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Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 119	Posted - 2013.07.14 21:04:00 - [1] - Quote Hello! The plasma cannon today is not a unique weapon. It has features from both the forge gun and mass driver, but it is worse than both of these in every aspect. I am wondering if someone is working or this, or is this issue of low priority to fix? If it is not a priority, the weapon might as well be removed, skill points returned for those who speced into it, and the weapon revamped from scratch. It does not have a unique role currently. Best regards, Spectral
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 133	Posted - 2013.07.14 21:13:00 - [2] - Quote Cat Merc wrote: Hi, You should wait in line right after armor tanking and scouts. Best regards, Cat Merc CCP said they will fix scouts. They also said plasma cannon scaling is working as intended. I say its broken and has to be tweaked.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 136	Posted - 2013.07.14 21:28:00 - [3] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang Wrote: Quote: [BUG/BY DESIGN?] Plasma cannon variants - little to no difference: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=79204&find=unread Status: This is by design, the dev team will review this and apply tweaks accordingly. This is what i-¦m asking about.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 143	Posted - 2013.07.16 11:26:00 - [4] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: I don't know what is up with the plasma cannon but right now its not on the lot of our minds verse other weapons causing problems. I'll poke around to see if anythings been done with it. I know the CPM has expressed the Plasma Cannon has several shortfalls from making it a great bombardment and anti-vehicle weapon. Thank you!
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 143	Posted - 2013.07.16 13:43:00 - [5] - Quote Xero The Mishima wrote: They are gonna make it new FoTM. I hope not. But it has to be tweaked to have a clear role in the game. I have been using it in every game since the optional respec. Usually get more kills with my locus grenades. Have only managed to kill one or two tanks since I speced into it. If I had a proto swarm launcher, all tanks would have been dead.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 152	Posted - 2013.07.20 09:20:00 - [6] - Quote Bump. Iron wolf saber: do you have any answers yet? We who use caldari assault to boost the reload speed are kind of pissed right now due to the removed reload speed.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 152	Posted - 2013.07.20 12:52:00 - [7] - Quote Thanks again. Meanwhile ill be pre-detonating locus grenades with plasma splash for the win.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 152	Posted - 2013.07.20 12:57:00 - [8] - Quote Panther Alpha wrote: Spectral Clone wrote: Bump. Iron wolf saber: do you have any answers yet? We who use caldari assault to boost the reload speed are kind of pissed right now due to the removed reload speed. Why you will use the Plasma Cannon with the Caldari suit ? I have the impression that the Plasma Cannon was design to work as a secondary weapon for the Commando, its just not working very well right now... I wa using caldari assault since it had a reload bonus to hybrid weapons. This bonus increasd the DPS of the plasma cannon greatly since it only has one round in the magazine.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 153	Posted - 2013.07.20 14:32:00 - [9] - Quote White Mortadela wrote: ''THE PLASMA CANNON IS AWESOME, ITS LIKE HAVING 9 EXTRA CONTACT GRENADES" Right Spectral? :D Right now it is more like having grenades. It is not a anti vehicle weapon. It is however a fun secondary weapon, if you main a SMG. EDIT: I was trolling the squad also ;)
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 153	Posted - 2013.07.20 14:34:00 - [10] - Quote Alldin Kan wrote: Only way to improve the Plasma Cannon. Let-¦s not make the plasma cannon another flaylock pistol please.

Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 153	Posted - 2013.07.20 14:40:00 - [11] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: [quote=Spectral Clone]PCan PLC, not PCan. ;-)
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 153	Posted - 2013.07.20 14:47:00 - [12] - Quote Buttercup Chipmint wrote: Nothing, working as intended. -1
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 160	Posted - 2013.07.30 09:19:00 - [13] - Quote Bump. Any news?
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 160	Posted - 2013.07.30 09:58:00 - [14] - Quote CCP Wolfman wrote: We'll be taking a look at the plasma cannon along with all AV weapons as part of the vehicle work we are doing in 1.5. Oh my goodness! Looking forward to more info :)
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 161	Posted - 2013.07.30 11:04:00 - [15] - Quote Seriously, dont de-rail this thread. This thread is about the plasma cannon, not your whine about if something is 1.4 or 1.5.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 185	Posted - 2013.08.03 06:33:00 - [16] - Quote I actually think the splash damage is bugged similarly to how the mass driver was bugged before. Or it is just too small. CCP: Please keep the plasma cannon as a skillshot weapon/group supression weapon. Please do not make it a noob weapon that will be the next FoTM after flaylocks and ARs.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 187	Posted - 2013.08.03 06:46:00 - [17] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: Spectral Clone wrote: I actually think the splash damage is bugged similarly to how the mass driver was bugged before. Or it is just too small. CCP: Please keep the plasma cannon as a skillshot weapon/group supression weapon. Please do not make it a noob weapon that will be the next FoTM after flaylocks and ARs. Also please make it effective against shield vehicles. Plasma cannon should IMO be a jack of all trades weapon. But it should not be the best at something. What it needs is much better direct damage, less arc, and more flight speed. Exactly. No more splash damage. 2x direct dmg approximately. The splash radius should be tested to see if it really is 3.5m. Feels like its not. Arc feels very strange, almost like it is a logarithmic or inverted exponential curve. Maybe some coefficient has to be changed for it to be more effective at tqking out turrets far away (for example). Another strange thing is how a merc can throw a grenade faster than the plasma cannon projectile travels. This does not make sense.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 189	Posted - 2013.08.03 09:23:00 - [18] - Quote I have been playing with the plasma cannon since uprising was released. The weapon can barely scratch a LLAV if it hits (IF it hits this fast going vehicle with its slow projectile). Even the most skilled players could not hit a LLAV going at medium-full speed.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 189	Posted - 2013.08.03 09:33:00 - [19] - Quote G Felix wrote: Just technically speaking, it needs two big fixes. First, the collision detection on the plasma projectile is glitched on a number of surfaces (Walls, ceilings, barriers, dropsuits, etc). Second, the dud first shot with the pseudo reload is fairly regularly problematic. I personally hope it isn't "Scaling as intended.". :/ The scaling of splash damage is OK. Not overpowered I think at least. The scaling of the direct damage however is quite poor.
Spectral Clone The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 189	Posted - 2013.08.04 09:34:00 - [20] - Quote I also think the reticule for the plasma cannon has to be changed if the trajectory is kept as is. It does not make sense to have such a "short" vertical reticule on a mortar-like trajectory. Something like this would make sense.

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