“Oh wait, he has a Running Class!”
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of playing Modern Warfare 2, then you have probably come across the dreaded Running Class, and have uttered these very words. The Running Class, usually combines the Perks, Marathon (Unlimited Sprinting), Lightweight (Increased Movement Speed), and Commando (Increased Knifing/Melee Distance). Sometimes this deadly trio of Perks is combined with a Handgun/ Tactical Knife for reason unbeknownst to me. Basically, once equipped, the wielder of this class simply sprints around the map knifing any opponent that he/she may come across. On paper this may not sound like a very effective strategy, but in real matches online, a person with this setup will seem to be literally teleporting all over the map.
Here’s a video of some kid teaching players how to create this abomination of a class:
Now, basic common sense dictates that in order to stop these modern day speed demons, all a person would have to do is either A. Knife the opponent using the knifing class, or B. Shoot the opponent who is sprinting at you before they can get close enough to knife you. Here in lies the problem, if the you try to counter knife the opponent, he will almost always have the Commando perk on and will trump your knife 9 times out of 10. If for some reason he isn’t using Commando, then the fact that he is sprinting so fast will still trump your knife, even if you yourself have Commando on. Furthermore, if you happen to stumble upon a sprinter and try to shoot him, he will pretty much throw you a “nice try”, teleport around your bullets and effectively stab you to hell. The only possible solution to this class, is to quickly become a psychic mid-match and predict when and where the attack is coming from, and begin shooting before the Sprinter comes into your view. To close, there is a glitch that makes this class even more effective, but I’ll save that post for another day.
To close, check out this video of the Running Class in action:
The pistol allows you to run even faster, presumably. Not sure what’s up with the throwing knives though, lol. Anyway, good post. This stuff annoys me too, funny how someone can just automatically swing around you and find their knife in your neck.
Lol, yea the throwing knife thing is a mystery to me too, but the super-melee is probably the most annoying
I HATE when people have this on w/ the lightweight n they’re like OOOOHHHHH you have a claymore right there LET ME RUN OVER IT.. and then they either are perfectly fine or get eh maybe a splinter on their finger then presume to throw a knife.. whatever happened to the term “never bring a knife to a gunfight”? Apparently this no longer stands true.. another fine post Braveyoung..