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[Agent 0 Fortune]

I have to admit, one of my favorite hobbies is shooting down UAV, it is like stealing candy from a baby QQ.

But I have noticed that not all UAC are created equal, some drop quickly with a concentrated laser blast while other are able to withstand hundreds of points of damage?

What protects them? faith in a higher power, latency, HSR, the love of a good woman, hitboxes?

Keep in mind I am using beam weapons, so no ballistic drop, and no range issue (test it, you can shoot down UAV hundreds of meters away with a single small laser, unless it is a cheating UAV, then you can't shoot it down with anything).

Edited by Agent 0 Fortune, 13 March 2015 - 10:37 PM.

[Mcgral18]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 13 March 2015 - 10:36 PM, said:

test it, you can shoot down UAV hundreds of meters away with a single small laser, unless it is a cheating UAV, then you can't shoot it down with anything

They fixed this thing.

You need to be in range now.

[EgoSlayer]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 13 March 2015 - 10:36 PM, said:

I have to admit, one of my favorite hobbies is shooting down UAV, it is like stealing candy from a baby QQ.

But I have noticed that not all UAC are created equal, some drop quickly with a concentrated laser blast while other are able to withstand hundreds of points of damage?

What protects them? faith in a higher power, latency, HSR, the love of a good woman, hitboxes?

Keep in mind I am using beam weapons, so no ballistic drop, and no range issue (test it, you can shoot down UAV hundreds of meters away with a single small laser, unless it is a cheating UAV, then you can't shoot it down with anything).

UAVs bob up and down. They are not in a fixed position, so your hundred points of laser damage is mostly hitting air. The further away you are the more the bob makes you miss.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Weir

Mcgral18, on 13 March 2015 - 10:52 PM, said:

They fixed this thing.
You need to be in range now.

Good to know I just have missed that in the patch notes. ha

[aniviron]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 14 March 2015 - 12:00 AM, said:

Weir


Good to know I just have missed that in the patch notes. ha

It wasn't. They fixed it silently, I believe.

[Hit the Deck]

I have an idea.... WHAT IF you can make a UAV to do circles for a slight cost to its duration?

[PurpleNinja]

I want to be able to control my UAV, at the cost of leaving the mech standing there.

(Yes, I play Battlefield)

[Alistair Winter]

Life hax: If your range indicator reads infinity, you're not going to hit the UAV.

Pro tip: After you've stripped the UAV of armour, be sure to use LBX to really hurt those internals.

[Chagatay]

aniviron, on 14 March 2015 - 12:38 AM, said:

It wasn't. They fixed it silently, I believe.

Yep, also they sometimes seem to take alot more than the standard number of hits to bring down sometimes with non-laser weapons (up to 3 cERPPC shots!). Either indicating they have multiple hitboxes or some type of phase shielding which detonates the PPC ball early.

[Foxfire kadrpg]

Its my understanding that UAVs actually dip up and down a bit. Sometimes, when taking long shots, they simply moved enough for you to miss.

[Chagatay]

Foxfire kadrpg, on 14 March 2015 - 06:11 AM, said:

Its my understanding that UAVs actually dip up and down a bit. Sometimes, when taking long shots, they simply moved enough for you to miss.

Yep, I agree and I airball shots all the time with slugish PPCs. But sometimes not all the time, sometimes I hit it get a splash of ppc and red cursor and the UAV says to me "Is that it?"

[Gilgamesh Drakenor]

Maybe they're Clan UAVs.

[Simbacca]

Funny enough, and unintentionally - twice I have shot down UAVs using an artillery strike....once on Forest Colony and once on Tourmaline.

[Coolant]

Far as I know they have 10 damage....not sure what you mean by hundreds of points of health? You must be out of range or missing. They come down when I'm in range and shoot them...

[Pariah Devalis]

Protip:

If you have airstrike or artillery available and spy a freshly deployed enemy UAV, put the cursor on the UAV and deploy airstrike. It will put the smoke directly under the UAV, even if that location is hidden behind cover.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 14 March 2015 - 09:11 AM.

[Chagatay]

Gilgamesh Drakenor, on 14 March 2015 - 06:39 AM, said:

Maybe they're Clan UAVs.

Probably....damn OP clammers

Simbacca, on 14 March 2015 - 06:43 AM, said:

Funny enough, and unintentionally - twice I have shot down UAVs using an artillery strike....once on Forest Colony and once on Tourmaline.

I have gotten a few this way. Certainly unexpected when it happens.

Edited by Chagatay, 14 March 2015 - 09:18 AM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

I have never experienced this problem... But my PC is on an island - I don't get disconnected, I don't CTD, and I don't lose my HUD.

[ChapeL]

Pariah Devalis, on 14 March 2015 - 09:11 AM, said:

Protip:

If you have airstrike or artillery available and spy a freshly deployed enemy UAV, put the cursor on the UAV and deploy airstrike. It will put the smoke directly under the UAV, even if that location is hidden behind cover.

...and I was there to see it happen

[Pariah Devalis]

ChapeL, on 14 March 2015 - 09:20 AM, said:

...and I was there to see it happen

Right in the cockpit, too. Whenever I do that to UAVs, I'm not sure if I am being a troll or just effective. But, hey, if it works, use it?

[jper4]

players not noticing it's there?