Rogue Spear Multiplayer Preview by GMan
	New Equipment The heartbeat sensor (HBS) is the R6 player's American Express card---you don't leave home without it (unless you're a tard). RS answers back with the HBS jammer and, yes, it does actually work. In a one-versus-one scenario, with one player using an HBS, and the other using the HBS jammer, neither player will see the other on their map displays. The contest will be won by the player who visually acquires the opponent first, or in the case of simultaneous acquisition, the quickest on the draw. The jammer and the HBS seem to cancel each other's usefulness out. Only if a player uses an HBS and operates with a teammate equipped with a jammer in a two-person formation will the jammer be an effective tool, and then only against a single opponent (2v2 is the same situation as 1v1). To add insult to injury, in RS there is now stationary HBS and jammer units that can be placed on the ground. To combat these devices, as well as the hand-held HBS, RS introduces false heartbeat pucks. Once these pucks are dropped, they give off false readings that will show up as signals on an opponent's HBS. Before you get too excited, however, you still only have 4 slots for weapons in RS, so unless you assign a tard to carry jamers, pucks, and stationary HBS's, you'll be going into battle with a primary weapon and a pistol only---Not gonna happen! Obviously, some keyboard-challenged person at Redstorm hated the HBS because it will be next to useless with all of these new devices in RS. Who knows, maybe after a month of playing RS, clan players may possibly learn to like these new devices and incorporate the new tactics and strategies needed to use them, although I doubt it. These new devices will give the ability to turn a map into a camper's paradise. Click to continue		I'm also not convinced that the new peek move or the ability to throw grenades on the run will be enough to counter an intelligently set-up defense using the stationary HBS, stationary jammer, and C4 charges. Even with these possible problems I am convinced Rouge Spear will top Rainbow6. The game is simply amazing. All I can say is "thank god for the kit restrictions option on the server" and I'll see you on the Zone in September where we can all find out for ourselves how these new elements in Rogue Spear will work out. Join a discussion forum on this article by clicking   HERE.
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