Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Assault Rifle

Starting ammo: 100/4
Ammo pack: 50/4
Maximum ammo: 200/8

Primary damage: 7
Secondary damage: 70

Primary fire shoots low damage bullets at a moderately fast rate of fire
Secondary fire is an attached grenade launcher. Grenades can be bounced off walls without exploding, however they explode when they come into contact with other players

The Assault rifle is the weapon that players are holding at the beginning of each battle, and after they come back to life (spawning) after dieing. It is unique in that it is the only weapon with two separate ammo reserves, one for primary fire and one for secondary fire, meaning that the gun can be out of bullets and still have grenades and vice-versa. The yellow bar under the assault rifle in the weapon bar shows the ammo for its primary fire, meaning that the only way to know how many grenades are left is if you are holding the assault rifle. This also means the assault rifle is the only weapon that can be switched to if its ammo bar appears empty.

The Assault rifle is also the only weapon that can be used akimbo style, meaning one in each hand. As assault rifles are rarely found on the map, the only way to get another assault rifle is to pick it up off a dead player, or even your own dead body, as when you die your weapon is dropped onto the floor for a few seconds for anyone to pick up. There are generally plenty of assault rifles on the floor as players are most vulnerable when they spawn as they only have two weak weapons and a fairly low amount of health compared to the maximum (199 health 150 armour)

Despite its unique characteristics and quirks, the assault rifle is one of the weakest weapons in the game, and should only be used if there are no other weapons available. Generally players will fire off all their grenades as they run for their first "real" weapon, as the grenades are the only remotely useful thing about the assault rifle, players know that as soon as they pick up another weapon any remaining ammo in their assault rifle will not be used, so why not chuck a few grenades round the corner, you might get lucky.

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