Osttheer: Schwere Gustav ( Rail Gun)

[Admiral]

The Ability Rail Gun are to weak in my Eyes. i mean its 800mm in reallife, they should make the explosion bigger or/and the Dmg higher, and a new Animation ( Bigger ) becasue 203 mm fromm Russian and 240 mm from US has the same Animation.

[{F13}Storm]

With the new effectiveness of call in artillery I would have to agree... a 800mm shell should take out any tank and plenty of the surrounding..

[Maxim M1910/30 enjoyer]

+1 i expected a way bigger explosion and/or damage, also i think if they make it a one shot barrage but more accurate and with more cooldown would be much better because in real life that gun fired a shot every 30 or more minutes

[Admiral]

Originally posted by DangerClose:

+1 i expected a way bigger explosion and/or damage, also i think if they make it a one shot barrage but more accurate and with more cooldown would be much better because in real life that gun fired a shot every 30 or more minutes

yes i think so too, Relic should do something for that

[ComradeRazor]

...and accuracy should be almost zero

[Zymran]

Germans had a buttload of different railway artilery pieces. The Schwere Gustav was just the "pinnacle" as Adi thought "the bigger, the better"

[Trigg]

They had RR artillery as small as 150mm.

[YCWD]

Originally posted by Zymran:

Germans had a buttload of different railway artilery pieces. The Schwere Gustav was just the "pinnacle" as Adi thought "the bigger, the better"

Thought being the operative word. That was the first lesson that bigger wasnt always better :)

[doomhammer244]

+1
I agree, the damage should be much higher and the expolison-animation should be more enormous. With the smoke it is already impossible to hit ANYTHING, so I think it could be accepted, that a (very rare) luck hit wipes a tank.

[Maxim M1910/30 enjoyer]

Originally posted by Zymran:

Germans had a buttload of different railway artilery pieces. The Schwere Gustav was just the "pinnacle" as Adi thought "the bigger, the better"

oh, i didn't know that, wekk it makes sense now

[Cripo]

ye railgun is so underpowered its ashaming to see

[Admiral]

Relic should look this

[Aristotle Full Throttle]

Originally posted by Gandalf:

The Ability Rail Gun are to weak in my Eyes. i mean its 800mm in reallife, they should make the explosion bigger or/and the Dmg higher, and a new Animation ( Bigger ) becasue 203 mm fromm Russian and 240 mm from US has the same Animation.

It had better cost way more (like 300 ammo or something if you want it that good) than it does if it is going to have that big of a buff, because with that buff it will pulverize about darn anything and with a massive AOE and damage dealt, it won't even need accuracy.

[Falaris]

I believe it is described in the ability that it is a schwere gustav - style artillery. It was, interestingly enough, quite accurate in addition to its range and firepower. One of its claims to fame was destroying an underwater munitions bunker in Sevastopol.

The shells were immense.
http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/medium/80_cm_Gustav_shell_compared_to_T-34.jpg

Should it have a bigger oomph than... well... nearly anything? Yes. Yes it should. But very long cooldown, only one shell (Those things did not fire in barrage, at all!), and possibly higher ammo cost.

The most produced german railway artillery (25) was the Krupp K-5, which was 283mm. Very long range (64 km), and 15 rounds per hour instead of Dora's shorter range and 1-2 per hour. This is a better candidate for the ability, really, and it is somewhat in line with the other versions (larger shells still, though).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp_K5

[Aristotle Full Throttle]

Originally posted by Falaris:

I believe it is described in the ability that it is a schwere gustav - style artillery. It was, interestingly enough, quite accurate in addition to its range and firepower. One of its claims to fame was destroying an underwater munitions bunker in Leningrad.

The shells were immense.
http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/medium/80_cm_Gustav_shell_compared_to_T-34.jpg

Should it have a bigger oomph than... well... nearly anything? Yes. Yes it should. But very long cooldown, only one shell (Those things did not fire in barrage, at all!), and possibly higher ammo cost.

The most produced german railway artillery (25) was the Krupp K-5, which was 283mm. Very long range (64 km), and 15 rounds per hour instead of Dora's shorter range and 1-2 per hour. This is a better candidate for the ability, really, and it is somewhat in line with the other versions (larger shells still, though).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp_K5

Incorrect because it was Sevastopol not Leningrad.

[Falaris]

Originally posted by Ranger_501st:

Incorrect because it was Sevastopol not Leningrad.

Fixed.