NoobHammer

Scarecrowe · 2003-11-24, 01:22 AM

Who came up with that stupid nickname? Its not that i use the JH and get the shits at people screaming NOOBHAMMER at me but its just a really stupid name. Whoever came up with it should be kicked.

Sentrosi · 2003-11-24, 01:27 AM

Apparently you just go the game. Lemme splain.

n00bhammer comes from the fact that, to most ppl, the gun is just overpowering. You can get it right off the bat out of VR. And, by the time you get to BR6, you can get the surge implant.

Jackhammer + Agile armor + Surge = quick death.

Also, apparently there is no skill to using a shotgun that has three barrels. Oftentimes a one or two shot kill will take down most infantry. Thus the nickname.

Diddy Mao · 2003-11-24, 01:30 AM

Probably these Two Disgruntled Tr :-D

And a MCG is Just Spray and Pay, Us NC actually have to Reload our Weps

Cider_Ownz · 2003-11-24, 01:31 AM

Taking down the noobs with the jackhammer isn't much of a problem...... it's those standart+surge+jackhammer mofos that get me down.

Vernam · 2003-11-24, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by Diddy Mao

Probably these Two Disgruntled Tr :-D

And a MCG is Just Spray and Pay, Us NC actually have to Reload our Weps

Hamma was only worth 11 xp lol

Veteran · 2003-11-24, 02:13 AM

'tis the n00bt00b

But seriously, HA sucks. It denies your empire sufficient Tactical Support personnel and wears down your skill as you get too used to point-and-click killing. A good Thumper user or cloaker will out-skill them any day.

Without Surge and consequently PlanetSide's tendency to show people teleporting all over the screen, HA wouldn't be in vogue.

Acaila · 2003-11-24, 03:00 AM

I don't have HA, I get more kills than most grunts with a far better ratio. HA is 4 cert points, to me it isn't good value.

Cider_Ownz · 2003-11-24, 03:04 AM

Not true......... say it ain't so! SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!!!!!!!!

The reason I gave up the thumper for the MCG is the sound..... MCG is the best-sounding gun in the game. Thumper has the sound of a cat opening the interiors of an unlucky mouse, and the jackhammer has the sound of a dying animal of some sort, probaly a girafa.

Sweeper has the second-best sound in the game, but the MCG is just more..... cute!

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WritheNC · 2003-11-24, 03:12 AM

I use the sweeper. I found the JH to be unnecessary when you learn how to use another weapon.

All HA weapons don't really take skill; whoever sees the other first and fires first is often the winner in close quarters.

I tried JH last night again, and it just didn't feel sufficient for 4 points, and I think if you can learn to live with the sweeper you might look at it the same way.

I think part of it is psychological; when you have HA its "surge in, kill lots of people and keep firing!", and when you have an MA weapon, you're like, "Ok, I gotta use cover, take my shots when I can to make them count, and be ready for anything."

I can't really put it into words, but HA just seems so unwieldy and awkward imo.

TeraHertz · 2003-11-24, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by Veteran

'tis the n00bt00b

But seriously, HA sucks. It denies your empire sufficient Tactical Support

Why does HA stop you getting Tactical Support.

*TeraHertz looks at his Tactical Support cert, and his HA cert and scratches his head.

Flammey · 2003-11-24, 07:13 AM

I doe-nah-no. Who came up with the stupid word n00b in the first place? I guess n00bhammer sounds better than Stupid-firsttime-players-weapon, or rookiehammer.

Should call it BoobieShooter, cause Two Shots to the chest will deflate you.

Rayder · 2003-11-24, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by WritheNC

All HA weapons don't really take skill; whoever sees the other first and fires first is often the winner in close quarters.

Obviously you've never used the Lasher. 20 round clip, dispenses that clip in about 5 seconds or so, slow reload time as with all HA weapons, not enough damage-per-shot to compare to the other HA (MCG has a high enough ROF to compensate for the low damage), slow projectile travel time, oooh, its got lashing abilities! the lashes do about 1-5 damage pending on where you are. Worthless when vs. other HA. Good against crowds. Accuracy is crazy, u gotta be crouching to actually hit something thats more than 8m away. Only useful at close range.

WritheNC · 2003-11-24, 12:05 PM

I use the lasher a lot with a VS character on Markov. Its actually my favorite HA weapon because it adds a very nice suppression role the other 2 don't really match.

And I don't think it takes much skill to use, but that's me; I played the Soldier class hardcore in TFC for 3 years, and those rockets don't travel much faster than a lasher bolt, so leading targets is second nature to me.

Also, I've always sucked with shotguns, which ironically makes my second best HA weapon the MCG.

Black · 2003-11-24, 12:19 PM

Hamma only is worth 11 exp cause he only lives for 3 mins cause so many ppl reconize him and tk him

Rayder · 2003-11-24, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by WritheNC

I use the lasher a lot with a VS character on Markov. Its actually my favorite HA weapon because it adds a very nice suppression role the other 2 don't really match.

And I don't think it takes much skill to use, but that's me; I played the Soldier class hardcore in TFC for 3 years, and those rockets don't travel much faster than a lasher bolt, so leading targets is second nature to me.

Also, I've always sucked with shotguns, which ironically makes my second best HA weapon the MCG.

Actually I think the rocket travels faster... but the Lasher is a Heavy Assault weapon, not a support weapon, but I get what you mean.