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Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.19 14:49:00 -
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Sounds like fun. I might put my LAV armada into storage for the moment and experiment with dropships (going to try fitting them with hybrid turrets instead of missiles) |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.19 15:26:00 -
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arimal lavaren wrote:Fair enough well said, Still the thought of half-price Myron with the air game in it's current state is a scary proposition to this Logi.
Gives me a chance to try out my railguns more :D
(I've already fitted LAVs with railguns, and I will be fitting dropships with some to hunt other dropships- I'll need gunners who know what they're doing) |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.19 17:09:00 -
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And now I have a chance to experiment more with vehicle fits.
Just wish I had the SP to use a logi LAV- that would be the one vehicle that vehicle haters like. |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.19 19:12:00 -
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Wakko03 wrote:Reav Hannari wrote:Wakko03 wrote:
B. There is no counter to the Drop Ships,
B. Some are saying light railguns on vehicles are a good way to counter drop ships. I will be testing that over the 5 days. . Your B, I will believe it when I actually see it work in a game, so far the only friendly LAV's have been easily dispatched by the enemy's vehicles or by thier AV guys. Is this information provided by the Drop Ship pilots, like their claims of being taken out regularly by a forge gunner in one shot from across the map?
I've actually done the B alone before, and (finally!) had a gunner that had a slight idea what they were doing (still stupid though) so a moving LAV could continuously fire on a dropship, instead of a stationary one like I'm usually forced to.
Still, most of it boils down to the gunner having practice, and the driver knowing where to be and when to pull out of a bad situation. For me, a baloch-impact with all BPOs (except for an advanced railgun) can do a pretty good job. Saving ISK to be able to start using standard gallente LAVs.
What I'm going to be testing over the 5 days is the effectiveness of hybrid turrets (even on dropships!), when given enough love.
I even saw an imperfect today who took the time to fit a large blaster (with the range and damage, I would assume proto) on their HAV- they were more effective than I've ever seen anyone with a missile turret be. |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.19 19:58:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:I've been a gunner for a Rail LAV that went Dropship hunting.
I'm not good at Railguns, but it seemed pretty effective.
just a few things you need to remember-
- Railguns need to charge, but are fully automatic after that point
- Only fire 3 shot bursts (2 with some- watch the heat to know what you should do) before letting off- otherwise it'll overheat it.
- Lead your shots- they have a projectile, instead of being instantaneous damage as most people seem to assume
- Don't be afraid to fire a shot while it's mostly cooled down; you shouldn't be going full auto unless it's completely cooled, but if the dropship is on its last chunk of health and/or retreating, you'll need to get a shot in
- If there are no vehicles that you can see, try hitting stationary/slow moving infantry. You almost always OHK with these things.
- (same goes for blasters) WATCH. THE. HEAT.
Last but not least (this is for all turrets on LAVs), keep an eye on your health (it's the small health indicator next to the vehicle one) and pay attention to when you're getting shot at- just move to the passenger seat when you're worried about getting shot off the turret. Any experienced driver will get the hint that it's time to back off, then drive off to a remote corner to hide. From then on, hop out and they'll hopefully use their repair tool on you. If they don't know what you want, you'll need to hop back in ASAP before they drive off. |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.19 22:21:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:Lavirac JR wrote:xMarauder wrote:Forge Gun week  Anyone wanna make forge gun squads? I was actually thinking some craziness like this the other day, 3 Heavies and a Logibro. Would scare the hell out of some pilots and drivers.... 3 Heavies, one player who brings a 2-stage loadout: 1. Spawn with Drop Uplink and who cares what else. 2. After establishing a safe spawn location, come back with Repair Tool. Again, the rest of the fitting doesn't matter. You can repeat the pattern any time you die and either the Uplink is gone or has been used a few times, or any time you notice the Uplink is low/gone and have a Supply Depot in reach. You can also switch out for a Swarm Launcher to add even more AV firepower to the squad - unless your Repair Tool fitting already has one...
don't forget your nanohives |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2012.11.20 00:47:00 -
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xMarauder wrote:I know!!!
I'll make a tank with nothing but railguns cuz railguns counter missle tanks oh wait.....
Actually, railgun tanks DO own missile tanks.
Ask the finalists of the tester's tournament. |
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