EMPs and BFR Sheilds

[NumberTwo-K]

Do EMPs take the shields down or has NeoPhoenix been drinking?

[P0INTMAN]

think so, mine does at least
"your emp has hit the bfr"

[NumberTwo-K]

I knew they slowed weapon fire rates, movement speed, and cliped the wings of the jumpy-kind. If it breaks the shield then they just got much easier to kill.

[myrtar]

i believe it slows the recharge rate significantly, but doesn't take down the shields.

[P0INTMAN]

I knew they slowed weapon fire rates, movement speed, and cliped the wings of the jumpy-kind. If it breaks the shield then they just got much easier to kill.
they dont take it down like kill the shield but what you CAN do is what i did on cery once to a whole line of them:
i wtf pwnt them by loading my anti ce loadout, that comprises of at least 20 jammers, a rek. a punisher with a jammer loadout and my cud...i emped them litterally 30+ times while my friend ( wont say his name. for now ) went up to them and put at least 20 decimators into them. we got almost all of them except for the lead.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

I don't drink. I'm insane alllll on my own. >:D

EMP slows shield regen rate for 20 seconds. This is vital for combatting flight variants.

Gunner variants are slowed enough that a soldier can keep up with a weapon out and bypass that shield outright while it's EMPed.

However, FV's can still run-mode faster than a soldier, even while jammed. This is where the shield regen slowing comes into play.

Keep firing decis, and it's shield will get knocked out. Eventually, you will end up deci-sniping that fool to death. However, without jamming, the shield regen can still make taking down a FV hard (completly ignoring the fact it could just fly away while laughing at you :P).

[FlamingPotato-J]

How many Decis does it take to take out a jammer hoppers sheilds?

[ThaneGriffen]

O man, the funniest thing happened to me and sharktank on ishundar with an invader. I was driving a magrider and Shark was gunning for me, when this stupid little (dual AV) invader sees that we've taken some damage and decides to chase us for a kill. Well because I'm such a 1337 driver, he has to follow us half way across the cont before we lose control of the mag from damage.

Right after we lose control, Shark and I both bail. I hid behind a rock popped out my CUD, and waited for him to get just close enough. Right as he comes up to us he's decelerating out of run mode and I pop an EMP on his ass, shark proceeds to put 2 decis strait up his ass and we all die gloriously. That guy must've been so pissed.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

How many Decis does it take to take out a jammer hoppers sheilds?
I dunno about shields, but I know 3-4 deci shots directly to the hull sends that fucker to the scrapyard.

However, it seems to take about 5 or 6 shots to knock a FV from fully shielded n happy to a burning hulk from a distance. So, it might take 2-3 shots to knock out the shields. I'm not sure if the damage to shields "carries over" though.

What I mean by carrying over is, say there's a sliver of shield left on his guage. It gets hit by a deci. Does all that damage get abosred by that near-dead shield, or does it finish the shield and the rest of the damage goes into the armor?

This is the kinda thing I need to run tests with. Gimme some time on this..

[FlamingPotato-J]

Fellow Jihadists unite!!

[P0INTMAN]

Fellow Jihadists unite!!
huzzza!!!!!!!!!!!!

[myrtar]

Fellow Jihadists unite!!

heh, i'm a jammerless newblet. i don't have AV either. all my BFR kills are by magrider and OS, and they total...
/me logs in to check...

15.

i think i'm gonna cert lib so i can blow up AMSes. that's the merit i really want, support blockade (http://wiki.planetsidesyndicate.com/index.php?title=Supply_Blockade_%28Merit%29). i'm at 8/50 with OSes right now.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

419 BFR kills total as of 4/4/2005

Not all have counted for BFR buster. I'm past silver level, coming up on gold pretty quick. The only hard part about BFR buster is the streaks. :\


Also, quick update on deci count for BFRs after "testing" (aka my throwing myself at them with my decis and actually counting out-loud in triumph), here's the totals:

Ground Variants: 6 shots directly to the hull finishes them
Flight Variant: 4 shots directly to the hull finishes them

FV Shields: 3 decis knocks the shields out. Damage does not carry over from shields to hull
GV Shields: Possibly 7. Takes a lickin' n keeps on tickin'. Suffice to say an agile can't solo a GV from outside the shields.


Other than that, all I've learned are improvements to my own personal methods, as well as focus techniques. I'd been losing my cool over the weekend, and my bodycount suffered. Friday came to about 14 in one play session. Saturday, I barely made my 20 quota (yes, I'm keeping a quota). Sunday was triumphant with 23 in one night.

I can't wait to see how far I get tonight (Monday).

[FlamingPotato-J]

Cool data, thanks.

[Rahl]

Yeah, if a GV is crouched, it can absord decis all night.

For your streaks, ever think about using a Lib or a Fury? A Fury can take out a FV in no time and they never know whats hitting them. A Lib smashes a BFR very quickly.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

Yeah, if a GV is crouched, it can absord decis all night.

For your streaks, ever think about using a Lib or a Fury? A Fury can take out a FV in no time and they never know whats hitting them. A Lib smashes a BFR very quickly.
Fury = too fragile
Lib = AA bait + BFRs are gettin too smart

Get me a dev-spawned reaver with limitless clips and ammo, and then we'll talk.

Till then, I'ma OS my streaks, or boomer through a zerged base roof, muahahahaha.