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[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons]]


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Locust Machine Gun
The primary COG weapon, the [[Lancer]].  This is the workhorse of the COG army.  It is intended for mid-range combat, but features a chainsaw bayonet for when you feel like getting up close and personal.  Press and hold the melee(B) button to activate.  If you take damage while using the chainsaw, it will stop running and you will need to press B again to start it.


The Hammerburst is the primary weapon of the Locust [[Drone]]. It fires six round bursts and is most effective at mid-range. It lacks the bayonet of the [[Lancer]], but can still be used for an faster melee attack. The Hammerburst is also more accurate than the lancer; especially during blind firing. Ammuntition for the Hammerburst is easily found as most Locust you kill will carry one.
When attempting to use the chainsaw bayonet, it's best to rev it and then run into the enemy. While the chainsaw is revved, the controls change to make it easier to look around while still holding B. You use the left stick to move forward and backward as normal, but you also look left and right using the left stick. This is quite useful for when your enemy moves to the side while you're trying to chainsaw them.
Offline (but online in particular) you will find the Hammerburst to be more powerful when fired than the Lancer, but the inconveniences of taking time out to pick it up and the loss of a threatening melee prove this weapon to be useless to many players.

Revision as of 07:20, 29 November 2007


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The primary COG weapon, the Lancer. This is the workhorse of the COG army. It is intended for mid-range combat, but features a chainsaw bayonet for when you feel like getting up close and personal. Press and hold the melee(B) button to activate. If you take damage while using the chainsaw, it will stop running and you will need to press B again to start it.

When attempting to use the chainsaw bayonet, it's best to rev it and then run into the enemy. While the chainsaw is revved, the controls change to make it easier to look around while still holding B. You use the left stick to move forward and backward as normal, but you also look left and right using the left stick. This is quite useful for when your enemy moves to the side while you're trying to chainsaw them.

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