Thread: bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Originally Posted by Manse

How the hell can someone run directly into a hail of heavy MG bullets with a knife out, and nab my tags from 10 feet?

i do it all the time. coming down above the corridors on the titan strafing back and forth, then hopping, diving and clipping the support guy with his little sentry gun there is one of my favorite things. the big thing to remember is distance. the game engine is extremely giving when it comes to how far away from your target you are. all you have to do is have your crosshairs centered on your target at the very finish of the attack. with that in mind, you can attack while running, crouching, diving to prone and jumping; if you know how. if you don't believe me, ask mustafah about this one:

we were at silo 1 on suez. he had podded down from the titan and landed on that box, and was doing an awesome job of clearing our squad. i happened to see him as i podded in on our becon, so i ran over beside it. it took a couple of swipes, but i got him on a jumping slash.

Originally Posted by Manse

Second one, how can I increase my kill rate with the HMG? I got the crouching/prone before firing, I can control the recoil and heat to keep the thing focused, but I'm still getting out-gunned by medics with a Voss, even at medium range.rget?

not too sure on this one. support was the first kit i unlocked. i thought that the HMG was extremely unreliable. i believe that you need to be prone in order for it to be very effective, but i stopped trying with it long ago.

I gave mustafah 3 kills the other day. I spawned in the titan, jumped in the transport, and two squaddies hopped in the guns. We take off, get 5 feet off the titan, and hit a missles. From a silo...

my screen says "You were killed by { BD } Mustafah." He gets the kills, but I don't get a titan defense point?

Lol! I wonder if I can get a squad to take incoming missiles for me.... :9

I though about just hovering there and catching them, see if it made a difference, but I didn't want to get the axe while my squad was running around actually being useful

Someone needs to look into this. Does the missile continue on to the titan? If not then all you have to do is get a transport above a silo just as it fires to save yourself a hit.

Originally Posted by Manse

I gave mustafah 3 kills the other day. I spawned in the titan, jumped in the transport, and two squaddies hopped in the guns. We take off, get 5 feet off the titan, and hit a missles. From a silo...

my screen says "You were killed by { BD } Mustafah." He gets the kills, but I don't get a titan defense point?

Well hell, I didn't know I got silo missle kills as commander....!! That changes everything! Now the squads will just be the rustlers herding the enemy troops and aircraft to stay in the path of my silo missles. My evil genius will reign supreme...HAHAHHAAHHHHAAAA! :2

There is a hack out there, that i have seen videos of, that you can knife someone at any distance.

Originally Posted by Cecil900

There is a hack out there, that i have see nvideos of, that you can knife someone at any distance.

i just prefer to be good at it

I try and knife people all the time. mostly it turns out bad for me, buts its fun!

Regarding the knifing I have a question. I have been practising holding shift to run, then press the mouse button while the knife is out and when you reach the correct distance simply take your finger off the shift key to release the knife. I am having difficulty making the adjustment to this style and was wondering how many of you do it this way, or by the more conventional run up-then press the mouse button.

Regarding the Ganz....cant help since I don't have it yet..sorry