Who here prefers the decimator over AV weapons?

smccord313 · 2003-07-26, 05:41 PM

I really like the decimator. Any weapon that kills a MAX in two shots is worth it in my book. There's virtually no wait to fire the 2nd shot with the secondary fire mode and if you miss, you can blow it up next to the MAX as well. And as a bonus, when you get Special Assault, you also get the thumper, which is very useful as well. The rocklet just seems to be worthless to me compared to the thumper. Anyway, who else likes the decimator?

Jaged · 2003-07-26, 05:47 PM

I like the pheonix. It dosent do that much less dammage than the Deci. It akes three shots to kill a max with it, and you can shoot it from behind cover a long way away. The deci requires you to be in there face and out in the open. Just where the enemy max would want you.

00AgentDuck · 2003-07-26, 06:01 PM

My answer for killing a max is the bumper of my maurader or mag mower

. One hit kills and there's no mess to clean up.

1024 · 2003-07-26, 06:02 PM

Boomer + infiltration suit + surge = dead max

Lonehunter · 2003-07-26, 06:15 PM

Originally posted by smccord313
I really like the decimator. Any weapon that kills a MAX in two shots is worth it in my book. There's virtually no wait to fire the 2nd shot with the secondary fire mode and if you miss, you can blow it up next to the MAX as well. And as a bonus, when you get Special Assault, you also get the thumper, which is very useful as well. The rocklet just seems to be worthless to me compared to the thumper. Anyway, who else likes the decimator?

You'd pick the Thumper aka "griefer" over the ricklet rifle?

Hertston · 2003-07-26, 06:20 PM

I wouldn't choose the decimator over any of the AV weapons... it hurts more, but it's too easy to dodge, or indeed to miss with. All three AV weapons are very potent against MAXes.

Special assault as a package is great, and very under-used IMHO. I agree, the thumper lobbing plasma grenades can be an absolute bitch, although you often don't get the chance to use it when it would be most effective as your own team-mates insist in getting in the way. The Rocklet Rifle is a weapon of real skill.. I'm useless with one but there are some who are absolutely deadly with it.

Personally, I'd rather HA got dumped altogether, and replaced with a common pool special/heavy combo (4 cert points) of Decimator, Thumper and a (slightly underpowered compared with the TR HA weapon) MCG.

Lonehunter · 2003-07-26, 06:27 PM

Originally posted by Hertston
The Rocklet Rifle is a weapon of real skill.. I'm useless with one but there are some who are absolutely deadly with it.

That's what I'm trying to say. I've takin down plenty of MAXs with mine.

Streamline · 2003-07-26, 08:02 PM

Originally posted by Hertston
The Rocklet Rifle is a weapon of real skill.. I'm useless with one but there are some who are absolutely deadly with it.

So NOT... Rocklet rifle is most definatley not a skills based weapon. Both the rocklet and the thumper are spam weapons. Nothing more. From my experience any HA weapon owns the rocklet users when both are full armor/health.

Eliaas_Demens · 2003-07-26, 08:39 PM

Both the rocklet and the thumper are spam weapons. Nothing more.

I beg to differ. The Rocklet may be a spam weapon(who uses primary fire?), but the Thumper is a weapon that requires a great deal of skill to use properly. It's taken me quite some time to refine my accuracy with the Thumper down, and I'm quite proud of my ability to drop a grenade on the foot of a reinforced from a third of the way across an SOI. Besides... how do you spam with a weapon that slow?

Sentrosi · 2003-07-26, 08:54 PM

Decimator owns inside a tower or base. Get two ppl with Decimators guarding back doors or hallways and Max's are eaten up. Thumper is great for spam effect; guarding backdoors and towers. That's the reason why I'll never give them up.

smccord313 · 2003-07-26, 09:07 PM

My answer for killing a max is the bumper of my maurader or mag mower. One hit kills and there's no mess to clean up.

Of course that works well but you can't fit a maurader or magmower inside a base.

Decimator owns inside a tower or base. Get two ppl with Decimators guarding back doors or hallways and Max's are eaten up. Thumper is great for spam effect; guarding backdoors and towers. That's the reason why I'll never give them up.

Amen.

00AgentDuck · 2003-07-26, 09:37 PM

Yeah I gusse your right, not unless they make a miniature magmower for indoor use. One reason why I love the magmower is since your vs you don't have to fight any maxes that can jump when you try to run them down. But still it's fun to run over some maxes with vechicles, especially if they're tr maxes and they have rooted down in place

. Just priceless

Hertston · 2003-07-26, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by Eliaas_Demens
I beg to differ. The Rocklet may be a spam weapon(who uses primary fire?), but the Thumper is a weapon that requires a great deal of skill to use properly.

So do I.. on the Rocklet. The skilled Rocklet user is the one who DOES use primary fire, and can hit every time with it.... i.e who can use it as a medium range weapon as well as a "room broom". That's skill... far more than is needed for n00bhammer, MCG or Lasher (the ultimate spam weapon.. and that from a Vanu).

Onizuka · 2003-07-26, 10:12 PM

Simple if i was VS i would, if i was any other empire i wouldnt.

btw: yay br 20 hehe.... now i have to lead AHHHHHH

Incompetent · 2003-07-26, 10:48 PM

You can have my decimator when you pry it from my cold dead hands