explosive

[pipkid]

so basically c4 is useless? more resource then RPG and dealing less damage then RPG? anyone can confirm this?

[Shadowkrieger]

No exactly. C4 has its own uses and rockets have theirs. I can explain some situations on when to use both.

[pipkid]

could u explain it? cause it seems c4 are really sucks on the paper. more resource, no range, less damage then rpg
yea i know u can make kamikaze bird by planting c4 on the bird and go "attack to my target" and boom it, but is that any another purpose?

[Shadowkrieger]

Okay to start off, I have roughly 2,500 hours into ark and I have raided quite a bit across multiple servers.

Lets go to the basics of explosives:

C4 is a short range targeted explosive, used to blow doors, chest, vaults, etc without damaging other parts around you heavily. This c4 cannot be shot down by turrets or plant turrets after placed. You can place multiple C4 at one time and blow all at once, this in my case have proven to decrease the overall yield of the explosive, though. C4 is the only explosive that works underwater, outside of the caves.

Rockets are a ranged explosive with a radius damaging effect. The rockets increase in damage with better launchers. They do have durability and will break, so you will need multiple. These are great to use if there are no turrets or needing to take out multiple walls inside a base. Turrets will instantly target these rockets, straight out of the launcher if they are close enough. Careful not to blow yourself up.

I would suggest figuring out ways to use both to beat base defenses.

I am not going to put into the forum all the exploiting you can do with C4 or rockets. If you would like more details on this, IM me.

[pipkid]

what turret did u mention? auto turret or minigun turret?
if u mean auto turret, so if im planting them at my base, it will be unraidable since u cant shoot with RPG and cant go near bcause u will get shot?

[Shadowkrieger]

I am talking about auto turrets. No base is "unraidable", this concept is a must know in ark. You are only delaying until you are able to log-in and defend. More ammo/turrets, the longer it should take.

[Shadowkrieger]

Bruce with the turtle bullet eating strategy. Lately, turrets instantly switch from turtle to shoot my rockets. So this strategy is somehow being countered in auto turrets switching to rockets when fired.

[pipkid]

ok i get it how to shut down the turret
but i didnt get it what the pros of the c4 then the rpg
i think its just to open the door or wall inside the base?

[Shadowkrieger]

I will not post all the ways to abuse C4 in global forums. The game developers are working heavily to fix these issues, but they cannot fix or then it will be a less interactive game.

[Jigsaw]

Turrets now also shoot at c4. Theres is however a very easy answer to when c4 actually can be better or what its overall advantages are. Yes a rocket in fact is cheaper and does more damage. But what do u need to fire of a rocket? Yes a rocket launcher. Rocket launchers, especially ascendant ones or just any better ones are pretty expensive right. And they break pretty fast. U cannot repair a broken launcher midfight and carying multiple ones is pretty heavy. And enemys could use them against u easier if they manage to kill u. c4 just requires the detonator. Its pretty leightweigth (the c4 and the detonator compared to rockets and multiple launchers)and the detonator has a unlimited amount of uses (as far as I remember might be wrong here). If an enemy kills u he cant just take a launcher and fire at your quetz with your own rockets. For him the c4 is pretty useless as a defense.

EXCEPTION
Rocket turret on the quetz. That bugger in fact is better. Can fire an unlimited amount of rockets. They rockets do more dmg and are cheaper. BUT after a certain range (failry high tough but below high turret range) they will explode midair. So u first have to drain the turrets. I hope this helps.