I noticed something on PTS (for GU13) that you can dumbfire the Phoenix, you ADS and launch the rocket and steer it in the direction you want and press E (or whatever to cancel) and it will fly on its own after however the drop is almost extreme so you would need to compensate with some elevation before ending the camera control. This would give some decent use for the Phoenix (at least for me) rather than being stuck in flight mode the whole time.
Unless somethings changed you could always do that (or at least for awhile now), eject from the missile and have it drop off radically. A few uses, like if something is right on the other side of a rock and you can't quite turn the angle, but generally it's not that practical.
This is nothing new. I've always done this just before hitting my target so I could start reloading sooner.
It used to explode when exiting, I forgot that it's already on live since I haven't played on my NC in quite some time. I thought it was a new change.
It's always just traveled on at a DRAMATICALLY increased drop rate. It still despawns after 300m, too. Pretty much the only reason to exit to dumbfire is a second before you hit a target so you can avoid the static screen.
And so you can reload a little faster, giving you the potential to get your next shot out little bit faster. I have done this since the Phoenix came out, it is my go-to rocket launcher unless I need something for Anti-Infantry.
If reload speed is what I'm going for, I just pull any other rocket launcher in the whole game, without exception or competition. Hawk lyfe
It's a bug with all launchers since (or even prior) release. It's not even lag related, as it can be reproduced in VR training zone.
I'm sure it will be eventually, but as to when who knows. Best bet is to try to aim for the feet when it's practical to do so.
Well, it's on sale today, so anyone who wants to slaughter enemy vehicles wholesale should take advantage of it.
Just had an alert on Amerish, spent all time defending 2 amp stations. One time did I see someone with phoenix. A few times did I hear the sound of one.
Yea you were always able to do that its not new I had to figure that out for when i was getting shot randomly when trying to kill at long ranges with phoenix.
A half price Phoenix is still twice as much as a much more useful Hawk. Seriously, who doesn't love getting **** on my libs all day because hard any NC uses AA rockets and bursters/skyguards stop doing any damage at all randomly? I know I do, watching everybody die as a Sundy gets blown up by Zephyr fire from a stationary lib is pretty much NC.txt To hell with the Phoenix, it's niched into a role that it's not even good enough to exploit. Use. The. Hawk.
