Railgun

[HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*]

Okay Railgun can't even pen the legs on a charger or damage it. It just bounces off now. This in my opinion was a bad nerf. To hit the legs is hard enough with all the chaos and movement. What other options is their agains 4 chargers now? I like to take rail cannon for quick kill. But when 2 bile Titans and 4 Chargers plus hordes and a cooldown that limits that option.

Autocannon is great but usefull against light to medium armour. Is the Flamer or laser cannon even buffed enough to use against them?? wonder if Mr. Hulk robot is smiling right now. :P

[Dirk]

so what you're saying is, you've never once taken railgun off safety mode? ok cool.

[Weaponmaster 55]

Cry more

Git gud

Dont rely on broken stuff to feel like you are better at the game than you were.

Now learn to play properly, with other gear.

[HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*]

Guys it's an opinion . stop being toxic and legit answer with usefull tips

[Dirk]

Originally posted by HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*:

Guys it's an opinion . stop being toxic and legit answer with usefull tips

you've been given one
take rail gun off safety mode

[Noctover]

Hitting legs was never had. I'm happy, get to take the recoilless out again :D.

[HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*]

Originally posted by Dirk:

Originally posted by HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*:

Guys it's an opinion . stop being toxic and legit answer with usefull tips

you've been given one
take rail gun off safety mode

Guess Ill do that now. but did read it still takes 4 shots instead of 2 just get the armour off now

[Aeiku]

Originally posted by Dirk:

so what you're saying is, you've never once taken railgun off safety mode? ok cool.

It takes four hits to break a charger's leg armor in unsafe mode with a 30% longer charge time in the midst of combat with numerous small bugs a bile titan and two other chargers coming at you with its 20 ammo capacity. Before you only needed one railgun on Helldive against bugs. It's very mediocre now compared to before and the other weapons are not buffed enough to compensate the changes. If chargers weren't so common it wouldn't be as much of an issue the same with Bile Titans. There are way too many at once.

Flamethrower is still bad and laser cannon is still awful. The only reason it became meta is because everything else sucked by comparison. Buff other weapons to be nearly equal if you want variety. Don't nerf what is useful.

[DyonisX]

Anyone got some definitive info on how unsafe railgun works? Is the damage linear with how long you hold it or do you just have to charge it longer than safe mode and then it's all the same?

[[OP] Vermin Supreme]

OP is right. Fight me.

[Zipcouda]

Takes 4 overcharged shots to destroy the leg armor of a charger, 5 headshots on a bile titan to kill it. Quit complaining.

[Ser Bob]

Originally posted by HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*:

Guys it's an opinion . stop being toxic and legit answer with usefull tips

They don't want to. They'd rather people have less fun in case they accidentally 'feel like they're better at the game than they are' so that THEY feel better about... I dunno, being better at someone in a game that's not competitive or PvP? Yes, it is actually that stupid.

Regardless, to answer your question OP, you can take the Railgun off of safe mode by holding your reload button. Unsafe mode allows you to overcharge the weapon for more damage and armor penetration at the risk of blowing yourself up if you hold the shot too long. Even at max charge though, you no longer want to aim for the legs as the post-nerf Railgun doesn't strip armour well. Instead, 3 max charge unsafe Rail Gun charges to the head can kill a charger.

The Flamer is also good enough to consider as an option, but it's not particularly ammo efficient and should only be used on bugs, not bots.

Using the Autocannon is decent too, but mostly involves diving to the side and shooting the Charger in the rear, or aiming so the explosion hits the ground beneath them.

Don't use the Laser Cannon. Even with the buffs it's still rubbish against armour.

If all else fails, stratagems and kiting work well.

Hope it helps - Democracy prevails!

[HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*]

Wonder how many just bashes comments for liking the railgun. Right untill they realize on level 8-9 railgun users did the heavy lifting on heavies.

[Big_E']

Originally posted by Aeiku:

Originally posted by Dirk:

so what you're saying is, you've never once taken railgun off safety mode? ok cool.

It takes four hits to break a charger's leg armor in unsafe mode with a 30% longer charge time in the midst of combat with numerous small bugs a bile titan and two other chargers coming at you with its 20 ammo capacity. Before you only needed one railgun on Helldive against bugs. It's very mediocre now compared to before and the other weapons are not buffed enough to compensate the changes. If chargers weren't so common it wouldn't be as much of an issue the same with Bile Titans. There are way too many at once.

Flamethrower is still bad and laser cannon is still awful. The only reason it became meta is because everything else sucked by comparison. Buff other weapons to be nearly equal if you want variety. Don't nerf what is useful.

That's why each member of the team has a job.. Machine gun or grenade launcher for smaller threats while the railgun person takes the charger while his tm8's keep mobs off of him. Everyone wants this game balanced for solo play. Coordinate with your team and pick a job. The game is not hard. Not our fault the community doesn't want to make friends or use a mic or in game chat. *edit

[Dirk]

Originally posted by HammerJuice *DEUS VULT*:

Originally posted by Dirk:

you've been given one
take rail gun off safety mode

Guess Ill do that now. but did read it still takes 4 shots instead of 2 just get the armour off now

no, it's still 2 fully charged shots. it's 4 shots in total. 2 for armour, 2 for flesh.

[Idridus]

Put it in unsafe mode