The Magnum Turret is irritating!!

[chrissoid 1]

I've used the magnum turret on a viking hull for awhile now and even though it's a great gun there are a couple of things that seriously annoy me about this combination when using the overdrive which I think would be great for an alteration.

When the overdrive is activated the power of the gun automatically goes to 100% which means I'm firing well over the targets and even outside the perimeter of the map. To solve this I end up having to raise the turret very high but I'm still unclear where the shells are ending up. So in many ways it's a waste of time using it. Another thing is the default gun elevation is set to 10% which is annoying especially when trying to destroy a close target as all the shells go over the target. Does anyone else have the same problem? What would be great is if the overdrive in this combination worked at any elevation and at any given power percentage and the default elevation was 0..

Edited May 12, 2020 by chrissoid
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[Thiedes 1,106]

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2 hours ago, chrissoid said:

 

 

[Michael828 816]

4 hours ago, chrissoid said:

Another thing is the default gun elevation is set to 10% which is annoying especially when trying to destroy a close target as all the shells go over the target. Does anyone else have the same problem? What would be great is if the overdrive in this combination worked at any elevation and at any given power percentage and the default elevation was 0..

 

This. This is the single most annoying thing I've experienced with it by far lol, and it probably ended up influencing my decision to get the RGC alteration. Now I always stick with that.

And about the overdrive I can't really comment much since I never use Viking with it, but from me past experiences yea the OD really does suck with Magnum unfortunately.

[Thomas11239 366]

Well apparently Magnum is also annoying for Mangum-users themselves...

[NooNooHead 121]

I find magnum harder to use compared to other turrets that fire indiscriminately. Lots of things can go wrong to cause you to miss wildly. The RGC alteration makes it a bit similar to what we are accustomed to. I am still amazed at how a magnum player can land that direct shot when I am on a bridge. 

[RandomGuy 19]

On 5/12/2020 at 5:53 AM, chrissoid said:

Another thing is the default gun elevation is set to 10% which is annoying especially when trying to destroy a close target as all the shells go over the target.

I actually like the 10% elevation. When you spawn, you can fire and not get damaged for about 3-5 seconds.  you can easily set elevation to 0% and fire someone close up in 3 seconds. I like how it's set to 10%, but what really pisses me off is that you can't turn your turret. You have to move your hull just to fire. Magnum is fun for camping.