The spear is even worst now, what next?

[Katmorphous333]

Still bad at locking on, range still crap, wont let you lock on all heavy tartgets. Now its an even worst piece of hot garbage, you basically need two to three times more shots to kill a titan or charger.

Iv recently tried it again on impossible and shot a titan coming straight at me right in the face, no damage to his armor, had to shoot two more, then someone finished it with a railcannon orbital. Iv managed to try it with a stuck charger, he was looking straight at me, shot his head and not even a scratch on his armor, shot a second time and it hits his back and it breaks, had to shoot a third time on his back to kill it. What a joke.

How much more do you want to make every single weapons garbage? Whats even the point of all these nerf? You dont want people to have fun in a game? Might aswell just stop selling it if it keeps going this way.

[Eudicots]

There was nothing done to the spear. It's still amazing when it decides to work. You can one-shot a titan with a headshot. The problem is the targeting is terrible and nothing has been done to improve it.

[Pimpin Pippin]

i just unlocked the Spear, played a few games with it and... its just awful.

- has the least ammunition
- will OFTEN miss targets especially if they are close
- can not even lock onto close targets
- the lock on is slow and buggy
- lock on can be blocked by small branches or tiny buildings/rocks despite a huge target
- actually fails to kill even chargers with 2 side shots
- can not be manually aimed for headshots/weakpoints
- absolutely loves to hit terrain in the way
- consumes a ton of ammo boxes due to missing and low damage.
- takes up your backpack
- reload basically stuns you.

Its possibly the worst weapon i have unlocked in this game so far.
All the other anti-tank options are infinitely superior.

[Imnuktam]

Just tried this today and I just dont see the point of it. Why would you ever take this over the EAT and give up your backpack when EAT seems superior in every way. It leaves you able to use a backpack, does equal damage and doesnt need to lock on?

[RedWolfofDeath]

It really is just bad now. It wasn't even a meta, but got the meta treatment. Might as well take the recoiless rifle or the auto cannon.

[Death a Barbar]

>see titan
>try to lock it
>starts locking then it won't see the target
>by the time I manage to fire a single missile the guy with the EAT called in a laser and fired 3 missiles into the titan
no point in taking it

[GeforceJoe]

On bot missions I can take out multiple objectives from barely visible distances by just scanning the horizon and calling in a supply drop! Saves me a lot of time. And I think there is kinda a sweet spot for moving target and range while being crouched for a fast actual lock on. I’m still toying around with this though.

[Sadist_cain]

https://youtu.be/8nciKyE3YoI

lol

You're almost certainly trying to use it too close and whilst it's certainly janky, it;s absolutely lethal and just takes time to figure out, nothing comes close in terms of long range anti tank, anti fab, anti objective etc.

After a while it grows on you, old maverick missiles would lock on to pylons along the roadside and the IR variant would lock the tarmac on hot roads, it's kinda endearing that the spear has a similar quirk to it.

What helps is marking the target if you struggle to lock it, does something fruity that seems to help it lock.

[Dain_Ironfoot]

Yeah, cool concept and can be good sometimes, but definitely needs fixed AND improved.

[jey123456]

the spear is epic when it does work. problem is those times when it just go bonker and stay stuck on yellow "locking on" or keep switching between things that arent even in the near the crosshair.

[esilva9]

Originally posted by jey123456:

the spear is epic when it does work. problem is those times when it just go bonker and stay stuck on yellow "locking on" or keep switching between things that arent even in the near the crosshair.

yeah i know what you mean, the weapon shouldn't need to target at point blank ranges, that literally betrays the javelin style functions, a little haze is enough to obscure the targeting mechanism. the only thing i have reliably and accurately shot from afar is bile titans and stationary objects, sometime aft finding a high place.

Its useful but its a finicky bastard that requires support fire and distractions to use right and or well.

[Lucifer]

The spear is not intended to take out a bile titan aggroed on your group or a charger in your midst... the spear is a LONG RANGE weapon. It's for getting up on a high ground and taking out something halfway or more across the map... like a bile titan you see WAAAY in the distance... or those cannon turrets before you get in range of them... or those drop ships before they get close.

Where it really shines is eliminating a lot of tactical objectives (especially against automatons - the stratagem jammer and mortar emplacement as demonstrated in the video clip someone else linked). Haven't tried using it on the "Eye of Sauron" detection array yet, but if it targets that, I think it's fine!

[jey123456]

ive literally sat a minute trying to lock on a bile titan that was way way away from me, just stuck on yellow lockon constantly, If not for those bugs, id love the spear.

Its just that it has an annoying tendency to just glitch and refuse to actually lock, or switch target because a charger passed somewhere around the titan and then back on titan etc.

[Lucifer]

Originally posted by jey123456:

ive literally sat a minute trying to lock on a bile titan that was way way away from me, just stuck on yellow lockon constantly, If not for those bugs, id love the spear.

Its just that it has an annoying tendency to just glitch and refuse to actually lock, or switch target because a charger passed somewhere around the titan and then back on titan etc.

Have you tried ADS? I find using the actual sight tends to speed the lock on process.

[jey123456]

Originally posted by Lucifer:

Originally posted by jey123456:

ive literally sat a minute trying to lock on a bile titan that was way way away from me, just stuck on yellow lockon constantly, If not for those bugs, id love the spear.

Its just that it has an annoying tendency to just glitch and refuse to actually lock, or switch target because a charger passed somewhere around the titan and then back on titan etc.

Have you tried ADS? I find using the actual sight tends to speed the lock on process.

if you mean the first person mode (and not just rightclicking in third person), thats almost impossible to even tell if its locked or not, and half the time you have to aim it at nothing for it to actually lock on something.

if you just mean right click in third person, yes thats the mode i was in and it just refused to lockon.


I'm not saying it never work, ive had it work and its magical when it does, it nukes titans and chargers like nothing else from far. But my problem with it, is that its unreliable with it randomly deciding to just not work anymore.

[protoka]

Sometimes it locks 50% of the time if it feels like it. Mostly.