Is it just me or is the Rocket Gun a joke? I mean it’s supposed to be an anti-tank tool but it gets rarely used as such. It gets used as a sniper which can ohk on every distance and on every bodypart. In my opinion it shouldn’t ohk and only give you 80-90 damage.
It is also a very cheap tool for killing elites and horses. Just lay down and deploy it in 1second and that sentry will be gone without any chance of survival. I agree that it shouldn’t ohk. And noone say that this would be illogical, because it is an explosive device. AT-Grenades don’t one shot either, even when standing right on them. Same goes for nearly every grenade in the game, now that the FLAK perk is around.
The same was true IRL actually, since it was British and the Germans had barely any tanks.
They should reduce damage against infantry of all AT gadgets by 50% at least so assault scrubs won’t be using those to get cheap kills.
Thing can only be fire prone, has the speed and trajectory of a potato fired from a slingshot and requires a direct hit to kill.
thank your gods that you never had to experience the wrath of BC2’s uncle carl
I experienced the times of the carl gustav aka the rocketsniper, but the rocket gun is a pain in the butt aswell
I run the rocket gun as I I have to use against tanks because I’m terrible with dynamite. Its not as good as you think it is. 95% of the time your target has to be perfectly still to land the shot such as other players that are prone. If you are a sentry you should always be moving anyway. I get killed way more often by [email protected]$%$# airplanes which have been harder to kill for a while now.
I really don’t see the problem. This is no different than someone using an rpg to kill an infantry player in past BF’s (and the rocket gun has significantly more drop than an rpg.) It happens, it’s just part of the game.
Good old uncle Carl - Many choppers in BF3 were wasted by uncle carl drawing much salt
no, it certainly doesnt ohk at ANY distance, many times u get 60 dmg or less with it
I have quite the opposite experience with it. I hated when I had to get so man infantry kills with it. It’s pretty rare for me to get a one hit kill. Seems like no matter where I hit them I just get 20-50 damage.
So getting hit by a rocket should not be OHK? The rarity of me being killed by a rocket are very rare as infantry…but then again, I do not camp in a windmill in spawn all game either.
With the new patch it would make more sense for support to get the rocket gun and assault to get the limpet mine.
Hardline’s grenade launcher wasn’t a one hit kill for an impact unless it was a headshot, splash maxed out at 60 damage too. One of the devs said it was so you couldn’t one shot snipe people with a close ranged class.
Dice clearly disagrees with that, seeing as we alternate between being able to nuke people across the map and just snipe them with very fast projectiles that don’t really drop in all of their games.
Makes me miss my SRAW… Honestly, I’d be fine with a slight damage nerf if we could use it while standing or crouched. The Rocket Gun would be a perfect Anti-Air weapon if we could actually point it at the sky.
There is an anti air variant coming soon
I am an AT Rocket Gun God
Actually, you can use the trajectory to your advantage, by shooting behind an incline so that you are invisible. This is more of an anti-tank strategy, but it does work well on some maps like volga river.
It’s honestly not that good. You gotta go prone to use it. It’s slow moving compared to bullets. It only has 4 shots and requires a reload after every shot. It has big dip over long ranges.
Scout rifles are better vs infantry.
Dynamite and AT nades are better gadgets.
At range it only works well on stationary targets (infantry). You have to be prone and placing it takes time. If you and a sniper (or LMG) see each other at the same time at range you will lose 80% (at least) of the time. I would not try it even, better seek cover and try to get closer or go somewhere else depending on situation.
Personally I use it mostly against horses, elites (since I have the RSC SMG atm which really do not cope well with elites), and tanks of course.