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Tank cannon shells have the same penetrative capabilities, are unlocked on Nauvis, and can easily be grinded up to uncommon and epic quality for that extra DMG. Haven't tried them on big demolishers yet, so maybe they end up not being enough?
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That happened to me at first as well. What made it feasible was to reconsider how I was approaching the fights
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literally: approaching a worm's tail, while keeping the head as far away from me as possible, let me kill the worm before its cloud and eruption attacks ever reached me! Took about 4-5 rare uranium cannon shells to kill it in around 5 seconds, tops.
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I just got my physical weapon damage to level 16 and they die easy now. Oh and I switched from explosive uranium shells to normal uranium shells. Also three or four exoskeletons on the tank to make it zippy
Clearly you haven't done enough research.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Use the railgun from Aquilo and shoot down the length so one shot penetrates multiple body segments :::
::: spoiler spoiler Tank cannon shells have the same penetrative capabilities, are unlocked on Nauvis, and can easily be grinded up to uncommon and epic quality for that extra DMG. Haven't tried them on big demolishers yet, so maybe they end up not being enough? :::
My tank gets destroyed before i can do any damage.
That happened to me at first as well. What made it feasible was to reconsider how I was approaching the fights
::: spoiler spoiler literally: approaching a worm's tail, while keeping the head as far away from me as possible, let me kill the worm before its cloud and eruption attacks ever reached me! Took about 4-5 rare uranium cannon shells to kill it in around 5 seconds, tops. :::
I just got my physical weapon damage to level 16 and they die easy now. Oh and I switched from explosive uranium shells to normal uranium shells. Also three or four exoskeletons on the tank to make it zippy
I haven't traveled to other planets yet.
I just make a blueprint of a regular turret that has 5 mags in... Then plop it down 100 times
Nukes just piss them off, 0/10 do not recommend.