Annoyed by Aphids?

Pretty sure everyone has. There have been way too many aphid threads so ill juat say this, hopefully they get nerfed with the next update.

This is only the case when you are only facing off against the Aphid user, you also have enemies in a real situation and you dont really have the time to start walking sideways, Aphids IMO still need and a nerf and are getting a nerf

Its also because your Patton has a smaller surface area compared to many other heavies, this is why heavies take so much damage, they are slow big targets that are prime Aphid targets, and on Gold, heavies are basically all you see other than the Carnage and Galahad and the occasional Stalker or Fujin. This nerf is to make it more fair to heavies that cant sidestep Aphids as well as mediums, I sidestep Aphids most of the time but end up taking 20k-30k damage depending on when the damage wants he to take a lot of damage or not, even at 20k damage a volley, and one every 9 seconds, you can take out a level 6 Griffin in about 4.5 volleys (this is if he sidesteps EVERY volley and takes only 20k damage, the Griffin will likely die much quicker due to randomness of Aphids), you can take out a level 12 one in about 8, and you wont be able to sidestep every volley due to the situation of most battles TBH Spirals/Hydras and Aphids were a bad idea to start with

They either need better counters to Aphids other than hugging walls or just straight up nerf them, plus it might not even made been a nerf, maybe it was just people finding out about a way to decrease damage dealt by Aphids and people were calling it a nerf for some reason

I just dislike it when I am in powerplant(having buildings in the way of sidestepping sucks) or more often, is engaged with another bot.

MATHEMATICALLY TRIGGERED; surface area, no matter how much it should be the case, does not determine the hitbox. You are correct in saying that the hitbox is smaller than heavies', but no it is not the surface area that makes the Patton less hit-able.

Against shield bots, Gepard can't survive.

u hv dth wsh m9?

I wld m7 u bet

imma shrtfrnt u lk putin m7

Exactly.
But none of my medium bots without shields can dodge aphids without getting 1/3 of their health taken out. 

I hear you there- no one wants to feel like they're throwing money away.

That being said, you also have to remember that it's their job to keep the game fun and balanced. Aphids will still be great on Powerplant and Rogs are still solid from high silver through low gold - and they are testing a buff. It sucks, but the game does need to be healthy. Chasing the OP thing and throwing money at it is a distinct gamble.

As a light bot pilot is Last Stand..the aphid craze is the best thing that ever happened. Every less maggep in a clubber hangar is good for me since I dodge aphids with the greatest of ease.

Agreed with what you said.

Aphids are gold weapons. People either spend real money or farm gold to get it. If we start nerfing it weapons people did not prefer or like Aphids, this game would soon turn dull.

Yes games are supposed to be fun. I run into seal clubbers fully decked out Geps with Level 10-12 Weapons all the time and these matches usually last about 60 secs. Do I think Geps should be nerfed simply because it is unfair to me ? No. It just means I have to either purchase silver with real money or farm silver and get my weapons to Level 12 quickly or shell out real money or farm Gold to buy Geps and hit back.

If we start nerfing weapons and bots each time a select group didn't like it or felt it was unfair to them, we can pretty much nerf the entire game because someone has something to say about every weapon and every bot.

Disclaimer: I do own Aphids. I run into players with Aphids and they wiped me out good. I also run into players who rush me with Tarans, Mags, Orkans, Pinatas, etc. some had Silver Weapons and kill me good simply because they know how to use their bots, weapons and employ strategies more effectively than I did.

It is a Gold weapon for a reason otherwise it will be just like any other weapons that can be purchased with WSP or Silver.

Pardon my 2 cents opinion.

Orkans weakness = Short range, small splash radius and long reload
Zeus weakness = Useless against physical shields
Gekko weakness = Takes a while to do moderate damage, makes you easier to see for other long rangers
Ancile weakness = Useless against plasma, regen is very slow

Aphids weakness = Weak against fast bots (barely seen in Gold), damage can be reduced (somewhat) by walking horizontally to the Aphid user
Aphid strength = Very high damage against heavies, short reload time, can hit through walls (sometimes), puts enemies in cover, can shoot from behind cover (leaving user unharmed for the most part), can be put on a Gepard and you can run around and avoid death a lot of times

Basically the weaknesses to the Aphids can be countered basically by moving up to Gold, its strengths outnumber its weaknesses

I think it's ridiculous that any weapon can do this much damage without the user putting themselves at risk. It is essentially a "win button", low skill, high damage, auto targeting and safe. The mechanics alone put it far above the curve of any other weapons at the moment, the damage is extreme for the risk.
I think it's fair that any gold item should be better than silver, what is ridiculous is any player who thinks that just because they premium paid for something, that it should entitle them to win without trying.


I think this video is pretty damn relative to the playground of Walking War Robots