Covert Ops recognition bug?

(Coolhand) #1

From another thread:

There have been several occasions where I’ve shot someone on my own team because their name didn’t appear (and I usually wait for several seconds before opening fire “just to make sure”).

I’ve also seen the reverse situation, where I’ve been looking at someone up close (usually from behind) who I suspect to be a Covert Ops in disguise, but since the nametag appears I’ve assumed I was mistaken, only to be taken out shortly afterwards by the same character :frowning:

The manual states:

Players can still identify disguised enemy Covert Ops. Disguised enemy Covert Ops at longer ranges will display the name and rank information of the player whose uniform they’ve stolen but at close range, disguised enemy Covert Ops will not display ANY name or rank information and may be safely shot.

Looks like this isn’t 100% reliable :frowning:

(BlackDeath) #2

Yes, ive had that exact same thing happen to me. Its come down to where i have to investigate their gun to make sure its a covert ops, and if he’s disguised as a covert ops, well, then its a 50-50 guess. It doesnt do it all the time, but its happened to me.

B_D

(weasel) #3

Use the compass. If they show up, they’re on your team, if they don’t it’s a covert ops. I never have any trouble identifying disguised enemies.

(Cyber-Knight) #4

it’s part of the fun in being covert ops!

regardless, I think covert ops is a very BALANCED class. I’ve seen ppl who are obviously disguised and get wasted immediately and ppl who hide it very well and get away with lots of crap and knife kills.

And as the game gets older and ppl become more experienced, it will only get harder for the covert ops as ppl become smarter.

(Coolhand) #5

Good point about gun recognition (something else to get to grips with!) and I keep forgetting the compass (my excuse is that I find it too confusing :), thanks for reminding me about it.

But I still think this may be a bug… either that, or the manual needs amendment.

(senator) #6

yepp, happened to me too. For example in Oasis I was swimming through the still halfway flooded caves and saw an engineer from our team but his name won’t show up. The only thing that saved his life was that I saw the grenade-launch thingy at the end of his rifle so I was sure that he was no CovOps :slight_smile:

(Coolhand) #7

The more I think about this, the more I think it’s a bug. It’s the perfect excuse for the teamkiller: “soz m8 ur name didn’t show so I thought u were enemy”. :frowning:

(FallenMatt) #8

I saw it happeneing REPETIVELLY on goldrush map.
ie. it wasn’t just a freak accident but happened over and over again.

the "i see my tteammate running to me, the name and tag and wahtnot displayed, he is right in front of me, goes to my back and knifes me to death - disguised cov ops)

I am starting to think that maybe cov ops on very high level can gisguise himself that well ??? (i rallelly play cov ops so i wouldn’t know)

anyway… on a server with a lot of newbies this situation leads pretty quick to TK fest on enormous scale. After this happens few times suddenly all the newbies start shooting at anything approaching their precious things (ie, you are engy running to fix the command post - you will get wasted by teammate)

the most annoying experience for me was:
i was soldier with MG prone on the floor of the gold room, i see my teammate run in and then he proceeds to walk to me (all in the line of my fire). I see his health and name tag all this time

i am thingking “move you moron, you blocking my view”
then he walks behind me, knifes me, gets the gold and runs to the truck with it

(Coolhand) #9

Possibly… although the manual says nothing about this.

(Twist) #10

I Play as Covert all the time, so i guess im diging my own grave with this but, One realy good way to tell Coverts is often over looked. If you see some1’s name and it looks like this: “S - Someguy” but they have Medic threads on (Or engie/field/ect ect, anythign but Sodlier) then there is obviously something wrong with that picture. Their Class Tag will never match the outfit they steal, unless its another Covert Uniform.
I use this + the-gun-in-hand method all the time. Never fails.