wishingwell Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Since 2.6, I've been noticing something on my Gunship that is really annoying. It's very difficult to get off a quick shot now and almost impossible to get off a shot when your weapon power is low. I keep getting an error about not having enough weapon charge. This also wipes out what I have left in my weapon pool -- brilliant, now I can't shoot for an even longer time. It used to be like this: Your weapon pool runs out while charging up a shot, you fire that shot automatically. Now, if your weapon pool is low, it takes what charge you can get and just dumps it. However, I've also noticed this happening when trying to take a fast, non-fully-charged shot -- regardless of what you have left in your weapon pool. It just drains your weapon pool by however much you did charge, gives you the error, and makes you wait. This really, really sucks for plasma and ion shots. And the real problem is... neither situation seems to happen every single time. It sure does seem to happen a lot in heated combat, but not every time. I know it's not just me and I tried looking in the patch notes again but I don't see anything about this anywhere. So... what gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemarus Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's intentional. From patch 2.6: •Railgun weapons now require a minimum charge of 25% before firing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armonddd Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Railgun weapons now require a minimum charge of 25% before firing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendul Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Since 2.6, I've been noticing something on my Gunship that is really annoying. It's very difficult to get off a quick shot now and almost impossible to get off a shot when your weapon power is low. I keep getting an error about not having enough weapon charge. This also wipes out what I have left in my weapon pool -- brilliant, now I can't shoot for an even longer time. It used to be like this: Your weapon pool runs out while charging up a shot, you fire that shot automatically. Now, if your weapon pool is low, it takes what charge you can get and just dumps it. However, I've also noticed this happening when trying to take a fast, non-fully-charged shot -- regardless of what you have left in your weapon pool. It just drains your weapon pool by however much you did charge, gives you the error, and makes you wait. This really, really sucks for plasma and ion shots. And the real problem is... neither situation seems to happen every single time. It sure does seem to happen a lot in heated combat, but not every time. I know it's not just me and I tried looking in the patch notes again but I don't see anything about this anywhere. So... what gives?They changed it to where you have to have at least a 25% charge for a railgun to fire. They did this to stop people from Ion tapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhalDrogoe Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 No, this doesn't have to do with 25% min charge. I played my gunship the other day and something is screwy with how it handles firing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishingwell Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 D'oh... thanks all. I see it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishingwell Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 No, this doesn't have to do with 25% min charge. I played my gunship the other day and something is screwy with how it handles firing now. I do think it's pretty screwy too. I'm going to have to pay closer attention though now that I know there's a 25% minimum. (And the low charge thing just wiping out your weapon pool really blows.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onodrain Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The other issue since 2.6 is lag. That is what impacts me the most with my gunship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Streven- Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 While I'm not overly fond of gunships, I don't think it should wipe your weapon pool if you don't have enough for the minimum charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangrar Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) yeah I really wish there was like an indicator showing the minimum charge instead of making us guess, would be helpful Edited February 11, 2014 by Sangrar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin_Kelvar Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) It used to be like this: Your weapon pool runs out while charging up a shot, you fire that shot automatically. Now, if your weapon pool is low, it takes what charge you can get and just dumps it. I'd guess it was to prevent people from getting around the minimum charge restriction by charging with insufficient power and having it autodischarge. I don't think it's right that it just dumps your energy but it is preferable to having people work around the minimum charge restriction by intentionally draining their power to below minimum to autofire their guns when they shouldn't be able to. IMO if you don't have the blaster power to reach a minimum charge it should prevent you from charging. Edited February 11, 2014 by Gavin_Kelvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATHICIDE Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I support the changes, but what I think needs fixing is that you can charge the railgun below the minimum amount required to fire resulting in a wasted shot, and it drains the energy regardless. If you cannot afford the minimum power to charge the railgun, the gun simply should not charge, or should refund the energy used, because it's hard to tell just where that minimum charge amount is. That or an indicator on the power bar would be nice, or something to use as a gauge other than feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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