Phasing out the Spec Ops Kit?

[TheScot666]

Call it Grunts Toyboy... thats gonna put everyone off!!

[rangedReCon]

Just call it "The most awesome kit on the face of this virtual planet" reverse psychology FTW!

[SGT.JOKER]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]fuzzhead

Spec Ops will be MUCH more useful in v0.8...

now we just have to think of a name that doesnt attract such smacktarded players..

The dev's have spoken!

and thats very good to hear

[Waaah_Wah]

Originally Posted by Tirak

@ Disco:
The Engineer can do anything the Spec Ops can, and in some ways better, except for mark targets with a GLTD, but there's so few maps that support the use of the GLTD, that's almost a non issue. A disciplined player will be able to get the same milage out of a Mountineer Engineer as a Spec Ops Kit if not more so. The Spec Ops kit as a sidearm, but using it is pointless as your carbine will be more effective and the moment you kill someone, they'll inform their squad so the silenced part of it is fairly useless. The Carbine has an easier to use sight and is fully automatic, but so is every other basic infantry rifle except for the US Army and Marines, whoes burst fire mode emulates how a player would use the automatic mode in the same way. The C4 is a staple of the Engineer class, and while you can make a case that the SLAMs give him a decided advantage in explosive power, it is rare a Spec Ops player can survive long enough to need to use his entire complement of explosives, add to that the inability to control their detonation and allowing you to retreat from the area before detonating your charges, and they become more of a liability than an asset to a Spec Ops player who is playing in iconic Spec Ops fashion. Some have made the argument that the Grappling Hook is another huge advantage, but the Mountineer Engineer type has the same hook, and when he doesn't have that, he's got his shotgun to breach doors and barriers that most other infantry try to find other ways around, add in the Engineers AT Mine to allow him to reign even more havok in the middle of the enemies motorpool, and the Spec Ops seems to be at a disadvantage.

The spec ops kit has 3 times more explosives than the engineer kit. The silencer is useful as hell at times, coz the enemy wont be able to find out where it came from. 3 field dressings make it much easier to survive with little to no backup, and the carbine is better than an assault rifle at close range (IMO).

Also, SLAMs > C4. All you have to do with a SLAM, is put it there and it will blow up in 60 sec. Even if they kill you right after you put it on a bunker, it will still blow up.

[cyberzomby]

Nice! Curious as hell to all the new classes that will be much more usefull!

[[R-COM]Outlawz]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]fuzzhead

now we just have to think of a name that doesnt attract such smacktarded players..

Call it 'medic'.

[musp3r]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]fuzzhead

now we just have to think of a name that doesnt attract such smacktarded players..

Call it a scout...innocent young scout-boy.

[gazzthompson]

Originally Posted by Conman51=US=

nah maybe like demo man

he said doesnt attract

[TheScot666]

Call it Timo... no one on Earth could be attracted to that :P



JOKES!!

[Ironcomatose]

Awesome to hear that fuzz. Im sure you guys will think of a name with no trouble.

@ TheScott, where has timo been BTW? Have not seen him around for a bit.