Recon or support

VeggieBoWeggie · 08-04-2009, 12:34 PM

alright i need your help. I have unlocked everything from the medic section and the engineer section. now what should i do? should i go for the lambert carbine in the recon section or pick the support section. if so which side should i go for first?

please help me. i cant decide.

**black_Mirror** · 08-04-2009, 12:46 PM

Support... All the way down.
Emp-Nades first and then try to get the IDS.
These 2 unlocks are beside the rockets and the Defib the most powerful weapons in the game. I can´t count the times i have asked for a support with these two things equipped.. oh wait i can actually count it.. every time! It´s unthinkable important to have these thing available for your squad.

I hope this helps you to decide

cheers

**INSUNABULA** · 08-04-2009, 12:52 PM

^ What he said

**Zoraster** · 08-04-2009, 01:04 PM

Make that three who agree

**jazy2** · 08-04-2009, 01:10 PM

Four!!!

EMP 'nades are the cool mans smoke 'nades

**Sargentkyle23** · 08-04-2009, 01:12 PM

Five! Recon is always last!

Oh but make sure you have the sprint upgrades and the 3rd grenade upgrade as well!

Greyed · 08-04-2009, 01:15 PM

4.5. Support definitely before Recon. Emp is good but not always needed since on some maps armor is both light and limited in where it can roam. Supplies, however, are almost always in short supply. And at least get up to the Ganz so you can temp-unlock the IDS.

Now if it were Engie vs. Recon that'd be a tougher call.

**black_Mirror** · 08-04-2009, 01:19 PM

Remember , that the Support Netbat detects cloaked Recons and that the EMP-Nades are still quite useful against Infantry... but we talked about that already

But what is important right now i think is just that he most likely will asked to come in Support 100 more often than he will get asked to come in Recon... If he gets ask.

**Sargentkyle23** · 08-04-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyed

Emp is good but not always needed

Uh-oh, Zho looks like you better teach another support class!

EMP is the only other really useful thing besides the IDS that the support can carry. Sure sentry guns might get you a kill or two but they are generally fairly useless. If the map has any armor at all I always carry EMP. Think about it, if you can get a lock on said armor then said armor is dead and you have saved your squad from certain ruin.

Sry didn't mean to derail this thread but Zho's hypnotic skills force me to expound on the way of the EMP grenade!

VeggieBoWeggie · 08-04-2009, 01:35 PM

thanks guys for helping em decide. going to start the support adn get emps and ids

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Originally Posted by Sargentkyle23

Five! Recon is always last!

Oh but make sure you have the sprint upgrades and the 3rd grenade upgrade as well!

i have the spirnt upgrades but not the 3rd grenade. should i do the support thing first or the grenades?

**Zoraster** · 08-04-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sargentkyle23

Uh-oh, Zho looks like you better teach another support class!

EMP is the only other really useful thing besides the IDS that the support can carry. Sure sentry guns might get you a kill or two but they are generally fairly useless. If the map has any armor at all I always carry EMP. Think about it, if you can get a lock on said armor then said armor is dead and you have saved your squad from certain ruin.

Sry didn't mean to derail this thread but Zho's hypnotic skills force me to expound on the way of the EMP grenade!

In certain situations, I find the pulse meter to be useful and wothwhile (even with an otus up), but the problem with 2142 is that the situation changes so rapidly and your squadmates will not be amused when you can't emp lock

**sproge** · 08-04-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyed

Now if it were Engie vs. Recon that'd be a tougher call.

I WILL EAT YOUR COOKIES!
you offend swede!!!!! swede eat your cookies! go hide in a dark cave somewhere!!!

hmm,,,, back to topik.....
support=IDS=AWESOME=sproge happy=sproge gives you cookies=EVEN MORE AWESOME!

EmperorMustard · 08-04-2009, 02:03 PM

EMP grenade is also pretty useful for fuzzing up the enemies screens, turning an even battle in your favour (presuming that you throw it before engaging the enemy)

**PM07SNV** · 08-04-2009, 02:09 PM

We up to 6th?? Support all the way

Greyed · 08-04-2009, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sargentkyle23

Uh-oh, Zho looks like you better teach another support class!

Bollocks.

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EMP is the only other really useful thing besides the IDS that the support can carry. Sure sentry guns might get you a kill or two but they are generally fairly useless. If the map has any armor at all I always carry EMP.

It is situational and you can always swap out. Lemme put it this way. Tunis, the enemy walker is down. It respawns in what, 3-5 minutes? What is more useful in that time, an EMP you'll probably never throw or a sentry gun which at least provides a deterrent?

Which is more useful when you're defending that heavily wooded point on Belgrade? An EMP you'll probably never throw or the gun?

Defib is always of use, even if you're the only med because someone can kit switch. EMP is almost always of use; but sometimes it is just wasted pack space. Thus my original point stands, EMP is good but not always needed. Besides, the whole point is moot (not mute) within the context of the discussion at hand since we all agree on the IDS, including me. The first step to that is the EMP, the third is the sentry gun. So it isn't like I'm advocating not unlocking the EMP nor never carrying it. Kind of impossible. :P

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Think about it, if you can get a lock on said armor then said armor is dead and you have saved your squad from certain ruin.

Yes, hence why I did not say it was never useful or even rarely useful. I said it was not always needed. I point I stand by since it was replying to BM's extremely high evaluation of the EMP.

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Sry didn't mean to derail this thread but Zho's hypnotic skills force me to expound on the way of the EMP grenade!

Not that I mind learning but I do mind, a tad, when someone takes what I wrote and blows it out of proportion and then expounds upon the blown out of proportion point instead if the one I actually made.