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Kasote Denzara
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Posted - 2013.11.23 07:08:00 -
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I've been using the advanced HMG lately and I've noticed only the GEK, Duvolle, and prototype HMG (which is fully understandable) is able to take me on in my optimal range. Everything else is shredded unless it gtfos from my sight and range.
We do need more heavy weapons though.
"I am a mercenary, I do as I need. I'll shed Amarrian blood for the freedom of my Minmitar allies but only for a price."
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Kasote Denzara
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Posted - 2013.11.23 07:19:00 -
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Vitharr Foebane wrote:wait till you have a run in with smgs or scramblers... don't hate em I just want a heavy laser AS WELL AS the HMG to hit more than the tiny little dot in the reticle
That's just it. The SMGs aren't able to punch a big as a hole as my HMG is able. I stack my highs with CDMs, so it's a bit rough to take my ass down when I'm hitting 1400 health in just an advanced suit. The Scramblers have to stay out of my optimal range. I had a run in with an ASCR and it couldn't out DPS my HMG. Of course, he made the mistake of running at me. I also kind of like the laser accuracy of the HMG, though it's not right and should be rectified.
Then again, I stick to the close quarters areas, places where there's nowhere to run and nowhere to get the height advantage over me. You never charge a heavy with a HMG into a tunnel. Never. I've lured quite a few people to their deaths by setting them up to a killzone. My favorite is baiting myself to get them into a room where my squad is overlooking.
"I am a mercenary, I do as I need. I'll shed Amarrian blood for the freedom of my Minmitar allies but only for a price."
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Kasote Denzara
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Posted - 2013.11.23 07:33:00 -
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Vitharr Foebane wrote:
Sure leading them into your squad is a useful but assists don't pay the bills, kills do and all someone has to do to avoid death by HMG is two step.
Strafing away hasn't been usable since the strafe speed changes. It always is useless against anyone that is capable of... just... readjusting... aim. That's it. That's all you have to do against strafers. Compensate their movement in your aim. That's what we did in the terrible hit detection, when the scouts circled everything, when you could skip frames strafing. It's what I do now and it hasn't failed me yet.
I don't run heavy constantly. Consider me the "jack of all trades". From the logibro standpoints, assists mean more than kills. One kill does not overturn the death of your team mates. It's better to get an assist and your team live than a kill, then a death, then a steamroll over your team all because you believed you could take on that one guy that you thought was alone. I'll take an assist over a kill. K/D is for those compensating.
"I am a mercenary, I do as I need. I'll shed Amarrian blood for the freedom of my Minmitar allies but only for a price."
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Kasote Denzara
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Posted - 2013.11.23 07:45:00 -
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Vitharr Foebane wrote:
You must not run heavies much. Strafing in CQC is the bane of a HMG heavy as you are almost better off using a side arm.
I ran scout shotgun through the first four builds of Uprising, the heavy through 1.4 to 1.6, the logibro in all the Uprising builds whenever I went into FW. (Before Uprising, I used pretty much everything evenly. I miss the lightsaber fights we used to have. Don't miss those goddamn proto tanks though.)
There was a time when the HMG was like a lion's roar. It was frightening. The changes happened and the HMG became a kitten's purr. With the upgrades to the hit detection, that little kitten is getting older. He scratches, though that dog of a Plasma Rifle is quick to lash at the kitten's throat.
When I run the HMG, I don't have a sidearm other than the Assault Scrambler Pistol. The only time I have ever had to pull it out was when I ran out of ammo in the clip and have to reload or when I'm out of ammo fully. Both cases are rare, with the second being much more likely. You run into me, you better go for broke. Know that I am. Know that it is only that dog of a Plasma Rifle and the big ass cat that is the prototype HMG can bring my purring ass down. I go for the eyes.
"I am a mercenary, I do as I need. I'll shed Amarrian blood for the freedom of my Minmitar allies but only for a price."
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