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LMGs are categorized by large clips, damage, and RoF, but lack mobility and have slow reload times. This makes them ideal defense weapons. Defending an objective such as a flag or bomb is a great use for an LMG

PERKS:

TIER 1 (Blue):

Marathon: You're not Forrest Gump, and you shouldn't be running around with a defense oriented weapon

Scavenger: 200 rounds is plenty, this isn't necessary

Bling: Useful if you want grip with another attatchment

Sleight of Hand: Great to offset the high reload times of LMGs. Pro version helps too. Also the aim down sights is slow for light machine guns, so this helps speed it up a ton (pro version).

One Man Army: Pro version is about as fast as reloading with Sleight of Hand, but allows for unlimited refills of equipment. Using one man army pro is faster then reloading your light machine gun like the rpd and mg4.

TIER 2 (Red):

Cold-Blooded: Nice to have as a way to avoid killstreaks, but not as useful for LMGs as you won't be flanking much

Stopping Power: Turns the RPD, L86 LSW, and AUG HBAR into 2 shot kill weapons at all ranges. The MG4 and M240 become 3 shot kill weapons at all ranges.

Lightweight: While it seems to offset the low mobility of LMGs, it really isn't a good choice as you won't be moving much (See Marathon)

Danger Close: This is not a n00btube class, don't use this

Hardline: Not a bad choice if you feel you can function without Stopping Power and don't see much of a use for Cold-Blooded.

TIER 3 (Yellow/Green):

Scrambler: You can't be serious, right?

Ninja: Way to be sneaky with a 50 lb chunk of metal in your hands... not a great choice

Last Stand: Useful if you find yourself in a surprise CQC battle

Commando: See Last Stand

Sitrep: Pro version is great for hearing enemies who try to sneak up on you. However, chances are there will be too much background noise to hear them anyway, and you should not run into enemy claymores (it should be the other way around)

Steady Aim: See Commando

WEAPONS:

L86 LSW: Highest DPS of all LMGs, at the cost of having the highest recoil, making grip almost mandatory. L86 has a custom acog, called a SUSAT.

RP Personal favorite; Great iron sights, tied with the AUG HBAR for DPS, moderately high recoil, grip recommended but not necessary

AUG HBAR: Essentially an RPD with slightly more accuracy, a smaller clip and a smaller reload time.

MG4: Lowest DPS, highest reload time, but lowest recoil. Not so great, but incredibly accurate.

M240: Fires slightly faster than the MG4, but slightly less accurate. Meh.

ATTACHMENTS:

Grip: Great attachment; increases accuracy, always a good decision (just like that beer that escapes me at the moment...)

RDS: Learn to use the iron sights and save yourself the slot for something else

Holo sight: See RDS

Silencer: REDUCES DAMAGE BY 10 POINTS! BIG NO NO!

HBS: Not a bad choice, gives you a heads up against people not using Ninja

ACOG: Creates recoil. Usable on the MG4 w/grip, but not on other LMGs

Thermal Scope: See ACOG

FMJ: More damage through walls, nice to know your enemies have nowhere to hide... MUAHAHAHAHAHA

Extended Mags: For the Rambo in you. Not necessary (except maybe for the AUG HBAR) but not a bad idea either.

TACTICS:

Keep in mind one thing: your job is to defend any key choke points or objectives. I recommend using C4 or Claymores to hold off enemies from one entrance to an area while spraying hot lead into anyone stupid enough to come from the other entrance. Always stay behind some sort of cover to make it harder to be shot. Keep track of enemy movements, try to anticipate where the battle is moving and prepare for the incoming attack. Examples of key points in objective modes include places like the hallway in the center of Terminal, the hallway in the center of Skidrow, the cliff on Afghan (where 'C' would be in domination), etc. These are all high traffic areas. It's points like these that should have you smiling. When the battle starts occurring in one of these areas, just plant a claymore behind you to take care of flankers, and ADS while behind cover and see how stupid people can be by coming from the same route over and over and over...

EXAMPLE:

RPD w/grip
None (OMA)

Claymore
Stun x2

OMA
SP
SA

Domination on Afghan. Your team starts at 'B.' You run to 'C' and plant a claymore behind you and crouch behind the artillery cannon thing. The enemy team starts to come, thinking they can take the objective. How wrong they are. With two shot kills, a 100 round clip, 3 sec reloads, a high RoF, and decent cover, its near impossible for them to penetrate your line of defense. This is the mindset you need as an LMG user. You have to take an overwatch role, and you will decimate the enemy team. It's a different playstyle than most people are used to, but is incredibly effective.

Hope this guide helped!

SPECIAL THANKS TO platypus1130

I WILL BE POSTING LINKS WHEN I GET THE CHANCE

Nice guide, but maybe include 2 small things about the slow reload LMG's like RPD/MG4 that using OMA is actually faster then reloading, and for SoH that because the ADS time is pretty slow normally for LMG's this speeds it up.

thanks, and i added your suggestions

Cool guide.Its really intresting.Might have to try this.

nice guide

something to mention is the L86 has a custom acog, called a SUSAT.

its hilarious in S& wen i get GWC with it, everyone is like WTF is that thing?

oma(or bling for snd) + cold blodded + ninja, marathon lightweigt, ninja. is the only classes you should ever use

you could swap oma for scavenger, but with oma u can swap too a noob tube kill that camper keep your streak then switch back

yeah thanks man

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thanks, also i added your tip so thanks again

haha yeah man first time i saw like the f2000 and red dot sight and the l86 acog scope, i was shocked and did not know what the hell it was haha

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alright man i will keep your tip in mind thanks

Nice guide, I usually see people using the RPD the most though, I like the AUG.

thanks and yeah rpd is for sure my favourite, but i use to love the aug

"Ninja: Way to be sneaky with a 50 lb chunk of metal in your hands... not a great choice"

First off having an LMG or a 50lb weapon DOES nothing to decrease the sneaky-ness of your gameplay. So I have no clue why you would put that in the description.

Also my reccomendation for tier 3 perks are, either Steady Aim and Ninja Pro. That's it. Steady aim is -ok- Not great, since you won't be rushing with an LMG, so killing CQ isn't really a problem. Also even with steady aim, the cross hairs will still be relatively large.

Commando is a complete no no, paired with the slow movement speed of LMG's simply makes it useless, unless your enemy runs up to you.. < Use it if you wanna get a few kills once in a while, I never use this perk as it's the noobiest of noobs.

Last stand - Useless, you MIGHT get the kill, but in the end you die...

Ninja Pro- Since the three perks I listed are pretty much pointless, except steady aim. I recommend Ninja since it makes your footsteps silent, and removes you from heartbeat sensors.

All in all, if you're more of a rushing type I recommend Steady Aim, if you're more of a support-campy type, use Ninja.