DUST Search - CCPs stance on tank514

Baal Roo wrote:

noname warrior wrote:

Altina McAlterson wrote:

Alternate Insano wrote:

I was sick of all the tanks, so I put a cpl SP into forge gun operation. Went to the market, bought a few breach FGs, and found a match of domination already in progress.
Found an enemy tank, ducked behind a hill to charge up, went to leave cover and....
I was frozen in place. You can't move while you charge or hold a charge and move to get a shot. When you find a target you literally have to stand still in the open for four seconds while your gun charges.

Lame.

That's how the breach forge gun works. You can't more while charging. It says that in the description. Although you can still bunny hop to cover short distances.

Try the regular or assault variant. You can move while charging them.

The assault forge does allow movement while charging but don't expect much satisfaction against tanks using it. It will take multiple hits with a forge to do much damage to a tank and given the way a forge gun works, you'll be fortunate to get the reps before you get killed by the tank or some other raspberry unless a blueberry tank/turret has softened it up substantially for you. Even then the almost ridiculous speed that CCP has given tanks now they can usually run and hide unless the driver is in a suicidal mood and decides to get that one last kill before you or a friendly tank finally light him up. That's about the only way I get a kill on a tank anymore. I've completely shelved the now useless swarm launcher and have taken to running almost exclusively with the assault forge.

As it stands now, I've become so disillusioned with the 1.7 tankageddon update that as soon as I drain my last remaining Arum, I'm gonna say byebye to the Eve Universe.

A squad has 6 people in it. That's 12 forge shots in about 2 seconds. Pretty sure that'll kill a tank pretty easy. Don't even need anything above STD.


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noname warrior Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 47	Posted - 2014.02.11 20:44:00 - [1] - Quote Altina McAlterson wrote: Alternate Insano wrote: I was sick of all the tanks, so I put a cpl SP into forge gun operation. Went to the market, bought a few breach FGs, and found a match of domination already in progress. Found an enemy tank, ducked behind a hill to charge up, went to leave cover and.... I was frozen in place. You can't move while you charge or hold a charge and move to get a shot. When you find a target you literally have to stand still in the open for four seconds while your gun charges. Lame. That's how the breach forge gun works. You can't more while charging. It says that in the description. Although you can still bunny hop to cover short distances. Try the regular or assault variant. You can move while charging them. The assault forge does allow movement while charging but don't expect much satisfaction against tanks using it. It will take multiple hits with a forge to do much damage to a tank and given the way a forge gun works, you'll be fortunate to get the reps before you get killed by the tank or some other raspberry *unless* a blueberry tank/turret has softened it up substantially for you. Even then the almost ridiculous speed that CCP has given tanks now they can usually run and hide unless the driver is in a suicidal mood and decides to get that one last kill before you or a friendly tank finally light him up. That's about the only way I get a kill on a tank anymore. I've completely shelved the now useless swarm launcher and have taken to running almost exclusively with the assault forge. As it stands now, I've become so disillusioned with the 1.7 tankageddon update that as soon as I drain my last remaining Arum, I'm gonna say byebye to the Eve Universe.
noname warrior Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 49	Posted - 2014.02.13 01:15:00 - [2] - Quote Baal Roo wrote: noname warrior wrote: Altina McAlterson wrote: Alternate Insano wrote: I was sick of all the tanks, so I put a cpl SP into forge gun operation. Went to the market, bought a few breach FGs, and found a match of domination already in progress. Found an enemy tank, ducked behind a hill to charge up, went to leave cover and.... I was frozen in place. You can't move while you charge or hold a charge and move to get a shot. When you find a target you literally have to stand still in the open for four seconds while your gun charges. Lame. That's how the breach forge gun works. You can't more while charging. It says that in the description. Although you can still bunny hop to cover short distances. Try the regular or assault variant. You can move while charging them. The assault forge does allow movement while charging but don't expect much satisfaction against tanks using it. It will take multiple hits with a forge to do much damage to a tank and given the way a forge gun works, you'll be fortunate to get the reps before you get killed by the tank or some other raspberry *unless* a blueberry tank/turret has softened it up substantially for you. Even then the almost ridiculous speed that CCP has given tanks now they can usually run and hide unless the driver is in a suicidal mood and decides to get that one last kill before you or a friendly tank finally light him up. That's about the only way I get a kill on a tank anymore. I've completely shelved the now useless swarm launcher and have taken to running almost exclusively with the assault forge. As it stands now, I've become so disillusioned with the 1.7 tankageddon update that as soon as I drain my last remaining Arum, I'm gonna say byebye to the Eve Universe. A squad has 6 people in it. That's 12 forge shots in about 2 seconds. Pretty sure that'll kill a tank pretty easy. Don't even need anything above STD. Yer gonna run a squad with six forges in it? Well, yeah. That will light up any tank. But all those raspberries running assault rail rifles or Duvilles or any light gun or rifle... It's murder time.
noname warrior Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 50	Posted - 2014.02.13 01:28:00 - [3] - Quote Atiim wrote: Jane Madson wrote: Flux grenad + forge gun = = Dead AVer. My Neuron Blaster thanks you for your time. Maybe you shouldn't stand so close to me next time. He stepped right into yer trap didn't he. Dead, dead... DEAD! That tank will deliver, what...ten, twenty rounds before he gets that forge shot off? Dead, dead... DEAD.