I understand that its cool and has to be a legendary.(drop to ultra rare)
but it isn’t that good, it dies easily and you almost never see one in warzone.
I’ve had the certification for a little over two months, and I’ve gotten less than 10 phaetons.
the nose and a large portion of its under side is its weak point.
which doesn’t leave much, almost any shot will hit those weak points.
I used two of the three that i’ve gotten over time and I will agree it’s a little weak but definitely cool. I feel like it’s more of a support vehicle to play with to protect one base. Similar to how the effective way to play with a tank now. Stay back and try to pick off people unless you know there’s only one or two enemies around that you can mop up quick with the chain turret.
I have the cert and a bunch as well. It gets getting used to. I still have a long way to go.
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> I used two of the three that i’ve gotten over time and I will agree it’s a little weak but definitely cool. I feel like it’s more of a support vehicle to play with to protect one base. Similar to how the effective way to play with a tank now. Stay back and try to pick off people unless you know there’s only one or two enemies around that you can mop up quick with the chain turret.
All of the vehicles are best used as support. Flat out assaults with any vechicle always results in death for the driver … Infantry is just too strong and nimble.
if the phaeton’s req card wasn’t so rare you could get more than 1-2 per month.
it dies easier than a basic banshee, but its a legendary req?
They really need to make it be able to take more hits. I used it for the first time yesterday and i got 1 sticking kill and i only have 4 of them. They will likely sit and get dusty until i have a ton of them. And try to make a push to get the commendation
I’ve never even been able to kill one, I’m level 111 play from day one and still don’t not have one.
I keep playing the campaign just so I can fly one!
Someone had one out on the last match I was in, and we were around 500 points when it was brought in. I don’t have one, but I don’t use a lot of vehicles, only when I feel like using some up.
I used one in Raid on Apex 7 and stayed alive for a little while despite getting shot at. I was trying to kill people at the Spire, and just lowered myself to a level where they couldn’t really shoot the underside (hoping that people wouldn’t jump off and try for it). I was super lucky in getting one, probably the last one I’ll see for a while…
The Phaeton is one of those OP vehicles & I completely understand why they wanted it to be a Legendary REQ, But the Phaeton can be destroyed easily, just shoot it at under neath its nose & some large potions of the aircraft & it will blow up quickly.
Last week, I was in a WZ on March on Stormbreak where I called in a plasma pistol to help take care of a few annoying ONI hogs and Ultra Ghosts, when I saw somebody in a Phaeton (not sure if he called it in, or just got lucky w/ a random vehicle). Pulled out my plasma pistol, hit it with the EMP, and pulled off the hijack. Felt like a badass, then got one kill before getting blown up by DMR fire within 20 seconds (I hijacked it out in the open and never even had a chance to get away).
So… they’re extremely vulnerable to both EMP and teamshooting with loadout weapons. When you can easily neutralize a Req LVL 8 vehicle with loadout weapons or a lvl 3 Req, there is a problem.
Just saying it’s too rare
In two months since I’ve gotten the certification
I’ve barely gotten 10.
its because its weak spot is so easy to see. Its more of a strafing air vehicle then a stationary
I agree, the Plasma Pistol tracking far away against vehicles is a bit too much. They can basically shoot you over & over so you can never use your Tank or flying vehicle. I don’t think they should lower the REQ cost of the Phaeton, but I think they should give you a Phaeton card a little more often than they do, it’s pretty ridiculous. I’d say raise the rate of getting it by 30% at least compared to what it currently is. I know the pain of that because I’m sitting at zero Phaetons & I’m simply trying to finish up the Commendation, yet I buy Gold Pack after Gold Pack with never a Phaeton on it. I mean, an Ultra Banshee is a lower REQ cost & honestly a lot better than the Phaeton. The only way the Phaeton is effective is from far away while spamming the back-up Rockets from a distance. (It’s great at taking out other vehicles if you sit back) I noticed too if people lock on to you with certain weapons, the Hydra, Rockets, etc…it’s like you can never get away from the no matter what you do. They track you a very long distance even if you warp a number of times. Kind-of diminishes the skill of using something that is such a high REQ to call in. I’d also argue the basic Mantis could be a bit better. Maybe make the rockets a bit faster traveling & accurate along with making the Stomp move actually work…it feels like it doesn’t work well compared to Halo 4.
The only phaeton’ since every gotten are from the certification, but with each I’ve gotten 10-15 kills, so I understand why the phaeton is a legendary, and so hard to get. Best time I’ve found to call one in is when the enemy team is distracted by a legendary boss.
I’m still working on my commendation kills for it and I’ve only gotten it in a few REQ cards. It seems to be a vehicle better suited to bring out when you’re dominating the enemy team. Given its rarity and how much it stands out, it will be a high priority target that people will want to take out.