Pop gun usefulness=?

[Josiah]

just what is the pop gun designed for, besides knocking out snipers at the end of a strat? Could it be a tad more powerful?

I realize things could get out of hand:

damageBallistic = 1e10000

[General BlackDragon]

Pop gun is pretty useful already.

[Ultraken]

Its damage does seem low, but I think that was to balance its omnidirectional fire-and-forget "death from above" targeting.  I think it would be safer to reduce its extraordinarily high ammo cost a bit than increase its damage.

[Josiah]

it's a little more useful in RO. Besides those idiotic light tanks, the only thing that could see you cloaked was the pop gun, and the ai didn't use it.
ammo usage a tad lower would be nice...

[Dx]

Lets not change the balance in the stock game please. Someone can always mod that later but i don't think all will agree on it.

[TheJamsh]

damageBallistic = 1e10000

What does that flag do?

EDIT: wait never mind, its BZ1

[General BlackDragon]

*slaps you*

[eddywright]

Chase down a wolverine that is dropping mines and firing a popgun, you'll see how useful popguns can be. Sure it's not a lot of power, but like Ken said, it's fire and forget so it works quite well when retreating (as do mines).

Eddy

[Avatar]

Just what is the pop gun designed for, besides knocking out snipers at the end of a strat?

Someone once said it was the weapon of choice for flying targets...  (pssst...  FURIES...   )

-Av-

[Ultraken]

Dual SP-Stabber does a fine job, too.   

[bb1]

If you feel like abusing the terrible collision detection, any weapon is effective against furies.

[Firestorm29]

My only gripe around Pop Guns is I often have a hard time scoring hits with them. I've often found then being easy to dodge, would there be a way to give them a slight semi-homing property or is that a bit much?

[Josiah]

eh, I think dx is right, in that the stock weapon shouldn't be changed. Maybe like someone said, make it be able to target a little better, maybe like a less powerful hornet? who knows...

[eddywright]

It comes down to the purpose of the popgun. It's clearly not a primary offensive weapon, you can use it in conjunction with other offensive weapons but you can also use it for defensive purposes (like those pesky snipers above your base).  Like I said, dropping mines and shooting off popguns while retreating can be pretty effective. If the pursuer stops to avoid the popguns, then you've accomplished your objective.

I would be hesitant to increase the power of the popgun, it's already hard enough to chase down BFT without mini-hornets smacking me in the face

Eddy

[Red Devil]

Was the hornet always so powerful?  It takes out a Flanker in one shot.