The Plasma Cannon is pretty good as an AI weapon, but it requires a direct hit for OHKs. The splash is a good finisher though.

Here is my usual Plasma Cannon fit:

Assault M/1 Series

Plasma Cannon
MZ209 Assault SMG

1x Complex Damage Mod
2x Enhanced Shield Extenders

1x F/45 Remote Explosive

2x Basic Reactive Plates.

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It seems to do exceptionally well against Infantry, but it requires immense amounts of skill. Keep in mind that the weapon is still an AV weapon, so it shouldn't be a primary or go-to choice against infantry.

As for it's AV purposes, It works great when you want to cut down a tank's shields before blowing your REs. It completely fails elsewhere and is near useless against even the most in-experienced dropship pilots.

Personally, I believe that the PLC's direct damage should be modeled like this:

STD: 1320HP
ADV: 1650HP
PRO: 1980HP

The splash damage shouldn't be increased to much. It should reward the people who are skilled enough to get a direct hit, but punish those who aren't skilled enough to land their shots properly. Along with this, if the splash damage alone was enough to guarantee a kill, then we would easily see them being used as "rocket-propelled shotguns" (similar to how the dumbfire Swarm Launchers were being used as).

Also, If you want a good suit for Plasma Cannons, I believe that the Gallente Assault suit has a fitting reduction bonus to Hybrid Weapons, which would be heaven when you use the fitting optimization skill.

So what ****** decided the stats for the plasma cannon.

Used 700k sp on an alt a few days ago to get plasma cannon to 5 with some points in rapid reload.

Running with an advanced caldari assault suit, tanked with a smg and nades.

After several days of running nothing but proto plc on him I have come to the conclusion;
This weapon is completely useless.

The splash damage will never ohko anyone but the lightest suits (good luck trying to hit them). If you manage to get another round in the chamber then you must be a god because by that time they've just chased you down and melted you in a second using the plethora of assault guns in this game designed for a "low TTK". You can't even ohko most heavy suits (and some tanked assaults) with a direct hit. And if you manage to direct hit someone in close quarters other than a heavy then you are a god and you should birth my children.

Okay so maybe you think you can bombard people from a distance. Good luck with that, the arc is so deep and slow that hitting anything at range is a miracle. Even when you do hit them, you're never gonna get another shot off on them for the kill.

Useless against vehicles.
1. Direct damage is so low that any vehicle will just shrug it off, like throwing a feather at a wall.
2. By the time you've reloaded they're gone.

Same issues that the current swarm launchers see. ^

But! You say! You're supposed to hit them once with the plc then switch to a sidearm to finish them off!
Yeah, lol at that. For some reason after you fire the plc it doesn't let you switch to your sidearm for ages, by that time you're already dead.

For the love of peanut butter remove this noobtrap from the game. Or at least make it work properly because right now seeing someone with a plc is like seeing a ******** person wearing a helmet at the mall.
If you disagree with me then you are the mom holding the ******** kids hand.

PLC is horrible. needs to lose the firing arc (hit detection isnt good enough) and needs to have higher dmg (vs vehicles) would like to see the splash dmg be nil--Dust cant afford to go through another forge gun situation. u kids always trying to turn everything into a noob tube.

This. should OHK most LAVs.

This. should OHK most LAVs.

So what ****** decided the stats for the plasma cannon.

Used 700k sp on an alt a few days ago to get plasma cannon to 5 with some points in rapid reload.

Running with an advanced caldari assault suit, tanked with a smg and nades.

After several days of running nothing but proto plc on him I have come to the conclusion;
This weapon is completely useless.

The splash damage will never ohko anyone but the lightest suits (good luck trying to hit them). If you manage to get another round in the chamber then you must be a god because by that time they've just chased you down and melted you in a second using the plethora of assault guns in this game designed for a "low TTK". You can't even ohko most heavy suits (and some tanked assaults) with a direct hit. And if you manage to direct hit someone in close quarters other than a heavy then you are a god and you should birth my children.

Okay so maybe you think you can bombard people from a distance. Good luck with that, the arc is so deep and slow that hitting anything at range is a miracle. Even when you do hit them, you're never gonna get another shot off on them for the kill.

Useless against vehicles.
1. Direct damage is so low that any vehicle will just shrug it off, like throwing a feather at a wall.
2. By the time you've reloaded they're gone.

Same issues that the current swarm launchers see. ^

But! You say! You're supposed to hit them once with the plc then switch to a sidearm to finish them off!
Yeah, lol at that. For some reason after you fire the plc it doesn't let you switch to your sidearm for ages, by that time you're already dead.

For the love of peanut butter remove this noobtrap from the game. Or at least make it work properly because right now seeing someone with a plc is like seeing a ******** person wearing a helmet at the mall.
If you disagree with me then you are the mom holding the ******** kids hand.

Also, If you want a good suit for Plasma Cannons, I believe that the Gallente Assault suit has a fitting reduction bonus to Hybrid Weapons, which would be heaven when you use the fitting optimization skill.

youre doing it wrong, gall scout as much profile damp as possible, throw plasma on

Killed 4 havs and 6 foot mobiles in a single match with an advanced PLC and flux grenade.

To top it all off

Basic Gallente Logistics Suit, thus it was the only lethal weapon I had.

Try harder.

Killed 4 havs and 6 foot mobiles in a single match with an advanced PLC and flux grenade.

To top it all off

Basic Gallente Logistics Suit, thus it was the only lethal weapon I had.

Try harder.

It's already enough to take out the driver of an LAV and DS door gunners. A reload animation that doesn't block the view would be nice. The arc is great, you can stand behind a hill or just out of sight on a ledge and shoot over with out exposing yourself other then to find targets. Faster projectile wouldn't hurt, a forgegun that I assume requires much more energy can fire 3-4 shots before I can fire a second round.

I wouldn't use it with the current state of rifles, but they should be good scout weapons next build.

I've always seen them as more anti-heavy than anti-vehicle.

I run dual plasma cannons on my commando.....

Ahuh... Video next time please, mister CPM.