Auto Canon

[SirSmokeALot "Raptor" [505th]]

I think it needs rework, the teamreload was a nice idea but its not very practical ingame, so instead of loading small clips make the backpack be the ammo feeder, i mean its already outshined by so many weapons, it needs a backpack which makes it already pretty unbalanced for what it can do against actual armor or make it peak of armor instead of deflecting so u can dearmor charger legs for examplei mean it a HE so it should explode on the target instead of deflecting

[Khloros]

I like the auto canon, but it feels like it sort of stands in the shadow of the Grenade launcher.

[SirSmokeALot "Raptor" [505th]]

Originally posted by Khloros:

I like the auto canon, but it feels like it sort of stands in the shadow of the Grenade launcher.

exactly, it doesnt need a backpack and can basicly do the same job

[Vinyltavia]

It's easily one of the better weapons against bots vs bugs.

[Guardian_Angel]

You are saying that the currently best anti-automaton weapon is bad or what? Read your entire paragraph and still got no idea what your point is.

[SirSmokeALot "Raptor" [505th]]

Originally posted by Vinyltavia:

It's easily one of the better weapons against bots vs bugs.

well on bots auto canon is nice bc u can kill hulks from the front and tanks and towers from the back on their weakpoint, but the problem with bugs is they have chragers and titans, chragers dont die instantly if you shoot their butt and titans have no real weakpoint you could aim for with autocanon , so on 7+ it becomes pretty weak

[Mosey]

It's perhaps one of the most reliable and least specialized supports, so while it might not outshine specialized support weapons it at least does something if you can aim reasonably well for just about anything you'll encounter.

[Mittens]

or just find cover and reload. stop being so lazy lol

[Wraith]

Originally posted by SirSmokeALotGER:

Originally posted by Vinyltavia:

It's easily one of the better weapons against bots vs bugs.

well on bots auto canon is nice bc u can kill hulks from the front and tanks and towers from the back on their weakpoint, but the problem with bugs is they have chragers and titans, chragers dont die instantly if you shoot their butt and titans have no real weakpoint you could aim for with autocanon , so on 7+ it becomes pretty weak

The only thing that weak on bugs is bile titan

You can dive and kill a charger butt with the auto cannon quite easily.
It also wrecks spewers which is extremely handy

[SirSmokeALot "Raptor" [505th]]

Originally posted by Wraith:

Originally posted by SirSmokeALotGER:

well on bots auto canon is nice bc u can kill hulks from the front and tanks and towers from the back on their weakpoint, but the problem with bugs is they have chragers and titans, chragers dont die instantly if you shoot their butt and titans have no real weakpoint you could aim for with autocanon , so on 7+ it becomes pretty weak

The only thing that weak on bugs is bile titan

You can dive and kill a charger butt with the auto cannon quite easily.
It also wrecks spewers which is extremely handy

yeah spewers are nasty af my most hated enemy, always gotta have one autocanon guy in case they are around^^

[Zeddy]

Autocannon is absolutely fine where it is. What needs tweaking is charger. Level 4 armour penetration really needs to be able to white-hit charger legs.

[SirSmokeALot "Raptor" [505th]]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Autocannon is absolutely fine where it is. What needs tweaking is charger. Level 4 armour penetration really needs to be able to white-hit charger legs.

or atleast make the armor peal off like with railgun

[oXoMADDOGoXo]

Originally posted by SirSmokeALotGER:

Originally posted by Khloros:

I like the auto canon, but it feels like it sort of stands in the shadow of the Grenade launcher.

exactly, it doesnt need a backpack and can basicly do the same job

ehhh, the grenade launcher will bounce grenades, cannon explodes on impact. I think that's a pretty big functional difference.

I think autocannon is pretty well balanced with the power:pain-to-reload ratio. Idk about bugs though. Fighting bots, cannon is 100% better than grenade launcher.

[Khloros]

The only thing the auto canons needs is something to make it stand out against the GL in terms of damage. Right now the Auto canon kinda just feel like a lost child, im not sure what its point is at hte moment. Its reliable, and does work, and can work on 9 ease but it just feels like an odd pick vs say, the GL + backpack. I suppose the reason why you want it is for it to be a single call down strat? Like once we start getting vehicles i could see wanting to run it more to utilize more starts.

[Sasha Mason]

Originally posted by Khloros:

I like the auto canon, but it feels like it sort of stands in the shadow of the Grenade launcher.

I beg to differ.
I used to main the grenade launcher but it's awful against armored targets.
You know what isn't? The autocannon.
Do show me how you take down a Charger, Hulk or Tank using the GL. I'd love to see you try that.

The bigger problem is that the Quasar has pretty much invalidated the existance of both the autocannon and recoilless rifle. Frees up your backpack slot and doesnt really have any actual downsides besides a short charge up time and a relatively short cooldown time afterwards.

[Khloros]

Originally posted by oXoMADDOGoXo:

Originally posted by SirSmokeALotGER:

exactly, it doesnt need a backpack and can basicly do the same job

ehhh, the grenade launcher will bounce grenades, cannon explodes on impact. I think that's a pretty big functional difference.

I think autocannon is pretty well balanced with the power:pain-to-reload ratio. Idk about bugs though. Fighting bots, cannon is 100% better than grenade launcher.

Huh? i think you got that backwards, Auto canon will ricochet off of armor, GL will explode on impact no matter what.
The only time a grenade will bounce off a target is if you fire it at to close a range, and it hits a terrain feature. It will always explode if it hits a enemy.