Punisher strategies

[Doop]

I just started using this yesterday, and I like it =] Currently I usually stock up on frag ammunition...I just engage into battle, fire a single grenade and instantly switch to regular fire. Regular fire on Punisher is pretty damn strong. Very good strategy so far that I've used. Anyone wanna share theirs? =o

[Neon Apocalypse]

i prefer sweeper

[HawkEye]

yea sweeper is a good shotgun.

[Incompetent]

Always use plasma, frags are useless, as are the rocklets. The punisher is great for 1v1s and general purpose work, but empire rifles are better in big zergs. Its especially useful when there are alot of cloakers about, or if your driving/gunning a vehicle since you can use it to clear small minefields or breach thin ones. Its also useful on tower jumps and when they know they are going to run into vehicles, since you can jam up there guns with it.

[Rbstr]

It would be alot more usefull if they had a bounce around option with it. I never use it, it doesn't do enough damage (last i heard the damage per shot was the same as the cycelr but just slower)

[Mudflap]

see this is my strat! never use reinforced armour! as extra armour dont help cus u need more health!
always use a lasher for w/e purpose cus i always own with it! crouch with it for long distance! hav adv regen to boost ur health up and u cant die. unless sumone runs up behind u with a jh

What the hell does this have to do with the punisher? Your ability to post meaningless tripe under any random message amazes me Pork! It's like dealing with a hyperactive, A.D.D., Autistic!

[Spee]

What the hell does this have to do with the punisher? Your ability to post meaningless tripe under any random message amazes me Pork! It's like dealing with a hyperactive, A.D.D., Autistic!


Seriously. Pork, dieplzkthx.

[TheRagingGerbil]

Anyone else suddenly have a distaste for pork?

I used the punisher on my support guy. I made it my only weapon and got him all the way up to BR18. All of his kills came from either the punisher or CE. I think it makes for a real cool "Medics" firearm.

The Plasma shot first then regular fire works really well. Only if you are attacking and there isn't more then two guys. If you can get the jump on the enemy they are as good as dead. But only if the nade hits and you get a round or two in them. If not you will die quickly.

[MilitantB0B]

I use it as my backup weapon for my sniper rifle, mainly because I wanted a medium distance weapon and I hate the guass. I do like the under barrel rocket launcher. I normally stock one box of each type of ordinance, as they all have some moderate use. The jammer grenades are especially helpfull. Many time, the enemy will CE the top of their towers so that hotdropping troops will get chewed up before making it to the doors, but all you have to do is press your punisher button while falling and chunk a couple jammers down and its all safe.

Not my favorite gun, and I will normally ditch it for the first cycler/pulsar I see, but like I said, I hate the guass. :(

[SpunkJackel]

Best part about the punisher is the sweet reload sound you get when you reload the nade/rocket barrel. As for strategy I dunno...shoot whatever moves and hope you hit cause that CoF is brutal and unforgiving and fire as many nades as possible to get that satisfing reload sound.

[MilitantB0B]

http://jpn01.konami.co.jp/movie/mgs_tts/mgs_tts_27min_e.asx
have to say this is the best damn video i've ever seen!

(mgs twin snakes) 27 min long stream of the new action! like a totally diff game!
meryll is hot
You know what you remind me off? The little bugs that fly into my computer cases when I paint them. My therory is that their lives are so insignificant that they choose infamy over anonymity.

Anywho, does anybody know if the rockets are AV or AI?

[SpunkJackel]

Going with AV...but don't think it matters so much. I mean you shoot and they blow up and do damage to what ever they hit. Probably better for AV as they have a level line of fire but if you shoved one down Pork's throat I'm positive his head would still blow clean off.

[BlackHawk]

I use the punisher as a backup sniper weapon as well. I always leave it with plasma nades loaded and selected, with an extra box of plasma and one of jammers. As for a strat: in close range I fire off a plasma nade first, then switch to regular, get close, and go full auto. For mid range, I pop off one shot at a time to let the COF fall back to a reasonable level, or if I have plenty of plasma nades I pop them off until the enemy either gets close or dies.

[Doop]

Hey now hey now, what in the hell is wrong with frags? Yeah, in HUGE zergs when defending a base and they're running down the stairwells by the fucking thousands, 'course you'll load up with plasma. I'm talking about smaller battles where you'll usually find single enemies outside. Shoot a frag, that's fifty health down instantly (on agile at least). Finish them off with reg fire. You go "weeeee!"

[Incompetent]

yeah, except plas does more damage and scares them.

[Doop]

yeah, except plas does more damage and scares them.

But with plasma, people usually just use a medkit or two and press onward. =X Frag is instant damage.

[Vis Armata]

I thought that HE grenades delivered more damage, but in a smaller area.

I waver between the Gauss (my favorite gun) and the Punisher, because of its versatility. I don't think the Punisher as an assault rifle is all that wonderful - it blooms too fast and the range is substandard - but the ability to jam tanks, burn groups of enemies and bomb other things is nice.

[Incompetent]

People with just punch a medkit if you hit them with a frag, and plas does do more damage over time, frags just annoy maxes a bit more.

[Sputty]

GO with plasma. But Incomp, I disagree about rocklets. They allow you to engage at longer rangers, so I normally keep one box of rocklet ammo so I can attack vehicles with it at and hit at long ranges. But you're right, they aren't very good nonetheless.
Plasma > other nades

[Jagd]

My vanu's standard grunt loadout is rexo with a sweeper and a punisher, it's great for clearing rooms with plasma nades. My particular favourite is control rooms, open the door pop around the corner and launch a plasma at the console, then back out the door again. Switch to sweeper while they charge forwards (not able to see me yet) and unload as soon as they get to the doorway. Sometimes they're already damaged, and one plasma nade is all it takes to finish them off. CC clear, move in for the hack.

[JakeLogan]

http://jpn01.konami.co.jp/movie/mgs_tts/mgs_tts_27min_e.asx
have to say this is the best damn video i've ever seen!

(mgs twin snakes) 27 min long stream of the new action! like a totally diff game!
meryll is hot
Ok yet again what relevance does this have to do with the thread?
Secondly It's pretty sad that you find a bunch of Polygons attractive.

[Kyonye]

I knife 'em all

[Unknown]

I got tired of taking the time to translate Pork's (many) posts into normal english. I was spending more time reading his posts than other's (sometimes even longer) posts, yet his are almost never relevent to the conversation. Frankly, I'm suprised he hasn't been banned yet. Anyways, don't encourage him, just ignore him guys. You're just playing his game when you reply to his incoherent babblings and on top of that, you're adding more off-topic posts (like mine, oh the irony). In fact, I encourage everyone to click the little "I" link at the top of his posts and be done with him, or if you can't find that: click here (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/profile.php?do=addlist&userlist=ignore&u=7353).

Ok so that's going to be my last post ever regarding Pork, back on topic:

I love the punisher, it's perfect for my style of play. I prefer to crouch with my personal shield rather than run all over the place with my surge, and when it comes to the punisher, your best bet is to crouch to minimize the humongous cone of fire on that thing. For the grenade launcher I bring along plasma (loaded on all my punisher favorites) and sometimes a box of Jammers. Frags are ok, but less functional (I don't have darklight, so plasmas are my cloaker detectors).

[Fenrys]

The only time I cary a Punisher is when I'm laying down mines and don't want to cary boxes of ammo. My minelayer favorite is saved with a plasma nade loaded in it, and the inventory nothing but ACEs.

On the rare occasions that I run across some random nme lurking about the base, I'll fire a few shots, then without taking my finger off the trigger I'll switch to the nade and shoot it, then switch back to firing bullets with a fresh and tight CoF.

[aiwest420]

Only time is use the punisher is for the rapid-fire-grenade bug (does no dmg btw) to annoy others during a base cap. empire ma/ha+thumper in rexo is 2x more effective :) .

[Acaila]

If your forced to shoot rockets out of your punisher at a vehicle, your most likely fucked.

It isn't a bad weapon, decent substitute for a thumper if you don't have SA and a back door needs spamming from the base walls.

[Renegarde]

Punisher was my Medium Assault weapon of choice back when I played NC, except when I could loot a Cycler. When I switched to TR I used it a lot less because damn, that Cycler rocks ass. I used the grenade->autofire tactic constantly.