Alright... I really only play two specific roles when I'm playing Dust, but I have to say... the Plasma Cannon is nothing more than a hilarious joke. Quite the weapon to add a couple of extra years of to your life. CCP, you guys promised us a direct dumb-fire rocket launcher. While you certainly gave it to us I can say for sure that this - this piece of scrap metal - isn't what we wanted.

So... I propose a fix, and I'd like to hear the communities opinion on it.

1.) Increase the projectile speed. It's like watching a fire work shoot off into the sky... in slow motion. The projectile is easily dodged by LAVs, HAVs, and Dropships who may not even be aware that it's flying towards them. All because by the time the projectile gets to where the vehicle was, said vehicle has already moved off. The only thing that it seems to be able to kill are unsuspecting infantry, which mind you is hilarious.

2.) Increase the clip size. I don't mind the eight rounds that it gets all together, that's completely fine. What I'd like to see is two shots in a single clip, rather than one. With the current refire rate and damage, I personally don't suspect that it would be considered over-powered if these two changes were implemented.

Amusingly enough, I never specifically stated that players should skill into and only into the plasma cannon. What players pick for their weapon, and what they want to skill into is their choice. I want to see a currently useless weapon, useful. It's a very rare sight to see the plasma cannon on the field, and a rarer sight to see one actually used properly. If it's used at all, it's used as an anti-infantry weapon.

However, it's posts like these that makes me question why do we even have a Feedback / Request forum. If we can't provide constructive feedback and gather constructive feedback from our fellow community members, how can we expect CCP to create a better game? If anything, this sort of comment discourages people from even bothering with giving feedback.

I suppose the question is, Midas, do you want a better game? If yes... then start posting constructively in these sort of threads. Or don't post at all if you're going to attempt to troll. This isn't the War Room or Locker Room.

Have some aloe? I don't think I'll be able to recover from this burn.

First, excuse my narrow-mindedness. I should have researched more into the Plasma Cannon than sitting and thinking that four or so hours of game-play made me an instant expert. I could have approached this topic with more tact than I've shown in my original post. I latched onto an idea that I thought was clever, and ran to the wolves with it.

Secondly, I went back and re-read your earlier post. Clearly, your post wasn't an attempt at trolling. However, from my perspective the way you started the post struck me as hostile / trolling. I would personally like to apologize for making such an ill statement.

Never-the-less, Midas, you are correct. Prior to me calling it a night (before both of these posts) I was running with my Plasma Cannon AV fit. I agree... the weapon doesn't need any changes to it. Even at the standard level with enough timing and patience you can cause enough damage to destroy or harass enemy vehicles. In my previous run with the Plasma Cannon, I was unable to hit vehicles with the Plasma Cannon. Because I wasn't use to the feeling of the weapon. In my recent run, I managed to chase off a standard Gunnilogi, destroyed a couple of LAV's, and forced a dropship to leave the area. This being a standard Plasma Cannon on a militia fit without added modifiers.

I will personally admit that I do not know much about this game. My experience with DUST has been a brief six months thus far. I, by no means, want my hand held. I would rather be knocked down countless of times if it means learning something. After all... this is New Eden, correct? No one hand holds here.

So thank you.

o7