Shyeer Alvarin
Dead Six Initiative
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Posted - 2013.01.28 05:18:00 -
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As a heavy player myself, I would like to point out a few things. Mind you, I'm using Militia heavy suits.
As a heavy, It's my job to be a short-mid ranged bullet hose when I use an HMG. My spread might tighten up after a second and a half of constant fire, but it eats through my ammo faster than all get-out , and most of the time I'm only getting kill assists because there's assault guys next to me firing on the same target. It's not exactly what I'd call a "One Man Army," suit. I play a lot of ambush games and I can't count the number of times an Assault suit has come up behind me and unloaded into the back of my head because they aren't blipped until they shoot something.
As an HMG heavy, I have a slow as hell turn speed when I'm firing because I'm wasting ammo otherwise. I may eat solo DUSTbunnies for breakfast, but at mid-range, I'm lucky if I have more than 30% of my armor left trying to drop two guys tossing grenades and spraying me with their assault rifles.
Against shotguns, it's nothing short of stupid to run up to a Heavy that's looking right up to you. My ammo counter goes from 425 to 350 -really- bloody quick. If you run up to me, I'll wait until you're point blank and open up. 16 damage per shot goes by -really- damn fast when you have a hose for a gun.
Solo Snipers are my bane. Because I'm slow, I rely on having teammates around to cover my rear and flanks. I can eat militia LAV's for breakfast with five seconds of concentrated fire, but I need help against anything else. If a whole squad of RedBerries comes up on my position, friends or not, I am the first target because I'm out in front soaking up the damage for my buddies who have the accuracy I don't. If I know there's snipers, I go find a corner they can't hit me from and wait for a RedBerry to round it until the Sniper problem disappears.
I am a Heavy.
I use an HMG.
I use a Forge Gun.
This does not MAKE me God.
But it sure makes me feel like an asset to my team.
A good Heavy is never alone. The heavy may get the kill, but if you're at medium range and there's other RedBerries shooting in your direction, you can bet your sparkly metal asses that someone is getting an Assist. |