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Fist Groinpunch
Goonfeet
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Posted - 2013.09.25 21:52:00 -
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Make an alt, put points into flaylock, find out for yourself. |
Fist Groinpunch
Goonfeet
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Posted - 2013.09.28 00:44:00 -
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Still haven't trained into it on an alt huh. I honestly don't get this. It's the easiest thing in the world to make a second/third char on your account, use some of the 500k SP given to train flaylocks, and take him for a spin in Academy for a few rounds. Then delete your alt. It will be 100% clear whether you want flaylocks on your main if you do this, and will cost you nothing except a half hour of your time, max. It's what I do with every gun that I want to try before I spend the SP on my main.
Having said that, the flaylock is terrible.
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Fist Groinpunch
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Posted - 2013.10.01 00:22:00 -
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OP, the giant flaw in your analysis is that you're equivocating the ease of getting a body shot with a scrambler pistol with the ease of getting a body shot with a flaylock pistol. That is not the case at all. The slower speed of the rocket makes this so much more difficult compared to the near instantaneous scrambler bullet.
A better comparison would probably be the ease of getting a body shot with a flaylock pistol versus the ease of getting a headshot with a scrambler pistol.
On top of that, the fact that even a militia scrambler pistol has 11 rounds in the clip. So not only is it eleven chances to do 79 damage before reloading, but it's also eleven chances to land a headshot before reloading.
The flaylock has what, three rounds in the clip? And is way more difficult to score a hit with?
There's a reason why you almost never see these things.
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Fist Groinpunch
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Posted - 2013.10.01 14:26:00 -
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Dude, "a slightly different timing" is the understatement of the year. When the other guys is in your face with an AR, strafing this way and that, that delay in your rockets hitting means its almost impossible to get a direct hit.
As to the flaylock, I may be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure you don't get extra rockets in the clip as you go up in levels for flaylock operation. Dust Uni Wiki says flaylock operation gives you '+5% flaylock pistol blast radius per level,' not extra rockets. So a maxed out standard flaylock still has 3 rockets in the clip with a 25% increase in spash damage radius. Versus 11 rounds in a militia scrambler pistol.
Oh and why wouldn't you use a militia scrambler pistol if you have excess PG/CPU? It is identical to the scrambler pistol, except for its higher fitting cost, and its lower ISK cost.
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