pie1055;n2294128 said:
- Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to use a RPG for much else other than scrakes if you decided to go after them due to ammo limitations.
- Like was mentioned before if demo had no way of dealing with scrakes it would be an extremely under-used perk. Generally every perk has some way of dealing with every zed without requiring full ammo just to get enough damage to kill it.
- It's not easy getting two(+?) headshots per scrake with all the other chaos a game typically has going on.
- RPG has limited splash damage range and instead focuses on impact damage/impact explosions compared to other explosives. Would feel extremely lame(remember gun feel is important to the devs) for such a weapon to require 6+ impact headshots to drop a single zed, especially considering it has a magazine size of 1 and limited reserve ammo.
- Limited splash damage range means you aren't clearing zeds around the scrake out, which can mean they'll interrupt your "combo".
- Knockdown usually forces the player to wait quite a while before the second shot can be lined up, during which many things can interrupt the "combo".
- Correct me if I'm wrong but after the first successful headshot the scrake is going to rage and good luck hitting another headshot if he decides to go tornado chainsaw massacre.
Some of the points might have overlap but it's late and I don't particularly care to sort them out.
- if a unit is resistant to your damage, it would be prudent not to go for them unless you have to. an example here is a firebug trying to burn down a scrake with the flamethrower. it will take either a lot of time or a lot of ammo to do so and is generally ill advised.
- I haven't seen this mentioned before in this thread, I have seen people say that the RPG even when it doesn't explode it should hit pretty dahm hard (they are right here, but that doesn't explain the multiplier for the scrake specifically) and I have seen people say that it is fun decapping scrakes with the RPG..an important part of the game, but less in line with the actual question.
-headshots are common on all ballistic classes, and many of them have to score more then 2 on the scrake to down it. the only 1 that can reliably 1-shot the scrake with a single HS on all difficulties and standard player counts is the railgun-full-left-sharpshooter. relative to classes that have to score 8+ HS for a down, the RPG is very easy to use in this capacity.
-this particular zed is the only explosive resistant non-boss zed that has the HP to resist a single RPG, it is also the only zed in the game that gets a X4 multiplier on impact damage dealt by the top explosive weapon. effectively bypassing its resistance all-together, no other class or weapon gets this benefit regardless of relevant weapon feel. for example the railgun doesn't get a X4 multiplier on a FP head, despite the FP being 50% resistant to ballistic fire. and the rail is heavier, has no splash and has a similar amount of ammunition.
-not particularity uncommon for people to first have to dedicate effort to clear trash before dealing with a big zed, and most of them have no splash atoll.
-if the RPG knocks down the target, you crowd controlled it...the demo has several skills to boost this effect in his weapons, for the class this is set up like a boon, not a negative despite that fact that its hard to line up good shots on downed targets.
-many people do it, so do I with many weapons...including but not limited to the RPG. again landing multiple headshots on a scrake...raging or not...is a common feature for almost every ballistic class. it is just that none of the used weapons get a benifit to deal with the class they are weak against.
Ok, the launch velocity is about 330mph, and the flight velocity is about 670mph..the projectile weight is between 4-10lb depending on the type. the in-game visual model of the projectile looks like the classic PG7 HEAT warhead, so a 4lb projectile moving at 330mph is about 18,000 ft lbs of energy. The RPG in the game does not have a boost phase for physics (yes it has an minimum arm range), so lets say its moving at its constant flight velocity. that yields a muzzle energy of approximately 91,000 ft lbs. So, for physics purposes in this game, the RPG impact should be monstrous.
The 50bmg produces a muzzle energy range of 11-15,000lbs. So best case BMG vs worst case RPG they are similar in ME, but only if the boost velocity were modeled in the game physics, otherwise the RPG impact is insane. (a typical 20mm "vulcan" cannon round has about 41k ftlbs for comparison)..ouch.
yes it hits bloody hard, but why does it get that multiplier on the scrake exclusively.
