Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.09.23 20:08:00 -
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With Level 3 Amarr Assault and a CRW you can fire 1 charged shot plus 7 single shots in rapid succession without overheating. So here's what you do: keep your distance, fire a charge shot, spam the trigger a few more times to be sure they are dead, then back peddle a bit while your heat goes down and repeat the process. This kills ridiculously fast and if done at the proper distance can really surprise the enemy. I've gotten in a situation several times where I drop below 100 armor and have three guys chasing me. All I do is keep retreating and every so often turning around and quickly dropping one of them, rinse repeat, and walked away unscathed. As True Adamance said if you have a second scrambler guy in your squad then do some rotating so someone is always shooting while the other is cooling down.
ALSO two very important things to remember:
1. Overheating isn't the end of the world, but definitely intentionally overheat so you know where your boundaries are so you can avoid them when it counts.
2. Charging your shot isn't an on/off flip. By this, I mean that you can half way charge your shot, or 1/3 charge your shot, or any fraction charge your shot. Basically the longer you hold the trigger the more damage it does, with a cap at the top of the charge. So don't feel like you always have to wait to reach that top of the charge, a half charged shot can still deal a lot of damage.
As for lasers, it's not hard to keep it in that optimal range at all. The thing is it's a situational point defense weapon. You really can't run it full time, just like you wouldn't really run a swarm launcher full time. That said, given the proper circumstances you surely could, but the optimal range is fine. I honestly don't want this gradual slope everyone's talking about for the laser rifle, I like the current mechanics and how it creates a very precise role for the weapon. Perhaps they could add laser rifle variants that aren't as effective but have less steep slopes, but don't touch the normal laser rifles. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.09.23 23:53:00 -
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Talos Alomar wrote:It's all about charge shots and pacing. Open things up with a charge shot, fire off a follow up volley and then charge up your rifle as it's cooling down.
I would also suggest getting proficient with a side arm. an SMG is an excellent pairing due to it's damage type, but I can't help but love the satisfying "dong" of a scrambler pistol headshot.
I agree, the scrambler pistol is the perfect compliment to the scrambler rifle. Yeah they're both shield focused weapons, but the scrambler pistol is a really reliable close quarter weapon which is where the scrambler rifle lacks.
And yes, the headshots are very satisfying, though recently I unlocked the Wolfman and was aiming for headshots but shortly realized it didn't matter. Insanely high base damage plus insanely high rate of fire plus 11 shots per clip . . . |