DUST Search - Tanks - Using the small rails

Tebu Gan wrote:

So first off, I've been switching seats from my main gun, to my small gun. One thing that just drives me insane, the gun is either pointing all the way left or right. Though sometimes it's pointing straight ahead (like it shows when not in use) or where I left it last, but more often than not the former.

Is this intentional? I would be nice if it was a bit more consistent.

*This is a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood tanker, Tebu.*

But that's not the main point of this whole thing. These things are DEADLY, but far to often I get some jokers in there that can't hit the broad side of a barn. Much less the infantry shooting swarms / forge shots my way. So after a bit of practicing with it, let me put some advice out there.

SLOW DOWN.

Take your time and line shots up. Madly firing isn't helping your accuracy in the least. Yes I know the thing shoots rather quickly, but that doesn't mean you HAVE to fire the thing like a machine gun.

If you fire 3 rounds and miss, stop, reorient, and try again. Small controlled bursts are far superior. You only need 1 to 2 shots for most suits. MAKE EM COUNT!

TL;DR
QUIT BEING SCRUBBY GUNNERS! That's a proto small rail on my tank!

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Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 1096	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:21:00 - [1] - Quote So first off, I've been switching seats from my main gun, to my small gun. One thing that just drives me insane, the gun is either pointing all the way left or right. Though sometimes it's pointing straight ahead (like it shows when not in use) or where I left it last, but more often than not the former. Is this intentional? I would be nice if it was a bit more consistent. This is a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood tanker, Tebu. But that's not the main point of this whole thing. These things are DEADLY, but far to often I get some jokers in there that can't hit the broad side of a barn. Much less the infantry shooting swarms / forge shots my way. So after a bit of practicing with it, let me put some advice out there. SLOW DOWN. Take your time and line shots up. Madly firing isn't helping your accuracy in the least. Yes I know the thing shoots rather quickly, but that doesn't mean you HAVE to fire the thing like a machine gun. If you fire 3 rounds and miss, stop, reorient, and try again. Small controlled bursts are far superior. You only need 1 to 2 shots for most suits. MAKE EM COUNT! TL;DR QUIT BEING SCRUBBY GUNNERS! That's a proto small rail on my tank! Tanks - Balancing Turrets
Patt MaCrotch Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 64	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:28:00 - [2] - Quote Preach on Brother Man! PREACH ON!
Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 1097	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:30:00 - [3] - Quote Patt MaCrotch wrote: Preach on Brother Man! PREACH ON! Hey patty mac pat pat! Tanks - Balancing Turrets
RayRay James Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 305	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:33:00 - [4] - Quote Wait.... . . . . . tanks have other guns?
Derpty Derp It's All Gone Derp 224	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:35:00 - [5] - Quote Yeah, I stopped fitting small turrets because I was sick of 9/10 gunners ignoring the big ass tank I'm trying to point them at while I'm reloading, instead missing some random infantry off to the left/right. Easier and more fun to just run around the other tank and then finish them.
Victor889 The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 155	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:41:00 - [6] - Quote The other Turrets always point north to begin with, so whichever direction you are facing - when you first flick into them, it WILL point north, then when you move it, it retains your last orientation. Enjoy. Part time Logi, Full time heavy.
Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 1097	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:55:00 - [7] - Quote Victor889 wrote: The other Turrets always point north to begin with, so whichever direction you are facing - when you first flick into them, it WILL point north, then when you move it, it retains your last orientation. Enjoy. Interesting, and yes for a spell they will retain the last orientation, but reset back to being all the way left or right. Or maybe it is oriented the same direction but since then my tank has turned. That or it went to point back north. Which is just odd to me. Why not just orient it relative to the position of the tank?? Tanks - Balancing Turrets
Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 1097	Posted - 2014.07.25 18:55:00 - [8] - Quote RayRay James wrote: Wait.... . . . . . tanks have other guns? Mine do at least! And they tend to be deadlier than that big one strapped to the top! Tanks - Balancing Turrets
Scheneighnay McBob Cult of Gasai 5739	Posted - 2014.07.25 19:42:00 - [9] - Quote One of my dreams with Dust is for it to become popular to use gunners. Not blueberries that never kill anything, but legit gunners. Do you know how deadly a standard dropship would be? Assault dropships have a 3rd gun, but standard ones are pretty tanky. LAV with a good gunner? Mobile murder-machine that can get out of a tight spot in an instant. Railguns on an HAV with good gunners, as you say, would be terrifying. pé¦pâ+pé¦pâ½pâäpâ¬pâ¦pé¦pâ¼pâ+pâêpü»sñ¬S+ïpéè
Reign Omega BurgezzE.T.F General Tso's Alliance 639	Posted - 2014.07.25 19:46:00 - [10] - Quote Ive been a gunner since Sagaris and Surya, But 1.7 killed the gunner. I'm in 1st airborne chat and I'm always looking to shoot stuff with my max small turret skills. Tanking/gunning is so much more fun and deadly with competent help, especially if you have a killer and an AVer in the seats for maximum redundancy.... Observe the public trust. Protect the innocent. Uphold the law.

Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 1099	Posted - 2014.07.25 19:50:00 - [11] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: One of my dreams with Dust is for it to become popular to use gunners. Not blueberries that never kill anything, but legit gunners. Do you know how deadly a standard dropship would be? Assault dropships have a 3rd gun, but standard ones are pretty tanky. LAV with a good gunner? Mobile murder-machine that can get out of a tight spot in an instant. Railguns on an HAV with good gunners, as you say, would be terrifying. I've had a few good ones, and yes, yes they are. Going 20-0 plus a gunner doing the same is rather insane. 40 kills for one tank (and people ***** about the nerfed blaster turret!) Tanks - Balancing Turrets
Benjamin Ciscko Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 2631	Posted - 2014.07.25 21:02:00 - [12] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: One of my dreams with Dust is for it to become popular to use gunners. Not blueberries that never kill anything, but legit gunners. Do you know how deadly a standard dropship would be? Assault dropships have a 3rd gun, but standard ones are pretty tanky. LAV with a good gunner? Mobile murder-machine that can get out of a tight spot in an instant. Railguns on an HAV with good gunners, as you say, would be terrifying. I've had a few good ones, and yes, yes they are. Going 20-0 plus a gunner doing the same is rather insane. 40 kills for one tank (and people ***** about the nerfed blaster turret!) MLT small rail > Ion Cannon Tanker/Logi
Patrick57 Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 7869	Posted - 2014.07.25 21:06:00 - [13] - Quote Maybe it's like a compass and only points in one direction. King Thunderbolt is my number one fan.
Scheneighnay McBob Cult of Gasai 5739	Posted - 2014.07.25 22:42:00 - [14] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: One of my dreams with Dust is for it to become popular to use gunners. Not blueberries that never kill anything, but legit gunners. Do you know how deadly a standard dropship would be? Assault dropships have a 3rd gun, but standard ones are pretty tanky. LAV with a good gunner? Mobile murder-machine that can get out of a tight spot in an instant. Railguns on an HAV with good gunners, as you say, would be terrifying. I've had a few good ones, and yes, yes they are. Going 20-0 plus a gunner doing the same is rather insane. 40 kills for one tank (and people ***** about the nerfed blaster turret!) Another thing I forgot to mention I wanted to try: dropship assault team. Your standard dropship with 2 good gunners, flying in low and dropping 4 shotgunners/HMG sentinels right on top of the enemy. Flying low just to avoid the landing delay from an inertia dampener. pé¦pâ+pé¦pâ½pâäpâ¬pâ¦pé¦pâ¼pâ+pâêpü»sñ¬S+ïpéè
Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz General Tso's Alliance 1102	Posted - 2014.07.26 00:11:00 - [15] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: Tebu Gan wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: One of my dreams with Dust is for it to become popular to use gunners. Not blueberries that never kill anything, but legit gunners. Do you know how deadly a standard dropship would be? Assault dropships have a 3rd gun, but standard ones are pretty tanky. LAV with a good gunner? Mobile murder-machine that can get out of a tight spot in an instant. Railguns on an HAV with good gunners, as you say, would be terrifying. I've had a few good ones, and yes, yes they are. Going 20-0 plus a gunner doing the same is rather insane. 40 kills for one tank (and people ***** about the nerfed blaster turret!) Another thing I forgot to mention I wanted to try: dropship assault team. Your standard dropship with 2 good gunners, flying in low and dropping 4 shotgunners/HMG sentinels right on top of the enemy. Flying low just to avoid the landing delay from an inertia dampener. I've actually tried that, with a squad from my corp. I fly around, pick them up and drop them off where needed. Worked VERY well, but was stopped by multiple AV / Tanks. But in the few matches where they were somewhat absent, we just steam rolled through objectives and enemies. And if it got too hot, extract, and reposition the whole squad. It was great fun, and requires some fancy flyin! Tanks - Balancing Turrets
buzzzzzzz killllllllll Sacred Initiative of Combat Killers IMMORTAL REGIME 623	Posted - 2014.07.26 01:01:00 - [16] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: So first off, I've been switching seats from my main gun, to my small gun. One thing that just drives me insane, the gun is either pointing all the way left or right. Though sometimes it's pointing straight ahead (like it shows when not in use) or where I left it last, but more often than not the former. Is this intentional? I would be nice if it was a bit more consistent. This is a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood tanker, Tebu. But that's not the main point of this whole thing. These things are DEADLY, but far to often I get some jokers in there that can't hit the broad side of a barn. Much less the infantry shooting swarms / forge shots my way. So after a bit of practicing with it, let me put some advice out there. SLOW DOWN. Take your time and line shots up. Madly firing isn't helping your accuracy in the least. Yes I know the thing shoots rather quickly, but that doesn't mean you HAVE to fire the thing like a machine gun. If you fire 3 rounds and miss, stop, reorient, and try again. Small controlled bursts are far superior. You only need 1 to 2 shots for most suits. MAKE EM COUNT! TL;DR QUIT BEING SCRUBBY GUNNERS! That's a proto small rail on my tank! hit detection is fcked on small rails, but when its working, they tear *** apart. ive tested this by finding snipers/noobs just unmoving, positioning my reticle on them, and firing. half the time, the first 1-2 shots dont hit, which is really weird. a fix to this would be great, as it can make gunning very annoying
Mejt0 Made in Poland... E-R-A 224	Posted - 2014.07.26 03:31:00 - [17] - Quote They are viable on ADSs. But on tanks, they are no longer egnouth good. Somone will take you down with rail or maddy will rush like crazy right at you. Gunner can take few shoots at rail tank, but have no chance to aim at maddy. -~-~-Caldari Loyalist-~-~- Markiplier fan. Hollywood Undead ,rocks.
Rusty Shallows Caldari State 1913	Posted - 2014.07.26 04:14:00 - [18] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: snip TL;DR QUIT BEING SCRUBBY GUNNERS! That's a proto small rail on my tank! I've waited years to hear someone finally say that. Forums > Game: So here is a cookie and a Like. Please keep posting. Bwahahahahahahahahahaha! >>> GòÜ(GÇóGîéGÇó)Gò¥ >>>
Arcturis Vanguard Escrow Removal and Acquisition Dark Taboo 218	Posted - 2014.07.26 05:28:00 - [19] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: One of my dreams with Dust is for it to become popular to use gunners. Not blueberries that never kill anything, but legit gunners. Do you know how deadly a standard dropship would be? Assault dropships have a 3rd gun, but standard ones are pretty tanky. LAV with a good gunner? Mobile murder-machine that can get out of a tight spot in an instant. Railguns on an HAV with good gunners, as you say, would be terrifying. Join xhedos Prime and myself in his pure rail tank or his saga II with small rails. We just merc kids all day with them. Tanks don't stand a chance with the added dps of the two small rails. It's just dirty. We usually pull 8-10k wp in the tank. Our highest wp gain in recent memory was just over 15k for three people. Amarr Heavy V Amarr Assault V Caldari Scout V Caldari logistic IV Prof V HMG & FORGE Prof IV CR, SMG Prof III ScR
LUGMOS YELLOW JESUS EXP FORCE 614	Posted - 2014.07.26 05:34:00 - [20] - Quote Methana+ Particle accelerator have fun Quafe A question doesn't always have an answer, but a problem does, So what is DUST? A problem or a question?



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