Let's Discuss Railgun!

[Raphael2 3,263]

In my opinion, Railgun is the hardest gun to master; and that is why I love it. You must be sure to kill someone - and get points- at every shoots ! Or you will just be wasting shoots.

[HighwindsGDN 30]

it's easy to hit a smoky that is shooting you.... there are tricks to keeping your rail on target.

There is also tricks to make them miss. I intentionally aim at the corners of tanks with rail, most of the time I can spin them in an almost complete 180.

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Definitely worth it, better than Shaft.

[husto 474]

railgun is better and easier to use.

[Raphael2 3,263]

railgun is better and easier to use.

To be a good rail user you need lot of time to master it, a shaft doesn't require a lot of skills. (to be an average shaft, to be really good it take a bit more time; but still less than Rail ;) )

[husto 474]

it depends on the maps, if you are defending with rail it's easy, and it's actually more fun than shaft. With shaft you need to be patient, while with rail you can keep mooving and shooting (taking away alot of damage) ;)

Edited July 11, 2013 by husto

[Raphael2 3,263]

I have to agree here :)

[HighwindsGDN 30]

Get railgun if you enjoy hiding most of the game.  

[HeroPlayer 797]

Great weapon since it is the only weapon for long range that has a massive damage.

[HighwindsGDN 30]

ah, ok.

If your not sniping, then that does work, but you should still be finding your next target before you shoot.

Ahh, I love stadium(havent played new version though, (I think) thats where I got my highest K/D ratio, 99 :D

But yes, I agree when camping you need to aim before firing, it also really helps you not getting much damage, if you quickly go out just as the shot it being fired you shouldnt be hit that much time(due to enemies delayed reaction).

 

I have used viking to good effect attacking, but a light hull is normally preferable.

Thats good, I have seen many railgun users completely mis-use it :\

 

Obviously dont play with people of your rank then.

I have often played with people your rank and above, using rail and have done fairly well. I have also seen many epic railgun users your rank and above, which can be so effective in CTF, DM, TDM.

How much is the smoky m2 crit chance? Railgun requires skill, not relying on chance to kill the enemy :P

If you seriously havent seen good rail users, then either you are playing the wrong battles, or there are none :| I often(when I play) see them, and the good ones can be vital in games.

 

Then you cant be a good railgun user. I have rail m2, and I would like to think that I can do pretty good with it(I would like to think I DID do pretty good with it before RB(which is when I was actually playing a significant amount).

Smoky isnt bad, but I way prefer rail.

 

If a rail user cant hit you MOST(not all) of the time even with the knocback from another weapon, they arent that good.

Haha, thats BS. Almost every shot you take with a railgun you don't know if your gonna get a kill or not in higher ranks since it hardly kills anybody with one shot.  So therefore, your relying on CHANCE as well.  The chance that someone else already shot the guy your shooting at so you'll get the kill.  Not saying rail is a bad weapon, I personally don't like using anymore as I find the "hit and run" game boring.  Also, I truthfully can't remember the last time I saw a rail at the top of a game scoreboard.  Maybe 3 or 4 ranks ago?

Edited July 11, 2013 by HighwindsGDN

[kipk49 10]

Ah - on a light hull, that is, and not when sniping.

 

When you come out from behind cover, having scouted (with turret or page-up/down to verify a target, then yes!

If you pop out, then aim, press space, wait on target for the gun to fire you are toast.

If you rotate your turret to the general direction, press space, pop-out-and-correct-aim-and-fire then retreat, you are not.

Stadium is a good example of where this works well.

 

Its also effective at close range (again, mounted on a light hull), where you are getting a second shot in as a "drive by" against a larger hull or another railgun.

The turret is usually still rotating to the side when I press fire, and completes the rotation to the target as the railgun discharges.

I completely agree with that. Railgun is the best weapon. Twins are second in a tie with upgraded Smokies (used to use Smoky to good effect before RB, not so much afterwards...).

Edited July 11, 2013 by kipk49

[splitterpoint 10,986]

You should taste Smoky, it's fantastic in the open.  ^_^

[Raphael2 3,263]

You should taste Smoky, it's fantastic in the open.  ^_^

I will, as soon as I reach Colonel ^_^

 

No twins for me :)

[Remaine 4,687]

The last of the guns I wanna M1; I will be doing that after I M1 Shaft.

[duck100101 965]

SHAFT BEST!

[duck100101 965]

There is also tricks to make them miss. I intentionally aim at the corners of tanks with rail, most of the time I can spin them in an almost complete 180.

Ya with shaft you can hit it, and the rail shoot's up. I learned that a long time go. 

[duck100101 965]

Ya with shaft you can hit it, and the rail shoot's up. I learned that a long time go. 

At the right time.

[Raphael2 3,263]

Railgun PWN. I first tough that using it with mammy was a bad idea; but I decided to try it, and I got this result !

 

 

EDIT : I joined when leader had around 35 kills :)

Edited July 12, 2013 by Raphael2

[cheese3000 23]

Haha, thats BS. Almost every shot you take with a railgun you don't know if your gonna get a kill or not in higher ranks since it hardly kills anybody with one shot.  So therefore, your relying on CHANCE as well.  The chance that someone else already shot the guy your shooting at so you'll get the kill.  Not saying rail is a bad weapon, I personally don't like using anymore as I find the "hit and run" game boring.  Also, I truthfully can't remember the last time I saw a rail at the top of a game scoreboard.  Maybe 3 or 4 ranks ago?

I generally know how many shots it will take to kill each person in the game(without them using drugs), which means railgun can be a very effective kill-stealer(now, I havent played tanki properly for ages, so I am not as good as I used to be).

Because it does a fairly large amount of damage, you don't have to time your shot to much, just enough to do no less then the health left on the tank.

Of course, that wont always work, but trust me, railgun can be a very good kill-stealer.

That said, killing isn't everything. In CTF, just because you aren't on the top of the leader board doesn't mean your doing badly, you could be doing really well.

I still stand by my statement, railgun does rely on skill(to be used effectively)(not that other weapons dont), if you havent been seeing railguns at the top, either they arent good anymore, or you arent playing the right battles.

[KiwiZaphod 53]

Haha, thats BS. Almost every shot you take with a railgun you don't know if your gonna get a kill or not in higher ranks since it hardly kills anybody with one shot.  So therefore, your relying on CHANCE as well.  The chance that someone else already shot the guy your shooting at so you'll get the kill.  Not saying rail is a bad weapon, I personally don't like using anymore as I find the "hit and run" game boring.  Also, I truthfully can't remember the last time I saw a rail at the top of a game scoreboard.  Maybe 3 or 4 ranks ago?

If you assume a one-shot-kill at any rank over WO1 you are usually in trouble with Railgun. Nice when it happens but you have to assume - and plan for - at least two shots; or as you say end up scavenging off the wounded, which is not much fun.

 

Just happily won a couple of CTF games in Abyss where I was lowest rank (by 3-4 levels) with a Railgun - lots of kill-happy Shafts and Thunders. Biggest threat was a Field Marshal with an M3 Smokey.

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

Well, it's not very funny when you're drugging and get impaled by 4-6 Railguns.

[Mr.SV.ENS 738]

Or if a drugger takes our flag, press 3 and BOOM dead :) (if it got hit by 1 thunder shot or 2/3 smoky shots)

[ShadowyNinja 208]

Haha, thats BS. *Almost every shot you take with a railgun you don't know if your gonna get a kill or not in higher ranks since it hardly kills anybody with one shot.  So therefore, your relying on CHANCE as well.  The chance that someone else already shot the guy your shooting at so you'll get the kill.  Not saying rail is a bad weapon, I personally don't like using anymore as I find the "hit and run" game boring.  Also, I truthfully can't remember the last time I saw a rail at the top of a game scoreboard.  Maybe 3 or 4 ranks ago?

*It only one-shots wasps in all ranks.

[High 773]

A good powerful weapon

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

*It only one-shots wasps in all ranks.

And Hornets.