Another heavy assault post (dont flame me)

[Plato]

I got my cert in Heavy Assault this morning. I didn't get a chance to break out my 18 Jackhammers tho (only 18 will fit in locker). I was fighting the VS out in the open between a tower and a base.

Unfortunately I got thoroughly owned by Lancers. Having to dodge fire from 3 VS at once with Lancers is damn difficult..

[Kikinchikin]

to emphasize again, the games all about chex and balances. Empires are good in certain areas. vanu have xcellent Anti vehic cuz of lancer, NC have good HA (and TR is nearly as good I have seeen the light i still want a CoF change tho) medium assault is equal basically Vanu tank is far superior and thats about it. Hmmmm who comes out on top there? answer is no one. Select the empire that accentuates what you like to do best.

And About the whole chaingun being used for crowds issue. Well i've discovered what u mean here, although it still needs it CoF changed. Was in a bio lab think it was Hapi. NC were holding out with 10% NTU so we were just gonna keep assaulting till they ran out. Newho i run in the door with my reinforced armor (i finally got it yesterday) and see this dude with a hammer. rip him apart just cuz he was unskilled. Then i open the door only to find 3 NC (1 with a hammer) charging at me. I just let loose and mow all 3 down and am only at half health. Then 2 more come through and one hits me with his rocklet but i kill both of them. then another comes through and im hididng so i pelt him with a thumper this time. Then the max comes through and im at 1/3 health, and i moronically switch to frag thumper instead of using armor bullets for the chaingun... i hurt him but i croak after 7 kills. Chaingun is good in those situations.

[Jarlo]

Yeah I'm dropping my Lasher too for special assault and getting combat engi in one more BR.. It just isn't worth the 4 points right now.

Adv medic, engineer, magrider, special assault

edit: gah I put Lancer instead of Lasher-- fixed now

[Kikinchikin]

u mean lasher correct? lancer is AV

[Plato]

Lancer is officially AV but it's anti infanty too - takes a massive chunk out of your health in reinforced per shot.

[Madcow]

Yep, I got lanced last night while sniping. 3 shots killed me. Considering I was in reinforced and 2 sniper shots would have taken me out that seems a bit too powerful, especially considering how quickly you can get multiple shots off (in comparison to the bolt driver).

[Onizuka]

I feel the VS weapons some how seem more balanced. I mean, the lancer works well on infantry as well, and the Lasher works very well on MAXs and light vehicles. I dont always find this true with NC or TR weapons.

[Arakiel]

The problem with the jackhammer vs. chaingun argument is that the jackhammer, for the most part, will own the chaingun at medium range. The JH's shotgun spread damage falloff isn't too harsh at medium range, but the CG's CoF makes it minimally effective at the same distance.

It's not as much a problem with the jackhammer (which, I still consider balanced) as a problem with the way the chaingun performs at medium range.

Oh, and the lasher needs to have its projectiles move about twice as fast before it's even worth considering in the same category as the other two HA weapons.