Let's Discuss Vulcan!

[LittleWillie 3,199]

It would seem that way. I've been using Vulcan on this account very early in its career. I've yet to kill anyone when fighting turret to turret. But if I back off a bit, then I can see the numbers. But by this time, I'm too damaged to finish the kill. 

I have never seen a short range issue like this with Vulcan.

 

Now there is a no damage bug in the game. Or maybe it is a connection / ping problem we don't care.You shoot ant shoot and the other tank does not die,  Then you notice... no floating numbers. I had this not too long ago. Can't remember if it was vulcan ro not. I do not think it is a vulcan only bug. Usually gong to the garage and coming back e/o changing anything clears it. Getting killed clears it.

 

If you cant see number at short range and want to check try moving your camera view out instead of backing up, You should be able to see the floating numbers at the closest ranges,.

[gokuMI6 1,290]

It would seem that way. I've been using Vulcan on this account very early in its career. I've yet to kill anyone when fighting turret to turret. But if I back off a bit, then I can see the numbers. But by this time, I'm too damaged to finish the kill. 

Are you sure that it was not a no DMG bug ?

if it was a no dmg bug going to garage or selfdestructing will fix it

or just refresh the game

[enri_chill 265]

It would seem that way. I've been using Vulcan on this account very early in its career. I've yet to kill anyone when fighting turret to turret. But if I back off a bit, then I can see the numbers. But by this time, I'm too damaged to finish the kill. 

If you are tank to tank that close, then you might be having an issue of landing a shot IF (and only if) there is a large discrepancy in heights...such as dictator and viking or something like that.

 

The other day I was circle strafing a hunter with my titan and when we actually touched, I quit doing damage. The vulcan couldn't shoot down enough to land any damage on him. I had to circle a little further away.

[LittleWillie 3,199]

Well since I am staring at a 250,000 exp point gap before I can unlock my next m-level I figured "what the hell does 35k matter?" so I bought the m1 alteration too.  The faster rotating turret at the cost of vertical arc.  Maybe it will turn out to be useful with the Wasp after all. At least on some maps. I have nothing else to spend Cry on besides Drones so I bought the thing.

[wolverine848 13,097]

Well since I am staring at a 250,000 exp point gap before I can unlock my next m-level I figured "what the hell does 35k matter?" so I bought the m1 alteration too.  The faster rotating turret at the cost of vertical arc.  Maybe it will turn out to be useful with the Wasp after all. At least on some maps. I have nothing else to spend Cry on besides Drones so I bought the thing.

Nothing to MU?

[gokuMI6 1,290]

Well since I am staring at a 250,000 exp point gap before I can unlock my next m-level I figured "what the hell does 35k matter?" so I bought the m1 alteration too.  The faster rotating turret at the cost of vertical arc.  Maybe it will turn out to be useful with the Wasp after all. At least on some maps. I have nothing else to spend Cry on besides Drones so I bought the thing.

Wow you got all M3+ ?

[LittleWillie 3,199]

Nothing to MU?

 

 

 

 

Wow you got all M3+ ?

SkittleWillie has only 1 hull and turret. His raison d'etre is to be a Wasp / Vulcan account. So this account had funds to buy 6 triple modules and the mine module before the conversion. Now today it has all those items at m2+10 or m3. Not m3+.  So confusing the TO jargon. :)

 

As of Sunday I even own both vulcan alterations.

 

Before the conversion the modules unlocked at different "general" ranks. Those levels were going to be used to mu above m3 as they unlocked.  (e.g Spider unlocked at General. Which is why LittleWillie has 48% against mines even though it's hardly been used in game play.)

 

But now today everything unlocks at Marshal. That is a huge exp point gap before this account can buy anything but drones or paints. And I ain't gonna buy no paints. So this account and two more at the same rank will be my drone testers.

 

PS:

 

I actually used both alts at teh same time last night . It was .. interesting.  The faster turret speed weill make circle strafing eqsy I think.  I hate giving up vertical arc though. I had to rock the hull to tanks up on bridges. Before I could just hose them down. Finding unexpected firing angles is a big bpart of V/W.  But OTOH there are maps like Desert.....

 

Experiments will continue.

Edited July 9, 2018 by LittleWillie

[sezze100 416]

Short range issues are there with any weapon , not only vulcan . I use it on my titan mainly , and if i get head to head with viking it doesnt do any damage , shooting over its head , while the titan isnt that high . But any weapon has this against a viking ,

They did buff the freeze , so next up should be vulcan and since i can play all maps all modes with my beloved vulcan i should even be more OP . Actually thinking about it , its not good , since im up on top most of the games allready and i feel many times like im doing everything in the game . For pro battles its a bit different , since there you really pick your battles , so more specialised equipment is used .. like poly cp pro is totally different then non pro . Pro version is for me a striker or freeze and rarely isida twins  while nonpro i stick with vulcan .

[gokuMI6 1,290]

SkittleWillie has only 1 hull and turret. His raison d'etre is to be a Wasp / Vulcan account. So this account had funds to buy 6 triple modules and the mine module before the conversion. Now today it has all those items at m2+10 or m3. Not m3+.  So confusing the TO jargon. :)

 

As of Sunday I even own both vulcan alterations.

 

Before the conversion the modules unlocked at different "general" ranks. Those levels were going to be used to mu above m3 as they unlocked.  (e.g Spider unlocked at General. Which is why LittleWillie has 48% against mines even though it's hardly been used in game play.)

 

But now today everything unlocks at Marshal. That is a huge exp point gap before this account can buy anything but drones or paints. And I ain't gonna buy no paints. So this account and two more at the same rank will be my drone testers.

 

PS:

 

I actually used both alts at teh same time last night . It was .. interesting.  The faster turret speed weill make circle strafing eqsy I think.  I hate giving up vertical arc though. I had to rock the hull to tanks up on bridges. Before I could just hose them down. Finding unexpected firing angles is a big bpart of V/W.  But OTOH there are maps like Desert.....

 

Experiments will continue.

How do you manage these accounts ?

[LittleWillie 3,199]

How do you manage these accounts ?

Not sure what you are asking.  I play daily missions, wait for sales. I realized a long time ago there was no incentive to level up so I take it slowly.

 

Last Christmas sale I had about 300k saved up per account.  I bought 11 or 12 triple modules that sale. That ensured accounts had at least 1 protection against all turrets for these accounts. *One was not able to afford the mine module back then. So that aaccount is now slowly leveled up one it bought recently.)

Edited July 9, 2018 by LittleWillie

[gokuMI6 1,290]

Not sure what you are asking.  I play daily missions, wait for sales. I realized a long time ago there was no incentive to level up so I take it slowly.

 

I mean how do you manage to play with all these account's daily

i am struggling with my alt  :(

[LittleWillie 3,199]

I mean how do you manage to play with all these account's daily

i am struggling with my alt  :(

Oh well I just do one mission on an account then move on.  If I want to play more there are missions to finish. There is almost always a 1-game mission of the three, or a partial mission to finish from the day before. So it is not much more than playing one avount all three missions + extras each day.  Andof course now if You miss a day it does not matter on the chain.

[gokuMI6 1,290]

Oh well I just do one mission on an account then move on.  If I want to play more there are missions to finish. There is almost always a 1-game mission of the three, or a partial mission to finish from the day before. So it is not much more than playing one avount all three missions + extras each day.  Andof course now if You miss a day it does not matter on the chain.

Oh yes i forgot about the chain update nice

looks like time for me to start a Shaft account

[CKopocTb_3To_CTpacTb 14]

someone said "It was challenge"

[gokuMI6 1,290]

someone said "It was challenge"

:o  Nice  :wub:  :rolleyes:

[LittleWillie 3,199]

Well I have to admit I was wrong. I've used Vulcan Wasp for well over a year. I always maintained Vulcan was not as weak as some players put it.  But after reaching MajGen and with the advent of MM I am rally seeing how weak this thing is.  I pour DD fire into an enemy for 6 seconds. then he flips one shot at me and I die.  

 

Vulcan is strong at long ranges with the 50%. At long ranges it is annoying because it will shave you down to 30% before you can find cover. But at sort ranges it just gets mobbed.  I'd suggest boosting its DPS, then re-setting the weak damage % so it does the same DPS at extended range.  That would boots short range DPS and keep the long range as is.

 

Or alternatively I'll just buy a Twins or a Freeze.  I am getting tired of being the target for the OP crap. I'll just buy the OP crap and jump to teh next OP crap when it comes along.  Why try to play this game on the up-and-up?

[splitterpoint 10,986]

alternatively I'll just buy a Twins or a Freeze.  I am getting tired of being the target for the OP crap. I'll just buy the OP crap and jump to teh next OP crap when it comes along.  Why try to play this game on the up-and-up?

I think this is the way to go, Twins can be learned in microseconds. Mount it on a medium hull and you'll have plenty of speed to reach everyone in time and melt them away.

 

The ultimate goal for Twins users is having a leather skin wrapped around the spacebar with a heating element built in; for maximum comfort.

[LittleWillie 3,199]

I think this is the way to go, Twins can be learned in microseconds. Mount it on a medium hull and you'll have plenty of speed to reach everyone in time and melt them away.

 

The ultimate goal for Twins users is having a leather skin wrapped around the spacebar with a heating element built in; for maximum comfort.

I actually played with Twins a lot on my SkittleWiilie account back when SW was my "TO stuff" tester. In fact I was about to buy it but I decidd to try WaspVulcan for the heck of it. It was so much fun I went with that. 

 

This is why I think I stepped into Striker with litle problem. Her's a "secret". Striker is really just Twins with different speed shots. :o   Well and homing missiles and salvos too. But the basic thing is Twins. i'll bet that is why Striker has double offset launchers. 

 

When you can drive, shoot, lead a target moving in the opposite direction, Twins takes on a whole new level of sick. And what skill does a Striker jockey learn? :)

Edited August 1, 2018 by LittleWillie

[caiosilvac 567]

Well I have to admit I was wrong. I've used Vulcan Wasp for well over a year. I always maintained Vulcan was not as weak as some players put it. 

Or alternatively I'll just buy a Twins or a Freeze.  I am getting tired of being the target for the OP crap. I'll just buy the OP crap and jump to teh next OP crap when it comes along.  Why try to play this game on the up-and-up?

At first, it is a nice challenge to face the OP noobs while using weaker equipment, but eventually we get tired of it. I did, so I created an alt account and bought Fire/Rico + the OP alterations, it was a blast, I topped every battle I played, took no effort at all. Earned more crystals than I expected so I bought Freeze M2, that was months before the buff. But I rarely played it after the buff, maybe it's time to stop being stubborn and exploit the new OP crap while it lasts. There's no reason to use weaker stuff, it almost feels like sabotaging the team.

[LittleWillie 3,199]

At first, it is a nice challenge to face the OP noobs while using weaker equipment, but eventually we get tired of it. I did, so I created an alt account and bought Fire/Rico + the OP alterations, it was a blast, I topped every battle I played, took no effort at all. Earned more crystals than I expected so I bought Freeze M2, that was months before the buff. But I rarely played it after the buff, maybe it's time to stop being stubborn and exploit the new OP crap while it lasts. There's no reason to use weaker stuff, it almost feels like sabotaging the team.

Tell the truth I wanted t see what it is like now to start a new account what with the 10-week 1 to 4 containers reward chains. So I have baby Twins and Magnum. It's brutal. i'll get into an enemy team's rear and take down 5, 6, 8 tanks before they can take me out. 1st plae is pretty common.

 

That account got 25k on the 1st container it opened too. Nice omen.  :D

 

It was so luck with finds I bought a titan m1 and Rico m1. I wanted to test Rico tpoo so now I can. And Rico / Twins with Hunter / Titan.  Have staggered unlock ranks. So yu can trade from one to the other as yo level to bring the highest performance down to your current rank via MU.

 

Let's just say new accounts have it retty nice thee days. :)

Edited August 1, 2018 by LittleWillie

[ghost-guns 1,486]

Vulcan is a hidden gem if you have space around you. No one uses proteciton against it so mount it on titan, pop on double damage and get some easy kills.

[enri_chill 265]

Vulcan is a hidden gem if you have space around you. No one uses proteciton against it so mount it on titan, pop on double damage and get some easy kills.

It is incredibly helpful in CTF and CP...I use it to eat the health down on multiple enemies from midrange. Pairing it with a magnum just softens defenses so much it makes it much easier for your team to escape with the flag

[Strikechard123 241]

ugly turret that turns very slowly, has no dps and dies to itself while trying to kill something

[wolverine848 13,097]

ugly turret that turns very slowly, has no dps and dies to itself while trying to kill something

You use the same description ("ugly") in every post for every item.  And apparently have no clue what each turret does, nor how to use them.

 

You're just trolling...

[pringerfinger 934]

Anyone else think Vulcan needs a buff?? or is that just me....

 

Just saying :ph34r: