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ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.28 15:56:00 - [1] - Quote A LAV with a railgun in the back. Has anyone tried this out? I was careless in my DS on Line Harvest and was shot down by the rail gun installation and it got me thinking. I want to test this
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.28 16:05:00 - [2] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Takes dropship literally moments to kill you compared to you him. in terms of agility LAV beats a DS hands down. If I was just sitting around taking hits I would have put Tank instead of LAV. I think it would be awesome to see two or three of these pushing back a DS.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 19:30:00 - [3] - Quote Th3rdSun wrote: LAV's with railguns are pointless unless you leave them completely stationary when firing. the same can be said for ALL small turrets. some can do dammage at range but none of them are reliable on the move.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 19:33:00 - [4] - Quote Th3rdSun wrote: LAV's with railguns are pointless unless you leave them completely stationary when firing. the same can be said for ALL small turrets. some can do dammage at range but none of them are reliable on the move. wrote: The only counter to dropships I've found so far is bailing on the match. ya, good luck holding districts with that attitude.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 19:36:00 - [5] - Quote Sentient Archon wrote: MPR11 wrote: Best counter to a dropship? Heres how to do it: 1) Call in your own dropship (doesn't matter what kind, but I recommend a militia one) 2) Get in and locate enemy dropship 3) Scream "KAMIKAZEEEEE" as loud as you can as you fly into the other dropship 4) ??? 5) Profit 100% FULLPROOF PLAN RIGHT HERE Best idea so far! LMFAO! +1 I Disagree with step three. You need to shout TORA TORA TORA!!!!!!
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 23:04:00 - [6] - Quote xMarauder wrote: Forge gun. Nuff said. Not "nuff said". the Plus side to my idea is that anyone with any fit can call in a LAV with a Rail. Forge guns are great for AV but once the threat its gone you're a one trick poney.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 23:39:00 - [7] - Quote xMarauder wrote: ugg reset wrote: xMarauder wrote: Forge gun. Nuff said. Not "nuff said". the Plus side to my idea is that anyone with any fit can call in a LAV with a Rail. Forge guns are great for AV but once the threat its gone you're a one trick poney. Unless its the spiky map on ambush (don't know the name pardon) I wreck a lot of people with my forge gun on that map whether they're in a vehicle or not. I'm sure the other forge gunners know what I'm talking about... Besides that map I guess I am a 1 trick pony...but tbh an LAV with a railgun doesn't do any real damage. a FG can be used for anti personal just don't miss up close.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 23:54:00 - [8] - Quote Zekain Kade wrote: rail guns are terrible to use. use a cycled missile launcher instead. Spam small rockets at it until that thing falls. Missiles are slow . spamming a cycled ML across the map is just a open invite to the other team. I agree though, one railgun may not be enough to phase a DS.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.29 23:58:00 - [9] - Quote Necrodermis wrote: the only thing that seems to work is have half your team dedicated to destroying the dropship. or be forced to face members on the enemy team who go 30+ without even trying. and that is physically impossible unless you are fighting in a corp battle because randoms never communicate. having to sit and wait for the perfect time for everyone to release the missiles is key to destroying the tards in the sky. that said, if you aren't in a corp battle, it's not going to happen because randoms refuse to co-operate. even if you manage to get them released at a good time, chances of them hitting are still slim if the pilot manages to speed back up into the red zone because missiles are slow. well if i can scare them back to there red line thats time my boys have to not be blown up.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.30 00:02:00 - [10] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: the only railguns that can do enough damage to be worth firing at a dropship are prototype railguns- advanced if there's a pack of them. Trust me- I've fired at plenty with standard railguns- does about as much damage as a militia swarm (without the debilitating explosion to tip the dropship). They also take some practice to land a hit with, and have short range. At least they'll hit way more often than swarms (with practice) hybrid turrets are a x1 skill so it not asking to much if you speccing into vehicles.

ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.30 00:14:00 - [11] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: ugg reset wrote: Necrodermis wrote: the only thing that seems to work is have half your team dedicated to destroying the dropship. or be forced to face members on the enemy team who go 30+ without even trying. and that is physically impossible unless you are fighting in a corp battle because randoms never communicate. having to sit and wait for the perfect time for everyone to release the missiles is key to destroying the tards in the sky. that said, if you aren't in a corp battle, it's not going to happen because randoms refuse to co-operate. even if you manage to get them released at a good time, chances of them hitting are still slim if the pilot manages to speed back up into the red zone because missiles are slow. well if i can scare them back to there red line thats time my boys have to not be blown up. and before the dropship comes back, everyone will be mowed down by infantry because they're using swarms IRK if only there was a thread where we could talk about a solution to this problem /sarcasm.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.30 00:18:00 - [12] - Quote Zekain Kade wrote: the thing is, most random teams are too stupid to determin where the missiles are comming from. the thing is, when the time comes where our battles have an impact on the game I don't want to rely on the other team being stupid to win.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.30 01:14:00 - [13] - Quote Zekain Kade wrote: yea, i'll probably die using it, that's a given show me a class that can't do this and i'll show you an OP class
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.30 02:23:00 - [14] - Quote Th3rdSun wrote: But see,that's the rub.CCP ruined the missiles in this build.I use to be able to hit almost everything while on the go,now it's so hard to correct your shot that it's close to pointless to fire while moving. I wouldn't say they ruined them; there are plenty of people who think otherwise. All I'm saying is if your chasing a LAV or a Drop ship in a turret you're not going to land any direct hits unless you're right on them.
ugg reset ZionTCD Legacy Rising 234	Posted - 2012.10.30 16:12:00 - [15] - Quote Gunner Needed wrote: ugg reset wrote: SoTa PoP wrote: Takes dropship literally moments to kill you compared to you him. in terms of agility LAV beats a DS hands down. If I was just sitting around taking hits I would have put Tank instead of LAV. I think it would be awesome to see two or three of these pushing back a DS. lol your kidding, I can fly beside a lav no matter what it does, could work with a tank lav but you dont see many of those really. and I can understand being shot down by a rail installation but a rail turret is poo in comparison well, you have seen me yet in my Methana. unless you have blasters or railgun (wich you don't) you're not getting any direct hits on me And ya, small rails are weak, i know this. but the list of things that can reliably hit a DS has gotten rather small lately.