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Jaselyn Cabellos
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.07.30 06:17:00 -
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As many people have said and as I agree. The weapon we all know as the Plasma Cannon is the hardest weapon to get used to. Notice, I said get used to. The Plasma Cannon is NOT a hard gun to use after you get over its reputation. Let's get into it. (Keep in mind this is from experience of using the Plasma Cannon for more than a year).
First Tip: A Heavy with a Plasma Cannon is not a good idea. The first thing someone thinks when using the Plasma Cannon is "Since its a bad gun if I hide behind some extra armor it should be easier". That is wrong. My first choice for the Plasma Cannon was a Gallente Assault gk.0 get this straight it was not easy. I barely was able to get kills. At that point in time I would go negative. But I didn't give up, neither should you. (Maybe just a little but was influenced by the SP spent on Proficiency 5, Ammo 5, and Reload 5).
Second Tip: The second choice. My second Suit choice for the Plasma Cannon was a Caldari Scout with a Nanohive and Cloak. This was my most successful choice. Using the Plasma Cannon, you will need a lot of Mobility. Before you tell me this is terrible advice, after the third day of using this setup you will be good enough to stop blowing yourself up. I can't count how many times I've blown myself up, but my effort made it count.
Third Tip: When your about to use my advice, get a cup of water. Relax yourself. Because you WILL rage. Trust me. If you know you rage a lot, the Plasma Cannon honestly is not the Weapon for you.
Fourth Tip: Balls Deep. This means to be with bravery, not being scared of anything. This applies when your facing a Heavy. Just go up to that Fatty and go (Bang Bang). I wasn't scared to face Heavies and that is a key factor.
Fifth Tip: Pick your battles. Don't go up to five guys with a Plasma Cannon and fire away. I can almost garuntee you will die. You cannot count (almost posted ***** lucky I spotted my spelling error) on Splash damage to kill with this weapon. And if you didn't notice the standard Plasma Cannon (no ammo skills) has 10 Rounds (including the Pre-loaded 1).
Sixth Tip: Pick your Battles. (No I did not post the same tip twice). In this tip, I really mean pick the Game mode that is the most fitting to the Plasma Cannon. That game mode would be Skirmish. The objective of Skirmish is to hack the objectives. The Plasma Cannon (In my opinion) is the absolute best defensive weapon as you can protect points very well. Most people that hack objectives won't be able to withstand 1 shot from the Plasma Cannon. I find myself going 20+ kills to 5- Deaths every match only using my new favorite gun.
Good & Bad Suits for the PC(Plasma Cannon):
Bad: As I said in the beginning and I will say again, you will get no-where with a Heavy + a Plasma Cannon. Assault suits don't do worse than Heavies but are barely scraping average. Logi, please don't try it and be like "I'm gonna be the first one to Logi + Plasma Cannon". You will grow grey hairs.
Good: Caldari Scout, very mobile and you need the fast Shield regeneration. You could also use 4 Prec. Enhancers and you will be a Scouts worst nightmare as Splash Damage can kill most Scouts and bring 100% to close to no health. Direct hits will 1 hit K.O. The Gal Scout is very good for the Plasma Cannon as you need to Weave in and out of various situations and with the Complex Kincats (Kinetic Catalyzer) and Cardiac Regulators can be stacked and are very useful.
Hope you liked this Guide to using my favorite weapon.
I'm sorry to all the people that will experience the terror of my Fed. Allotek or Normal Allotek Cannon.
I do all of this Plasma using on my character ut0pia as it was specially made just to use the Plasma Cannon. Thank you, if you made it to the end of this Guide :)
edit* This version of the Guide may vary from the ones that are posted to my Corp. This will also be posted in the rookie training grounds!
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Vulpes Dolosus
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.07.30 06:26:00 -
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I love my Cal scout + PLC. Now that I'm no longer a scanner suit I'll have to diversify my weapon choices to keep things fun and kill unruly scouts.
Biggest Tip: Don't aim for your own feetGǪ ;_;
Bonus Tip: Use an SMG or Magsec (whichever you're comfortable with). The PLC is almost guaranteed to break the shield of every non-Heavy suit even if it misses a little, so having a reliable armor-strong weapon to sweep up with is important. |
Jaselyn Cabellos
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.07.30 06:31:00 -
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I prefer to keep my suit strictly Plasma. I have my Plasma Cannon Fed. Allotek or Normal Allotek and Nanohive and Cloak (ARN) but then again many people don't follow the tips ^^ and usually hide behind fat suits...
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Fizzer XCIV
Company of Marcher Lords
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.07.30 06:51:00 -
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Amarr Logi is a great Plasma Cannon suit, not the best, but still good. The other Logi suits are the worst Plasma Cannon suits.
Plasma Cannon
SMG
Hive
Uplink
Scanner
This is the only suit that allows this. No other suit can make this fit, in the entire game.
The Best Plasma Cannon suit is your personal choose of Scout. They are all good. Speed is great for Plasma Cannons. 2 equipment is good for Plasma Cannons. Invisibility is great for Plasma Cannons.
Be careful with the MinScout though, especially if you run ewar/kincats. You can instablap yourself.
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THE-PIMP-NAMED-SLICKBACK
Intrepidus XI
EoN.
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Posted - 2014.07.30 06:56:00 -
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Putting a plasma cannon on a commando is very effective, I don't know why you have it listed as a bad load out. The gallente commando specifically with its bonus to plasma damage and reload speed, all you need is practice with the bullet drop, travel speed, and splash radius then it becomes a bigass grenade launcher capable of killing infantry and vehicles alive. Having a second light weapon eliminates the limited range weakness, coupled with the larger HP pool makes vehicle encounters much easier.
Planetside 2
Eventually
Eh
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Jaselyn Cabellos
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.07.30 07:46:00 -
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THE-PIMP-NAMED-SLICKBACK wrote:Putting a plasma cannon on a commando is very effective, I don't know why you have it listed as a bad load out. The gallente commando specifically with its bonus to plasma damage and reload speed, all you need is practice with the bullet drop, travel speed, and splash radius then it becomes a bigass grenade launcher capable of killing infantry and vehicles alive. Having a second light weapon eliminates the limited range weakness, coupled with the larger HP pool makes vehicle encounters much easier.
But your the type of person that I pick on with my Plasma Cannon.
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