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ImagoX
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Trooper,
Hmmmmmm... I guess I can see your point here, although I personally have not had the luck you have had in big, open worlds like Face- I find I run out of ammo way too fast to make the Ripper an effective weapon in open spaces.
But I totally agree, the Ripper is DEATH in tight hallways, but there is again the issue of ammo. Players that sauturate a small area are defenseless when the hail of death stops... hehehe.
I personally LIKE the Ripper, despite it's proclivity to kill me from time to time. I usually strive for the headshot when possible, and find it to be quite skillful wheh I can pull this off, not just luck.
Granted, there are always players that just camp in one spot, bathing the hallway with razors, but I've personally found that there are not all that many places where someone can fixidly stare down a hall where a crafty player cannot find a way behind them, and make them pay with a nice Flak blast to the spine... =)
If it helps, there actually is a "no camping" mutator I've seen out there that starts draining health from players that stay put in one spot too long. Perhaps you should look for servers running this mod, as it takes a great deal of the "camper weenie" frustration out of the game I hear. But then what exactly is SNIPING then if not camping in an ideal location with a one-shot (with a headshot) weapon?
Personally, I see camping as just another strategy myself, one that I've not had all that much luck with- I tend to get much better points with the "run and gun" strategy, but to each his own I guess.
I hope you don't get flamed for an honest opinion... I think this forum tends to be more mature than that.
-ImagoX
"If you ever drop your keys in a river of molten lava, let 'em go because, man, they're gone."
-Jack Handey
Hmmmmmm... I guess I can see your point here, although I personally have not had the luck you have had in big, open worlds like Face- I find I run out of ammo way too fast to make the Ripper an effective weapon in open spaces.
But I totally agree, the Ripper is DEATH in tight hallways, but there is again the issue of ammo. Players that sauturate a small area are defenseless when the hail of death stops... hehehe.
I personally LIKE the Ripper, despite it's proclivity to kill me from time to time. I usually strive for the headshot when possible, and find it to be quite skillful wheh I can pull this off, not just luck.
Granted, there are always players that just camp in one spot, bathing the hallway with razors, but I've personally found that there are not all that many places where someone can fixidly stare down a hall where a crafty player cannot find a way behind them, and make them pay with a nice Flak blast to the spine... =)
If it helps, there actually is a "no camping" mutator I've seen out there that starts draining health from players that stay put in one spot too long. Perhaps you should look for servers running this mod, as it takes a great deal of the "camper weenie" frustration out of the game I hear. But then what exactly is SNIPING then if not camping in an ideal location with a one-shot (with a headshot) weapon?
Personally, I see camping as just another strategy myself, one that I've not had all that much luck with- I tend to get much better points with the "run and gun" strategy, but to each his own I guess.
I hope you don't get flamed for an honest opinion... I think this forum tends to be more mature than that.
-ImagoX
"If you ever drop your keys in a river of molten lava, let 'em go because, man, they're gone."
-Jack Handey