ops, you put Marathon/Lightweight/Sleight of Hand on and you just sprint around killing anyone who you can get within ten feet of.Hyper-space said:
I agree more with sniper rifles with bullet drop. Especially because most games that make the snipers account for distance don't do the same for other weapons. I remember using some crappy SMG to gun down a sniper at 100 yards in Bad Company 2 because my bullets weren't affected by gravity.
What you are talking about is pump-action shotguns, which are pretty easy to use at close range. Olympia, however, is double-barrel, meaning that you only get two shots to kill and it takes forever to reload. Hell, even in hardcore i had to manage 1 headshot and 1 body shot in order to kill. If that failed, well, i was boned.psivamp said:
Off topic. Fucking captchas, "london bridge is falling down"? is it trying to tell me something?
One of the most satisfying things I remember in BFBC2 was during an assault match after the attackers spawn opened up. I ran in planted C4 on their shiny new helo and tank and just waited for them to disappear from my minimap. Then, BOOM!Vrach said:Still, as far as kill satisfaction goes, nothing so far beats headshot-sniping a moving target at a long range, through two windows just as he turns a corner. Well except for sniping out a helichopter driver and watching the chopper go down of course, but that's a lot more luck/persistence based
Yes, sometimes I am a complete and total asshat. But, that was fun.
Actually, with Sleight of Hand the Olympia is my goto weapon for my sprint class. Those two shots will get most people, and if they don't then I go for the stab. I prefer the Olympia to the pump-action because it reloads relatively quickly. I don't have to hide while I do it.Hyper-space said:
If we are talking about the 'realistic' kind of FPS, I would say a shotgun, as you need to be able to get up close to the enemy without them seeing you and killing you and obviously killing you, and so you have to make the maximum possible use of the terrain.
Um, I say shotguns, for those of you with probably very distant memories of COD4, you may remember the winchester, a 7 clip, pump-action shotgun with reasonable damage but a range shorter than Beiber's dong.. (apologies if anyone is offended)..
If you could get kills with this gun you were awesome, hell getting digital with it was a sign of true badassery..
If you could get kills with this gun you were awesome, hell getting digital with it was a sign of true badassery..
I feel that I have been deceived by the thread title... I immediately thought 'Arm Cannon' >.>
So I say Arm Cannon, and to hell with your real-world poll options!
So I say Arm Cannon, and to hell with your real-world poll options!
