Would you keep tracer rounds in your mg or not?
Simple really
Please tell us why you chose your option!
Simple really
Please tell us why you chose your option!
If the option was there
- Thread starter D3terioNation
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Ok well do tell, in what kind of situation are tracers in RO completely vital?
Remeber IRL, gunners are not required to use tracer rounds ALL the time. Its completely optional!
Remeber IRL, gunners are not required to use tracer rounds ALL the time. Its completely optional!
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well if they stay like the RO tracers then NO!
just make em smaller and a LOT! darker
so they dont glow that much
just make em smaller and a LOT! darker
so they dont glow that much
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I use them when I'm a mg. The rounds jump around so much that without them you probably wouldn't be hitting anything. They are especially usefull for those longer range shots. Some people would argue the tracers give your position away...well thats why you choose a very defendable position. You also must have a guy or two near you. If the enemy is going to come after you, make sure you make him go threw your line of fire first.
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I would, it makes it real simple to see where the bullets are going. I only use the iron sights to line up my first shot, after that I just focus on where the tracers are going.
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Yes very true!
But normally I find myself killing peeps with the tracer round itself, while I watch my bullets impacting around the target area! This shouldnt happen!
AFAIK tracer rounds lost their accuracy (ie trajection) faster then real bullets?
So why do my bullets land around the target, while my tracer goes straight through?!!
After it has given my position away, its a matter of seconds before there are in-coming rounds on my postion while I fire hopelessly at multiple enemies, praying I score a hit?
If I had the option I would remove my tracer bullets, and just watch for the hit sprites for guidance.
But normally I find myself killing peeps with the tracer round itself, while I watch my bullets impacting around the target area! This shouldnt happen!
AFAIK tracer rounds lost their accuracy (ie trajection) faster then real bullets?
So why do my bullets land around the target, while my tracer goes straight through?!!
After it has given my position away, its a matter of seconds before there are in-coming rounds on my postion while I fire hopelessly at multiple enemies, praying I score a hit?
If I had the option I would remove my tracer bullets, and just watch for the hit sprites for guidance.
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I would only use them in the tanks mgs. Its pointless to use them in the normal MGs it does alot more harm then good thats for sure. With the way riflemen can pick off mgers at range without explosing anything but the very tip of the helmet they are wearing all tracers do is point out to everyone where you are so someone can pick you off. If the point of view bug is ever fixed then maybe tracers would be worth the effort in the help aiming. but right now all they are is a big shoot me sign. Shoot me before i can see you! yeah its not worth it.
If i could have the option to aim the mg without using the sites then tracers might be ok on really big maps.
If i could have the option to aim the mg without using the sites then tracers might be ok on really big maps.
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I guess no one bothered reading my comment on how you must find the pefect spot for an mg. You can't just take the mg and set it up willy nilly, thats how you get killed all the time.
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Aaah so thats the key to mg'ing, finding the 'perfect' spot...
Give me a break!! We're not dumb-asses! We know when we're in a vulnerable position & when we're in a 'safe' position!!!
Unless you're playing on a completely poorly designed custom map that eventually dissappears into obsurity, no-where is a 'perfect' spot...
Give me a break!! We're not dumb-asses! We know when we're in a vulnerable position & when we're in a 'safe' position!!!
Unless you're playing on a completely poorly designed custom map that eventually dissappears into obsurity, no-where is a 'perfect' spot...
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Maybe not the "perfect" spot but a more defendable spot, a place where it is hard to get a nade to and the only way to kill you is if the enemy comes from 12 o clock. Being cautious and moving around much like a sniper also helps, and it helps to stick to areas where there are usually a couple teammates running around.
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They do give your position away far too easily. Completely ruins the fear MGs should instill in infantry.
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Actually, it's been determined that it's very easy to kill an MG from head on, even when he's shooting at you. This has been discussed a lot. THere is no such thing as a "perfect" MG spot with the MGs in this game.
Yesterday, while playing Beach Assault, I was set up in one of the bunkers, looking straight at the door through that little window. Perfect spot, right? no nade chance, no flank, perfect. Until a guy ran through my hail of bullets and shot me with a TT33. I started shooting when he showed at the door, and he just ran strait through the fire. And of course, I couldn't un-deploy in time to move so he had a perfect shot at my head.
So I don't think the issue is just the Tracers.
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Odd, I have noticed on multiple servers that not as many of my bullets are registering anymore and neither are some of my melee attacks. For instance the other day I chased some german around and I then proceeded to pistol whip him in the back of the head 3 times from point blank and nothing happened, I didn't even hit. This also happens with bayonet, and my ping is usually under 90.
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I wouldn't use them, i'm smart enough to know where my bullets are going. Really, they only look neat and let your teammates and the enemy know where not to go and where to shoot.
In my experience ill do a short burst with the 34 and kill a russian and the tracer round is flying three or four feet horizontally away from the target and this is not from the recoil of the MG, this dosen't happen all the time but ingame there is little purpose of using tracers besides putting on a little fireworks show.
In my experience ill do a short burst with the 34 and kill a russian and the tracer round is flying three or four feet horizontally away from the target and this is not from the recoil of the MG, this dosen't happen all the time but ingame there is little purpose of using tracers besides putting on a little fireworks show.
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Remove tracer rounds for infantry machineguns, because it always ruins there position, and makes smoke almost useless for covering MG.
Tracer rounds for Tanks can stay.
Tracer rounds for Tanks can stay.
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