Ketec Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 You CANNOT fire through it for the " radiation" damage - all it does is block every shot fired at it. Its extremely hard to aim to even set up for shooting through it - it just bounces around too much. I have yet to see it do any damage to anything on hit. It uses up 15 ammo per shot - takes extremely long 9s to explode for damage u wont even notice really. It doesn't even act as a temp static block ( mobs just run through it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valfunde Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 It indeed needs some fix.BUT: You can fire through it. I even believe it may add some crit chances, or I juste have been lucky. It has a 100% proc chance. And radiation is quite useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidTurnip1603 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 1. It's currently bugged and only works for host 2. agreed 3. May be bugged like the first, but it's always worked for me, okay damage with 100% radiation proc 4. The ammo isn't a huge deal imo, and I think the explosion is only really useful when used in conjunction with the radiation proc which you don't seem to have. 5. now that would be kind of cool, but would defeat the purpose of having it deal damage or radiation proc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundervision Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 You CANNOT fire through it for the " radiation" damage - all it does is block every shot fired at it. It uses up 15 ammo per shot - takes extremely long 9s to explode for damage u wont even notice really. Bug. Should be fixed. You can, if you are host. It has 100% RAD-proc for each enemy running through +dmg and +explosion deals ~1000-2000 RAD-dmg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidTurnip1603 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Over-all the weapon could use a little tlc from DE, but it's not near as bad as you're making it sound, just bugged atm. Edited June 27, 2014 by RancidTurnip1603 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamaniac Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I really enjoy the weapon, the alt fire can be very useful but only when it's working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerZeyCJ Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 They should change it to where when you press the alt fire again, the orb/cube explodes intead of you having to wait for it to explode and not hit anything. This would give the weapon a lot more use, turning it's alt fire into almost a grenade launcher. Give the explosion a 100% radiation proc and deal around 1,000 damage that scales with mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulzscha Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Moved to the proper section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurdyburd Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Honestly, with the bugs, the research/build time, cost of a forma, and wait time on the orb exploding, I wouldn't suggest anybody get it yet. Maybe it'll be worth it eventually, but until then, it's simply not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emaralez87 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 sometimes I'm hiding my tenno in this ball to regen his/her shield... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se05239 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Not to mention it looks ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husbandry Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Wiki says I can hurt teammates with the explosion, is that true? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybridon Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I just hate not being able to zoom when using rifle mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naftal Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I just hate not being able to zoom when using rifle mode. I hate this too and hope DE made a secondary fire button which could do all these alt fires or maybe switch fire mode on some weapons. Otherwise I like the weapon but try to only use it while I'm the host at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketec Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 If the host only bug would get fixed - and perhaps make the orb actually grow until it explodes ( enlarging the area you can shoot through - instead of blocking the view). Also - it could be more static and not bounce at all - like shoot some kind of infestedish anchors out from its corners to attach to nearby surface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etsoree Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 You CANNOT fire through it for the " radiation" damage - all it does is block every shot fired at it. Its extremely hard to aim to even set up for shooting through it - it just bounces around too much. I have yet to see it do any damage to anything on hit. It uses up 15 ammo per shot - takes extremely long 9s to explode for damage u wont even notice really. It doesn't even act as a temp static block ( mobs just run through it). Fire through the holes. If you hit the actual bubble itself, it does nothing. It's very, very easy to aim. Lead the target, shoot at the target that is just barely in front of you. It doesn't do damage on hit, only on explosion. They're SUPPOSED to run through it. The alt-fire causes an INSTANT Radiation proc if any enemy touches it. Of course we all know how bad Radiation is, since it barely does anything to make enemies attack one another, but it's still good for that one enemy you want to not attack you. The explosion itself is rather powerful, too, AND can proc your main fire's elemental statuses. I've so far Formaed mine twice and I plan to Forma it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignumCruxis Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) It does do radiation damage on hit, you can fire through it and as far as I've observed shots fired through the beach ball have a pretty high crit rate and shots get bonus radiation damage once they've passed through. Clients can't fire through it and whether it's intended or not, no enemy can fire through them either so they're effectively mini volt shields Beachball explosions deal electiricity damage, not radiation in a small area. Edited June 27, 2014 by SignumCruxis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalu__Ka Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Also works great to block the view of tower defense pros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerZeyCJ Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 And why does the thing have two grips on it? There is another black grip right above the one your Tenno is actually holding to fire the weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealPandemonium Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 You can fire through it as host only; they are fixing this bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothus Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 And why does the thing have two grips on it? There is another black grip right above the one your Tenno is actually holding to fire the weapon. That's for lefty's... :P j/k I would guess a non infested version would have a severe kick and be more of a light machine gun so you'd prop it on a railing and use both handles to brace? idunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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