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OP is right, betties are crap compared to claymores. Betty kills took forever, and got a lot of TKs, claymores has taken a third of the time and far less TKs.

I run betties practically on every class and still get mad kills with them lol, even though the sound is very distingushable, ALOT of people just dont have the reaction time or are just so cought off guard that they forget to duck or panic so hard they mess up and die.

and in HC they prolly kill more friendlies over enemies...explosives in general should not be used unless by players capable of using them..on topic yea claymores > betties...but ive gotten a quad feed with 1 betty before so thats always fun

Havent they also tweaked betties so that you only have to crouch now to avoid them instead of diving to the ground?

bettys are dumb. i used a stige token to unlock clays. i have always used clays and will continue to do so. havent been killed by a betty in like forever. so easy to get around them. so much delay. at best, they serve as a warning that someone has breached your perimiter. they are for noobs to kill other noobs.

I use betties a lot on demolition and domination maps.  There will always be someone who blindly runs to the objective and dies before realizing they need to crouch.  Plus, I can toss them to the objective from far away rather than having to get up on it.

I also love using them from the upstairs rooms in nuketown; I just toss them down from there near the trailers and inevitably someone will jump through the truck or come around the corner and blow up.  Or if they have flak jacket, I shoot them after they trigger it letting me know they're there.

They're good for watching your back from people who have ghost as well, whether they trigger it or hack it and I hear the voice telling me it's been hacked.

iKon wrote:

 

So listen guys, I will probably kick myself for doing this, but you have to start switching out your betties for claymores. Any above average player, especially those with headsets, have become trained to the clicking noise that indicates a betty has been set off, and can easily duck under it, usually with a huge amount of time to spare. I've gotten to the point where it's almost natural in that I can duck under betties while concentrating and winning gun battles at the same time. With that being said, it is completely different for claymores, in that they are almost inescapable when not using Flak Jacket, as long as you place them correctly, which most people do not which is why I put together the following tip. Let me know through replies if you've also become trained to this, I think it's becoming quite the natural thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sSQQhRGcZA

its true. claymores are now the main threat. The Era of the  "Click ***** BOOM" shall come soon.

i could give a rats ass which one you use. once the first one catches me or a mate. out comes the emp class and i start raking up free points. i love seeing those little red markers. emp your betty and get me points, teammate wacks you on his way through and i get a few more. it's called the ability to adapt and use teamwork.

Death by a claymore can be avoided by a well timed jump.