- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
for the casual CE player, the assault rifle seems like a great gun
but as soon as you play REALLY good CE players...you find out that the assault rifle is crap when compared to other guns.
my favorite CE guns in order:
#1: Pistol
obviously. 3 and out. close, mid, far. can also pick out the driver of ANY vehicle. need i say more?
#2 sniper
another obvious choice.
#3 rocket
i put this here because sometimes you get surprised, you get behind in a fight, and if you have the RL you can whip it out for a free kill. good backup weapon.
#4 plasma pistol
my favorite starting weapon, just because VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE GOOD WITH IT. if you get good at pumping this thing fast while aiming well (you need to lead your target just right) then you are unstoppable. the plasma "freezes" them but is also strong enough to kill (unlike in H2). so if you are far away you can easily kill with it or get close enough to finish with a melee. i rank it above the plasma rifle because you can actually pump this gun and achieve more rapid fire than the rifle, and you get the option to charge/melee for an instant kill.
#5 shotgun
only for close combat, and i mean REALLY close combat. the pistol should pretty much always be used unless you're rounding corners...then use this badboy
#6 plasma rifle
get good at leading........the freeze on this thing (like the PP) is great, but you gotta melee with this thing to stand a chance against other weapons. i like to circle them while freezing while getting closer to melee finish
TIED FOR #7 AND #8 THE NEEDLER AND ASSAULT RIFLE
the needler and assault rifle tie for last in my book for this simple reason:
if you use one of these guns against a good player who has ANY of the above guns, then you lose. it's that simple. your gun is outmatched.
it doesn't matter how perfectly you pump the trigger, the gun is not accurate enough and does not kill quickly enough to warrant using.
EDIT: i forgot to mention the worthlessness of carrying an AR on legendary. it is only OK at killing grunts. big shocker here, the pistol is better because it's a 1-shot kill (i'm assuming headshot, it is legendary after all). you can't get by pairing the AR with pistol either. try taking on 2 elites with the AR and let me know how that goes. you need to use a plasma weapon or a snipe on elites to beat legendary efficiently.
EDIT 2: sorry, last edit, the AR is good for killing the little flood infection types (the popcorn with legs) because it doesn't waste your good guns' ammo
EDIT 3: sorry again. i re-read and noticed i sounded cocky like "i'm awesome." i'm not incredible, i'm not a pro, but i was a lot better than average at CE. the people i played with were also quite good. if any of us *dreamed* of using the assault rifle we got owned by the others. that's reality
[Edited on 08.06.2007 3:05 PM PDT]