The only benefit to the improved heavy machine gun is the number of rounds, 75 increased to 100. At least that's what I thought. Still aim and spray is pretty impressive. Time for a story.
(Story: 5 red dots around the corner of a building moving towards my position behind a defensive wall. Jumps out from cover, machine gun at the ready spraying bullets straight at their heads. 4 drop from head shots the last gets me.)
I put the other points into fast load rocket launcher and improved rocket launcher. Love the lockon effect of the improved rocket launcher. Bunker gun doesn't stand a chance and even vehicles can be taken out in 2 hits, 3 at most.
I'm about to hit 1000 kills on heavy machine gun so will look at respec to shotgun with PDW and knife. God I can't tell you how many times I have been knifed at a distance. Frustrating as hell.
I forgot about respecing my assault rifle once I hit 1000 kills and the medal. Didn't realise till I had hit 1900 kills. Anyway the plan is to acheive all weapon medals in the long term and any other medals and ribons as the game progresses.
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build working on the Athleticism Skill Tree to gain full health and damage reductions.