Covert Ops and Gunship Questions

Mercenary Center Q & A Section (Pilots Version)
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Covert Ops

How do you use the plasma arc module? I see Maximus slicing and dicing in his videos and I want to do that.

Any good builds for the Covert Ops? Includes active modules. Screenshots please.

What do you use when you solo on a Covert Ops?

Gunship

How do you even use a Gunship? They are Dumbships for me right now and I want to make them Funships.

There seems to be a lot of talk about how OP a gunship is with a bubblegun. I can’t even land a shot without turning on overdrive and spamming at a beacon. How2use bubblegun?

What builds do you use for a Gunship?

Unrelated

Sometimes I see AI bots shooting orange coloured bubbles in PVE. Is that a weapon I could equip?

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Covert Ops

How do you use the plasma arc module? I see Maximus slicing and dicing in his videos and I want to do that.

Any good builds for the Covert Ops? Includes active modules. Screenshots please.

What do you use when you solo on a Covert Ops?

Gunship

How do you even use a Gunship? They are Dumbships for me right now and I want to make them Funships.

There seems to be a lot of talk about how OP a gunship is with a bubblegun. I can’t even land a shot without turning on overdrive and spamming at a beacon. How2use bubblegun?

What builds do you use for a Gunship?

Unrelated

Sometimes I see AI bots shooting orange coloured bubbles in PVE. Is that a weapon I could equip?

covet ops:even tho people say mk1-mk4 isnt a big difference this one is, its like 5000 pts more dmg at mk4 so get it to mk4 first, also, some people may choose NOT to use plasma arc, like me because i dont like slowing down, which may end in death. If u do decide to use it try your best not to slow down while dealing max dmg(keeping plasma arc on target) i have also watched maximums videos and i noticed this: he uses plasma arc more on interceptors than any other class. Assuming im correct its beacuse the inties running away or doing something else wont think you would use it on something that fast, but i like it, because if u can get withn 300 to enemy intie=insta death. No resists to plasma arc are applied i think. I use RF blaster, piercing missles, orion,plasma arc,shield booster and hull repair kit (sorry no screen shot)i dont use adapt camo because i choose to stay with my team than fly around behind enemy lines murdering LRFS but it is highly recommended module

Gunship:im actually not a big fan of bubble gunships either, they are only good for small-more spread out battles, if its one of those battles where theres a million enemies hiding behind asteroids taking a few shots every minute then your in a tough cookie because you will die quickly unless ur mr.Tank i prefer railguns , they are good for killing everything :lol:

I use railgun,piercing missles, aiming overcharge,hull repair kit, particle purge and nanocomposite coating. I use particle purge because an emp gunships shield is quite insignificant and it will get those annoying intercpetors off my back . Now i know all of you will ask: why no combat reboot? Wheres the engine overchage thingy? Are you MAD noobtrain? Well-yes and no, i use railguns, so there is really no point in running away from the enemies thx to my range and proj speed, i don have to get close up.

Is red bubbles avaliable: no. <— i even added a period

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Rails are not good for everything. They are not that good against Inty especially close range.

Bubbles takes some getting used to but once you know how to use them they are great damage dealer. Bubbles are for close range 1500m and closer depending on enemy ship size and movement. 

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Covert Ops

How do you use the plasma arc module? I see Maximus slicing and dicing in his videos and I want to do that.

What do you use when you solo on a Covert Ops?

 

Plasma Arc has a very short range (~300m, but you already know that), so you have to consider how you approach enemies with it. You will almost always want to take Adaptive Camo when you want to use the Arc. Try to tackle enemies that either haven’t noticed you (sitting LRFs) or are too distracted (Guards or engies being FF’d that still won’t freaking die). Giving T2 LRFs the P was a very popular pastime back in my day. Very satisfying to use if you can close in and violate someone with it. I take it when soloing simply because of its damage output.

 

If you know how to crash into enemy ships enough to use it, you can pull some slick moves with the Plasma Arc, like interceptor jousting.

 

Gunship

How do you even use a Gunship? They are Dumbships for me right now and I want to make them Funships.

There seems to be a lot of talk about how OP a gunship is with a bubblegun. I can’t even land a shot without turning on overdrive and spamming at a beacon. How2use bubblegun?

What builds do you use for a Gunship?

 

 

Play it like a hunter. In the case of ships like the Phobos, behave like a mobile turret. You should have some kind of target priority when flying one - naturally, you should be frothing at the mouth when someone brings a frigate to the front (as opposed to Tacklers netting down inties); you want to make him dead really fast.

 

As for bubble blowing gunships, players build them for a good reason - very few things in Star Conflict last long against a well-built bubble blower. Typically, this entails heat sinks (who doesn’t take one on a gunship?) and lots of crit damage bonuses (the happiest gunships get 3 CPU slots). Whatever you do, though, don’t take supernova on bubbles - their natural projectile speed is freaking slow.

 

Spamming bubbles at a beacon may be a good way to scatter enemy formations, but like most weapons, the bubble blower is at its most effective when you have a focus for its wrath. Like I said previously, you have to pick a target that you deem unworthy of existing (which typically should be a frigate, but other ships that are slowing down or out of position are fair game too).

 

Sometimes I see AI bots shooting orange coloured bubbles in PVE. Is that a weapon I could equip?

 

It’s pretty much Singularity with different visuals, don’t bother.

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No resists to plasma arc are applied i think.

 

Plasma Arc deals thermal damage. Unless you’re telling us it’s like Ion in that it ignores resists.

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I think covops best class in the game , they are fast , sneaky and deadly.  Kiling lrf ships fun too but my setup cap killer so I use camo to reach cap safely . Most pilots use RF blaster because you start shooting with guns, while blaster drain shields with orion  , plasma arch / piercing missiles /plasma web take hulls easly. I’m using emergency barrier because it gives god mode to my ship 1 second , in that second I hit self destruct…  I’ve no problem with killing any other ship like guards but you cant hide from engie’s drones  camo doesn’t work on engies.so I use pasma arch and rockets early , if I kill drones rest easy , if not I die mostly…

 

  I like bubbles on gunships but you have single bullet in your gun , it is good  on 1 vs 1 but more than 1 enemy means quick death ) 

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You’ll want reasonably high rotation speed on a plasma arc covops or it will be difficult to use it effectively against anything but frigates. Taking the module only makes sense if you manage to keep it on target for the full 3 seconds.

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with bubbles anything over 2000m you might as well ignore unless you intend to bumrush them