I'm fairly certain I've tried that - also tried all the sniper weapons too (I've unlocked them all). To my knowledge, the Barret .50 is the strongest of them all and even with that, I need two shots unless I get the lucky headshot. The most fustrating thing about it is, that IMO it's already difficult enough to get a single hit and when you do, he either survives by not being instantly killed and I never get that second hit because the recoil sends your aim flying off after every shot, or someone else kills him and I'm left with the 20 assistpoints...
Since I hardly kill anyone with the sniper rifle, I haven't really been able to unlock any of the upgrades for that weapon. Perhaps the FMJ (or whatever it's called) bullets are required in combination with the stopping power perk to get one-shot-kills?
Uh.. I started sniping today (never liked it cuz i play FFA, and that would require camping). Did like 30-50 kills each round with barret .50 cal on team based modes. On sens 9 its quite nice, as you can adjust for recoil.
I fell in love with sniping in cod today after soloing the stealth veteran spec op missions with the sniper. 5 headshots in 2-3 seconds gives one confidence
I use Stopping power, and barret .50 cal kills most people in one shot to the chest. Do note that silencing the weapon etc will reduce damage. I think the intervention is more powerful, atleast i picked one up and got one shot kills each shot.
The guns are dead accurate, so its actually supringingly easy to snipe in cod. Aspecially on team based objective modes, as you know where people are coming.
Okay I played a few games of TDM in MW2.
Didn't like it too much, is it just me or has the game got even faster since MW1? It's ridiculous, like Quake 3 on steroids or something, you walk anywhere and you get shot and you don't even know who's shooting you.
Those dual shotguns are ridiculous, they kill at even medium range, some guy was just running around clearing whole rooms of guys with them.
And whats with all the crazy fast people who lunge at you with a knife from like halfway across the room.
And AC 130s can shoot through walls?
MP now seems even less realistic than Halo!
Stop whining. You have a little less health than in cod4. Quake 3 is 10x faster than this.
The dual 1887 or whatever, is not able to kill squat at medium range. Its deadly in smaller rooms, but unless you havent played in months (before patch) the range is fine. You people are exagerating. If he cleared a room, you played with a bunch of noobs. The 1887's are not that great, ive tested them quite a lot, there are plenty of secondary weapons that are just as good if not better.
Dual Magnums, Desert Eagles are amazing. 2 shots will kills in the chest, range is good also. All the machinepistols are very good counters. Just point towards the head and spray. In CQC that is all you need. And its just as good as the dual shottys.
The 1887 are only 1 bullet per. The rangers (lvl 44) are 2 shots per gun, but you can only fire 1 barrell at the time (But with little delay). The automatic shotgun which is first unlock is just as good. So are the more powerful modern single shot shottys aswell.
The weapon balance is just fine. I just did 1-44 after prestige in like 10 hours, 2.01 k\d, being far from sober and not doing any camping or spawn killing.. The game is however not very noob friendly, and if you run in the open and make yourself volnerable, you will get dropped very quickly.
All the killstreaks can be countered. (IF your annoyed by KillStreaks, setup a "invisible" class with anti vechile weapon). You can also use perk setup that makes you invisble for turrets, uavs, airsupports heatbeatsensers, thermals etc.
As far as shooting through walls: powerful weapons can shoot through thin walls. They cannot shot through concrete. Do note that often buildings have broken roofs, and windows (you can shot a missle through the window).
As far as commando (increased knife range) goes, lightweight + smg combo will let you dodge at close quarters.
