It sounds silly, but try at longer ranges? I noticed enemies tend to duck and weave a lot more as you get closer, and they become more predictable and try to facetank your shots from over 10m away.
Plasma weapons need a faster shots
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Obligatory "I want a man portable rail gun/coil gun for sniping jobs" post...
(But seriously, I actually do... so long as NPCs can't get 'em...)
Over here buddy, wait in line.
Disagree. I've been using nothing but the Oppressor (G3) with my Maverick loadout and I find it to be fine - with no attachments yet. And to be fair, we know very little about the potential for attachments - we know there is increased aim stability, increased range, and increased head shot damage, but know very little about these effects. Who knows if there will be an attachment similar to focused for ship based plasma weapons.
I got a pre-engineered one with stowed reloading that's honestly more convenient than I thought, especially what with how stowing weapons before you move your arms an inch to complete the reload animation somehow un-reloads your weapons.
Tbh if there was an attachment that increases bullet speed I would be fine too
I'm literally using nothing but the Plasma Pistol (RP, yayyyy) and have completed CZ's, on my own, without dying, with it. It's currently only G2 with no engineering!
Sounds like you need some practice (leading targets and estimating Distance vs Projectile speed.........)
TL;DR - Git Gud!
There might be? As a community, we know very little about what is possible. Check out Inara - there is picture developing. Slowly.
It's entirely possible that the long range mod might mirror that for ship weapons and also increase shot speed, but I haven't seen a consensus on that yet.
There is a lot of dunking on OP in this post and hyperbole in this thread. The weapons don't need to be OP they need to function better in their intended role. The shotgun and pistol are fine but the rifle and long range rifles projectile speed is so low that shooting a moving target at mid and long range isn't feasible. Especially long. More often I miss with the sniper because they change direction or crouch. It's not about getting better it that the projectile is so abysmally slow that random variance afffects it too much. Outside of CQC plasma will never outmatch G+ kin/laser combos, which is fine so long as they are still usable. The plasma damage isn't bad when upgraded you jut need to be able to hit. A simple speed increase would go a long way to keep them valid.
Well, let's get out there, unlock the engineers, and field test the new attachments! There's still more engineers & attachments to be discovered.
Plasma rifle is a pure pve weapon because no player is dumb enough to stand still until you kill him and for cqc there are far better weapons
And the question is what do we need extra range if the rifle is already almost useless at higher ranges.
It would be helpful if it could kill with one shot. Then I would use it for assassination mission.
Bit off topic but I've had my eye on a P-15 with both suppressor mods and increased headshot damage. Dome your target and bolt, just like in Watch Dogs.
Just gonna open this up again since we now see more weapon stats so and compared to Laser Plasma does less damage, has lower bullet velocity etc etc. Basically just user laser G5 and you would be def better off than with Plasma G5 it seems
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And the supposedly higher effictive range than the Eclipse for the Oppressor makes me wonder how effective range is determined because with the bullet velocity I wouldnt say effective range is higher for the oppressor still.
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And the supposedly higher effictive range than the Eclipse for the Oppressor makes me wonder how effective range is determined because with the bullet velocity I wouldnt say effective range is higher for the oppressor still.
Dont compare apples are oranges. Look at suit resistances for example and remember shield resistances are different. You can shoot forever with a laser without hurting my armour. or forever with kinetic without breaking my shield.
Doesnt change the fact that the Oppresor is not OP nor will be OP if velocity is changed nor the fact that the effective range is not 35m but lower due to bullet velocity. Hell I dont want the plasma bullet velocity twice as fast as it is now. Again 50% faster max maybe only 33% but right now it feels simply to slow especially with the effective range in mind
I wonderstand you want the best of everything in a single weapon. You just cant have it.