Break through SCBs instantly with modified railguns (Newletter 121)
- Thread starter Alexander the Grape
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This is Elite Dangerous, not Moby . Sadly, our great white whale is the size of a small moon.
It just means I have to start another lobby campaign during the Beta like I've done before...
Hah...
I refuse to let the combat balance of this game be ruined by ignorance and inexperience.
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Actually... I hadn't even considered that!
"Ruined"
You haven't even tried it yet. [rolleyes]
It hasn't even gone into beta, nor have you given Frontier any opportunity to see how it plays out.
This is a one way process, you lot say how it is and Frontier have to follow?
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I'm waiting for the Cascade weapon that fries your thrusters if you're using them...
It's obviously a conscious move to "force" people to make this decision... ie: These engineers could just as easily have been in special platforms...
You mean like the one they showed in the latest newsletter:
http://hosting.zaonce.net/elite/new.../255be056a6c710fda14907ca6e6a45077eee570a.jpg
I actually like the idea of this upgrade. It's a skills based item.
You have to be able to identify when the SCB's are recharging, have the ability to get into a position to actually aim and shoot and hit the target during that time period with a fixed rail gun.
This is not an insta-win button...it seems like the timing of the hit will be tricky.
Feels like it would give the PVP folks something to consider when building their ships...and allow for a personal check on your own shooting skills.
You have to be able to identify when the SCB's are recharging, have the ability to get into a position to actually aim and shoot and hit the target during that time period with a fixed rail gun.
This is not an insta-win button...it seems like the timing of the hit will be tricky.
Feels like it would give the PVP folks something to consider when building their ships...and allow for a personal check on your own shooting skills.
True but I am going by what the details say and the video that went with it. I.e shoot target shields till they use a SCB then while its in use pop them with this weapon and bang shields down. What is it that's unclear from the video or text description that means I should try it first? Unless FD are not showing a true representation of it. I am sure that during the live stream they would have said it has a % chance of taking shields offline instantly, but they don't say that, hence my comment.
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You can see them in use by a shield effect
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The newsletter states that it deals a small portion of thermal damage to the underlying hull. This might have been useful under the SCB meta, but is useless in the HRP meta, and mostly useless in PvE where NPC shields are typically quite low.
You would be pretty *angry* if you spend a lot of materials on a useless mod like that and perks are random too, so you might end up with this lemon either you like it or not. No one ever will be using shields anymore if this rail gun is in game.
FD is slowly killing this game to me, instead balancing we will get RNG lottery, YEY *slow clap*
[video=youtube_share;KEyhBAagxoA]http://youtu.be/KEyhBAagxoA[/video]
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As you all can see here: This is a perfect example of why it's pointless to argue on this fortum.
A guy who clearly don't have any experience in pvp (or at fighting) start to shoot out opinions and give councils to pvp players.
Sadly it's not the only one.
There is nothing to say about this railgun, except that it's a stupidity. POINT.
If you are not able to understand WHY it is so, it mean that you need to spend more time learning how things work in a combat... and not vs a stupid AI.
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Slowly?!?
And you haven't even tried it.
I genuinely hope Frontier don't listen to your opinion, the opinion of people who think they already know all the answers and aren't willing to test things really isn't worth much very much.