Dear all,
Why is this weapon so bad? Has anyone found a use for it? It does precisely dick to the Predator.
I just haven’t found a reason to use it. Someone help me understand.
Thanks,
Khi
Prototype Rifle Discussion.
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Stop playing along side FT potatoes and level it up to 10 and use te x6 scope and increase your dmg using perks then have fun! Also use it with the Cs shotgun.
The reason: because its great as long distance for AI first and foremost. THats why its fun. You dont lose your aim and orientation like all the other guns. This one has zero thing thing. whatever its called. jitter.
Keep it far range because close hits will cause damage to yourself.
Its damage is equal to around the shotgun level without the wiggle.
Its great at far range but dont use it at point blank range!
I also think it has splash damage because its plasma!
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It’s basically a hammerhead but it bypasses bullet dmg resistance imo you should only use it on deadly dutches since assaults buff bullet dmg and this gun isn’t bullet dmg
As keep in mind with more bullet dmg resistance to preds suddenly the plasma and explosives become more useful
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Yeah the gun seems to wreck AI. I shot a dude in the head and it was cinematic. I love how this game over exaggerates the explosion physics and blood.
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Low damage to pred but awesome for everything else.
I love it tbh.
It doesn’t feel broken.
Its also nice that its projectile.
Tbh I feel the damage it does is the damage that every wep should do to the ft. It feels nice and balanced.
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Yes projectile, thats my only gripe that it isnt fast enough towards the target.
Fun for AI is true, but I don’t think it’s a good choice against the Pred. I hope the next hybrid gun is a pistol or SMG with the same ability to shred AI.
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Idk man I fkn love it.
It feels really smooth too.
Like the other guns all have a bit of clunkyness to them.
This one doesnt.
Not only that but the physics makes him fly like you blew him away with a grenade!
When he goes to his knees, i suggest quickly switching to shot gun. Because it seems like the plasma does nothing to him while he is in the downed state.
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I’ve already switched back to a regular AR. It does have the best effect on AI, out of any gun in the game. I really do hope for a pistol or SMG that is similar because I’m gonna miss the mess it makes.
Hope the tip helps others who stick with it.
Careful when in use bc it has splash damage
It’s a projectile weapon, not hitscan. Youll deal more damage long range with Any other weapon unless the pred stands still and let you shoot him. Also it has Max 25 rounds in the Magazine which significantly reduce damage output compared to other assault rifles that has access to bigger magazines. And it’s also loud as fuck
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Recoil…
Also destroys gadgets. It 2 shots the green boxes that you need to destroy 6 of on overgrowth and I took 2-4 bullets to destroy an alarm with just the AOE.
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It’s great for destroying servers and other mission electronics you need to destroy. It one taps servers like a beast. No wasting ammo anymore lol
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I run a Doomguy build. Support with Plasma rifle and pump shotgun. Plasma crushes AI from any distance, though I keep it to medium because of splash damage. Shotgun for everything else.
Last night and night before, the crew and I (I am fortunate to play with @Batman1 and @xXPotFXx among others. They are solid AF.) pummeled a few preds. Point blank, I splattered a hunter with the shotgun as he downeda teammate. Then, in another match with random and no mics, I crushed another hunter with the plasma rifle. I did die, but I got him to SW singlehandedly and the team finished him off in seconds.
Plasma rifle is good, not great and if you never get it to zero ammo, the reload is pretty quick.
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I don’t seem to have troubles getting damage off on preds with it, still clearly great damage.
Just seems like more of a AI gun for the most part and I am pretty sure it has zero effect on a downed predator.
It is very effective against AI at close range
At medium to long range is crap. “Bullets” are slow and have too much spread. At close range it may harm you. Cool down effect happens even if the ammo is not fully depleted, so it is pointless to reload until the clip is fully depleted.
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cons
it has bullet lag, so not very effective at long range.
Low magazine size.
Pro
its an A.I killer 2 - 3 hits.
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