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Clone D
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Posted - 2014.07.16 03:12:00 -
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There was nothing else in sight; only my dropship vs a Caldari assault on foot. Yes, I let him do it. But I was so awestruck by this insatiable curiosity, "my god, can a rail rifle take down a dropship?"
I couldn't help but hypnotically watch my dropship shield and armor waste away as the soldier on the ground pelted my bird with small arms fire until the alarm blared and my ship burst into flames.
3 Clips and he finished it off.
Yes I dismounted and made quick work of him.
So now you know.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 05:51:00 -
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Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:With the 1/10 Malus against vehicles, the RR does not have enough total damage with every single bullet it has to take down a Dropship, much less accounting for your shields which will not stop regening under small arms fire
5/10 troll
Well, it fired slowly like a rail rifle. I didn't get a good look at it when I took him out, since I think he had swapped to his sidearm. It seemed uber powerful, whatever it was.
Any ideas on what weapon could take down a drop ship? I was wondering if I correctly identified the rifle.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 06:04:00 -
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Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:Was it a Forge Gun? It is a Hybrid Rail. Maybe a small rail turret.  Anywho, the weapons that an infantryman can carry that will damage you are: Locus Grenades (Barely) Flux Grenades AV grenades REs (Actualkly got a low-flying derpship once with proxes) Mass Drivers (Barely) Flaylocks (Barely) Swarm Launchers Plasma Cannons Forge Guns HMGs (Barely)
He didn't start with any grenades. The entire time he was firing at me with his rifle. I'm pretty certain from the slow rate of fire that it was a RR variant of some kind. Maybe he damage mod tanked or something. I was flying a MLT Gorgon and was hovering overhead approx 10-15 meters above him.
His suit looked like a Caldari assault so I don't think he was leveraging the +2% dmg per lvl bonus of the commando suit, and he was easy enough to dispatch.
Whatever his weapon was, it took him 3 clips and he stood there and fired straight at me the entire time with the same rifle.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 06:17:00 -
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Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:A MLT Gorgon has what, 3000 EHP at least, so this guy did 30,000 light weapon damage then which is 10,000 damage per clip?
I just don't see how it's possible, even with engine shots. Maybe a large blaster was not rendering properly (I've had it happen to me before) and was helping, or some sneaky HMG or Sml-Rail guy, as any infantry light weapon not designed for AV will find it literally impossible to down an intact vehicle without help, due to the weapon type malus.
I don't understand your translation of 3000 Vehicle EHP to 30,000 light weapon damage.
It's possible that something wasn't rendering properly, or that some distant weapon was hitting me, however I will say that the slow steady flashes of his weapon matched the damage rate as I watched my shield meter and armor meter plummet to zero. It blew my mind, which is why I let him do it. I was like, "I gotta get me one of those."
A corp for lonewolves where squadding and comms are optional, but exceptional team play is expected.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 06:28:00 -
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Clone D wrote:Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:A MLT Gorgon has what, 3000 EHP at least, so this guy did 30,000 light weapon damage then which is 10,000 damage per clip?
I just don't see how it's possible, even with engine shots. Maybe a large blaster was not rendering properly (I've had it happen to me before) and was helping, or some sneaky HMG or Sml-Rail guy, as any infantry light weapon not designed for AV will find it literally impossible to down an intact vehicle without help, due to the weapon type malus. I don't understand your translation of 3000 Vehicle EHP to 30,000 light weapon damage. It's possible that something wasn't rendering properly, or that some distant weapon was hitting me, however I will say that the slow steady flashes of his weapon matched the damage rate as I watched my shield meter and armor meter plummet to zero. It blew my mind, which is why I let him do it. I was like, "I gotta get me one of those."
Something else: the reason why I thought that it was only he who was attacking my ship was because when he stopped to change clips, I didn't perceive any damage.
The rate of fire of the weapon visually appeared to be 3 or 4 rounds per second. It was long like a RR and had a yellow flash. Could it have been a damage modded breach something or other?
A corp for lonewolves where squadding and comms are optional, but exceptional team play is expected.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 12:33:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:Presumably you were being hit by an enemy large turret or small rail simultenously. May be that it was on cool down just as the RR reloaded.
Yes, it's such an unlikely coincidence, but that must have been the case.
Thanks everyone for your input and helping me resolve this enigma. I was so shocked by this apparent freak event.
Special thanks to Xocoyol Zaraoul who also suggested this possibility early on and provided scads of additional info!
A corp for lonewolves where squadding and comms are optional, but exceptional team play is expected.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 14:24:00 -
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Harpyja wrote:Atiim wrote:And I thought I was a bad Dropship Pilot.. He said he let the person do it. God Atiim, you keep twisting things so they always benefit you without any respect to what the person who said it meant.
It's cool. We love Atiim.
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Clone D
Grundstein Automation
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Posted - 2014.07.16 14:34:00 -
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ZDub 303 wrote:Wow... 8/10 for eliciting so many serious responses.
Very subtle... its like a ninja troll thread.
Thanks for the admiration ZDub, but I was honestly initially convinced that it was the foot soldier who destroyed my Gorgon and was seriously wondering which weapon he used to do it.
It was one of those games where there are like 5 people on the other team and I was really just hovering around looking for some action and then it happened and a trickle of melted brain dripped out of my ears.
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