The "What are you playing?" topic.

[woad&fangs]

for some reason, riot shields stopped working online. playing splitscreen, riot shields are evil tools of destruction counterable only by an AT-4 behind it (because AT-4 to the front does squat), but i got some fairly long killstreaks with it, as opposed to getting 2 kills, 1 death, 2 deaths, 1 kill, etc with any other weapon.

Riot shields are actually fairly easy to beat. Use explosives, aim at their feet, flank them, shoot them while they switch to a gun, etc. I actually think MW2 did a pretty good job with balancing. I can't wait until I head home for the holidays and get to play my little brother's copy of it again

Until then, I'm playing waaayyyy too much NCAA Football '10 and that Axis&Allies game that was linked to in the Arena.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Riot shields are actually fairly easy to beat. Use explosives, aim at their feet, flank them, shoot them while they switch to a gun, etc. I actually think MW2 did a pretty good job with balancing.

oh, without a doubt. not even the damage or anything as much as the huge variety of guns. only in assault rifles there must be around 10-15!

its just that when you cant hit their feet, and they see you, you cant really flank unless your just trying to be faster than them, which is cheap. ive had a few online where i meleed someone, then they magically shot through my shield with a shottie and killed me, and the killcam shows that lag is responsible for getting me killd; while they were in front of me on my screen, he was to my right side on his.