Rather than bich about the less than lets say . . . stand up play in the multiplayer world; thought would post something positive - Like Jackal Statistics.

When started mp, their were two guns really wanted to explore. Feline, and Jackal because this was my first shooter to explore the recoilless bull pup design now becoming popular with the world's armies, and the recoilless automatic clip/drum shotgun type AA-12 plus because they both look cool.

Feline - Dont know. Havent unlocked it.

Jackal - Ah, data to be mined. Played 50 games online. Exclusively used Jackal with extended mag. You need the extended mag to activate the auto fire function. Or stated another way, without the extended mag you only get single shot capability. But auto fire isnt the panacea it pretends to be. On auto, shotgun choke is likewise automatically expanded to double the spray pattern thereby also halving damage. Almost mythically sticking with the X2 operandi, auto fire is twice as fast as jerking your finger single fire. Concluding stating plainly single fire deals the same amount of damage per second with twice the range than auto fire however single fire is more difficult to aim from game mechanics in which our controller is both aimed and fired by thumb & forefinger of the same hand.

A judgment call to be made by every individual soldier. I went with auto fire because from seeing all the headshots online compared with the number I get, I must not be very good at it thus choosing the Soviet spray & pray method. Plus I payed for that extended mag, & damn it Im using it, and if I wanted single shot, I would have held out for the Marshal.

Along the same line of thinking of how bad my aim is, went with point fire enhance. Tried both aim assistance enabled & disabled not noticing any difference. My Jackal & Nova combination w/ frag grenade jettisoned has a much higher mobility than the standard Scar/Hammer/Frag combo usually seen online.

My m.o. was to approach sprinting activate armor just outside of auto choke range begin firing at hip bringing up to eye level continually pressing trigger thereby dropping out of sprint continuing to jog forward toward target.

This was profoundly ineffective. 50 games. 83 kills for an average of 1.66 kills per game. Need I say I was nearly always last place. So guy you are really not a soldier. Go back to your F-16. But the next number is telling. 36% accuracy. Thats incredible. All encounters were short range, open choke-wide spread, & only getting 1/3 contact. Should be getting near 100%. All it takes is one bb to make contact for a hit, & thats not happening. My target would merely turn around, or see me coming, raise his weapon & shoot me dead.

Is it the ubiquitous hacker/cheaters. I dont know that much about xbox cheating. In my PC days, you could use hex editors to turn on or off functions, increase numbers to increase weapon damage, invulnerability, speedier but never have seen or heard of ghost mode where bullets travel through you not registering. That would require programming. Skill & Energy for which criminals are not known. So even though mp altering is a big problem, I would lean towards not here at least as far as accuracy is concerned.

It must be the net. Packets sent, packets lost, how long to get the packets there. Firing a 9 round weapon cannot compete with a 40 round weapon. More data will get through in 40 rounds than in 9 rounds. Simple physics.

What about the Marshal. Rumored to get 1 shot kills. Why not the Jackal which is also a shotgun. Physics again. An amazing bit of physics as its amazing what more a 50 cal. bullet can do over a 30 cal bullet. A 50 cal can punch a whole through nearly any unarmored machine where a 30 cal bullet just point 2(.2) inches smaller would bounce off. An array of 50 cals would chew its way through the top of nazi tanks but the german 30 cals and 20mm cannons could not stop an allied tank.

The Marshal is a 10 gauge gun while the Jackal is a 12. Apparently here, that small difference is the difference between victory & defeat. Amazing bit of real world programming by Crysis.

Would single shot closed choke jackal be enough to make it mp contributory. Dont know. Unless I get League of Your Own as a new recruit, Im taking my jackal & going home.

Oh yeah, with extended magazine, you cannot switch back & forth between single, & auto, its auto only.

Its been fun

Magnificent Mike hacked my avatar with his self picture. Dont look at it too long as it will steal your soul.

i love the jackal. its actually my dog tag(i still haven't collected one either). i auto shot all day. usually aim at the chest and spray upwards also. That or hip shots to a melee, maybe vise versa. its a powerful gun when used correctly. Just have to relax when using it, cuz that spray can go crazy.