At 12/30/09 09:48 AM, Life-Stream wrote:
I actually prefer the ACOG scope to the thermal. I hate the thermal, and never use it on any weapon. For assault rifles you basically have to hip shot close enemies because the thermal has a bit of a zoom aswell and fucks you up on those close enemies. Well it does for me anyway.
The ACOG sucks only for the sniper rifles because it shortens your range and you can't hold your breath to aim. Result? Impossible to get headshots and you basically can't aim any better than an Assault Rifle, and the assault rifles are still more precise and full automatic. So the ACOG sucks for Snipers but is pretty good for Assault Rifles. But so far, I have not been able to use the ACOG on Subs like I was doing in CoD4. It's a little harder I would say :P
I think sniper rifles are the only weapons where thermal is really quite effective, but even still, i don't like them, but maybe that's just because i'm not a huge sniper user anyway.
Thermal is not really good on other guns. Like you said, you always find yourself shooting from the hip when you fight an enemy that is at close or medium range. It's only good for long range shots.
It may be more inaccurate than some other scopes, but it's really the only scope I can use on sniper rifles. The main advantage it has over normal sniper rifle scope, and thermal scope is that you don't get the outer black screen while aiming, so you can always see whats happening on screen.
It's also alot faster to react to if you quickly see someone, aim, and fire.
It's the only advantage I would say. But I never stay scoped in long enough for it to really affect my playing.
I also wanted to show off a little.
This is the result of a Domination match on Rundown. I got two harriers and two chopper gunner. Take a look :P