Pez'tk-pattern fuel rod gun: Difference between revisions
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==Combat Tactics== | ==Combat Tactics== | ||
=== Advantages === | === Advantages === | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:42316799-Full.jpg|thumb|right|Fuel rod in action.|300px]] | ||
The Fuel Rod Gun fires faster, and reloads at a slightly faster rate than the Rocket Launcher while holding much more ammunition. The Fuel Rod Gun has a limited lock-on ability; its projectile follows targets in the air. While easy to avoid at long range, the 2x scope of the cannon can allow for an accurate original blast and increased chance to catch the victim in the explosive radius. | The Fuel Rod Gun fires faster, and reloads at a slightly faster rate than the Rocket Launcher while holding much more ammunition. The Fuel Rod Gun has a limited lock-on ability; its projectile follows targets in the air. While easy to avoid at long range, the 2x scope of the cannon can allow for an accurate original blast and increased chance to catch the victim in the explosive radius. | ||
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Also, if you hit a target at close range before the mid air "blast", their shields will be completly depleted, where as the Rocket Launcher will usually get a one hit kill. | Also, if you hit a target at close range before the mid air "blast", their shields will be completly depleted, where as the Rocket Launcher will usually get a one hit kill. | ||
Finally, you will have to take gravity into account when using it. Unlike the human counterpart, the [[Rocket Launcher]], it obeys the laws of Gravity (because it has a relatively low velocity) and will curve. | Finally, you will have to take gravity into account when using it. Unlike the human counterpart, the [[Rocket Launcher]], it obeys the laws of Gravity (because it has a relatively low velocity) and will curve. | ||
==Hunter Assault Cannon== | ==Hunter Assault Cannon== | ||
