I didnt reply to the 2 other usefull pvp threads you've made which in my opinion had 2 valuable informations that all who seek to enter pvp must know: Nearby friendlist open to see people in radar range AND "select target" spam for 100% accuracy.
I pull my hat off for that.
Now i find it very disgraceful the way you try sell the vaporizer rocket which can almost blow anyone IF hitting near its max damage potential in a good explosion radius, slow as hell and not providing a 100% chance of hit, needless to say that someone with your standing could defeat a vaporizer holder or someone more scrupulous about long time experience with a just 5000ped budget (which he wont go thru) could just jump back a few times and have his opponent blow his whole rocket, it has 98 shots.. with determination one could.
No need for any "folie des grandeurs" at 150000ped? Havent we learn from the long gone moe and foudil that threatning to leave to make a change happen is not the way? Making you look like a spoiled brat or braging cuty unlike the pk'er you can be.
Alright, point of view of a now casual pvp'er about this rocket, lets be a 100% honest, i'm not interested in using them, they are slow, too much cost for a single blow vs the toxic shot price and i can use other weapons around lvl 80 which are in my opinion far greater in efficiency or DPS.
With this slow rocket against an experienced pk'ers who knows how to aim (oh wait we can use the select target trick), so i'm facing anyway someone who knows how to aim if i happen to miss the guy i'm a dead man walking with that long reload, i'll probably take 1 or 2 shots of a vrex 2k sga in the meanwhile, a terminator hit, PSG, Tango or whatever is a real pk weapon.
In the other hand if i hit i got a chance out of 2 to win the duel, he dies, fair enough that weapon is the shit!1!!! he takes the hit and lives, here we go again i'm a dead man walking soon hitting the revival terminal..
Lets not forget the fact that sometimes the rocket doesnt explose on contact, no miss message, no explosion.
I really dont mind that weapon, i lived 4 times out of 7 battles against that rocket, 2 times to low hits, 1 time to a miss and 1 time to a 0.0 hit.
When i got killed i lost a toxic shot and a few stones maybe i dont recall, no big deal and the guy protected the potential loot he had and his low ped ammount toxic shot, usual pvp4 life.
Down side to that weapon the 18m explosion radius, thats the only thing i can really blame about the vaporizer
So i never used one and probably never will.
I mentionned that i prefer to use other pk weapon out there and i'm not the only one
Lets make a few comparaison with actual number, yes i know the SIB is low and all that but still when changes occurs adapt like a man always did, UL weapons keeps getting higher in tiers everyday and in no time we will see several tier 10 pk weapons, lets project in the future:
tier 0 Skildek Vaporizer (L): 6 uses per minute
316-632 dmg 44burn 144impact 444shrapnel at 130 + 18m explo radius but not 100% effectiveness as we have to consider a few factor at that range
Tier 10 Vrex 2k SGA:
19 uses per minute
254-508 dmg 28 burn 114 impact 366 shrapnel at a max of 130m + 9m explo radius _ same goes as the vaporizer at max range not 100% effectiveness
Tier 10 Tango with a CDF 4: 5 uses per minute
264-528 dmg 44 shrap 44 acid 426burn 14 pen at 175m range straight hit
Tier 10 PSG Sniper with a CDF 4: 8 uses per minute
219-438 dmg 60 impact 378 penetration at 165m range straight hit
Tier 10 Camo Marine Stalker L with CDF 4: 42 uses per minute
168-336 dmg 106 impact 230 penetration at 110~m range
Tier 10 Laserfaust PK-68 Marauder (L) with CDF 4: 26 uses per minute
246-492dmg 14 penetration 84 electric 394 Burn at 77m range
Tier 10 Sparkbite blade + trauma X: 27 uses per minute
201-402 24 stab 194 cut 184 electric on close combat
Voila just to name a few weapons usually seen in pvp combat, at their best potential, some of them are available already and as you can see the damage type dealt by each of them can also 1 shot kill most of the entropian population if not all.
Although the vaporizer is indeed the most dmg per hit available out there today NOBODY can deny it but it doesnt have the best efficiency nor one could sleep on them and be granted a victory each time.
IT IS A LOOTABLE ZONE ONLY WEAPON... or okey maybe big wallet..
I understand your frustration but like we all do we have to adapt.
Today i could cry about the fact that i dont have enough base protection against cut + electric at the same time or not enough protection against penetration alone or i didnt mention a tier 10 club VI that would hurt in impact alone but we cant protect all fields nor cant we be godlike, adjustement, they call it balance to prevent us to sit on the edge and this way the machine is still fueled.
Vaporizer might be too powerfull in your eyes, i dont want to use them but i can definitely live with them in pvp if i have to fight it.
Last possibility for you would be to pick up a vaporizer too and blast first like cowboy used to, too slow and you are dead one with the bill to pay.
I have other things to say and will come on next post as some valid statement were made in this thread.