Rocklet Rifle Masters, tell us your secrets

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Originally Posted by TwoBits

Use the secondary fire inside towers. Stand at the top of the stairway and use 3rd person mode to watch the stairwell without being seen. When the enemy rounds the corner, hit the fire button and jump out in front of him. takes some practice, but works wonderfully well.

Nah, that's what HA is for. I have heard people swear by the rocklet, but I honestly don't see what's so great about it. It's fun to use, but slow and inaccurate. I cannot remember actually being killed by a rocklet user 1 on 1, ever. At medium to long range, the MA weapons are the most useful, and at close range, the HA are better. If you have SA already, the deci is far more effective against MAX units than the rocklet. So really, when do you use it?

[BDMJ]

It's useful because it is an effective answer to any threat. It's only marginally slower at killing infantry than HA, and only marginally slower than the deci for maxes and light vehicles. It's only weakness is that it is very ammo hungry.

[Queensidecastle]

Yeah, but its very easy to spooge out your whole clip and miss. Then your dead. I suck at using the Rocklet but all I see it usefull for is suppression fire and MAX suits.. Of course you could just carry a Deci and HA and be 10x more effective

[Jagd]

That's why you aim at their feet 99% of the time, because when you miss, they still take splash damage. If you screw up and let them get too close, aim for the chest, it only takes 3 or 4 direct hits to get the kill. I only like using secondary fire for clearing out a room before moving in. Click fire, step to door, pivot and unload. Of course if you have problems with doors lagging you out, I'd wait to make sure the door is open before priming.

Also, I've found that keeping a cycler (or gauss, pulsar, ...) is a good backup weapon. Once you empty the rocklet clip, switch to the assault rifle and let 'er rip. As long as you got a few near misses with the rocklet, they'll be toast after a couple bursts of lead.

[flypengy]

Surge up real close to your enemies and just shoot at the ground! Sure you're going to die, but you'll take them with you! ;P

[xmodum]

Just get ReXo , rocklet fill with ammo , leave room for 3 medkits , then when u find ur target hit it into secondary fire mode and aim at the ground around him while ur rounds go off , best way cuz hittin him dead on with the rockets is to hard for me .

[MuNsTeR]

use secondary mode also, i use agile w/ surge for it, actually i use surge for everything

[Sentrosi]

No wonder. You're NC. It comes with the empire.