Air Raider wire weaponry...

[Draygo]

Is it viable at all?Because I like the idea of it (and its the only weapon he cant hurt himself with to free from ants/dragons) but it seems REMARKABLY weak...

[Zeddy]

in EDF4 it was overpowered, so they nerfed the damage to bits for 4.1

Only the skytrap wire variant is basically usable because it's longer. The description lies and it doesn't do damage over time or anything. Instead, each enemy it connects to take damage each time it connects to something, so the longer the wire the more potential damage. You wanna use it by firing it overhead of crowds.

[Draygo]

I HAVE been using it firing over crowds...blagh. So it was too strong and now its useless?That's a shame. It's a neat concept, any chance they'll re-buff it somewhat?I'm guessing since 5 is out, no...

[Zeddy]

In 5 it's gone, yeah, replaced by a shotgun for self-defense purposes. I still bring artillery whale or limpet splendor instead.

[Draygo]

Well that's..a shame. I mean at least it's more helpful I imagine?

[Hammer Of Evil]

well at least we finally know the answer to 'how do i shot web?'

[Cop Unit 12]

Wire shot has a exploit that it will shoot through walls if your right up against them.

[Jork]

it's complete garbage sadly, not useable whatsoever

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by AceTheGolden:

Is it viable at all?Because I like the idea of it (and its the only weapon he cant hurt himself with to free from ants/dragons) but it seems REMARKABLY weak...

This may sound retarded but I usually free myself from hunts through turrets, which you can still place and activate even when the enemy holds you. Problem is, if you already bring with yourself a limpet gun type, the turrets would take the second slot, leaving you stuck only with that and a vehicle (which is not much of an issue IF you don't care about buffs or call for support weapons).

With that aside I'm in the same boat as you, I really love the air raider class, but when the enemy grabs you, it's over. :/

[Zeddy]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

With that aside I'm in the same boat as you, I really love the air raider class, but when the enemy grabs you, it's over. :/

It doesn't happen too often, thankfully. Many stages are grab-free, and vehicles are immune to it.

Instead of limpet gun, bring limpet splendor. You'll free yourself with minimal damage. The blast radius on limpet sniper is also very low and will work without friendly damage most of the time.

There's a surprising amount of things you can survive freeing yourself with. I've struck myself with a Tempest missile and taken no damage due to the brief invulnerability you get once freed, but actually good candidates are thing like whale strikes.

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

It doesn't happen too often, thankfully. Many stages are grab-free, and vehicles are immune to it.

Instead of limpet gun, bring limpet splendor. You'll free yourself with minimal damage. The blast radius on limpet sniper is also very low and will work without friendly damage most of the time.

I'm kinda bad with splendor or rather, I do seems to deal very low damage than the limpet gun (at least when aiming to hectors I get that feel, although it could be just a placebo).

Originally posted by Zeddy:

There's a surprising amount of things you can survive freeing yourself with. I've struck myself with a Tempest missile and taken no damage due to the brief invulnerability you get once freed, but actually good candidates are thing like whale strikes.

Now THAT's a surprise. I mean, for real? And here I thought that doing so would be a complete suicide. It's awesome though, because makes things more funny. XD

[Zeddy]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

I'm kinda bad with splendor or rather, I do seems to deal very low damage than the limpet gun (at least when aiming to hectors I get that feel, although it could be just a placebo).

Limpet guns are for taking out 1-2 ants in an emergency, not hectors. Outside of caves splendors are unquestionably weaker.

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Limpet guns are for taking out 1-2 ants in an emergency, not hectors. Outside of caves splendors are unquestionably weaker.

Oh I see your point, due to the ricochet effect they could be extremely useful indoor. This could be good since I want to farm armor and people suggested to do the golden darkness mission.

Aside that yeah, it's just that I end up attaccking them with it while waiting for a vehicle drop.

[de.lorca]

if you like wires play the fencer and get a reflecter or the lvl 0 Ion shield most effective way to deal with spiders :P
(also great for dash-canceling)

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by seigneur.de.lorca:

(also great for dash-canceling)

but nothing beats the javelin launcher for dash cancelling.