Let's Discuss Vulcan!

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

Was able to beat my record. 

 

 

 

Oh, here I thought I hadn't beaten my record. This time wasn't with Mammoth though. 

 

[Potdindy 866]

So, is Vulcan relevant in the higher ranks? I've tried it a bit, but it just never feels strong

[wolverine848 13,097]

So, is Vulcan relevant in the higher ranks? I've tried it a bit, but it just never feels strong

It can be (even in mid-ranks) but feels like a lot more work to do so.

 

The spin-up/spin-down time, no instant kills, lousy rotation and the dead-giveaway of your location all make for a longer lerarning curve and really, more "work".  There's more planning involved as you can't just start firing.  I've been killed after re-spawning without getting out one bulet at times.

[Potdindy 866]

It can be (even in mid-ranks) but feels like a lot more work to do so.

 

The spin-up/spin-down time, no instant kills, lousy rotation and the dead-giveaway of your location all make for a longer lerarning curve and really, more "work".  There's more planning involved as you can't just start firing.  I've been killed after re-spawning without getting out one bulet at times.

It would seem that Vulcan is the one turret that is apart from the others in power level...I just dont see people use it or do well with it much

[wolverine848 13,097]

It would seem that Vulcan is the one turret that is apart from the others in power level...I just dont see people use it or do well with it muchI

It is potent in certain situations. 

 

May not get as many kills as Rail/Shaft/Gauss, but it can whittle down health of multiple enemies, forcing them to hide or use RK way sooner than they'd like.  The 50% weak damage means it is effective on large maps too.

 

I find it best in a defensive "suppressive" role, or mid-field to weaken defenders.  On maps with lots of cover not as good since enemies can hide during spin-up.

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

It would seem that Vulcan is the one turret that is apart from the others in power level...I just dont see people use it or do well with it much

I'm seeing more Vulcans in Legend battles. All on Titans. The ones I see lower sometimes use Viking, Hornet or Dictator, but the heavy majority I encounter are on Titans, for good reason anyway. 

 

I like using underrated/underused/hard-to-pick-up weapons. Vulcan was the first M2 I ever bought in-game. I had experience with it back then (years ago) but was using other accounts much more, including this one. I decided to get back into the modern Vulcan on my most recently made account. I already had enough experience with the gyroscopic feature so I did well initially. 

Edited November 13, 2019 by TheCongoSpider

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

I find it best in a defensive "suppressive" role, or mid-field to weaken defenders.  On maps with lots of cover not as good since enemies can hide during spin-up.

And being peek-a-boo'd is the absolute worst. 

[Potdindy 866]

I'm seeing more Vulcans in Legend battles. All on Titans. The ones I see lower sometimes use Viking, Hornet or Dictator, but the heavy majority I encounter are on Titans, for good reason anyway. 

 

I like using underrated/underused/hard-to-pick-up weapons. Vulcan was the first M2 I ever bought in-game. I had experience with it back then (years ago) but was using other accounts much more, including this one. I decided to get back into the modern Vulcan on my most recently made account. I already had enough experience with the gyroscopic feature so I did well initially. 

Vulcan was my first weapon as well...vulcan hunter lol. But since then, they've nerfed it a bunch I think, for some reason. Maybe I'll give it a shot sometime

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

Now to wait for a while until I can buy M3. 

 

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

This was an interesting encounter. The guy put down his dome just to survive this Ricochet encounter. What surprised me was that he was overheating for so long...using a Vulcan that shouldn't be overheating in the first place. 

 

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 11/13/2019 at 2:26 AM, TheCongoSpider said:

Oh, here I thought I hadn't beaten my record. This time wasn't with Mammoth though. 

 

 

 

Wasn't able to beat the number of kills but at least I got more score and less deaths. 

 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I remember when Vulcan was a decent turret. And then they ruined it by giving it the 70% damage nerf when overheating.

[Cillionaire 4]

Still decent tough... 

Vulcan goes well with titan IMO 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Cillionaire

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

5 minutes ago, Cillionaire said:

Still decent tough... 

Vulcan goes well with titan IMO 

Try it with Wasp and report back. I want to see how universal this combination can potentially become (like Thunder + Viking). 

[Cillionaire 4]

5 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Try it with Wasp and report back. I want to see how universal this combination can potentially become (like Thunder + Viking). 

Lol haha but getting good scores with vulcan on a consistent basis (i have to say its Mk7)

so i'm not complaining (might try it out with wasp wish me luck :p)

[Cillionaire 4]

16 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Try it with Wasp and report back. I want to see how universal this combination can potentially become (like Thunder + Viking). 

Et voila! maybe not first but its oke i guess  

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

7 minutes ago, Cillionaire said:

Et voila! maybe not first but its oke i guess  

Were you comfortable? 

[aqwzsxedc 699]

My experience with that combo (wasp/vulcan): can't say was the best

Even tho I tried to play it on Massacre due to the advantage it gives to vulcan as an open map and the distance advantage as well that you can gain against close-range turrets, yet wasn't enough... Or maybe I just suck on this combo

 

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[Cillionaire 4]

20 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Were you comfortable? 

Maybe not the wright word lol... but i can addapt pretty fast cuz i have a feeling how to use vulcan... i used it with Reinforced aiming transmission

For faster rotation... on titan i use icendiary band must its quite fun! thnx for the suggestion

Edited January 23, 2020 by Cillionaire

[Cillionaire 4]

14 minutes ago, aqwzsxedc said:

My experience with that combo (wasp/vulcan): can't say was the best

Even tho I tried to play it on Massacre due to the advantage it gives to vulcan as an open map and the distance advantage as well that you can gain against close-range turrets, yet wasn't enough... Or maybe I just suck on this combo

 

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Lol not that bad especially in JGR mode practice makes perfect  

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

7 minutes ago, aqwzsxedc said:

My experience with that combo (wasp/vulcan): can't say was the best

Even tho I tried to play it on Massacre due to the advantage it gives to vulcan as an open map and the distance advantage as well that you can gain against close-range turrets, yet wasn't enough... Or maybe I just suck on this combo

 

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Oh, no. It doesn't do well on Massacre. You need to keep mobile and the geometry on that map is terrible for Wasp Vulcan. If on Massacre, use a medium or heavy hull with Vulcan. The maps I do well on are Magistral, Industrial Zone, Polygon, Kungur, Forest, Barda, Aleksandrovsk, Sandbox, Solikamsk, Tribute and Iran. 

 

If anything, Wasp Vulcan does better in the mid ranks where there are less chances to be one-shotted. It's more of a feat in Legend battles and it might pay off better to use Hornet up there. Beware, though, you flip easily against Smokies, Railguns, Ricochets, Twins, and Gausses. 

 

4 minutes ago, Cillionaire said:

Maybe not the wright word lol... but i can addapt pretty fast cuz i have a feeling how to use vulcan... i used it with Reinforced aiming transmission

For faster rotation... on titan i use icendiary band must its quite fun! thnx for the suggestion

This is the ideal way to use it with Wasp. The main thing you want to be doing is circling enemies. Circling them is hard without RAT. 

 

Fibonacci spiralling is the most satisfying thing to do against an enemy, especially heavy hulls. 

[aqwzsxedc 699]

1 minute ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Oh, no. It doesn't do well on Massacre. You need to keep mobile and the geometry on that map is terrible for Wasp Vulcan. If on Massacre, use a medium or heavy hull with Vulcan. The maps I do well on are Magistral, Industrial Zone, Polygon, Kungur, Forest, Barda, Aleksandrovsk, Sandbox, Solikamsk, Tribute and Iran. 

 

If anything, Wasp Vulcan does better in the mid ranks where there are less chances to be one-shotted. It's more of a feat in Legend battles and it might pay off better to use Hornet up there. Beware, though, you flip easily against Smokies, Railguns, Ricochets, Twins, and Gausses. 

 

This is the ideal way to use it with Wasp. The main thing you want to be doing is circling enemies. Circling them is hard without RAT. 

 

Fibonacci spiralling is the most satisfying thing to do against an enemy, especially heavy hulls. 

Ah I see, thanks for the tips! I'll give it a try 

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

Just now, aqwzsxedc said:

Ah I see, thanks for the tips! I'll give it a try 

I'll see if I can send a video of successful circling sometime soon. 

[wolverine848 13,097]

1 hour ago, DieselPlatinum said:

I remember when Vulcan was a decent turret. And then they ruined it by giving it the 70% damage nerf when overheating.

The overheat damage was harsh. 

But it was the slower-spin-up that angered me the most.  It's so easy to spawn-kill a vulcan... Finally reach spin-up and you are dead - no damage at all to the one who just killed you.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

1 hour ago, wolverine848 said:

The overheat damage was harsh. 

But it was the slower-spin-up that angered me the most.  It's so easy to spawn-kill a vulcan... Finally reach spin-up and you are dead - no damage at all to the one who just killed you.

So harsh that I gave up playing Vulcan on my Killer2_the_best account. I mean the amount of damage it deals when overheating is so dinky, it might as well be none.