When I see Ember on the battlefield... ... ...

So far I am only encountering around 1 - 2 ember user in 10 matches. I am in Expert league. 

So, not going to go into LQ anytime soon. I don't believe leaving 1 - 2 matches out of 10 will get me into LQ. But if ember is becoming prevalent enough at my league, I hope LQ will be more fun then. Well as long as they have lesser ember user in LQ :/

There is no arguing the Ember is over powered, but that's the game now.  Either pay ridiculous sums of money to have the best kit, or don't and do one of three things:

1. Accept it, soldier on and likely get very frustrated
2. change your playing style and hangar to steer clear of top tier and play against similarly matched bots
3. quit the game altogether

Personally, I like number two best.

What you're doing will likely land you in LQ, where I am guessing you'll see even more embers than you currently do.

 

Own one and find yourself the target of every long range or mid-range weapon?

Yes, the Ember is a nasty weapon. I’ve only come up against one once, and unfortunately I was in a Thunder Raijin. However, let’s take a look at a few things.

- Ember Lancelot. Yes, it’s deadly. Yes, it has physical shields. But if you have an Ember, you don’t have an Ancile, so anyone with mid-range splash is going to have a field day against you, and anyone with Molots/Punishers isn’t going to be that unhappy either. On open maps on TDM or Domination, you’re probably dead.
- Ember Leo. Tonne of health and a few light weapons as back-up. But no shields, fairly slow, and no access to Orkans/Tarans.
- Ember Raijin. Good luck getting into range with full health on anything but Beacon Rush. Powerful if you can ambush someone, but probably rocket-fodder on most maps at higher tiers.
- Ember Carnage. Possibly very, very deadly. But if you’re in range to use the Embers, the enemy is in range with plasma and has already been in range with Zeus/Trebs/Gekkos, all of which are nightmare-inducing for Carnages.
- Ember Fury. If it gets in range, it will massacre anything except maybe a good Dash pilot. But it’s slow and bulky, and is going to be a rather high priority target.
- Ember Natasha. Basically the same as the Ember Fury, but cheaper and gives more options with the light slots as well, although less brutal damage.
- Ember Vityaz/Golem/Boa. I’d love to see one of these, even if it wrecks me. But if you’re crying about any loadout on a Medium Ag bot, then that seems a little ridiculous, no?
- Ember Schutze. Funny idea, but not something we’re going to see. And I’m sure the hilarity of being killed by a Schutze is the annoyance of dying in that case.
- Ember Butch. Not sure on the reload/cycle times, but might be able to do good damage if the times match up. However it’s fairly slow and apparently fairly fragile, so not a great bot to be diving into close-range with.
- Ember Inquisitor. Probably the only bot that makes the Ember seem OP. Yes, it no longer has the shields a Lancelot would have. But stealth and jump means it is probably more likely to make it into combat with more health, and the stealth is a nightmare in a firefight.

So yes, an Ember-wielding bot will cause a hell of a lot of damage under the right circumstances. But it’s limited to a few builds if you want to make the most of it, and there are ways to outplay those builds.

It’s new, it’s scary, it’s powerful. But there will be counter-tactics. But look on the bright side: it can’t be mounted on a Dash bot.

Can't help but LOL.  

How many dragon slaying knights have you known??  

Since there is no basis for a rational conversation here, I will simply point out that Shrek fought a dragon and had only a tin suit and a donkey

Edit:  Following your rationale, I will point out that a knife can penetrate kevlar, where as many small caliber bullets cannot.  Yet, as the saying goes, you don't bring a knife to a gun fight.  

Keep a mid range bot ( grif with tumblas pins) and kill it from dist...griff with tumblas and pins could work in almost all maps I guess unless u are in too high league where it’s full of dashes specially ..works against kumiho ,bulgasari and inquisitor too if u keep a distance and play smartly

I go at them like any other red. They draw a lot of attention, too, so you'll have help unless you've wandered away by yourself somewhere. Even Forrest Gump knew that in combat it's not good to be alone. He went and found Bubba anyway tho.

Ember Schutze = return of the Death Ostrich?

Ember/Taran Boa could actually be a good choice. Small profile makes it harder to hit, it has a lot of health, and it may have the element of surprise because most people don’t look at a Boa and worry about it being a major threat (in comparison to seeing a bot with an Ancile, or a bot that can jump/Dash). Ember/Taran/Magnum Golem might be quite good for corner-shooting the Ember, which could be fairly brutal.

whatever the reason, you are ruining and wasting ~10min of eleven other people, by intentionally leaving a battle.   I suggest just stop playing until Ember is nerfed to your satisfaction.  

My point is that medium Ag bots have a tonne of disadvantages. None of them have built in physical shields or anciles. None of them have any special abilities. They have inferior firepower to heavy bots, but are worse at beacon-capping than most medium bots (and some heavy bots). With the exception of the Boa, most of them are fairly weak in terms of HP. If you’re complaining about them, then there’s probably something wrong, no matter the loadout they have.

Well I just got my first. I am thinking of putting it with my Leo.

You could always stay out of 350m range.. Embers do melt, but you can hammer those ember-wielders too.

But if you do insist on dropping the match and not care if you end up in LQ, then good luck. Don't bend over too much, you'll just get rear-ended hard.

I know people keep joking about pix inventing a weapon that kills everyone on the field but 「fluffernutter」 me if they haven't actually done it. Fire off an ember and apparently half of you would quit!

I think the ember is way OP, but if you are looking for realism,  that's basically what a flamethrower would do.

They (of Molotov cocktail bottles) are used against tanks because the liquid would infiltrate the armour somewhere and hopefully start an internal fire and it's arguable the flame wouldn't be bothered by an electromagnetic field. Now, modern tanks are much better protected than WW2 ones (most are supposedly air tight to withstand a chemical attack), but, in practice they are still vulnerable, especially after having been hit by non penetrating shots that might have shaken things a bit apart.

Now, if we want to talk about the distance that flame can go and the absence of dispersion, then... yeah, sorcery.