2.6 - I am loving my Sabre

[BUTUZ]

Never really liked it before, preferred the Hornet but loaded my Sabre with 4 x Puroburst scattercannons and it is ludicrous mode - tried it out in pirate swarm just a quickie as it's nearly 3am, and got to wave 15 on my own.

Will do it with some concentration tomorrow and hope to win it.

 

[halfsane]

When are you going to do it? I'd like a shot a beating it for that sweet Glaive action

 

[Carlos Spicyweiner]

I kept the 2 panthers in the rear and put 2 tarantulas up front, and I'm hating it. On the other hand, I'm loving the Vanguard with the standard 4 nose canons and an M7A laser up front. All missiles are still derped as far as I'm concerned, so I frequently bring 'em back unfired. But I seem to be fighting at closer ranges now, so the pyrobursts make sense. Thank you Butuz, I believe I'll try it!

 

[zeddie]

Never really liked it before, preferred the Hornet but loaded my Sabre with 4 x Puroburst scattercannons and it is ludicrous mode - tried it out in pirate swarm just a quickie as it's nearly 3am, and got to wave 15 on my own.

Will do it with some concentration tomorrow and hope to win it.

I'll give that a try.

Edit: HOLY MOTHER OF ... You weren't kidding! After wasting 2-3 minutes per Aurora and another 5 mins per 350R... it feels SOOO good to blast them in 1-2 volleys. They hurt, A LOT!

 

[halfsane]

Never really liked it before, preferred the Hornet but loaded my Sabre with 4 x Puroburst scattercannons and it is ludicrous mode - tried it out in pirate swarm just a quickie as it's nearly 3am, and got to wave 15 on my own.

Will do it with some concentration tomorrow and hope to win it.

I just tried your loadout and its freaking awesome in single player, however the guns do 0 damage in multiplayer. Is that a known bug or something?

 

[BUTUZ]

Hmm I never tried it in multiplayer??!! I'll give it a go this evening. Bear in mind you gotta be real close as in under 700 on the radar - don't fire till the green pip appears because if theres no green pip your out of range, you notice the scattercannon bullets actually explode in thin air when they reach max distance, thus wasting a shot.

 

[BUTUZ]

Halfsane there is some rumbling on reddit that it is a desync issue between players with high ping differences that causes the scatter not to work. I'll try it. In the mean time, heres a video showing why not to go up against me in an aurora! (if your gonna do it bring a lot of them) :D

 

[Leo Vos]

The scatterguns really are impressive. I have one on the front of my 325a and it's obscene. Start at range with Badgers and finish with a single shot from the scattergun on the nose. No way that's supposed to be a size 3 weapon - you can fit 2 on the Khartu-Al, it's just not right (in all the best ways).

 

[Blind Owl]

Those scatter guns look like they are way better than they were when they were first released.
Must try.

 

[Carlos Spicyweiner]

HOLY CRAP!! LOVE MY SABRE AGAIN!!!

 

[BUTUZ]

I am glad that I could be of assistance to your weiner!

 

[Plagueis]

Never really liked it before, preferred the Hornet but loaded my Sabre with 4 x Puroburst scattercannons and it is ludicrous mode - tried it out in pirate swarm just a quickie as it's nearly 3am, and got to wave 15 on my own.

Will do it with some concentration tomorrow and hope to win it.

I'll give that load out a try on my Sabre.

 

[zeddie]

Hmm I never tried it in multiplayer??!! I'll give it a go this evening. Bear in mind you gotta be real close as in under 700 on the radar - don't fire till the green pip appears because if theres no green pip your out of range, you notice the scattercannon bullets actually explode in thin air when they reach max distance, thus wasting a shot.

I tried it in Multiplayer Pirate Swarm, but I get the same result. My shots don't do any damage. except randomly after 10ish shots, that 1 lands and does a measly 15-20 damage (instead of the 1000+ full blast in Single Player)

I went back to Single Player, and got to Wave 17, before being swarmed.

I also tried it in Persistent Universe in Crusader, but there was a problem with ship pad interface not working for anyone, so I couldn't call it up.

 

[BUTUZ]

Yes it doesn't work as soon as there's a player in your instance. It's very strange isn't it!

 

[Plagueis]

Doesn't do anything to ships. :( I didn't try it in the single player mode though.

 

[BUTUZ]

There's an issue council thread on this - I just contributed to it.

here

 

[Carlos Spicyweiner]

Hmmm...I am actually having a lot of success with the Pyros in the PU, with the noteworthy exception of the Cutlass. I even chased off a cowardly Freelancer after doing heavy damage to it, But those AI Cutlass pirates are like the black knight in Monty Python! I can shoot the engines out and stand off at 200 meters and pump shots into the thing until the guns overheat...nothin'. I can almost hear the pilot say "it's just a flesh wound"!

 

[zeddie]

There's an issue council thread on this - I just contributed to it.

here

I'll contribute when I get home.

 

[Plagueis]

Hmmm...I am actually having a lot of success with the Pyros in the PU, with the noteworthy exception of the Cutlass. I even chased off a cowardly Freelancer after doing heavy damage to it, But those AI Cutlass pirates are like the black knight in Monty Python! I can shoot the engines out and stand off at 200 meters and pump shots into the thing until the guns overheat...nothin'. I can almost hear the pilot say "it's just a flesh wound"!

Ive had the same problem, only way i got them down was with missiles and unloading direct hits on them after they got hit. I've seen threads about this on the forums so its a known issue.

 

[Blind Owl]

Ive had the same problem, only way i got them down was with missiles and unloading direct hits on them after they got hit. I've seen threads about this on the forums so its a known issue.

Was this in Pirate Swarm or in the PU? Because I tested this loadout in PS. I would be direct hitting guys and nothing. No damage. Back away to 600m and I'd sometimes get damage registering. Weird. Beat it regardless, but it was fucky. I'll try it in Vanduul and see what its like.