BF2S Forums M203/GP-30 Tactics - Legit?

Typhino wrote:

I use it quite a bit, look at my stats sig (it will be engineer btw sometimes) but i do get easy kills with it, jus ask for a supply drop at the 1st flag and you will own the match, i Do .

But there are times where it hits them right at their feet but they do not die, yet u will get a damage assist!!!

But i mean some people are now calling it the "nob tube" jus becoz they get killed by it!!!

About 3 people ended up changing to assault becoz of wot i was doing on karkand, but not many more were using it!!!

If it gets you the points, i see no prblem with using it!!!

it's "noob cannon"
and go ahead and be the noob that you are and use it.
it's just complete BS. all you little noob cannon users do is walk around and see somebody two inches from you and blast them. it's so lame.
Using bullets gets you the points too, jackass.

I had this fag one time in a knife fight kil me with the noob cannon because he couldn't knife me and I got too close to him and he got scared.

if they took the m203,gp-30, and whatever the chinese one is called  out of the game, I bet you would have one horrible KDR.. oh wait.. you already do have a horrible KDR. AND  YOU USE THE NOOB CANNON! what a freakin noob.

if I had a server I wouldn't allow the noob cannon. I'd make it like Ghetto Berlin on BF1942 and have 0 explosives. I garuntee you would only see skilled players in there.

Oh, and when I'm on Karkand, no other weapon touches me. it's always the freakin 203/gp-30. ALWAYS. I may get killed long range from sniper or killed by vehicles.. but as for on foot. hardly ever does it say "AK101" or "ak74U" or whatever.

Last edited by =[4th]=SlayThem (2005-08-20 10:45:45)

blue60007 wrote:

Yeah it seems some people can only score points by blasting people point blank range. As I said in my assault kit guide: If you are shot at with bullets, answer with bullets. Same thing goes for knives, if someone comes at you with a knife, pull out your knife. Or if you see a knife duel going on, let them go, don't shoot the other guy, if the friendly in the duel dies, then you can shoot the other guy (or go after him with a knife).

Yeah. but I like when people fire at me with guns when I try knifing them.. so then I can scream "PWNED" over and over and over again when I kill them.
but getting blasted by a noob cannon when I try knifing them is pathetic.

Last edited by =[4th]=SlayThem (2005-08-20 11:24:26)

Grenade launcher is over powered But hell, you can only squeeze off 1 shot every 10 seconds or so, so it balances out.

I also think the blast radius should be increased to about a 6 foot circumfrance. (Also sharpel physics should be implied)

to GonJii:
if they do that maps like karkand would be an only fragfest. everybody would run around with the launcher and just blast away even if they would set a minimum distance for the 203/GP-30 to explode.
in AA it was ook cause u only had 1-2 203´s depending on the team size, i havent heard theres a restriction for it in BF2.
just make it a distance weapon cause normally on  the average noob disance it would kill the shooter 2.

@ Double-0-Kills:
nobody is talking about distance shots, they are perfectly fine and the main idea of that gun. longer distance takes some practice and hitting dead on then is just like a headshot with the sniperr
we talk about the guys using it for close combat wich is BS. it shouldnt be to hard to make an arming distance of 25ft/meters whatever. would get them thinking when to pull it out and the close encounters wouldnt be so easy (thats why its called noob-tube ). its just like quake3 in the moment.

and like i said before jsut a small step towards rocket jumps and railguns.

priznat wrote:

Rakasan wrote:

All I know is that an M203 round shouldn't activate until 15-40 meters in flight in real life.

That would make a lot of sense and improve things, especially the "blast person in the face when you come around the corner" move

Of course, even the inactive grenade would do some damage if you fired it into someone point blank..

and thats how it is in real life and in AA...the round not activating until a certain distance

btw, someone said something about a shrapnel effect or a bigger blast radius...AA 203s and GP-30s will blast the shit out of anything within 8 ft of the impact...and damage is delt up to about 15 ft...

id say AA has mastered the blast radius

Last edited by MardukeV (2005-08-21 15:33:30)

pegging ppl with a 203 takes some true skill but would be hilarious, esp with a flare projectile

considering  in BF2 one shot of anything(except for sniper rifles and tanks and so on) to the face doesn't kill in one shot. I'm gonna say:
if they did have the activating distance, the inactive round should only hurt you a little bit.
I mean if it takes 3 pistol shots(sometimes more) to the head to kill it should take atleast 2 oe 3 inactive m203s to kill.

Just a few tips for a grenade launcher user:

1.  Practise a lot.  Otherwise, your shots will never kill anyone.
2.  Don't use it in a crowded map.  Team kills cost you a lot.
3.  Don't shoot at close range unless you want to get the purple heart medal.
4.  After you fire a grenade, press 3 immediately.  Only reload your grenade launcher after you have cleared the obstacles.
5.  In some occasions, G3 (the upgraded version of Assault) is much useful because you may have to throw grenades, e.g. enemies on the tops of buildings at Mastuur City.

Cheers.

I don't have a problem with close combat - just make the blast radius larger so that it kills them too - that way they have to do it from a farther distance - I should be able to shoot a wall on the other side of the street - or, maybe even the center of the street and not get killed - though maybe I would be hurt from middle of street - That might make it too powerfull though - a distance initialization would be good as long as it wasn't too far.

lowyaukee wrote:

I am not sure whether firing a grenade launcher at a close range is so called cheap.  Well, If I do that to you, yes, I'm sorry, you are killed.  But I have to wait for 15 seconds as well.

As far as it is within the rules of the game, I think it is fair.  Putting C4 in a jeep and jump off before crashing into a tank, flying a helicopter solo and crashing into a fully loaded blackhawk, flying a fully loaded blackhawk and capturing flags.  All these are allowed under the present rules of the game.  So, I don't think that these methods are cheap.  Though, I don't like them either.

This is true. but those things you mentioned aren't as popular as the Noob cannon. all of those (besides maybe hte carbomb) take some sort of skill. the noob cannon at close ranges takes 0 skill.

I only use the nade launcher if Im out of ammo or find myself reloading my primary gun in the middle of a firefight. Also works wonders versus jeeps and other small vehicles.

Burning_Monkey wrote:

In the very odd occurance that I play assult, I have no problems at all using the n00b tube to off a bunny hopper.  I find the poeticness of it to be relaxing.

Then they can jump really high!

bluehavoc8686 wrote:

Seems like most of you haven't had much success either with the nade launchers, but despite that, I think that I get killed by them (on foot) more than any other weapon.

It's the biggest noob gun in the game. And to make things worse, some of these bastards out there are so expert with it that they deliver precision hits every time.

Trying to get my knife badge, I come at this guy with my knife swinging and what does he do? He blasts a M203 round at my feet. Seems like a lot of the new players out there are total pussies. No honor anymore it seems. Woopie, you can rack up kills with it, but you have 1 badge in 40 hrs of play. Good job f_cko!

I must be your worst nightmare then! :)