DAO is pretty good up close. It carries a lot of shells unlike the other shotguns.

G3 is good at far range. You just got to be real careful not to blow all your ammunition. I too believe they don't give you enough magazines. For close range, I'd rather use the M16A2 with M203.

I currently play DC on Generalmayhem.ca

callsign WALPER

i duno if this is a bug, but the DAO.. u cant stop reloading hahaha.

once the guy starts, you cant stop. he insists on loading all 12 shells before firing again, even if the enemy pops out infront of him. haha. but yeah, other than that, the dao rocks. and it has like.. so much additional ammo. over 50!

the G3 yeah. i mean that class is assault the INFANTRY class, i mean.. the other assault class got like what.. 5 magazines?

Haha... yea it's stupid isn't it?

woo i got 3 unlocks after the patch. unlocked the pkm which i think packs more punch but the ammo count is only 100. gonna save the other two unlocks till i've tried the other weapons. i pickup kits off the ground as often as i remember.
to me, the jackhammer doesn't seem as smooth as the dao. the jack has to reload from a whole clip while i think the dao does so shot by shot. i think you can stop the dao reload if you switch to something like a pistol for a solid 2 seconds, then switch back to the dao.

i use to play dc on the generalmayhem servers too. i prefer ctf over conquest style, i wonder if they'll include that in bf2? or will the game be out of whack?

^I think they should at least solve their major problems at hand first... It isn't looking very good at the moment. One hotfix after another...

wait.. for those of you that have the jackhammer.. its FULLY auto right?
like if i hold down the mouse key it keeps firing?

unlike the dao which i have to click per shot.

yep, full auto. but to me it seems like the semi auto dao is still shoots faster than the jack

Really? I've always wondered why people pick the Jackhammer over the DAO. Never knew it was fully auto.

but u have to click :p makes you inaccurate.

the dao makes the anti tank class a bit strong i think. at close ranges he owns. at far ranges he can blow guys up if they're stationary

oh another thing.. do u guys know how to "guide" the anti tank missle a bit longer? almost immediately after i fire, my character drops the tube and reloads. is there anyway i can stay in the "sight" longer to guide it a few seconds more?

you mean holding on to the fire button? that guides the rocket and keeps you zoomed in until you hit something. same thing goes with sniping, you can hold on to left click after you shoot to see if you drop your target or to see how he reacts.

any of you have any sneaky tricks? i can sometimes shoot a curve shot at armor units. shoot an AT around at the armor, but don't center focus on him until the rocket gets close to him, then center it and watch it hit. the enemy won't get that alert noise in his tank so he won't know to look for you until it's too late.

ahhh i didn't know that. cool tip.

cool ppl still play this? Are there any local servers?

I need help guys!

I just updated to patch 1.03 and when I use ASE to join a server I always get this stupid "Message from EA" window inside BF2. If I ignore the msg then I don't join the server and if I read the msg it closes BF2. I keep on getting it on different servers I have saved in my favorites folder in ASE.

I don't quite understand what you're asking, but I think I can identify the problem you with with ASE.

It's probably not working right now and that's because it wasn't made to work with 1.03. Just be patient; I'm sure ASE will come up with an update shortly.

For now, you'll have to do it the old fashion way. Close the stupid message, then use the in-game browser, or copy (memorize) an IP from ASE.

SkinnyPupp used to have one but he shut it down because not enough people played on it.

yah i got the same prob w/ ase so i'm using the ingame browser. we'll just have to sit tight till ase comes out with an update for 1.03.

got a medic trick i just remembered. when you're going to revive your teamate, throw a few health packs on him as you get near him, then bring out the paddles to revive, that way if anybody tries to gun you down you'll still have a little bonus health that might keep you alive! woos!

any chance skin's gonna open up that server for us again? i'd be interested.

any of you guys in clans?

^ Nah...I just play casually

FUCK nice, i thought of that but never actually tried that

damn.. now i can actually HIT helicopters instead of "estimating" my shot :(

Hmm... I've always thought you can guide it as long as you like.

if u just click and let go it will only guide for like 1 second. haha
i got pretty good with it, but now i know ive been using it the wroong way.

yeah i been practicing using the tip...took down a chopper flying across me haha

Tips?

PKM goes through thin walls like tin foil.

Suicide gunnerman: Take a ride with a machine gun pod. Drive full speed into the home base. Hit f2 and start taking out people before you die. You can usually get around 3.

The pistol doesn't suck if you got good aim.

Defending flags: If you're camping at your flag, attack anybody on foot you see. If a heli or a tank comes by, chances are they will capture and run so just stay a foot away from the flag capture area (so you don't compete with anyone) and just wait till they capture and leave. You can usually hear them go. Just grab the flag back when they leave and watch out for any spawns.

I can't believe that they still haven't changed it so you can paste in server IPs :o