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Typhon, Heavy Flak Discussion.
RearAdmiralZill:
If you increase the ammo to three (then giving two with lesmok), youd want to decrease the damage anyway wouldn't you?
To my knowledge, heavy flak only does explosive damage, where nearly (if not every) every gun has two damage types, so it can perform two roles to some degree. What if you introduced fire damage to it? I mean, it does so much explosive it sets fire to your hull anyway.
(Yea, im really just going on limbs here.)
Cloudrunner:
According to this thread- https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,2035.msg34983.html#new
we've pretty much agreed the gun itself is useless without a merc. Currently I see no reason to use the heavy flak anymore, particularly with lesmok changes. It's usually a safer bet to use lumberjacks or brawler setups. Personally, I find the lesmok change frustrating and unfounded, since it cripples ranged battles.
N-Sunderland:
--- Quote from: Zenark on August 13, 2013, 12:18:33 pm ---The Lesmok change really doesn't affect my ships that much, but that's because I ask my gunners to bring charged.
If the flak can only be effective with lesmok, then I think your gunner is at fault. The flak works fine with other ammo types, it just requires a bit more skill. Even the low level gunners that jump aboard seem to do fine without lesmok.
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It's physically impossible to hit with charged flak at 1000+ metres, and within 1000 they'll be in arming time before you know it. The gun works best at long range, and with lesmok as it is it simply can't pull it off.
Rainer Zu Fall:
Exactly, Sunderland. Once again: Why use guns meant to be used for far ranges if there's no far range fight possible anymore? Nerfing the merc was good and necessary...but nerfing every far range gun? Was that really necessary?
Zenark:
--- Quote from: RainerZuFall on August 13, 2013, 12:20:30 pm ---It's a gun for far ranges. Why use it on a close range then? That's not the meaning of "far range"...
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Sure it can't snipe across Dunes without lesmok, but it's not a short range weapon. Even with charged, it still has enough range to kill an enemy ship before they're in range to use their guns.
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