I've had a couple of other people ask about this during a few games.

It seems like the JAW misfires about 50% of the time. Like on a crash site game when I'm up on a roof and I see a squad of juicy targets running around the pod, I whip that bad boy out to take out a few of them and I fire and nothing happens. It's like the rocket fires and then shoots off into space and disappears.

I know I'm not missing. Like I said it's about 50% of the time. I know when I miss.

It's kinda like a dud. This happened three times to me about 15 minutes ago before I quit because the server was laggy as hell.

It also seems to happen with the noob tube when I use it on any gun. Ironically enough I'm really horrible with it, so when it magically does decide to work properly I usually screw it up so it doesn't bother me that much.

You get the sound of the rocket firing, but there's no impact of any kind. More than a few times I swear I can actually see the rocket shoot off in some random direction only to impact on nothing like I didn't even fire it. I know I'm keeping the laser where I want it to go, and it just flies off and disappears.

Anyone else experience this?

Same here bro, I changed back to frag nade after I realized the weapon is unplayable.

I've experienced this problem once or twice, more so over really long distances it's almost as if it cuts out half way through flight...

I could only assume in my case that it's designed that way though.

I do know for a fact, if you fire either the JAW or nade launcher within range of hitting you, it will automatically dud every time due to the proximity safety.

IMO its a dumb feature, if someone is gonna fire their explosive weapons so close that it will kill them, then they deserve the suicide. Also there are times where I could kill someone at close range without killing myself, but I end up dying from the other player because my explosives dud on me.

I'm pretty sure too......

When I use the JAW and fire down onto a crash site surrounded by enemies, I rarely get kills. I just assumed that I svck - that's probably what it is.

My JAW unlock has disappeared from my loadout list anyhow (along with my flash bang) so I don't know if I'll be able to use it again anyhow.

Ther is an upgraded perk which (from what i have seen) makes it dissapear mid flight. Handy if you have it

I have had this issue in the SP also. Especially in the Semper-Fi or Die mission.

Seriously, Half the time I fire it at someone dead on direct hit. It just disappears. No Explosion, nothing at all. Flat out fire, Gone.


And WTF is up with the Net coding in this game? you should not be able to hide behind complete walls/objects and still be killed through them completely because of lag.

It's **** Metal Gear Online all over again.

I've had a similar thing happen with the SCAR grenade launcher. "DIE MUTHAS!" 'Click' (nothing!)
May as well have thrown a bunch of flowers at them lol.

I've had a similar thing happen with the SCAR grenade launcher. "DIE MUTHAS!" 'Click' (nothing!)
May as well have thrown a bunch of flowers at them lol.

ROTF Well, that's one way to put it!

it's because they're duds. Crytek had the awsome idea to put dud explosives in the game so it would be more lifelike. Just so you know I'm blowing smoke out my *ss... none of this is actually true...

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I hope you're all trolling.

In the game, as in real life, when you shoot an explosive projectile it has to fly a certain distance before it arms itself. Minimum range.

If you shoot an explosive further than about 10 ft it will explode every time.

Yeah, IDK abotu you, but I've seen many JAW whores in the game already, its been able to one-hit me many times. Kinda BS when even armor can't protect you.

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I hope you're all trolling.

In the game, as in real life, when you shoot an explosive projectile it has to fly a certain distance before it arms itself. Minimum range.

If you shoot an explosive further than about 10 ft it will explode every time.

Then explain why my 25m rockets BOUNCE off my target and then vanish?

FRAPS it.

I've finally lost it and decided that I am not going to play this game until it gets better connections. It's so frustrating to fire half a clip at an un-armored person at close range and not get the kill, while other times people snipe me with the SCAR using only 2-3 bullets from across the map without even aiming very well.

I've finally lost it and decided that I am not going to play this game until it gets better connections. It's so frustrating to fire half a clip at an un-armored person at close range and not get the kill, while other times people snipe me with the SCAR using only 2-3 bullets from across the map without even aiming very well.
I've had nothing but <100 ping connections constantly, I live in **** ruraltown canada with only 1 ISP who is practically ****, if I have a fien connection, you should too.

Blame your ISP, not the game, nub.

Well as much as I love the game I have thought that some things are questionable. I mean you have all of this "MAXIMUM ARMOUR!" and you go out into battle feeling like The Terminator and then a very quick phtoom phtoom later you're dead. Sometimes it makes me think the max armour is as effective as a Stormtroopers' blaster armour lol.

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I hope you're all trolling.

In the game, as in real life, when you shoot an explosive projectile it has to fly a certain distance before it arms itself. Minimum range.

If you shoot an explosive further than about 10 ft it will explode every time.

Then explain why my 25m rockets BOUNCE off my target and then vanish?

Same problem with me. I'll fire a rocket from a good distance away. Once, an enemy was at medium range (enough for a sniper rifle kill). We both fired rockets at each other. Mine disappeared the minute it left the launcher. His went towards me. I dodged it and survived, but the point is, MY rocket disappeared, just like the OP's problem.

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I hope you're all trolling.

In the game, as in real life, when you shoot an explosive projectile it has to fly a certain distance before it arms itself. Minimum range.

If you shoot an explosive further than about 10 ft it will explode every time.

Then explain why my 25m rockets BOUNCE off my target and then vanish?
This, happens to me So much!

**** stupid is what it is!

See the thing is, I've had it not go off at all ranges. Long, medium and short. I had this strange feeling that there was some kind of Anti-Noob function where if I shot it off at something too close to me it wouldn't go off. It just happened again (I don't even know why I'm still using the damn thing) on skyline.

I was on top of the class house on the very top of the map, going to shoot at a guy at the pod below the helo landing pad and that damn thing didn't go off again.

I really would rather I kill myself, and hopfully the guy that's too close to me than have it just not go off. I mean if I get caught with the JAW in my hands when I guy comes around a corner right in face, I'd like to have to option of going kamikaze on his ass.

But the longer range dudes have to be a bug. I mean it's just stupid.

Lol playing with the jaw. it svcks, and anyway, there are no tanks in this game.

Cooked nade wins all the time.

Yes the Jaw is buggy. Misfires every time. You can't even destroy an enemy point blank using JAW.

WOW! What a bunch of clueless people in here...

THE JAW IS NOT BUGGED.

Before claiming that the JAW is bugged (BTW, ITS NOT), you should do some research/testing FIRST.

First of all if you fire the JAW at a target that is CLOSE to you, it will not explode...i.e. it will do virtually no damage. For example, Aim for your feet and fire, it will not explode. Do the same while standing close to a wall aiming at a wall this time. It will not explode.

Now slowly back away from the wall, after a certain distance all hits will explode.

Basically, you need to have a set distance for the munition to actually go off....same with the noob tube.

As a matter of fact, all noob tubes are like that in which it wont explode unless some distance is covered...this applies for CoD4 and up, and also Bad Company 2.

Now with this new found knowledge, learn to use the JAW properly before claiming its bugged.

Have a good day nubadoobs!