I read in another thread that the wetwork challenge can be completed by picking up guns, just can't start with anything

 

this is 100% true

as far as the pistoleer challenge, im at a loss. the kap40 is definitely a pistol and i doubt you were robbed because it was the final kill. maybe it just gltiched, kinda like when someone gets a 10 foot tomahawk kill and the game awards them a hail mary. shitt happens man. all you can do is try again, but i doubt you want to haha.

 

I can't get Merciless medals with a fully loaded out class of perks and weapons, so I'm not even going to attempt Wet-Work anytime soon.

I got Pistoleer with my Five-Seven by accident when just going for headshots.

 

Concerning the Pistoleer challenge , what game mode were you playing AC? I know your propensity to play Dom but I think theres an issue where you have to get the headshots in 1 round if you play a multi round game such as dom, ctf. s&d, or Demo. I would suggest playing TeDiuM or KC Or possibly HP so you would have the entire game to complete the challenge instead of a single round.

 

i just tried to do this ish, i get more headshots not trying.

 

Seriously just try it, I got my first brutal no perks; Scrub lobbies can make anyone look like a monster pub stomper

 

That is a good idea for wetwork, might work just fine.

For the stick medals, run fast hands, double semtex, and scavenger. It's actually very similar to using tomahawks, but the semtex moves more slowly through the air. Just play a game mode where you can predict enemy movements (like Dom, where you know which flag they spawn at and what routes they'll take), and start nailing semtex nades through doorways, windows, and whenever you see people.

Having fast hands will also allow you to do the return to sender medal. When you pick up a grenade with FH is resets the counter to 2.5 seconds, making it much easier to toss back and time it to kill someone.

 

There is a super easy method that can be used for return to sender. Use fast hands, two frags and scavenger. Throw your own frag at a wall, pick it up and throw at enemy. If it gets a kill it counts as a thrown back grenade kill. My first 8 took forever and the last 17 were achieved in 4 matches using this technique.

 

dayummmm, i must say im impressed. just like you pick up your own thrown frag in the return to sender challenge, you pick up your own gun. this is genius. its amazing how hard it is to use someone else's gun.

and now i feel like an idiot

 

will that work? if you dont have a weapon equipped then you dont drop it. I notice people only drop the shield if they had it in use

 

you start the game with the weapon you want to use to get the merciless, lay a tac insert, kill yourself away from the tac insert but close enough to know where your gun is and while you are waiting to respawn switch to the class with no items equipped. then go get your gun

 

it wont work that way. you cant commit suicide and drop your weapon. you have to be killed by an enemy.

 

You could build up a few support scorestreaks like VSAT and EMP with a regular class, and then make the switch to a no items class and use them after you find a gun, get your first kill or tac insert to your weapon. I think you might have more fun doing the challenge by picking random weapons off the ground then tac inserting with the MK, but that's subjective of course.

I agree with BM that either some or all of the time, challenges don't carry over to the 2nd round of dom, which blows.

The five sticks are easy if you take the shield and concussions to FFA. Find someone, spam concussions, sneak to the side and line up the throw, done.

RCXD and the axe is a lot of luck. I'd recommend getting in to some kind of medium/ long range line of sight when you hear it called in. You attract the RCXD's attention, and hopefully it drives straight at you. Close quarters is a bad idea, unless the guy gets stuck on a wall or something.

 

luckily if you hit the shot but die from the explosion the challenge will still be completed

 

I got the pistoleer by using a kap 40 playing core kill confirmed on nuketown. 5 sticks I ran scav, two semtek's and pretty much had to catch most people from behind where I could make sure I got the stick. Say hello I used the QBB because the high rate of fire worked better getting the triple than the more popular but slower Lsat and sub's can run out of ammo too fast. Trick shot....good luck as few people use the rcxd cause it sucks. Mine was just luck. RCXD got hung up on a object and stopped right in front of me. In all cases I played with the sole goal of completing the challenge. I didn't worry about anything else. Some challenges just happen by playing, some will never happen unless you are focusing on just the challenge. Playing K/C (core) helps for most challenges as the games are longer. You can also avoid yellow tags and only pick up red tags to help keep the score of both teams down and extend the match. Good luck.