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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 9, 2018 16:27:27 GMT -5
Long story short, I was hanging around in masters 1 and champion up until orkan spectre arrive. I did the smart thing at the time: played every game to my best, used all my properly levelled bots and weapons, and I lost league points. I mean a lot...
Well, I’m back and though it’s an interesting experience now that other champ players know me better, there’s still too much use of boosters and money for me at 5032 to even consider pushing further up in leagues. (IMHO it should start getting hard 5100-5500) I can’t and won’t even try to compete. I’ve earned my place among whales ? as a dolphin ?, however variety is the spice of my life.
What does this mean? It’s time for my second “what bot do you want to see in champion?”. Seriously. I will run a exodus shutze (9/9) to my best ability and see how many kills I can get.
I need a full hangar (or two) of old school bots and setups, so what do you think I should put in my hangar?
Have you ever wanted to see how a zeus carnage fares in champion? Mines 9/12. Shredder/magnum x2 gepard? Ancile/orkan/piñata golem? Pick something up to spectre era and I’ll run it with a video dedicated to you.
Thanks,
Too School
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Post by Joopiter on Nov 9, 2018 16:30:00 GMT -5
5 x Rog!
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 9, 2018 16:34:09 GMT -5
5x videos on one rogatka? ?. I neglected that guy so bad though he had potential. What setup you want to see on him? Or just all of em ? |
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Post by kamikazejohnson on Nov 9, 2018 16:49:14 GMT -5
Thunder/Storm/Gust Golem
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 9, 2018 17:47:47 GMT -5
that is by far the hardest setup to get good videos on, I think I tried last time and no matter the battle I always lost. Golem almost has to be run with an Ancile in champion in my opinion. Too many tulumbas and hydra. I will add it though. |
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Post by kamikazejohnson on Nov 9, 2018 17:57:12 GMT -5
that is by far the hardest setup to get good videos on, I think I tried last time and no matter the battle I always lost. Golem almost has to be run with an Ancile in champion in my opinion. Too many tulumbas and hydra. I will add it though. Pretty much needs to be MkII 12 to even have a chance too, I'd guess. |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 9, 2018 18:01:58 GMT -5
that is by far the hardest setup to get good videos on, I think I tried last time and no matter the battle I always lost. Golem almost has to be run with an Ancile in champion in my opinion. Too many tulumbas and hydra. I will add it though. Pretty much needs to be MkII 12 to even have a chance too, I'd guess. not even that. With so much stealth going on you have to be actually following a teammate around and helping them out. I tried running it alone (close to the levels I have now) and it was a death sentence. If you aren’t following an ancilot that setup is screwed, but together they’re better than the sum of the parts. So it’s situational. Kinda like a jesse with aphids backing up a tulumbas magnum rhino, together they’re much better than separate. |
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Post by eco on Nov 9, 2018 18:03:03 GMT -5
Hey I am at the same spot. Ios? I‘d like to see a hover shredder tulumbas. Will give you some fun action videos.
... or is it legacy bots or only?
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 9, 2018 18:04:11 GMT -5
Hey I am at the same spot. Ios? I‘d like to see a hover shredder tulumbas. Will give you some fun action videos. ... or is it legacy bots or only? shredder tulus hover has been added to the lineup ? yes iOS Imho shredder is best used with something like tarans. It’s cone of fire is centered around 350m or so |
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Post by zombiewolf907 on Nov 9, 2018 20:51:41 GMT -5
I do not believe there is any difference between 5001 and up. Once in Champions League you get matched as a Champion. I do believe there are variations in MM based on your winning percentage but not necessarily on your total rank. (I still believe you are secretly boosted when your winning percentage gets too low or it seems that way) At least I heve never seen a difference. Never been much higher than 5800 though.
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 10, 2018 6:31:27 GMT -5
I do not believe there is any difference between 5001 and up. Once in Champions League you get matched as a Champion. I do believe there are variations in MM based on your winning percentage but not necessarily on your total rank. (I still believe you are secretly boosted when your winning percentage gets too low or it seems that way) At least I heve never seen a difference. Never been much higher than 5800 though. I remember it used to be that way, better results with a lower percent win, however I’ve been steady around 34% win which is roughly where it used to kick in. I’m really not seeing that now, but I have for a few months now had a feeling they messed with matchmaker, so who knows... |
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Post by kukurukukuk on Nov 10, 2018 10:39:48 GMT -5
I'd be interested to see any Hover setup in action to be honest. Pick the one you do best with.  It is in my plans to bring my first Hover to lvl 9 and see what I can do with it in champions. ... Well, I’m back and though it’s an interesting experience now that other champ players know me better, there’s still too much use of boosters and money for me at 5032 to even consider pushing further up in leagues. (IMHO it should start getting hard 5100-5500) I can’t and won’t even try to compete. I’ve earned my place among whales ? as a dolphin ?, however variety is the spice of my life. ... In a somewhat related note, I have gathered some low champions data that is very interesting to look at. You'll be surprised to see what junior champion pilots use to reach the top league. Results will be published soon!
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 10, 2018 10:47:44 GMT -5
I plan on doing another one after this to feature the golem better. Scroll to the 2 minute mark Of note is tulus - 12 shredder - 7 Thunder - mk2 11 Storm - 10 Gust - 9 |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 10, 2018 11:13:37 GMT -5
I'd be interested to see any Hover setup in action to be honest. Pick the one you do best with. It is in my plans to bring my first Hover to lvl 9 and see what I can do with it in champions. ... Well, I’m back and though it’s an interesting experience now that other champ players know me better, there’s still too much use of boosters and money for me at 5032 to even consider pushing further up in leagues. (IMHO it should start getting hard 5100-5500) I can’t and won’t even try to compete. I’ve earned my place among whales ? as a dolphin ?, however variety is the spice of my life. ... In a somewhat related note, I have gathered some low champions data that is very interesting to look at. You'll be surprised to see what junior champion pilots use to reach the top league. Results will be published soon!
I liked higher level tarans the most. it didn’t always last long on hover, but it fires where I want it to. I can even lock onto another target off to the side and use that as a free aim to fire on a mostly hidden enemy. (The guy sticking one orkan out to fire at you while recharging others.) Scourge can’t do that, which is why I still carry both. Also of note, scourge at 75m and level 10 seems equivalent to a lvl 11 Taran at 345m. One is a safer distance on short range maps (scourge is better on long maps). I gotcha on variable hover and aforementioned Rog setups. and I am interested in more data, though I have noticed people saying they achieved champ with level 9 gear. Sure, if I made an entirely dedicated hangar for one mode, I could do the same, of course I would have to be selfish too like someone else mentioned earlier. I play solo random only. I do have something ‘cooking in the oven’ so don’t discount anything yet. Others may yet see a full Pi Family Champion Squad. |
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Post by kamikazejohnson on Nov 10, 2018 11:45:26 GMT -5
I plan on doing another one after this to feature the golem better. Scroll to the 2 minute mark Of note is tulus - 12 shredder - 7 Thunder - mk2 11 Storm - 10 Gust - 9 Nice. Digging the funky soundtrack I ran a Shottie Golem up to Diamond League; retired it when I got my Spectre. Didn't usually live long, but it could make a huge impact on the battle before it died, often racking up 3-4 kills in less than a minute. Favourite task was clearing the Reds out of Center Beacon on Valley. |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 11, 2018 14:31:52 GMT -5
I plan on doing another one after this to feature the golem better. Scroll to the 2 minute mark Of note is tulus - 12 shredder - 7 Thunder - mk2 11 Storm - 10 Gust - 9 Nice. Digging the funky soundtrack I ran a Shottie Golem up to Diamond League; retired it when I got my Spectre. Didn't usually live long, but it could make a huge impact on the battle before it died, often racking up 3-4 kills in less than a minute. Favourite task was clearing the Reds out of Center Beacon on Valley. I got some more Golem video but this one is interesting, I counted 16 shots total to a spectre just now, got it recorded too, and nothing hurt it. I’ll upload it in a minute or five so you can check it out. |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 11, 2018 15:27:55 GMT -5
Shots weren’t hitting. Something i have noticed before but never recorded when it’s so obvious. I just noticed I saw no enemy indicators either once I dropped into hover so I prolly will turn this one in for pixo to go over.
If I didn’t know better, id even call em cheaters using lag-switch devices so that my shots don’t count. You can tell obvious times when they take no damage at all up until the end of the game.
That’s not good press for TB or Pixo on iOS...
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Post by 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖍 on Nov 12, 2018 15:47:42 GMT -5
I ran that in Champions League for quite awhile. I used to be able to walk through a Thunder/Carnage like they were ghosts. Swapped it out for a storm/gust/gust Galahad, needed the shield to hide from the sucktrains. |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 13, 2018 18:00:35 GMT -5
I ran that in Champions League for quite awhile. I used to be able to walk through a Thunder/Carnage like they were ghosts. Swapped it out for a storm/gust/gust Galahad, needed the shield to hide from the sucktrains. and even with the nerf they’re still deadly. I get picked on by hydra spectre more now than shocktrain. Those things are deadly serious too and more of a threat with a experienced pilot than shocktrain are. Have you ever tried two aphid, and a orkan on your Galahad? Pretty fun little setup for annoying and baiting stealthers. You can also walk partially up a ramp, and shoot both aphids and orkans without them being able to shoot you back in many circumstances. It’s great for the moon and yamantau |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 13, 2018 18:10:34 GMT -5
More videos inbound!
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 13, 2018 18:55:34 GMT -5
The good fights for this one are the other bots I end up using, I really am not that good with rog. But I bet I would be better if I was using a game pad for my iPad. It requires multiple close button movements to use rogatka effectively: like jumping, firing and turning at the same time. Gamepad material aka high skill ceiling. I saw one enemy across the way when I jumped, I was setting myself up to go around a corner on that inquisitor. Too late did I see that scourge spectre. Lessons learned at 4:33 - 0-1:20 Rog - |
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Post by 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖍 on Nov 14, 2018 8:52:33 GMT -5
I ran that in Champions League for quite awhile. I used to be able to walk through a Thunder/Carnage like they were ghosts. Swapped it out for a storm/gust/gust Galahad, needed the shield to hide from the sucktrains. and even with the nerf they’re still deadly. I get picked on by hydra spectre more now than shocktrain. Those things are deadly serious too and more of a threat with a experienced pilot than shocktrain are. Have you ever tried two aphid, and a orkan on your Galahad? Pretty fun little setup for annoying and baiting stealthers. You can also walk partially up a ramp, and shoot both aphids and orkans without them being able to shoot you back in many circumstances. It’s great for the moon and yamantau I'll have to tried out the aphids on him. I ran Orkan/Pinatas for a while but opted for a little more range to avoid Orkans and Pinatas. |
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Post by TooSchoolForCool on Nov 17, 2018 10:02:10 GMT -5
It’s mostly golem at mid range, some short range boa with ember scourge after
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