Recon is short for reconnaissance. The whole idea is to be BEHIND enemy lines doing......reconnaissance. Killing people from behind. Setting up spawn points. Not to swing from another mans nuts but Highway does it right.
However in BF3 people seem to think recon means sit at a capped flag near deployment and take pop shots at distant moving pixels hoping for an "EPIC HEAD SHOT".
True, but EA/DICE dont make it easy to ignore the fact that your primary weapon selection under Recon is Sniper Rifles meant for Long Range such as M40, L96, M98B etc. Making it very tempting and easy to snipe.
I am not an all the time team player by any means, but I am not a lone wolf all the time either. When I find that i am dying alot when running and gunning, I like to post up and pick off people approaching one location or another. these days I prefer to run and gun but when I get on a server with a Prone dick, and he is damn near untouchable, I switch to my recon kit and try to pick him off until he stops sniping then go back to running and gunning.
Playing with some one Months ago does not equal current times. Mailman, I played with the SV98 alot as I was trying to unlock things for it as well as Plat it. After I platted it, I moved on to other weapons like DAO-12 and G3A3/A1 whatever.. I also use the M416 and now the P90. If you doubt my style of play, hop on sometime. im rarely on TS as no one else is there when Im on so I forgo communication when possible.
Most of this started when I stated that Modern Warfare 3 blows.
as to my Avatar, that was my nephew.