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Gunnery for dummies v1.3.2 - A beginner's guide to the common weaponry.
Pickle:
With the changes to fire-fighting the use of incendiary on the Gatling shouldn't be overlooked.
The Scylla is an indirect fire weapon with a high arc. To negatively say it has a large downward drop is to completely miss the point of the weapon. Greased is definitely the primary ammunition choice for the Scylla for me.
And as I'm not the only Captain that will jump onto a gun, it might be useful to note that the choice for Pilot is generally the same as that for Engineer.
Echoez:
--- Quote from: RearAdmiralZill on July 10, 2013, 11:03:01 am ---Incendiary is a good choice for flamethrowers too.
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I had Chrinus do the math, ignition chance difference between Greased and Incendiary is very low, so I thought greased was overall a better choice unless godess luck decides to smile upon you a lot more than usually, greased allows a faster take down of the balloon as well as giving you a larger clip to work with.
Echoez:
--- Quote from: Pickle on July 10, 2013, 11:55:22 am ---The Scylla is an indirect fire weapon with a high arc. To negatively say it has a large downward drop is to completely miss the point of the weapon. Greased is definitely the primary ammunition choice for the Scylla for me.
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It gives it an advantage if you are firing from bellow, other than that I don't see how I miss the point of the gun. Indirect fire or not, it doesn't change the fact that the massive arc makes shooting targets that are at longer ranges harder than most other guns, it's a warning, not a downside, I am here to explain what the gun does and it isn't wrong that it is mostly restricted to close range, in a medium range battle, unless your gunner is godlike, you will lose to the accuracy of a Heavy clip light flak, especially now that its projectiles do not lose any speed from Heavy clip usage.
Usage of the actual indirect fire capabilities (firing over other objects to hit your target) are pretty rare and only advanced users of this gun will make use of them.
All in all, this is a beginner's guide, the title says so, I'm not gonna state everything nor am I the guy to teach everyone the Metagame of this game, I'm just giving them something to start with. Everything else they will figure out themselves as they play anyway.
This is also a guide for your crew, if you are a pilot, I assume you know how to play the game and how your guns work else why the hell are you piloting?
Pickle:
--- Quote from: EchoLG on July 10, 2013, 12:01:40 pm ---Usage of the actual indirect fire capabilities (firing over other objects to hit your target) are pretty rare and only advanced users of this gun will make use of them.
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Not that uncommon on Refinery, Scrap Duel or Dunes.. even Anglean/Firnfield has opportunities. But you're right, this isn't beginner level Gunnery or Piloting.
Gambrill:
Just a little note from me, bu you didn't put burst in the suggested for the mortar. That kinda shocked me tbh, i refuse to use anything but in mine, i find the AOE to be very beneficial on a high ammo clip splodey gun. What tare your reasons behind this?
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