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XxGhazbaranxX
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Posted - 2014.07.02 01:31:00 -
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NEW VIDEO!!!
Hello,
I have made a couple of threads about this topic concerning a game-breaking bug with the plasma cannon. Friends told me to get recent footage since the video I have of the bug is about 8 months old and I had already posted it and submitted a bug report to CCP those 8 months ago. So Here I am with a new video and a semi-in depth explanation of most of the variables involved and how they are not in any way responsible for the bug. People keep mentioning distance, damage oclussion etc but this video demonstrated beyond a doubt that there is something going on that needs to be fixed for this weapo to be used effectively. This bug is, in my opinion why people new to the weapon give up and people old to the weapon become frustrated with it since it tends to fail in the most important of times.
8 month old video
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XxGhazbaranxX
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Posted - 2014.07.02 02:24:00 -
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Crimson ShieId wrote:Not to mention shots having a tendency to go straight through targets without doing any damage. 
Unfortunately this one is a bit rarer for me and I haven't been able to get footage for it. Everytime It happens I just am not getting footage. It frustrates me but sometimes It's a chore to just cycle footage. My target Is to junk that one down next
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Posted - 2014.07.02 04:33:00 -
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Crimson ShieId wrote:XxGhazbaranxX wrote:Crimson ShieId wrote:Not to mention shots having a tendency to go straight through targets without doing any damage. Unfortunately this one is a bit rarer for me and I haven't been able to get footage for it. Everytime It happens I just am not getting footage. It frustrates me but sometimes It's a chore to just cycle footage. My target Is to junk that one down next Pyrex had a recent plasma cannon video that caught this one, though I can't remember the title. :/ Technically, the shot didn't really go "through" the target, he just managed to thread the needle between the guy's arm I believe.
I had a video I thought the glitch was in but saw that is actually went through the guys legs. It was so close to the crotch it seemed to have been a direct shot but when slowed down I could clearly see it go through the legs. I'm still hopeful though, finding that one is my next priority.
If anyone has any information on the circumstanced under which it happens it would be very useful.
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XxGhazbaranxX
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Posted - 2014.07.02 04:35:00 -
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Cody Sietz wrote:Which scout was that?
Gallente scout if I'm not mistaken. I have heard rumors about caldari scout and hit detection but I haven't had the time to notice since they usually kill me so quickly.
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Posted - 2014.07.02 15:07:00 -
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Emo Skellington wrote:Agreed:
Plasma Cannon needs a a bigger splash radius.
And i think it needs a nother buff against vehicles.
I found a sica that had a newbie in it or they guy just messed up and got his tank stuck in a ******** spot. I had a plasma cannon
I shot 5 shots at the Sica with basic shield amount and a 120m plate on it. so over 2k shield and 2k armor
Shield resist against explosives might have taken a little more effect but this match 2 soma's came up on me as well after popping the sica.
I put 5 shots into the soma but the dps was out repped by a single basic heavy armor rep....
This si the onkly flaw is that CCP says its an AV weapon but the DPS cant match up with a FG or a swarm launcher.
....hope ccp see's this
Plasma Cannon is good where it is. No buff's or variants are needed nor planned By CCP. It does need those bugs fixed though
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Posted - 2014.07.03 16:08:00 -
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Stefan Stahl wrote:XxGhazbaranxX wrote: So Here I am with a new video] That's some solid QA right there. Do you have any theories as to why this happens in live games but doesn't happen when practicing on a friend? Is it the suit type, the movement speed or maybe the terrain (as in interior vs. exterior)? Maybe someone fluxed up the obstruction checks for explosions in interiors...
Well In think if we look back at when the mass driver hit detection was bugged, we may be able to find some clues. Them both being splash based weaponry, I suspect they share a lot of the same code but, when the mass driver got looked at; CCP either forgot to take a pass on the Plasma Cannon or, since it was severely underused, CCP might have thought that lack of someone complaining about the bug meant there was none.Either way, I have two example and am pretty sure I can find more if CCP needs it.
I believe This bug appears in action just as a statistic increase in probability of it happening. Although there are more variables in live action situations, while testing I have yet to test different terrain types and angles as well as player movement speed in the different tests. All of these could be factors and the fact that CCP did find something wrong with the mass driver and fixed it means that they already have an idea of where the problem is.
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Posted - 2014.07.03 23:38:00 -
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Apothecary Za'ki wrote:
the plasma cannon is a Anti vehicular weapon not anti personnel that's why your whining about it. its like trying to use mass driver to take out vehicles or swarms to take out infantry
I guess My friend here got killed one too many times by a plasma cannons... Does it sting?
BTW pointing out a bug is not whining.
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Posted - 2014.07.05 01:51:00 -
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Any idea if this can be fixed or put in the backlog to deal with later rattati?
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