Isn't a FG a modified mining tool rather than a rail gun?

I keep reading people claim that it's a rail, but I can't see someone firing a rail into the ground what with all the shrapnel it would cause.

You know you can stomp the red dots with the dropship yes? More fun and hilarious. If the forge gun blows dropship drop out and kill the fatman. Take out uplink and sky dive. Epic.

Cause that TOTALLY sounds like a mining laser....

"Adapted from Deep Core Mining Inc.GÇÖs proprietary technology, the DCMA S-1 subverts conventional expectations of what a man-portable anti-material weapons platform is capable of. Despite its excessive weight and extended recharge times, the GÇ£Forge GunGÇ¥ as it has become known, is regarded as the most devastating infantry weapon on the battlefield, and an invaluable tool for those capable of wielding it.

Powered by a Gemini microcapacitor, the Forge Gun utilizes a stored electric charge to fire kinetic slugs at speeds in excess of 7,000 m/s, enough to penetrate even augmented armor systems. During the pre-fire charge, the forward armature locks into position, stabilizing the magnetic field and helping to shield the user from backscatter and the excessive heat produced. Power generation remains the single largest drawback of the current design, the onboard capacitor requiring a significant amount of time to reach full power after each discharge." -source

Cause that TOTALLY sounds like a mining laser....

OP makes thread about militia forge guns, complains about Grimlocks.

2/10.

Seriously though, I don't know why everyone's hiding up in towers and stuff when you can hop in a shield heavy and run around with the rest of the infantry just fine. Learn to time your shots, the tears are far greater when you can dispatch 2-3 guys in a row with successive single shots to the chest. Heavy machine guns are boring and limited, and Scout shotty's have to work the trigger twice as hard for the same effect. These are where the fun's at.

Prospective Forgeristas: Train your proficiency up. You can wreak just as much havoc with the standard assault forge gun once you're skilled, and at a fraction of the price. Close quarters hits will work the same regardless of how much realbux or spacebux you shell out. And don't mess with the normal Forges. You'll end up holding onto that charge and playing defensive with it. The key to the FG is learning the flow of the trigger pulls, being able to fire off successive shots and land hits with almost no misses (saves your ammo for sniping, which is much more unreliable and reliant on splash.)

Keep em' wailing everyone!

Oh, and always remember - your enemies will always look to just about any explanation they can think of before they'll admit that you practiced up and schooled them.

o7

OP makes thread about militia forge guns, complains about Grimlocks.

2/10.

Seriously though, I don't know why everyone's hiding up in towers and stuff when you can hop in a shield heavy and run around with the rest of the infantry just fine. Learn to time your shots, the tears are far greater when you can dispatch 2-3 guys in a row with successive single shots to the chest. Heavy machine guns are boring and limited, and Scout shotty's have to work the trigger twice as hard for the same effect. These are where the fun's at.

Prospective Forgeristas: Train your proficiency up. You can wreak just as much havoc with the standard assault forge gun once you're skilled, and at a fraction of the price. Close quarters hits will work the same regardless of how much realbux or spacebux you shell out. And don't mess with the normal Forges. You'll end up holding onto that charge and playing defensive with it. The key to the FG is learning the flow of the trigger pulls, being able to fire off successive shots and land hits with almost no misses (saves your ammo for sniping, which is much more unreliable and reliant on splash.)

Keep em' wailing everyone!

Oh, and always remember - your enemies will always look to just about any explanation they can think of before they'll admit that you practiced up and schooled them.

o7

Not on the tall towers. Dropships aren't capable of flying high enough to stomp them. If they were I would just have my gunners shoot the fat men. CCP doesn't want the DS to be able to do anything that useful though.

AV weapons should not be able to to shoot at infantry. swarm launchers were adjusted, and now that you have these chucklefucks sitting on top of the tallest towers shooting grimlock/assault forge guns down at infantry..it just shouldn't happen and is literally impossible to counter, especially when they're on a roof where OBs don't register. obviously it shouldn't be a lock on weapon that homes in, it just should only be allowed to be shot at vehicles, installations, etc. and NOT dropsuits.

I can't tell you how many times I was busy spawncamping blueberries, only to suddenly die to a gigglecock militia forge gunner when there wasn't a heavy in sight. these are deaths that just should not happen. the fact you can kill a lot of suits in just two splash damage hits only a few seconds apart from 100+m out isn't right either, there needs to be some form of adjustment on these weapons to prevent an AV weapon from taking out infantry.

Heavy doesnt work against proto assault. :(

AV weapons should not be able to to shoot at infantry. swarm launchers were adjusted, and now that you have these chucklefucks sitting on top of the tallest towers shooting grimlock/assault forge guns down at infantry..it just shouldn't happen and is literally impossible to counter, especially when they're on a roof where OBs don't register. obviously it shouldn't be a lock on weapon that homes in, it just should only be allowed to be shot at vehicles, installations, etc. and NOT dropsuits.

I can't tell you how many times I was busy spawncamping blueberries, only to suddenly die to a gigglecock militia forge gunner when there wasn't a heavy in sight. these are deaths that just should not happen. the fact you can kill a lot of suits in just two splash damage hits only a few seconds apart from 100+m out isn't right either, there needs to be some form of adjustment on these weapons to prevent an AV weapon from taking out infantry.

LOL You're joking. Do you see 12 out of 16 of the enemy team spamming forge guns at you? No? Then stop complaining. They changed the swarm launchers because EVERY SINGLE PERSON was using them, and not the way CCP had intended them to be.

Maybe you shouldn't use proto gear. Maybe you also shouldn't force the enemy team back to the redline, thus opening yourself up to being forged by people with cheap gear.

Or you could stay behind your redline and snipe like far too many people do already. How about you stop crying for the heavy class to get another nerf?

AV weapons should not be able to to shoot at infantry. swarm launchers were adjusted, and now that you have these chucklefucks sitting on top of the tallest towers shooting grimlock/assault forge guns down at infantry..it just shouldn't happen and is literally impossible to counter, especially when they're on a roof where OBs don't register. obviously it shouldn't be a lock on weapon that homes in, it just should only be allowed to be shot at vehicles, installations, etc. and NOT dropsuits.

I can't tell you how many times I was busy spawncamping blueberries, only to suddenly die to a gigglecock militia forge gunner when there wasn't a heavy in sight. these are deaths that just should not happen. the fact you can kill a lot of suits in just two splash damage hits only a few seconds apart from 100+m out isn't right either, there needs to be some form of adjustment on these weapons to prevent an AV weapon from taking out infantry.

Well that's what you get for spawn trapping blueberry's

I move around more than a dude tweaking out on methamphetamines, moving or not they still have all day long to line up their shot from the tallest structures in the game.

AV weapons should not be able to to shoot at infantry. swarm launchers were adjusted, and now that you have these chucklefucks sitting on top of the tallest towers shooting grimlock/assault forge guns down at infantry..it just shouldn't happen and is literally impossible to counter, especially when they're on a roof where OBs don't register. obviously it shouldn't be a lock on weapon that homes in, it just should only be allowed to be shot at vehicles, installations, etc. and NOT dropsuits.

I can't tell you how many times I was busy spawncamping blueberries, only to suddenly die to a gigglecock militia forge gunner when there wasn't a heavy in sight. these are deaths that just should not happen. the fact you can kill a lot of suits in just two splash damage hits only a few seconds apart from 100+m out isn't right either, there needs to be some form of adjustment on these weapons to prevent an AV weapon from taking out infantry.

First, forge sniping is hard, especially at range. Don't knock it.

Second, you got forge sniped while spawn camping? And you are blaming THEM of using cheap tactics?
Pot->Kettle->Black.

Lastly, countering them is easy. Snipe them, flank them, laser them from behind cover, OB them, etc., etc., etc. If you are using cover properly, it is almost impossible for a forge gun to get a direct hit since the projectile is so large that if it even clips your cover, you won't even take splash damage 90% of the time.

It's not my fault 5-8 blueberries think it's a good idea to spawn in on a CRU with a couple of guys standing around it. still shouldn't be losing suits worth 200k+ to an AV weapon from a mile away.

you're spawn camping blueberries that don't know any better.

anything that happens to you is karma

And I'm teaching them a very important lesson. I bet next game, they won't repeatedly spawn at a CRU with enemies around it.
Karma isn't real. Where's my karma for the milita forge gunner that just wiped my 200k suit from the highest point in the map with an AV weapon?

AV weapons should not be able to to shoot at infantry. swarm launchers were adjusted, and now that you have these chucklefucks sitting on top of the tallest towers shooting grimlock/assault forge guns down at infantry..it just shouldn't happen and is literally impossible to counter, especially when they're on a roof where OBs don't register. obviously it shouldn't be a lock on weapon that homes in, it just should only be allowed to be shot at vehicles, installations, etc. and NOT dropsuits.

I can't tell you how many times I was busy spawncamping blueberries, only to suddenly die to a gigglecock militia forge gunner when there wasn't a heavy in sight. these are deaths that just should not happen. the fact you can kill a lot of suits in just two splash damage hits only a few seconds apart from 100+m out isn't right either, there needs to be some form of adjustment on these weapons to prevent an AV weapon from taking out infantry.