I usually play a pretty tactical game running from cover to cover trying to flank the enemy. I use a silenced M16 and a UAV jammer. I never really have a problem with people hearing me approaching them. I also never am able to hear people approaching me. (And I do have a nice pair of headphones)

From my own experience, reducing my running noise would do me next to no good. Everyone else seems to think this perk is great for those who wish to remain undetected.

Can someone explain to me why this perk is so great?

You can crouch and be quiet, but then you're moving at a crawl. And if noone is picking up on your noise and preparing for you when you're not crouched, they're BAD. With Dead Silence, you can move as quickly as you like without fear of anyone hearing your approach (ESPECIALLY on wood floors and metal steps or grating). It renders you all but invisible when paired with a silenced weapon and UAV jammer. What's not to love about it?

But there's a second benefit to it. Even more important in my opinion. Without making any noise yourself, you hear THEM so much easier, and from further away. If you hear movement, and know you have no teammates near where the sound is coming from, then it's go time.

I've had so many people run right by me as if I wasn't there using a jammer and DS. I wasn't hiding. I wasn't concealed. I was sprinting, or moving about. But they become so reliant on their UAV, or listening for footsteps, that they forget to use their eyes.

It's an awesome perk for a stealth/ghost/ninja class. If you're even half decent with iron sights, you don't need steady aim. If you're going stealth and getting the drop on people, deep impact isn't really needed. Can't think of any other perks needed in that tier for a stealth class to be honest.

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In a pub game, no tbfh.

In a proper match, hell yes.

In Search and Destroy it can be a miracle when you're going through the building. You don't know how many times I've gotten kills because I heard peoples footsteps.

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nar i have never used it

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ive used it and its a great perk.
cant tell you how many times ive snuck up on a sniper who was relying on hearing footsteps to tell if someones coming.
its also great to get your knife kills up.

If you are using headphones as you say, you will DESTROY people if you start playing with dead silence.

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dead silence is great and it works great for me they never here me sneaking up on them, with the uav jammer its a great combo

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I've found this perk to be especially useful in a 1v1 knife match.
otherwise, i don't use it. doesn't seem to help. (guess im not sneaky enough?)

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its awesome in more tactical games like HC SnD where everything's quiet and everyone is listening for sounds. maybe if your one of those people who gets confused and think that the sounds your making is someone trying to sneak up behind you, then dead silence is a good perk. i always find the people i play against listen to sounds.