How to use railgun?

[Solomon]

I guess I just need practice, but should I be ADSing it and watching the meter, counting 1-1 thousand, 2-1 thousand, 3-1 thousand or what?

Also, can it blow up drop ships?

[Pooh]

Just setup a macro so it's perfect every shot.

Originally posted by Solomon:

Also, can it blow up drop ships?

The engines, yes.

[Chaos]

Step 1 - Throw it in the trash bin where it belong.
Step 2 - Pick up other much better support gun such as AC/Quasar.
Step 3 - Profit.

[LoboFH]

It's 4 seconds actually, but yeah, the system is obnoxious in first person, do they really expect that we can aim properly to a swinging head of a charger doing fancy things with the terrain collisions while looking at the death meter?

Railgun needs a better system for unsafe mode, like a huge sound cue or a glowing red tip.

[zdaytonaroadster]

Originally posted by Solomon:

I guess I just need practice, but should I be ADSing it and watching the meter, counting 1-1 thousand, 2-1 thousand, 3-1 thousand or what?

Also, can it blow up drop ships?

really wouldnt bother with it since they ruined it, cause some sweaty pork-belly redditors kept crying that it was actually useful. Between the EAT, the AMR, the Quasar and the eruptor now, the railgun is the crappier version of all them

[bl_4u]

With practice you get a feel for the timing. If you feel like you've held it for too long, you probably have. People are right that other heavy guns are better - something like autocannon can kill the same enemies as railgun, but can also destroy bot factories, bug holes, gunships.

This video shows that gunships need 9 overcharged railgun shots, so you probably wouldn't be able to kill a dropship fast enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_5tPcycQEo

[Solomon]

I have had zero luck destroying dropships with the autocannon, but have gotten bot fabricators if I shoot straight on.

I want to like the Quasar, but I feel it's useless in most fights, unlike the autocannon which is fantastic. The quasar is great for destroying most anything else [holes, fabricators, gunships, dropships]. Dunno if I should try carrying both the EAT and Autocannon - hate losing out on another stratagem slot. Thoughts?

[break]

unsafe mode, edge it real good

[Death a Barbar]

just don't
zero reason to use it, if you want AT either the EAT or the quasar is better, and there are multiple good options for medium armor pen

[SSgt Avenger.at]

Originally posted by Pooh:

Just setup a macro so it's perfect every shot.

Originally posted by LoboFH:

It's 4 seconds actually

A macro is a great idea, thanks. I just tried it out: It takes exactly 2970 ms for a fully charged shot. 2980 ms and you blow up.

[Moonlightfox]

I thought the timing was slightly random to prevent that? I read a thread where someone was testing it and they had inconsistent results, settling for ~2500ms which they claimed was the maximum damage threshold

[Pindie]

Most shots require only a little over safe charge so do not tempt fate. You'll learn to edge it by feel alone and it will become automatic.
Also most shots can be done with hipfire crosshairs, especially short range. Sights do not really help much.

[ManlikeDub]

Originally posted by Chaos:

Step 1 - Throw it in the trash bin where it belong.
Step 2 - Pick up other much better support gun such as AC/Quasar.
Step 3 - Profit.

Seconded..

[靐]

Prob killed myself only 1 time out of like 300-400 cuz there were tons of action around me. idk, git gud?
Also imo quasar outperforms railgun. I mean like, if you wanna pewpewpew bots then maybe railgun, but being able to snipe drop ship kinda cool.

[SSgt Avenger.at]

Originally posted by Moonlightfox:

I thought the timing was slightly random to prevent that? I read a thread where someone was testing it and they had inconsistent results, settling for ~2500ms which they claimed was the maximum damage threshold

Yeah... I have to correct myself: I tested it just solo (as host), online on the other hand I blew up. I set the macro to 2950 ms then and it worked fine several times in a row.

[Kuma]

Switch it for Quasar, AT, Recoilless.
Railgun is a waste of time, don't listen to the liars who are like "iT's Op noW still" they would sell their parents just to defend the game status.
Trash the railgun it's not worth it.