Request to the developers: Update the Rail Gun description.

[FarStar]

The updated performance of this weapon is about 50% less than it was before against armored, but the description misleads into thinking that this weapon is specifically anti armored. It should say that it has minimum armor penetration.

In suicide missions, it used to take two or three shots to remove an armor piece from a heavy bug. Not it takes five or six.

[Katitoff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1IrgfRGs0

L2P

Skill issue.

Git gud.

[FarStar]

I was requesting an updated description, not a fix to the weapon, you imbecile.

[Seth Abercromby]

The rail gun just no longer has that easy penetration while operated in safe mode. You need to overcharge it into the 80-90% range to gain anti-armor punching weight now. Safe is still useful for smaller targets, but for chargers, titans and hulks you gotta redline it.

[Silverlight]

They said on Reddit that this current iteration fulfills the anti tank sniper fantasy.

They think the description fits and that you are wrong.

They want you to accept the new rail gun as it is and forget about the old iteration. The specifically asked you not to compare them in their open letter.

[Nihil]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1IrgfRGs0

L2P

Skill issue.

Git gud.

OP was speaking about the description.
And actually that is a fair point. Many stratagem descriptions and/or showcase videos are either outdated or simply misleading. Sure for people who have already unlocked them this is an irrelevant topic. But not everyone is playing day and night. So it would be nice to have accurate descriptions.

[Ferrix]

Originally posted by Silverlight:

They said on Reddit that this current iteration fulfills the anti tank sniper fantasy.

They think the description fits and that you are wrong.

They want you to accept the new rail gun as it is and forget about the old iteration. The specifically asked you not to compare them in their open letter.

And them asking that is asinine and wrong. It's not up to them, it's up to us the players. Their vision is irrelevant if the player base at large disagrees with them this vehemently, because their vision is worthless without us players *playing*.

[Phoenix]

But is still that, jusy in unsafe mode, so maybe add that to the describtion

[LeoMegakill]

I think the railgun actually needs a magazine, not just the text. It is almost impossible to face 5 to 6 titans in LV9 missions. If the team doesn't plan very well, you simply won't be able to leave the mission with the samples collected. There is no longer any benefit in doing high level missions. The strategies do not have time to recharge to kill the titans. And one thing that has frustrated me is the 500kg bomb. Even when I hit it on the titan's body and stick the bomb in its armor, it doesn't kill it. It's strange because if it falls to the ground it does more damage than if it explodes inside the titan's body. The railgun was a weapon to deal with armor, but now the normal firing mode no longer penetrates armor. In other words, there is no reason for it to have the normal shooting mode. It only works in unsafe mode.

[Ferrix]

Originally posted by Phoenix:

But is still that, jusy in unsafe mode, so maybe add that to the describtion

Even in unsafe mode the damage has been reduced by more than half. The damage to "durable" enemy parts, including armor blocks, was reduced for the entire weapon regardless of mode.

[Nihil]

Originally posted by LeoMegakill:

I think the railgun actually needs a magazine, not just the text. It is almost impossible to face 5 to 6 titans in LV9 missions. If the team doesn't plan very well, you simply won't be able to leave the mission with the samples collected. There is no longer any benefit in doing high level missions. The strategies do not have time to recharge to kill the titans. And one thing that has frustrated me is the 500kg bomb. Even when I hit it on the titan's body and stick the bomb in its armor, it doesn't kill it. It's strange because if it falls to the ground it does more damage than if it explodes inside the titan's body. The railgun was a weapon to deal with armor, but now the normal firing mode no longer penetrates armor. In other words, there is no reason for it to have the normal shooting mode. It only works in unsafe mode.

Formating you comment into a header text won't make it any more legit. And at this point it is just the same as using caps.

[LeoMegakill]

Originally posted by Ferrix:

Originally posted by Silverlight:

They said on Reddit that this current iteration fulfills the anti tank sniper fantasy.

They think the description fits and that you are wrong.

They want you to accept the new rail gun as it is and forget about the old iteration. The specifically asked you not to compare them in their open letter.

And them asking that is asinine and wrong. It's not up to them, it's up to us the players. Their vision is irrelevant if the player base at large disagrees with them this vehemently, because their vision is worthless without us players *playing*.

finally someone who understands. I thought your comment was perfect. Some people want to defend ideas simply out of fanaticism. The idea of the game is to serve and entertain players and the producers to serve consumers. If the game was made to serve and entertain the developers, then it wouldn't need to be released publicly.

[LeoMegakill]

Originally posted by Ferrix:

Originally posted by Phoenix:

But is still that, jusy in unsafe mode, so maybe add that to the describtion

Even in unsafe mode the damage has been reduced by more than half. The damage to "durable" enemy parts, including armor blocks, was reduced for the entire weapon regardless of mode.

Another thing that bothers me is the enemy's movement break. Now the only ones who are offended by the railgun are the runners. The titans barely stop walking when they receive the charged shot to the head. The railgun was often used to escape. He would shoot the animal in the body and run away. Or even to throw a 500kg on the ground and make the titan stop walking at the right time when he passed over the bomb.

[LeoMegakill]

Originally posted by Nihil:

Originally posted by LeoMegakill:

I think the railgun actually needs a magazine, not just the text. It is almost impossible to face 5 to 6 titans in LV9 missions. If the team doesn't plan very well, you simply won't be able to leave the mission with the samples collected. There is no longer any benefit in doing high level missions. The strategies do not have time to recharge to kill the titans. And one thing that has frustrated me is the 500kg bomb. Even when I hit it on the titan's body and stick the bomb in its armor, it doesn't kill it. It's strange because if it falls to the ground it does more damage than if it explodes inside the titan's body. The railgun was a weapon to deal with armor, but now the normal firing mode no longer penetrates armor. In other words, there is no reason for it to have the normal shooting mode. It only works in unsafe mode.

Formating you comment into a header text won't make it any more legit. And at this point it is just the same as using caps.

I like blue

[ijones72(ninja08)]

Originally posted by Nihil:

Originally posted by Katitoff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1IrgfRGs0

L2P

Skill issue.

Git gud.

OP was speaking about the description.
And actually that is a fair point. Many stratagem descriptions and/or showcase videos are either outdated or simply misleading. Sure for people who have already unlocked them this is an irrelevant topic. But not everyone is playing day and night. So it would be nice to have accurate descriptions.

Screw descriptions. Give me STATS
its impossible to know what any strategem does because I cant see the stats on anything.
How much ammo does a grenade launcher have? how much dps and armor pen does a laser cannon have? whats the radius of a 500kg bomb? ♥♥♥♥ around and find out I guess.
I should be able to easily view and see this information within the game before buying anything.

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Silverlight:

They said on Reddit that this current iteration fulfills the anti tank sniper fantasy.

They think the description fits and that you are wrong.

They want you to accept the new rail gun as it is and forget about the old iteration. The specifically asked you not to compare them in their open letter.

Old one is never coming back, so you might as well do just that.
How it even passed into the release with year of QA testing is beyond me.