This thread shall include various tips for both driving and gunning the Rocket Hog. I am convinced this vehicle can pull almost as many kills as the gauss, we just have to figure out how. After a few nights of voting vortex every chance we got, Criporc and I have begun to harness the true power of the rocket hog, one game we got 24 kills with it.
I am ranked number 3 on HaloTracker for rocket hog kills, and I'm not far from number 2. This is only because I made a point to play Vortex, and I always knew when the RH would spawn. With this turret, practice is key.
I do not have any tips that will suddenly have you getting 30 kills a game, but I can offer a few helpful hints to help you along with your practice.
-Don't bite off more than you can chew: You and you drivers should try to single out vehicles and personnel. The delay between volleys means that a group of people of vehicles could kill you before you ever got to even engage more than one of them. I have only just begun getting more comfortable engaging multiple targets with one volley, so when you start, keep it simple. One foot soldier is hard enough to kill when you are first getting the hang of it.
-Be aware of what is going on on the map: Criporc and I have been using the sensor mod, yes BOTH of us. This eliminates a lot of the chatter and confusion associated with the driver trying to tell the gunner where stuff is. We both know at the same time that the wraith it just around the next corner, or that we have a hog coming our way, or a group of people by A. We are on the same page from the get-go.
-Keep your distance: I like to engage targets at medium range, far enough that a sticky is going to have to be thrown very well, but not so far that hitting someone directly with one of the rockets is too hard. The better you get, the further your driver can stay away. Stay BR auto aim distance away from the wraith, its an easy target with the rockets, and you are a hard target with its main gun. Get closer to hogs and ghosts because they are more agile, and are very little threat if you blow them up with your first or maybe second volley, but not so close that splash from the rockets and the explosion of the other vehicle damage your hog. I have not had much trouble with damaging the hog when we drive past rocks on the map, the splash on the rockets is limited.
-aim for the knees: Your goal is to kill the foot soldier by direct impact with the rocket, this is the fastest and most effective way to do it. However, you don't always get that direct hit, so by aiming for the knees the rockets should hit close enough to the ground to hopefully kill him with splash or weaken him so someone else can kill him, or you can finish him off.
-Practice Practice Practice: I am not going to get into detail about spreading the rockets out, or shooting people out of the air because the only way to improve on those is to practice it and figure it out on your own. I am now getting to the point where I am getting cross map shots and shooting enemies out of the air, but that is after countless failed attempts and blown up hogs. This thing isn't point and shoot like the gauss, it takes some time to even become effective.
This is all I have to offer as of right now, maybe Criporc, Lars, or PirateSolo have more to offer from a driver's perspective.