Probably a bad question but are Plasma Cannons are useless as they appear? Hard to aim, in the time it takes to fire and reload you could have just used a Rail Rifle or Assault Rifle and gotten better results, and the damage doesn't look to impressive along with the PG/CPU cost being so high is this even a feasible weapon?

Bravo!

Snake, that has got to be the best and most informative intel on the Plasma Cannon I've ever read. I do Dropships, and all through the learning curve (a DS has a very LONG learning curve--mutha of all things ) it was the Forge Gun or Rail that drivers were told to fear----nobody talked enough, if at all, about the OTHER hand-held AV weapon, the Plasma Cannon.

I've never picked up one, but always read where CCP repeatedly wants to "increase the user-difficulty on the Plasma Cannon",... so I logically keep thinking, they must be increasing the difficutly as a tradeoff for some IMMENSE killing power this thing must have.

...It sounds like I've been wrong in my guesses. But you make it still sound like a intriguing gun.

After playing around with the Plasma Cannon for a bit I have come to a conclusion. This is the greatest weapon ever! Its the true gentlemen's gun! Requires quite a bit of skill to use, great for nearly all occasions and you can't even get upset when you are killed by it because the projectile is so slow and easy to spot! The only complaint I have is that it isn't 1 hit kill on ADS...if you are that low flying and slow you deserve to be killed.

Plasma cannons are no joke trust me. True they wont shine without proper aiming and it will take you some time to get used to it but I am loving it on my scout more than the shotgun.

Plasma cannon is damn good now, especially since the projectile speed buff :D

That kind of sucks. I liked it better when only 4 people used the PLC . I guess ima have too find a new crappy gun to kill people with

Honestly...
they are very difficult to learn to use, you need to reload with every shot, aim ahead of your targets, the projectile is highly visible, easily dodged because it's so slow and the splash damage won't kill most suits. at least not until you have seriously skilled into it.

however.
when you learn how to use it, it is highly deadly vs infantry and able to damage vehicles, it uses less charge up than a forge gun and can fit on a light frame/commando. (gallente gets the racial bonus).
it is a rare weapon with only a few players using it

it is also one of the most rewarding weapons in dust for sheer joy when you do get a kill, a very satisfying weapon when you are successful with it

unfortunately the amount of people who are playing for laughs or enjoyment even in pub battles has taken a massive decline and now dust is almost as bad as p.c for players taking it seriously and going hard proto fit etc.

which in turn makes it much harder to get to grips with the weapon and even less frequently something you can use as recently you need to play seriously to in order to compete with the try hards.

and to finish.. you will NEVER see a plc in a pc match.

Probably a bad question but are Plasma Cannons are useless as they appear? Hard to aim, in the time it takes to fire and reload you could have just used a Rail Rifle or Assault Rifle and gotten better results, and the damage doesn't look to impressive along with the PG/CPU cost being so high is this even a feasible weapon?

You have this all wrong. Why would anyone use the Rail Rifle when they can pick up a Sniper? Why would anyone use a Laser Rifle when they can use the Scrambler Rifle? Here's the thing, people are always trying to use guns that fit there playstyle. The rail rifle is a very easy gun to use and does not meet much of the standards for a challenging weapon. People often see me running an Allotek Plasma Cannon and Flaylock pistol. This is because I take the trash CCP manages to publish and I make it useful. The Plasma Cannon is a very bad weapon don't get me wrong but I enjoy using it. Its because you have to actually use tour SP to get the reload and ammo skills. You have to use your SP to get proficiency skills. I prefer using it with my Scout ck.0 and with a cloak field and a Nanohive. I use it specifically to be highly defensive on points. If you'd like me to attempt to teach you how to use it I would be glad too. Also I managed (I'm sure I'm the first one) to hit a double kill from 350m with my Plasma Cannon.