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Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.11.18 08:01:00 -
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Basic Forge + Militia Swarm = dead Dropship. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.11.18 09:03:00 -
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KripnawtiQ Prime wrote:If so many players are using forge guns then where the f**k are they? Did everybody just discover forge guns today or do they just never pull them out in game? :)
I see at least a couple of Forge Guns in almost every game where I see tanks. Pretty often against Dropships too.
Not always, but more often than not, someone shows up with a Forge as soon as they see the enemy bringing a vehicle.
It's also when I start bringing Swarm Launchers. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.11.18 17:12:00 -
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[quote=Scheneighnay McBob]Small railguns (and large railguns, if the ship isn't too high to aim at) can do a pretty good job of downing dropships. The challenge with small ones is getting a set of shots in before someone takes out your LAV.
I got to be a passenger in a Railgun LAV a few games ago. They're not bad for AV use even while moving. You don't lose your shot randomly off in the wrong-est direction possible because the game feels like it, which is nice. And I got to down an enemy LAV which was spamming missiles all over. Guess his driver was throwing his aim off. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.11.18 20:18:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:Sounds great- I think the thing with shots being thrown off is that as far as shooting from a moving vehicle, dust has pretty good physics. I think the thing with missiles (and also a big weakness they have) is that these physics, coupled with the random fire pattern of non-accelerated missiles, make them very inaccurate on a fast-moving LAV.
Apart from occasional times where a missiles will shoot off more than 90 degrees off-course, and times when a missile will fire off-course because the main turret is turning while your own secondary turret on top of it is perfectly still, the physics are mostly pretty good.
But as with the above examples, there's still some work to be done. Sometimes the shots go pretty crazy instead of deflecting in a logical (and therefore predictable) manner.
If it was "oh no, we hit a bump" throwing my aim off, then I'd understand. If it was ALWAYS "I forgot to account for movement" or "I thought I was aiming further off our movement direction" when I messed up with a shot I was trying to lead, then there wouldn't be a problem. But when the LAV is moving at about 90 degrees from the target, and I aim so my shot will arc with the movement and go straight into an enemy, but while in mid-air, on an angle where there's no way for me to see it happening and compensate, the driver turns - it doesn't matter which way, and we're in the air, so it doesn't affect our actual movement direction at all - but that SOMEHOW makes my shot miss so bad it looks like it fired from the back of the turret instead of the front? That's when I say there's something wrong. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.11.19 15:38:00 -
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Herpn Derpidus wrote:i have a question..... are small rail guns good av? and if they are why not fight vehicles with vehicles?
Large Railgun to eat shields + Small Missiles to eat armour = dead HAV.
Also, while not the best AV weapon, Small Railguns do the job decently. Especially if you can keep your distance. |
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