The LMG, also known as the light machine gun, is a powerful and effective weapon in most first person shooters, if used correctly.<\/p>\n “Used correctly” is the key phrase here. Able to lay down a proverbial blanket of bullets, whether for suppression or the intent to kill, few weapons are able to achieve what a finely tuned LMG can.<\/p>\n It all comes down to a sustained rate of fire, courtesy of a fairly large magazine size. It’s great, until you reload that is.<\/p>\n In virtually any game that has them, the LMG’s biggest downfall is its reload time, particularly when an opponent will come careening around the corner the moment you start to reload.<\/p>\n Or, having just dispatched a number of opponents, you hit the reload button in spite of a considerable number of bullets remaining in the magazine. Preemptively loading is a popular practice after all.<\/p>\n As is the way of things, you’ll immediately regret your decision because the moment you do is when the buddy of those gamers you just dispatched will arrive.<\/p>\n As you slowly open up the gun to take out the magazine, then closes it up and latch it closed again, a process of what seems like many hours, you consider just dying and respawning with a fresh magazine.<\/p>\n The entire game has led up to this moment, the moment when you face off against the final boss.<\/p>\n You have spent sleepless nights levelling up your characters and equipping the best of the best items. It all comes down to this, and you are so ready.<\/p>\n As the battle goes on and the difficulty increases, you slowly start to wonder if you should have purchased a few more potions before taking on this fight, but you are determined to end this.<\/p>\n Your party members start to fall one by one, you continue to revive them as you do, until you realize that you are out of phoenix downs.<\/p>\n It then hits you that although you spent a dozen hours grinding, you never visited that travelling merchant that walked past you a dozen times.<\/p>\n You’re inevitably going to lose, die and have to take the boss on once more, but not before visiting the shop prior to the final area.<\/p>\n That’s the magic of saving your game the opportune times. You did remember to save, didn’t you?<\/p>\n We play hundreds of games, and some of us get relatively good at them as a result, it’s only natural.<\/p>\n After all, you’ve just dispatched enemy after enemy with little to no effort; your characters are definitely ready for the next fight.<\/p>\n Before you reach the final boss, however, you’re offered one last chance to save, a pointless comfort for those too weak to meet the challenge.<\/p>\n Being the arrogant gamers we are, you head into the battle without heeding the implied warning of a save point, only to realize that the difficulty spike between recent encounters and this boss is far from subtle; your ass is promptly kicked.<\/p>\n As much as you try to fight the boss, he soon shows you that the save point, which you ignored out of pure arrogance, was there for a reason.<\/p>\n You’ve just lost hours upon hours of grinding; fun!<\/p>\n Putting together an intimidating army in an RTS is a rewarding feeling.<\/p>\n Best of all, you’ve chosen the most powerful units at the highest tier of your army’s tech tree; no one can defeat you.<\/p>\n You build as many as you possibly can in an attempt to spam your opponent with all of the cheese you’re able to muster. The win is in the bag.<\/p>\n And then, all too quickly I might add, you realise your opponent has an army that consists almost entirely of the counter to yours.<\/p>\n It quickly becomes obvious that this match is over; your opponent’s army making short work of yours. For us, it’s best described as the ‘Kirov Effect’.<\/p>\n Native to Red Alert 2<\/em>, it’s the moment your armada of Kirov Airships, a sizeable investment, gets torn apart by fewer, far, far cheaper IFVs. That’s when you immediately regret your decision.<\/p>\n Worst of all is when your opponent’s clearly balanced army, though smaller in number, crushes you out of sheer strategic foresight.<\/p>\n Why risk dealing with the lone player right now, who may very well end you with a well placed shot or two, when you can take cover behind that rock.<\/p>\n And then, a gentle pitter patter reminds you that a grenade has neatly been placed at your feat, a simple but powerful gesture by the other player.<\/p>\n The only thing worse is choosing to face your opponent in a confrontation of skill, only to have a sticky grenade find itself stuck to your face.<\/p>\n In whichever shape the developer determines, usually an audio cue or a flashing icon on your HUD, you’re warned about imminent death. Unfortunately you’re for all intents and purposes already dead.<\/p>\n We prefer to go out, guns blazing.<\/p>\n At times our inventories start to feel like the garage of a hoarder, and we need to clean it up once in a while.<\/p>\n You head to the local shop and start spamming the \u201csell\u201d button. As we see the max weight go down, you feel relieved that there’s some space for a new adventure, and that you have got rid of all that unwanted trash.<\/p>\n Heading out into the world, you realize that you have just sold the sword that took HOURS of grinding to find.<\/p>\n You rush back to the shop to buy it back , a common practice among NPC vendors, only to find that the sneaky bugger is now selling the sword for 10 times the price that you sold it for.<\/p>\n It’s either that or the game has no buyback feature the moment you leave town; your item is gone for good.<\/p>\n There comes a time in a tactical title where you’ll feel awfully fond of your neatly placed squad; there’s an odd symmetry to it.<\/p>\n It took a few turns to get them to exactly where you wanted them, and only once the grenade leaves the hand of an opposing enemy do you notice the impending team wipe.<\/p>\n Perhaps more regrettable is when your team, a group of players, follows your every command, a faithful bunch who believe in your tactical expertise.<\/p>\n After all, you’ve just pointed out how wrong they all are; how incompetent they are at all walks of life, but particularly this game, and they should blindly follow you.<\/p>\n I mean, it was mostly through swearing your face off\u201490% of it mother jokes\u2014but your intentions are clearly just.<\/p>\n Your team breaks out of the fog\u2014a sheen of certainty in their voice\u2014only to meet the wrong end of a proximity mine, mortar shell, gank or opposing team bait.<\/p>\n For a brief moment, your friends hate you with all of their heart. 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<\/a><\/p>\nA sad lack of revival potions
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMissing the save point because who needs it
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/a><\/p>\nOnward, army of clones<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA grenade and player meet, and neither refuses the meeting
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/a><\/p>\nSelling a rare item by mistake<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSetting your team up for death<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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