DUST Search - Weapon Issue (Mass Driver)

Jaxx Blake wrote:

So I generally use a Mass Driver in my 'Combat Engineer' Build. For the first few matches I used it, I saw notable results. Nice hits, some splash, and could easily do damage (though not often kill) via splash. I'd say, it was in all a great time and weapon suiting my playstyle.

Then an awful thing happened.

I would fire, and the charge would vanish upon impact... no explosion... no damage... nothing...

I thought, oh it's just a couple. It'll work next game.

It didn't. Nor did it start working again until two games later.

I did some testing (between getting my arse handed to me because a Logistics Suit with a non-functional Mass Driver is next to useless in combat), and found that in about 50% of the areas, the Mass Driver Charge didn't register hitting the ground and vanished through. Thus no explosion. In another 75% of cases... a direct hit on an enemy would cause shield flash, and the charge would vanish... sometimes damage, sometimes not... but no explosion and no damage to the person right beside them.

I'd love to see these issues fixed, as I think the Mass Driver is a great weapon and fills both a suppression role, and mid-range anti-personnel role without being an over-powered and easily used weapon.

Oh, and please fix the sound it makes. The weapon is great, but it sounds like a cheap, spring-loaded toy.

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Jaxx Blake 10	Posted - 2012.07.10 08:37:00 - [1] - Quote So I generally use a Mass Driver in my 'Combat Engineer' Build. For the first few matches I used it, I saw notable results. Nice hits, some splash, and could easily do damage (though not often kill) via splash. I'd say, it was in all a great time and weapon suiting my playstyle. Then an awful thing happened. I would fire, and the charge would vanish upon impact... no explosion... no damage... nothing... I thought, oh it's just a couple. It'll work next game. It didn't. Nor did it start working again until two games later. I did some testing (between getting my arse handed to me because a Logistics Suit with a non-functional Mass Driver is next to useless in combat), and found that in about 50% of the areas, the Mass Driver Charge didn't register hitting the ground and vanished through. Thus no explosion. In another 75% of cases... a direct hit on an enemy would cause shield flash, and the charge would vanish... sometimes damage, sometimes not... but no explosion and no damage to the person right beside them. I'd love to see these issues fixed, as I think the Mass Driver is a great weapon and fills both a suppression role, and mid-range anti-personnel role without being an over-powered and easily used weapon. Oh, and please fix the sound it makes. The weapon is great, but it sounds like a cheap, spring-loaded toy.
Saucy ButtLove 3	Posted - 2012.07.12 01:47:00 - [2] - Quote there will always be a problem with things like this... obviously not the hit detection but the fact that being over powerd or underpowerd,, but if you know CCP you would think they could possibly be the first ever company to get a grenade launcher to not be over power nor being utter shite. I LOVE DUST!!!!!!!
vermacht Doe 93	Posted - 2012.07.12 11:09:00 - [3] - Quote They really need to fix it. I also use the mass driver with the logistics suit and when it doesn't work i end up walking aroung holding a fancy piece of crap
Corban Lahnder ZionTCD Legacy Rising 158	Posted - 2012.07.12 15:46:00 - [4] - Quote Missile like projectiles have been suffering from this bug. Small missile turrets to be exact have always had the problem you speak of. Looks like the Mass driver is having the same problem. Large missile turrets dont suffer from this bug. It seems that if a swarm launcher is shot at vehicles it tends to hurt them, however if shot at the ground they seem to do alot less damage to infantry etc, this is a fix from the former beta build. I even take less self damage from these then I used too. I wonder if in order to fix the swarm launcher they ended up hurting small missile and mass driver physics in the process.
TEBOW BAGGINS FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED TACNET 549	Posted - 2012.07.12 16:38:00 - [5] - Quote Jaxx Blake wrote: So I generally use a Mass Driver in my 'Combat Engineer' Build. For the first few matches I used it, I saw notable results. Nice hits, some splash, and could easily do damage (though not often kill) via splash. I'd say, it was in all a great time and weapon suiting my playstyle. Then an awful thing happened. I would fire, and the charge would vanish upon impact... no explosion... no damage... nothing... I thought, oh it's just a couple. It'll work next game. It didn't. Nor did it start working again until two games later. I did some testing (between getting my arse handed to me because a Logistics Suit with a non-functional Mass Driver is next to useless in combat), and found that in about 50% of the areas, the Mass Driver Charge didn't register hitting the ground and vanished through. Thus no explosion. In another 75% of cases... a direct hit on an enemy would cause shield flash, and the charge would vanish... sometimes damage, sometimes not... but no explosion and no damage to the person right beside them. I'd love to see these issues fixed, as I think the Mass Driver is a great weapon and fills both a suppression role, and mid-range anti-personnel role without being an over-powered and easily used weapon. Oh, and please fix the sound it makes. The weapon is great, but it sounds like a cheap, spring-loaded toy. I am having the same issues with locus grenades. There are many dud grenades that just never go off.. It seems to be linked to having the grenade bounce off certain walls. This is the reason I passed up the mass driver- I figured it probably had the same issues- half your grenades being duds. I'm guessing maybe the grenades are falling through wholes in the terrain like at a seam where a wall meets the ground.


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