BF2S Forums Going with the flow: using the noob tube.

Ah the great "noob tube" vs "my toob owns u" debate.

I've been on the receiving end of a team almost exclusively made up of noob tubers, and god damn they were effective, and gave us a right run for our money. In the right hands the "noob tube" becomes an infantry shredding weapon, and the whole aim of conquest it to reduce the enemy tickets to 0, and one way to do this is to kill as many troops as possible.

I hate being noob tubed and I have hardly used a nube tube myself, but I understand it's importance and place in the game. If a noob is more effective using a low skill weapon, if he was on my team I would rather he used the grenade launcher than constantly get killed and lose us points.

I don't mind getting Nade launched from distance, its the crappy noob player that comes charging around a corner with it out and stumbles across me and lets one loose that kills me just before I woulda got him.  IMHO theres no skill and NO HONOR in running around using a nade launcher as a primary weapon.  It really is more of a situational weapon, say if your attacking vehicles or your outnumbered, or your good with it at distances and have terrible primary weapon aim.

Don't get me wrong, my best kit is the assault kit because I was halfway decent with the launched nades.  The difference is, I didn't use em at close range.  I didn't run around with it armed.  Minimum range= no problem.  Cause the 203 takes a fair amount of skill to kill with at medium and long ranges.  I don't use it anymore because I can't stand the direction it's going.  It's no surprise that the percent of assault kits to other kits has risen about 350%.

No one has REALLY mentioned what pisses anyone off though.  It's not JUST the fact that the weapon can be whored or used in a manner in which it was not designed.  It's the fact that there is almost nothing you can DO about it.  In BF2 (as in most games) there are a lot of options you have when something is heading your way to kick your ass.  With a noob toob shot (ie. turning a corner, running into an opfor, and him dropping one at both of y'alls feet) you really can't do anything about it.  There are no options except hope to god his aim is bad.  The minimum range is a check/balance on the weapon.  At range, when you see an assault, you can start diving for cover.  As in most classes, their weapons strengths and weaknesses allow you to ewither HAVE an option if surprised, OR, move in a manner that would allow you to have an advantage or option if you think of it ahead of time.  With this, there is nothing you can do except drive a tank.

continuosly getting grenade launched? 1)click enter 2)select assault kit 3)use grenade launcher

retaliation is my number one reason for using the nade launcher

you've all got one in your weapon quiver, so stop whining and give the nade whore some payback

aaaaaah...sweet revenge

p.s. real hot chick in your sig maverick