It was explanation of an easily replicated example to show how the weapon can be effective even at an extended range, I don’t have another way to easily illustrate that in a way someone else can easily test themselves.
You are correct in stating that you generally don’t have unobstructed LOS that far. That was…the point, the point was that Assail is perfectly capable as far out as you’d possibly have hope to generally employ in any given game. I also noted in my examples exactly what were optimal situations and what were not.
Yes, all those things you’re talking about are real. Yes, many maps have obstacles. Yes stuff attacks you. These are universal truths though that apply to every ranged weapon and ability. You being mad about there being no obstacles or actively attacking enemies in the Psykanum however when discussing Assail’s left-click ability to effectively kill targets beyond 20m (the assertion I was responding to) is silly when these things apply equally well to literally every ranged attack in the game, and it’s exactly Assail’s ease of use with all these factors present (on top of the ability to still use any normal ranged weapon) that makes it so capable, moreso than any raw killing power.
You can at least try to guide Assail shards around obstacles (and shards can penetrate and hit multiple enemies), Assail’s guidance and head-seeking means you’ll often bypass low cover that bullets or lasbolts might get blocked by, and it’s not like you need to line up iron sights and fight recoil and spread to try and hit weakspots as enemies swarm down on you. If I’ve got a moving target behind partial cover across a room, I’m going to be way more confident in Assail killing it than trying to snuff it out with a Voidstrike staff.
I still don’t see any of my “Assail ez T5 Auric clear gang”. Where are they at? You tell me.
For all this talk about how easy the game is, all I’ve been seeing lately is teamwipes and people who are too lazy to pick up P L A S T E E L.
Again, I’m only talking my own experiences. That said, I’ve noted that both myself and the overwhelmingly vast majority of other Psykers I encounter are running Assail most of the time. I can count on one hand the number of non-Assail psykers I’ve seen the last week because it’s so notable. Not sure what to tell ya on the Plasteel.