jeaduprez@yahoo.fr (J?r?me Duprez) wrote in
news:e0faa4ec.0308280001.5a24abb5@posting.google.com:

If I do not have a weapon that can snipe the tank drivers, then I will use
the flamethrower on the tank to lure them out, pick them off and then take
their tank.

The flame thrower has one unique property: it can shoot through solid
objects as if they weren't there.  This can come in handy on certain
missions.  I also like it on unsanctioned kill-sprees.  I'll go into a
pizza place or some other similarly enclosed location, kill everyone
inside, then when the cops show up I can torch them right through the
windows.  Great psychopathic fun!  Never lasts that long, though, because
eventually the game will spawn cops _inside_ the pizza place where
they'll get a couple shots in before I toast them.  So eventually my
armor and health gets chipped away and I go down in a blaze of gunfire
(or flamethrower fire, if you prefer).

Dunno if you'd consider that fun but I do, when I'm in the right frame of
mind.  If anyone else out there has any novel uses for a flame thrower
I'd love to hear them.

Also, if you want to kill a vehicle, don't just pour on the flame until
it explodes.  You're wasting fuel.  Instead just tap the fire button so a
little puff of fire comes out and hits the car.  It'll immediately catch
fire and then go out.  Do this three times and it'll catch fire for real
and explode.  This has worked on every vehicle I've tried it on, even a
tank.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth.  Happy flaming!

Oddly yours,
            Bob