BF2S Forums What is Assault good for?

Zar_Niko, how many hours have you played assult?
When i started playing bf2, it was my lest favoured kit, i only played suport and medic as they help the team. But when i was trying to get all my vet badges, i had to play 15hrs on assult. It grew on me. Now i play it all the time, and i still havn't unlocked any of the unlocks for it.

Why do i use it? Simple. Its like anti tank, can take out jeeps etc in one shot (sometimes) but more likely 2, you can switch to single fire mode and use it as a sniper, trust me it works. And once you figure out how to use the rocket launcher afectivly, as your caping a flag you can aim the launcher and take them out before they even know you are there.

You don't need speed or more amour, just need to know how to use it, and the best way to take the flags.

Mensi is right.  Assault IS the best squad kit, it has armor, plus the assault rifle and grenade launcher.  It just needs a squad to back it up.

I would like to add something -- Medics

Swap the G36e and G3 (Assault gets G36e, Medic gets G3), Medic CANNOT heal himself, and Medic does not get grenades.  If these changes are made, (they never ever will) many more players would play as Assault, plus, it's more realistic.  (No one can properly heal themselves when they are SHOT multiple times)

Spearhead wrote:

Mensi is right.  Assault IS the best squad kit, it has armor, plus the assault rifle and grenade launcher.  It just needs a squad to back it up.

I would like to add something -- Medics

Swap the G36e and G3 (Assault gets G36e, Medic gets G3), Medic CANNOT heal himself, and Medic does not get grenades.  If these changes are made, (they never ever will) many more players would play as Assault, plus, it's more realistic.  (No one can properly heal themselves when they are SHOT multiple times)

Not healing yourself as medic moots the position to a point. Its like in WoW you wouldn't be a priest if you could only heal others. Screw that. Though priests should be giving.....to a point.....not that point!! You nasty bastards.

I'm not 100% on the effects of the body armour in game but i'm pretty sure it halves the damage of small arms fire (not sure of its effects against explosions)

I know that when i am getting my arse kicked on a close combat map like Karkand or Warlord I can whip out the Assault kit and turn the tables. Ok you can't destroy heavy vehicles like Spec Ops or AT but you can pretty much shit all over anyone in CQB (even the PKM whores) with a G3 or F2000. Add to that the addition of flashbangs, which are incredibly useful in the right situation (the same goes for smokes but to a slightly lesser degree) and the body armour and you've got yourself a lean mean killing machine.

Put simply, your Assault kit turns you into Arnie out of Commando



'Let off some schteem Bennett!'

^totalley aggree, the g3's one of the best weapons

Do you really think i haven't played assault enough time?
Assault is the class who represents Ego-Shooters....so it definitely is my domain.
I used the G3 very often and you can trust me....its accuracy is average. On long distance every skilled player rips you off with G36E/C. You have nothing of a chance. The upped damage of the G3 is nice, but doesn't make the difference. Same for a sniper rifle...if it does 95 damage or 80 damage...who cares. The important thing for me is: how many hits do i need for reaching the 100 dmg. and G36E (34dmg) or G3 (40dmg) is no great difference.

And look at the stats of a normal Assalt player...you kill a lot, thats right...no class is stronger in infight.
But the thing people often forget is, that you usually die more often than other classes. And if you make 30 kills, but you die 20 times...you are NOT cool!

Assault players offten drop the tickets of a team in extreme way. So it can't be the way to go into heavy defended area...killing 3 people easily and then to die. For the team it would be better to have a sniper who maybe makes only 2 kills but doesnt die.

I don't talk about squad playing right now...i know what the purpose of an assault in a squad is...jump in, make high damage with grenade launcher and to take bullets....medic should revive him.
But if you dont have medics, the assault really really sucks.

And i dont remember who said, that you can destroy jeeps with your GL...HAR HAR...you need a very lucky hit on a former damaged vehicle. If you are good you kill the gun mounting player...but WHICH vehicle stands still for your second nade?

Give me a good reason to play assault pls...or asked in a differend way:
What can the Assault what my fav lass (medic) can't do. And i can cap flags...i live much longer with my healing. I'm more accurate on every distance than assault. So what???

Zar_Niko

you guys are dead wrong.... spec ops are the best all around kit in the game.... we got the most accurate hand held weapons ( actually second to sniper rifles) . you may have all the firepower but your accuracy is crap.... i tested it myself... a double tap causes your rounds to spread out more... my g36c has less spread.

why should GL a vodnick when i can sneek up to it and place a c4 charge... then boom....

we dont just shoot bad guys.... we can take out asseets easily.

BTW.. all that body armor dont mean squat if i get you with a head shot....

It takes far more skill to be sneaky with spec ops than to rush people with an assault class..

Ehm specialistx234, how old are you...

the way you are writing seems very naive.

The things that scorpion said are true. While I'm playing grunt there is no moment when i feel totally helpless. Maybe that is what scorpion means. It makes a difference to throw a grenade or to shoot it, because of the time until it explodes. So when vehicles appear or more than two soldiers come to your location the best thing you can be is assault...you shoot an early grenade, than you hide and reload, second grenade...switch to automatic fire and lets go. Every other class would had problems in a confrontation with 3 other soldiers. The good thing i realiz e now is that you can pop up around the corner, shoot the nade and disappear in a matter of seconds.

Ok, SpecialistX234...now again some words to your nice Spec Ops.

[ou guys are dead wrong.... spec ops are the best all around kit in the game.... we got the most accurate hand held weapons ( actually second to sniper rifles) . you may have all the firepower but your accuracy is crap.... i tested it myself... a double tap causes your rounds to spread out more... my g36c has less spread]

spec ops don't have themost accurate weapons...minimum deviation is for all sniper rifles and for all support weapons. than you got the medic weapons with the same deviation as the Spec Ops Weaponry...so the spec ops weapons aren't as accurate as you think.

[why should GL a vodnick when i can sneek up to it and place a c4 charge... then boom....]

easy answer...because the vodnik can shoot you...while you run at him...an assault even can hide before the driver notices the explosion. Do you know how many Spec Ops i have killed while they attempted to be sneaky?

[we dont just shoot bad guys.... we can take out asseets easily]

yapp, thats the main purpose of spec ops, thats why you carry C4

[BTW.. all that body armor dont mean squat if i get you with a head shot....]

Don't know how good you are, but when I'm Spec Ops and an assault with GL rushes around the corner...my aiming is not so controlled to give him an headshot sometimes it works but usually you will read Assaultplayer [GP-30]You

[It takes far more skill to be sneaky with spec ops than to rush people with an assault class..]

Yapp, Spec Ops are not for Killing...everybody knows that. In my first post i said that i don't understand why people should play assault i knew that every other class (except for Support with unbalanced PKM) can't win a direct confrontation against a skilled assault.

The only thing i hate about Assault is that i die to often...i got a good ratio...3:1 or something like that, but it has to be better...maybe you should only play assault if you got some good medic around.

Scorpion, thanks for your explanation! It was very helpful!

Cyas

specialistx2324 wrote:

sorry dude.. its just i got spec ops down to an "art"

if i am under heavy fire ....i run to the nearest hallway..plant c4... whip out the detinator.. when i see them...KABOOM...... you will be suprised how many people fall for that trick.. whats even funny is to see the animation of them flying in the  air screeming...it always crack me up

I believe that Spec-Ops is the 2nd best all around kit.  Sure, the carbines are more accurate, but they do very little damage and the kit itself doesn't include body armor.  BTW, the Assault rifles are tons better than the carbines.  M16 on burst mode is much better than M4, IMO.

Ha! yeah I remember when the flashbangs first came alive and everyone was using them, thank god they don't do it anymore, I think mostly it was blinding thier teammates. On SF that is the biggest asset of the Assault Class, easy kills as the blinded person is running into a wall. People have thier own opinions, but the original poster asked why be Assault. To be assault you are the Meatshield and take out whatever is in front of you while the meds,support, spec, engys are behind you as you clear the way, and if you end up ontop of a roof with no ladder then they know to turn the other way. Some instances I agree with the medic bit about you can heal yourself and basically have the same weapon (China, US-- for two) why be assault? Assault Class is meant for squads, but if you are lonewolf take the medic class. Like I said Assault has the a brutal weapon in the G3 or the FN2000. Sure you can say the DAO or shottys or snipers have the best weapon up close and far, but the G3 is the best of both worlds. Just think 3 shots to kill a pixel from any range.