DUST Search - Small/Large Blasters

Nellantar Ballsinya wrote:

Aeon Amadi wrote:

Nellantar Ballsinya wrote:

Shinigami6 Test wrote:

i think he meant the bunkers that you enter and shoot missiles from. if so, i think the way it is now sucks in that if you destroy it its gone forever. but i hear thats only temporary. supposedly, in the future ull be able to call more into the battlefield

... No.

This. I was referring very specifically to vehicle/installation turret blasters.

No splash damage = Praying to God more than one round lands it's target. I'm sure an Advanced or Prototype blaster would work amazing on a tank, but as it stands they're horrible against anything but.

To that degree, Railguns are simply better at anti-vehicular warfare than their Blaster counter-parts. I find this sort of strange considering how under-powered Railguns are in Eve Online, and insanely useful Blasters are by comparison.

I use tier 2 small blasters on my dropships for when there are more vehicles than troops, and I so happen to magically have the 2 good gunners around, and I tear up anything short of a well tanked Sargaris. The railguns projectiles suffer a lot more from motion transfer than the blaster particles.


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Aeon Amadi Maverick Conflict Solutions 1003	Posted - 2012.07.16 20:50:00 - [1] - Quote Anyone else think that Blasters are a bit under-powered when compared to their Eve-style brothers..?
Aeon Amadi Maverick Conflict Solutions 1003	Posted - 2012.07.16 21:08:00 - [2] - Quote Nellantar Ballsinya wrote: Shinigami6 Test wrote: i think he meant the bunkers that you enter and shoot missiles from. if so, i think the way it is now sucks in that if you destroy it its gone forever. but i hear thats only temporary. supposedly, in the future ull be able to call more into the battlefield ... No. This. I was referring very specifically to vehicle/installation turret blasters. No splash damage = Praying to God more than one round lands it's target. I'm sure an Advanced or Prototype blaster would work amazing on a tank, but as it stands they're horrible against anything but. To that degree, Railguns are simply better at anti-vehicular warfare than their Blaster counter-parts. I find this sort of strange considering how under-powered Railguns are in Eve Online, and insanely useful Blasters are by comparison.
Aeon Amadi Maverick Conflict Solutions 1003	Posted - 2012.07.16 21:16:00 - [3] - Quote Nellantar Ballsinya wrote: Aeon Amadi wrote: Nellantar Ballsinya wrote: Shinigami6 Test wrote: i think he meant the bunkers that you enter and shoot missiles from. if so, i think the way it is now sucks in that if you destroy it its gone forever. but i hear thats only temporary. supposedly, in the future ull be able to call more into the battlefield ... No. This. I was referring very specifically to vehicle/installation turret blasters. No splash damage = Praying to God more than one round lands it's target. I'm sure an Advanced or Prototype blaster would work amazing on a tank, but as it stands they're horrible against anything but. To that degree, Railguns are simply better at anti-vehicular warfare than their Blaster counter-parts. I find this sort of strange considering how under-powered Railguns are in Eve Online, and insanely useful Blasters are by comparison. I use tier 2 small blasters on my dropships for when there are more vehicles than troops, and I so happen to magically have the 2 good gunners around, and I tear up anything short of a well tanked Sargaris. The railguns projectiles suffer a lot more from motion transfer than the blaster particles. Large Railguns are pro, mate.
Aeon Amadi Maverick Conflict Solutions 1003	Posted - 2012.07.17 03:36:00 - [4] - Quote Do you guys think that (Large) Blasters should do splash damage? Honestly, I think Large Blasters should be something that puts off a sense of terror rather than, "Oh, it's just that, I can make it across the road if he's using that."
Aeon Amadi Maverick Conflict Solutions 1003	Posted - 2012.07.17 03:52:00 - [5] - Quote Th3rdSun wrote: Aeon Amadi wrote: Anyone else think that Blasters are a bit under-powered when compared to their Eve-style brothers..? I haven't played EVE,but the large blasters suck,imo. Just like the railguns,I just can't tell where my shots are going,or if they are doing any damage.This is why I leave those things for people that are better using them than myself. In Eve Online Rail-guns are useful depending on their ammo type. Javelin Rounds reduce range to danger close, but they receive faster tracking - when paired with a tracking computer they're deadly. They can also use Spike rounds which increase the range -dramatically- but reduce tracking; it's possible to hit up to and beyond 100km with that type of ammunition. Only issue is that it doesn't do much damage, relying solely on it's fast rate of fire. Blasters can be used with Null ammunition, which increases the range and tracking, but it's not much - you're sacrificing a lot of damage for slightly better hit rates. Void - a personal favorite of mine - is the absolute highest damage dealing you can get in game. You cannot get any higher with any other gun/ammo combo. The problem is that it has reduced tracking and with a danger-close range of 5-10km you have to plan your attack a bit more than other players. These are just a few of the ammo types, there's dozens. Honestly, I think Large Blasters should be more like Eve Online. Moderate rate of fire single shots (rather than auto-cannon styled as in Dust) with insanely high damage if there's not going to be any splash damage. Otherwise there's not much point in using them beyond Anti-Vehicular, which is entirely circumstantial.