State of the NC?!

NC still having trouble seeing the forest for the trees with their 12x scope

It is becoming tiresome to see everyday so much whine about VS, just because one server has issues.

Incorrect:

• Sustained damage output against another Lightning: (uncerted weapons)
  • 549 AP Lightning
  • 401 HEAT Lightning
  • 314 HE Lightning
  • 286 Skyguard Lightning*
  • 223 Viper Lightning

*Skyguard direct hits aren't mentioned in this resist table, so this one is a little bit of a guess. My assumption is they use Anti-Air Machingun resists (lightning takes 75% reduced damage.) My Skyguards regularlybeat Viper lightnings in straight-up DPS races, and the 286 vs. 223 DPS margin is exactly how it feels like it plays out, so I'm reasonably confident this is correct.

Values against MBTs are barely any different, with Vipers doing a little more and AP doing a little less. Overall Vipers are still worst (255) sustained DPS with the others being Skyguard (286), HE (314), HEAT (401), and AP (526).

Values against Sunderers are much worse for Vipers (see the Lightning table above, but then cut Viper DPS by nearly half to 127). This also means Skyguards deal over 2x the DPS against Sunderers (286) that Vipers do.

Like the prowler it's a 0.5 seconds refire delay after every shot, the last shot has a 0.5 seconds delay before reloading.

Awesome, thanks! Updated all the weapons in the earlier post to include that extra 0.5 sec delay.

I tried it several times with an stopwatch and it appears to be what I said (always 2.5 seconds to fire all rounds), but I'm not 100% sure, just use the official wiki RPM (240 RPM or 4 rounds a second) if you want to calculate dps.

I have to say that testing thing in-game gives different results than using official data, for example, running some numbers it takes 1 less shot to destroy any MBT than it should, the only exception being the magrider against the prowler, I don't know why but it takes 6 shots to destroy a prowler (same as the theoretical damage), and 6 shots to destroy a vanguard (when theoretically it should take 7).

Of course, VS trying to make everyone assimilate. Free men don't take kindly to such things.

Probably TR started taking advantage and hitting NC somewhere. Takes depressingly little for TR and NC to find excuses to bro fight and let VS out of their proper place (that being inside their warp gate).

I like shooting skyguards at enemy ground units when they think they are safe because the gate shield is up.

they cant hit me but i can hit them. LOL

Nothing beats TR and NC makeups after those fights though. OMG, we ***** about VS and hug it out and it's nothing but Bob Marley and a nice big fatty afterwards. Meanwhile VS is like

This thread has been awesome. Thanks for the laughs (and the info). I'll stick it out on Emerald, while also keeping an eye on Connery. The EU servers wouldn't be my first choice, but NC is definitely my preferred faction.

I like how the 3-faction system's main draw is, in situations where 1 of the factions is dominant, the weaker 2 can work together to balance the scales... yet NC and TR (on Emerald) don't seem to do that xD.