Specific Q's for those who have played

zMessiahz · 2003-04-13, 11:39 AM

Lasher vs mini-chaingun:
How large is the difference on ROF and damage per hit?
How much are the 2 weapons effected by recoil?
Does the lasher have the equivelant of AP bullets?

Do the Vanu soldiers move faster then NC or TR given same armor type? Is there a difference in the amount of armor?

How does the rocklet perform vs infantry and vehicles?

Whats up with the insane rocket barage on the reaver?

How much damage to grenades do compared to other weapons?

How much ammo and how fast does the thumper fire?

Does the decimator do significantly more damage to vehicles then the empire specific anti-vehicular weapons?

The 3 medium assault rifles...
NC does more damage, TR fires faster, Vanu has less recoil... Does it actually even out? On paper the Vanu assault rifle gets the shaft... fires as slow as the NC rifle, does the same damage as the TR assault rifle. So is the recoil low enough to make its accuracy high enough that it makes up for this?

I saw a screen shot that had a buggy with what looked like a big ol' bazooka mounted on top. What the deal there? Are there more vehicles then those listed ont he official site? Or can you chose different weapon types on the buggies like on MAX's?

Thanks in advance for your responses. Please try to leave empire bashing out of this as we haven't actually started the game yet

Squeeky · 2003-04-13, 11:46 AM

Lasher vs mini-chaingun:
How large is the difference on ROF and damage per hit?
How much are the 2 weapons effected by recoil?
Does the lasher have the equivelant of AP bullets?

Im not too sure on the lasher, The mini-chaingun's ROF is about medium sized, It is very effective against infantry. There is absoloutely no recoil either

Do the Vanu soldiers move faster then NC or TR given same armor type? Is there a difference in the amount of armor?

All empire's soldiers move at the same speed, Armor's vary speeds

How does the rocklet perform vs infantry and vehicles?

Havent tried it

Whats up with the insane rocket barage on the reaver?

?????What do you mean?

How much damage to grenades do compared to other weapons?

Depends on the grenade, They do around 50 HP if used correctly

How much ammo and how fast does the thumper fire?

No clue

Does the decimator do significantly more damage to vehicles then the empire specific anti-vehicular weapons?

Not sure, The decimator tear's apart MAX armor though

The 3 medium assault rifles...
NC does more damage, TR fires faster, Vanu has less recoil... Does it actually even out? On paper the Vanu assault rifle gets the shaft... fires as slow as the NC rifle, does the same damage as the TR assault rifle. So is the recoil low enough to make its accuracy high enough that it makes up for this?

Gauss rifle is way overpowered ATM, Cycler(TR) Is a great weapon. And the VS weapon i dont know much aboout

There is no recoil in the game

I saw a screen shot that had a buggy with what looked like a big ol' bazooka mounted on top. What the deal there? Are there more vehicles then those listed ont he official site? Or can you chose different weapon types on the buggies like on MAX's?

Venoxile · 2003-04-13, 12:06 PM

Gauss is overpowered right now? All the beta testers i've met in the past two days have told me that the chaingun is WAYYYYY overpowered, and that the gauss is hardcore outdoors, and is somewhere from shit to decent indoors.
Then again ur TR so why would u say the chaingun is overpowered? Yeah, good thing not all the beta testers on the psu and station forums are tr.

zMessiahz · 2003-04-13, 12:27 PM

err WTF no recoil in the game and the armors are allt he same speed across empires? So much for design concepts.

TR gets fast firing weapons. NC gets high damage weapons. Vanu was supposed to have mobility and low recoil weapons.

Now they never implemented what was to be the Vanu's advantages? Thats pretty freaking lame.

Tieom · 2003-04-13, 12:30 PM

Er, squeeky - by 'recoil' I think he meant 'How fast does your cone of fire get to it's maximum size, and how big is the maximum size?'

By 'insane rocket barage' I'm thinking he meant 'Why does the reaver fire rockets so friggen fast?'

And I can answer that last Q - It's the empire-specific buggy for the New Conglomerate: the Enforcer. It has a rocket launcher as it's only weapon. No idea if it's dumbfire or homing, tho.
Check the vehicle section of PSU for a really small, crappy pic.

funky · 2003-04-13, 12:32 PM

theres no recoil as such but there is a COF (cone of fire) which expands as you spray...

vanu's mobility is in their max with jump jets and hover vehicles(i think)

BlakkyZ8 · 2003-04-13, 12:50 PM

About the AP rounds for the Lasher... I think I heard somewhere that it doesnt have seperate rounds but rather it is a semi effective weapon against both inf and vehicle targets.

Zhor_Prime · 2003-04-13, 01:20 PM

i've tried all three, the pulsar is pretty weak, the gauss is very over powered, and the cycler is decent overal (maybe make the COF a little larger when you just spray it). for the heavy weapons, i'm not so sure about because i don't use them really at all.
i do know that the vanu almost NEVER use the pulsar and instead get the lasher (because the pulsar is crap close in, medium range, and long range); the NC rarely are seen with a jackhammer, but nearly all of them carry a phoenix and gauss; and the cycler and chaingun are about 50/50

Destroyeron · 2003-04-13, 01:52 PM

New Harasser? *checks vehicle section* ooohh...that new harasser. i thought you meant the comman pool one got changed, lol.

zMessiahz · 2003-04-13, 05:47 PM

lol, Ok well at least thats better.

Cone of fire expanding as you shoot == recoil. hmm, what do you think of when someone says recoil?

And yes, about the reaver I was asking what was up with it being able to fire so many rockets so fast.

Lovely, so NC has an overpowered AV weapon, overpowered medium assault. TR has an overpowered heavy assault. And vanu has...?

Ruthless · 2003-04-13, 05:54 PM

overpowered groin guns

Venoxile · 2003-04-13, 05:55 PM

I don't think the phoenix is overpowered, you can fire about 2-3 stryker rockets per phoenix rocket.

FraBaktos · 2003-04-13, 06:11 PM

I've heard from a bunch of testers that NC are overpowered, TR are just right, and Vanu are underpowered... thats pretty dumb I hope they fix that up soon.

zMessiahz · 2003-04-13, 08:09 PM

From what I hear about the NC rocket is that its not the rate of fire or damage of it, but the fact that you can guide so easily.

You can fire it from inside an AMS cloak field and wander the battlefield.
From behind a hill... you need not even know if there are enemies nearby.
Turn it around corners, easily hit moving MAX's or aircraft.

I've heard it termed as a combination predator drone and hellfire missile.

Sounds like the mobility of that puppy is wayyyyy to high.

afex · 2003-04-13, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by Venoxile
I don't think the phoenix is overpowered, you can fire about 2-3 stryker rockets per phoenix rocket.

that logic amazes me.

so its ok that you can get rocket sniped from around a wall of a base, as long as you can shoot 3 times as fast at them? (not at them of couse, seeing as how you dont know where they are)