Surpressive Fire and why you should care about it

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Surpressive Fire and why you should care about it

Post by Crab_Spider » 21 Feb 2017, 13:16

Hello. I'm John Rhodes, the ex-MP with a deep loathing for most of the people I see in the Marines. *cough*Dergens*cough*. You'll see me making modifications to your defenses for an escape, defibbing people, hacking those medvenders, or giving your SL enough covering fire so he can throw that OB. But I can hear your question, "What is surpressive fire?"

In a laymen, suppressive fire is area or denial using rapid, continuous fire with little to no delay except for reloading

Unfortunately for those who don't understand , this is none of the above. Surpressive fire is, again, area of denial. Anyone that will get caught in the attack and will be forced to retreat[/color] with heavy injuries or will end up getting kille while trying to do so. This is what makes the SMG superior to both the M41A and M37A2 in this regard, it can be held in one hand, has enough ammo to dispatch a T2, and you can reload it on the fly. Unlike the M41A which has a cooldown to how much lead it pumps out, the M39 can keep targets down on their cover and make sure they stay there, if they get up and do the bold thing, can punish them for talking back to daddy.

How do I achieve surpressive fire?

Easy.
  1. Go to the RO.
  2. Ask for a quickfire and burst fire
  3. Wait for them to vend either of both
  4. If there's no more quick fires, ask for a red dot sight.
  5. If there's no more burstfire assemblies, ask for a surpressor.
  6. Get whatever automatic gun you plan on using.
  7. Attach both attachments to said gun.
  8. Deploy
  9. Enter combat (watch those firing lines)
  10. Everytime you fire your weapon (you'll need a macro for this) on burst fire, switch to semi auto fire.
  11. Every 5 clicks, switch to burst fire
  12. Congratulations! You burned through your ammo! Yell "Reloading!", insert another mag into your gun and get back to shooting.
Ill be working on this crap for another week or so, in the meantime, just remember : burst fire+quickfire = surpressive fire = +9% Marine Major. If you somehow kill someone, load up on AP
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You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

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Re: Surpressive Fire and why you should care about it

Post by spartanbobby » 21 Feb 2017, 13:22

Please don't do this with AP loaded.
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Post by caleeb101 » 21 Feb 2017, 13:27

Sounds like a guide on how to be an attachment hog and waste round after round of ammo shooting at air.
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Post by Crab_Spider » 21 Feb 2017, 13:41

caleeb101 wrote:Sounds like a guide on how to be an attachment hog and waste round after round of ammo shooting at air.
Ehhh, sure... lets go with that.
You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

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Post by Recounted » 21 Feb 2017, 14:26

the ff is gonna be real
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Post by Crab_Spider » 21 Feb 2017, 14:28

Recounted wrote:the ff is gonna be real
Not unless you know what you're doing.
You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

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Post by Blazerules » 21 Feb 2017, 14:53

The amount of times I've been shot with "suppressive" fire from off screen and had our push fail is too large to count. Let's not.

Or at least don't shoot after a group of people make a push then be sorry that you crit a few marines because you thought xenos won.

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Post by Crab_Spider » 21 Feb 2017, 15:25

Blazerules wrote:The amount of times I've been shot with "suppressive" fire from off screen and had our push fail is too large to count. Let's not.

Or at least don't shoot after a group of people make a push then be sorry that you crit a few marines because you thought xenos won.
It only works for defending a choke point or making a final stand. The times I've done it were when I knew the xenos were pushing into the FOB, and it actually worked in preventing a flank by overwhelming less armoured combatants (i.e runners & hunters, Ravagers would simply take too much damage and are forced to pull back.
You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

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Post by Diggman88 » 21 Feb 2017, 16:16

Currently, I try to only use burst-fire now. The amount of times I was killed or wounded after only using 10 rounds change my mind. I fire at least two bursts at any enemy who shows themselves.

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Post by Crab_Spider » 21 Feb 2017, 16:49

Diggman88 wrote:Currently, I try to only use burst-fire now. The amount of times I was killed or wounded after only using 10 rounds change my mind. I fire at least two bursts at any enemy who shows themselves.


How are you getting killed that fast? Runners with huggers?
You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

I am John "Buckshot" Rhodes, the Tactical Snowflake Hunter

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Post by Diggman88 » 21 Feb 2017, 18:59

How I die varies but it's not about speed. I have been a fight for an hour at a time and only used two mags with semi-auto. I also include getting wounded and have to return to the Sully for surgery.

Simply put, I agree with you. Aleins are scared of bullets and we should more down range.

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Post by Casgair » 21 Feb 2017, 19:47

There are times you'd get better results covering with a rail scope I feel, assuming you have flares out.

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Post by Enceri » 22 Feb 2017, 11:30

spartanbobby wrote:Please don't do this with AP loaded.
Please DO this with AP, for the boosted immersion.

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Post by Crab_Spider » 22 Feb 2017, 11:54

Enceri wrote:Please DO this with AP, for the boosted immersion.
Just did it yesterday, not a single FF incident (I'm serious)
You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

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Post by Crab_Spider » 22 Feb 2017, 11:56

Enceri wrote:Please DO this with AP, for the boosted immersion.
Just did it yesterday, not a single FF incident, not even when I loaded the AP.
You will never be as bad as the baldie who picked up a tactical shotgun while a hunter was pouncing on top of a CMO for 4 seconds, with his only response being to pace around before being decap'd by said hunter. You are not Brett Kimple, and you never will be. You are not the reason why I regular MP.

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Post by Enceri » 22 Feb 2017, 12:20

Crab_Spider wrote:Just did it yesterday, not a single FF incident, not even when I loaded the AP.
What part of HELL did you come from...

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Post by Crab_Spider » 22 Feb 2017, 12:20

Enceri wrote:What part of HELL did you come from...
Detroit
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Post by Enceri » 22 Feb 2017, 12:23

Crab_Spider wrote:Detroit
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