Gauss gun useless

Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:03 pm

The Guass gun seems to do no damage whatsoever
I literally emptied the whole clip (10 rounds) into someone (all headshots) and he didn't die.
Maybe he was using a hack, but I never managed to actually kill anyone with the gauss gun, only a single assist.
I've had better luck with the normal sniper rifle...
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Danii Brown
 
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:11 am

Update: Ok, so I hit a guy, then a teammate killed him. I didn't get an assist which means that the shot did no damage. WTF
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Robert Jr
 
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:59 pm

Are you firing while cloaked? You're probably firing while cloaked. You should try shooting people while you yourself are not cloaked.
If you have shot people while not cloaked then perhaps you are experiencing lag, have all your Gauss Rifle experiences been on a certain server? If so - try another one...
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Brittany Abner
 
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:57 pm

gauss sniper is glitched.

it sometimes hits "invisible walls" and if you try to shoot through bushes.. it doesnt work, leaves stop gauss round - its tarded i know.. but its the way it is atm.

also first hit shot when cloaked does not do any damage.. same as melee, if you are cloaked and punch someone or shoot with gauss then 1-st bullet does 0 damage.

reflex and assault scopes glitch out gauss also, even when zoomed you cant hit **** because it's so inaccurate like fireing from hip... so you gotta change weapons for second to fix it.

or sometimes you dont have red dot on reflex sight.. then agian switch weapons and it appears again.

I have almost 400 gauss kills under my belt and I've seen so much retarded game mechanics that hasnt been tested obviously by no quality team... problably console version has just same issues.

since gauss has slower traveling time than dsg then trying to hit enemy who has ping 250+ is just impossible task.

for now you are better off with DSG because you still need 2 hits to kill in standard mode and dsg fire rate is faster.
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:33 am

gauss sniper is glitched.

it sometimes hits "invisible walls" and if you try to shoot through bushes.. it doesnt work, leaves stop gauss round - its tarded i know.. but its the way it is atm.

also first hit shot when cloaked does not do any damage.. same as melee, if you are cloaked and punch someone or shoot with gauss then 1-st bullet does 0 damage.

reflex and assault scopes glitch out gauss also, even when zoomed you cant hit **** because it's so inaccurate like fireing from hip... so you gotta change weapons for second to fix it.

or sometimes you dont have red dot on reflex sight.. then agian switch weapons and it appears again.

I have almost 400 gauss kills under my belt and I've seen so much retarded game mechanics that hasnt been tested obviously by no quality team... problably console version has just same issues.

since gauss has slower traveling time than dsg then trying to hit enemy who has ping 250+ is just impossible task.

for now you are better off with DSG because you still need 2 hits to kill in standard mode and dsg fire rate is faster.

lol, leaves > guass rounds

Screw your nano suit. Lets now build armor with leaves :D
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:16 pm

yup.. basically :D you just cant sit in bushes and snipe on enemys because your gauss shot wont make it out of that bush.. instead you might end up setting bush on fire and getting killed.
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Mel E
 
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:54 pm

gauss sniper is glitched.

it sometimes hits "invisible walls" and if you try to shoot through bushes.. it doesnt work, leaves stop gauss round - its tarded i know.. but its the way it is atm.

also first hit shot when cloaked does not do any damage.. same as melee, if you are cloaked and punch someone or shoot with gauss then 1-st bullet does 0 damage.

reflex and assault scopes glitch out gauss also, even when zoomed you cant hit **** because it's so inaccurate like fireing from hip... so you gotta change weapons for second to fix it.

or sometimes you dont have red dot on reflex sight.. then agian switch weapons and it appears again.

I have almost 400 gauss kills under my belt and I've seen so much retarded game mechanics that hasnt been tested obviously by no quality team... problably console version has just same issues.

since gauss has slower traveling time than dsg then trying to hit enemy who has ping 250+ is just impossible task.

for now you are better off with DSG because you still need 2 hits to kill in standard mode and dsg fire rate is faster.

Actually if your not killing them in 2 shots, Im sorry to say but your doing it wrong. Also if you shoot someone in cloak in the head it kills them. The lack of crosshair in hip fire is annoying as hell. even C1 and Wars had a crosshair or even the laser site. The gauss is one shot to the head. The hit box for the Gauss is also messed up because i can shoot someone and it will hit the ground behind them instead of hitting them.
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:37 pm

it sometimes hits "invisible walls" and if you try to shoot through bushes.. it doesnt work, leaves stop gauss round - its tarded i know.. but its the way it is atm.

I think that must've been why... I was playing on the Lighthouse map. Yeah, HEAPS of foliage there

also first hit shot when cloaked does not do any damage.. same as melee, if you are cloaked and punch someone or shoot with gauss then 1-st bullet does 0 damage.
Never knew that

gauss has slower traveling time than dsg.
So you can dodge gauss shots?

for now you are better off with DSG because you still need 2 hits to kill in standard mode and dsg fire rate is faster.
Yep, DSG is way better
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:33 pm

gauss sniper is glitched.

it sometimes hits "invisible walls" and if you try to shoot through bushes.. it doesnt work, leaves stop gauss round - its tarded i know.. but its the way it is atm.

also first hit shot when cloaked does not do any damage.. same as melee, if you are cloaked and punch someone or shoot with gauss then 1-st bullet does 0 damage.

reflex and assault scopes glitch out gauss also, even when zoomed you cant hit **** because it's so inaccurate like fireing from hip... so you gotta change weapons for second to fix it.

or sometimes you dont have red dot on reflex sight.. then agian switch weapons and it appears again.

I have almost 400 gauss kills under my belt and I've seen so much retarded game mechanics that hasnt been tested obviously by no quality team... problably console version has just same issues.

since gauss has slower traveling time than dsg then trying to hit enemy who has ping 250+ is just impossible task.

for now you are better off with DSG because you still need 2 hits to kill in standard mode and dsg fire rate is faster.

Actually if your not killing them in 2 shots, Im sorry to say but your doing it wrong. Also if you shoot someone in cloak in the head it kills them. The lack of crosshair in hip fire is annoying as hell. even C1 and Wars had a crosshair or even the laser site. The gauss is one shot to the head. The hit box for the Gauss is also messed up because i can shoot someone and it will hit the ground behind them instead of hitting them.

....you cannot read?

GAUSS AND DSG both kill target with 2 shots if not shot in head. PERIOD

if you are cloaked and shoot with DSG then first hit gets registered.
if tou are cloaked and shoot with GAUSS then first hit does not get registered.

WHAT PART OF THIS CANT YOU UNDERSTAND?


are you telling me that leaves which stop gauss round to reach target.. then IM DOING IT WRONG? are y really fckn serious ? :D gawd..
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JAY
 
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Post » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:50 pm

What's the point of using Gauss rifle when you still need 2 shots to kill, and the firing rate is lower?
I didn't unlock it yet, but i was expecting a one shot kill to compensate that slower rate.

I tried using DSG with refle sight and go Rambo with a sniper rifle. Works sometimes, funny as hell, but ended up killed a lot more because it needs a 2nd shot. Too bad i won't play like this with the Gauss rifle...
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