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Introduction:

Hey guys, I've decided to make a guide about my favorite LMG, the RPD.The RPD is unlocked at level 4, and it is one of the most powerful guns in the game. It is accurate,powerful,and it has a decent rate of fire, not to mention the iron sights are awesome.In this guide, I will be discussing what attachments and perks to use with this gun, strategies, and some class setups.Hope you enjoy!


Attachments:

Grip:10 kills
Grip is a great attachment for this gun, if not the best.It reduces the recoil greatly and makes the gun more accurate. 9/10


Red dot sight:25 kills
Red dot sight is a waste of an attachment, in my opinion, as the iron sights are awesome and one could use a much more useful attachment. 3/10

Silencer:75 kills
The silencer is decent if you don't want to be found easily, it is pretty effective when you use bling and put on the silencer and grip. 6/10

ACOG scope:150 kills
Not so great. This scope is trash on LMG's and again, there are better attachments out there.Only use this to unlock thermal. 3/10

FMJ:300 kills
Use this if you find yourself constantly getting hit markers before your enemy goes behind cover. 7/10

Holographic Sight:60 kills while looking through the RDS
See red dot scope. 4/10


Heartbeat Sensor:15 kills while using the silencer
Good when you need to clear a building or you find yourself on a mad dash to find the last guy alive in SnD (this seems to happen to me alot), although many people use ninja nowadays. 6/10


Thermal:20 kills while looking through the ACOG scope
Believe it or not, this is great. It makes the RPD an automatic sniper rifle and actually beats most regular snipers in a long distance battle. 8/10

Extended mags:40 kills through a surface while using FMJ
This is not needed at all, 200 bullets is plenty to last you a game. 3.5/10


Perks:

Sleight of Hand: This is great for the RPD, as it has a very long reload time.Pro ability is excellent, it gives you that boost you need when your in a 1 vs 1 situation. 7.5/10


Bling: Pretty good perk, here are some combinations of attachments that are effective: Grip + Heartbeat sensor, Grip + Thermal, Grip + Silencer, Grip + FMJ. 7.5/10

Stopping Power: Awesome perk, but it's not necessarily needed. 8/10


Cold-Blooded: This is what you should use if you don't want stopping power, it is efficient because it makes you invisible from UAV,air support,thermal,and sentries. 6.5/10

Steady Aim: Awesome if you find yourself in one of those "spray n' pray" situations, the pro ability is good too if your using the grip + thermal combo. 7.5/10


Ninja: Most people think they're safe when their heartbeat sensor doesn't pick anything up. This'll prove them wrong. 7.5/10


Strategies


Strategy one:
So,basically, this strategy is locking down a high traffic part of the map and setting up a claymore to guard your weak side. This is NOT camping, as the part of the map should be fairly large and you should be moving, Example: House in Estate,cliff in Afghan,etc.


Strategy two:
Another strategy that's decent is to go to high traffic areas, get a few kills there, and move on to another high traffic area. It's good to have atleast three and keep switching after you get two or three kills.The difference between this and strategy one is that strategy one is having ONE high traffic area and just changing your spot a little, like where bomb B is in afghan, there are lots of rocks you can climb onto and you can switch rocks every now and then. Strategy two is moving between a few large areas.


Strategy three:
This strategy consists of putting thermal on your RPD and going to a good sniping spot.Then sniping like you regularly would, but instead with an automatic sniper rifle.


Class setups:


Class one:
Primary: RPD with Grip
Secondary: Any
Equipment: Any
Special grenade: Any
Perk one: Sleight of hand
Perk two: Stopping power
Perk three: Steady aim
Useful with: Strategy one or two

Class two:
Primary: RPD with Silencer (If you have bling, then silencer and grip)
Secondary: Any
Equipment: Any
Special grenade: Any
Perk one: Bling or Sleight of hand
Perk two: Stopping power or Cold blooded
Perk three: Ninja
Useful with: Strategy one

Class three:
Primary: RPD with thermal ( If you have bling, then thermal and grip)
Secondary: Any
Equipment: Any
Special grenade: Any
Perk one: Bling or Sleight of hand
Perk two: Stopping power
Perk three: Steady aim (pro)
Useful with: Strategy three


Conclusion:


Yeah, that's my guide, I don't really know what else to explain, but yeah, hope you guys enjoyed, and remember: This is mostly MY OPINION.

thanks to winged taco for this

Nice guide I don't know what to choose though, I keep switching between the RPD & Aug Hbar.

Thanks man.

I say RPD, because the only real reasons you would be using a light machine gun is the extra ammo and clip size and the Aug does not meet this requirement, and power, which the Aug does meet, but the RPD meets both requirements.

i love the rpd, i really miss the saw from cod4.... it was awesome i hope black ops brings it back..... but the rpd rapes!!!!! use it and watch the hatemail fill your inbox!!!!! because "it takes no skill" to use it lol.. when it actually does, seeing how you can snipe snipers with it so easily, its just as good as the famas just a little heavy

I know it can be pretty cheap at times, like you can spray down the whole enemy team and it is just so powerful like if I lose sight of someone as they go behind cover then I can just spray and pray at them.

Also I agree it's low recoil and high damage and awesome iron sights allow you to just snipe people.

but the best part dude, is they are never expecting it, especially if you use a class setup like i do with it

rpd with grip
spas with grip
marathon pro
stopping power
ninja or steady aim!!!

pure ownage man

I say take out marathon and put in bling pro or sleight of hand pro. I mean with a light machine gun you do not want to be moving around a lot. You want to setup camp for a few kills and move on.

Bling is just awesome because you can go usual grip but then have say fmj to add on to its already high penetration, or silencer to stay off the map and since the gun is so powerful and as long as you have stopping power, I mean silencer will not effect its damage that much, the gun will still be very powerful.

But if you go with sleight of hand pro, you can aim down sights faster since it has such slow aim down sights, so if you get stuck in tight situation you can have a better chance of getting the shot of first. Also its long reload is annoying, so being able to quickly reload and get back into the action can save your life.

but i can't be that campy, and i love getting to certain places faster than the enemy teams. i don't mind the reload time because i usually play with friends that'll watch my back during the reload, but most of the time if i'm by myself playing with it i'll switch to the spas for a bit until i find a good spot to reload in the cover, usually just one clip for the rpd'll take out 7-10 people(unless you pray and spray alot). and your killstreaks are already putting in work. so the marathon is more worth it to me man, especially on certain maps. like highrise,rundown,afghan- wanna get to that high traffic area first man to hog the killfeed for a bit.

I understand your points, and I guess everyone is different in what they like and can do good with.

i understand your points though man i've tried it with all the perks and attachments and used bling, marathon just seems to work out the best, i like to use it with sleight of hand when i prestige to get those 120 kills before i start sniping.