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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 1:31:09 GMT -5
So, giving into temptation I went and bought a 4th aphid to get it out of my system. Strapped them all to a patton and did this... m.imgur.com/gallery/Z7cFI2c(Img html brackets weren't working, if there is an alternate embed command please share) Aphids are definitely worthwhile again.
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Post by Zhøu™ on Nov 3, 2016 1:48:01 GMT -5
This is the screenshot shared. Nice one Tint, let me know when you're playing actively again.
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Nov 3, 2016 3:59:30 GMT -5
Post by Heishiro on Nov 3, 2016 3:59:30 GMT -5
im going to buy my 7th aphids later, 4 for gold tier and 3 for bronze
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Nov 3, 2016 4:11:28 GMT -5
Post by mauer on Nov 3, 2016 4:11:28 GMT -5
Aphids has highest Cycle DPS after Orkans and Tridents. What i dislike is basically that Pixonic powered Hydras and than Aphids which both for me kinda camper weapons. With a purpose of people spending more real money to buy them (as they did before with all British family bots).
Great that now Pattons, Gepards and Stalkers can be even more efficient against Heavy bots. But i dislike this trend of supporting camper style. Especially for Hydras.
Rush, rush and rush and then RDB and Tridents and Aphids will not have a chance.
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Post by Noreceipts400 on Nov 3, 2016 4:50:58 GMT -5
I don't really think of aphids being camper weapons, you need to get within 350m
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Nov 3, 2016 10:39:13 GMT -5
Post by Strayed on Nov 3, 2016 10:39:13 GMT -5
Dam it! Stop trying to tempt me away from the fifth slot! Lol
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Post by Neg0Pander on Nov 3, 2016 11:09:23 GMT -5
Aphids has highest Cycle DPS after Orkans and Tridents. What i dislike is basically that Pixonic powered Hydras and than Aphids which both for me kinda camper weapons. With a purpose of people spending more real money to buy them (as they did before with all British family bots). Great that now Pattons, Gepards and Stalkers can be even more efficient against Heavy bots. But i dislike this trend of supporting camper style. Especially for Hydras. Rush, rush and rush and then RDB and Tridents and Aphids will not have a chance. Ranged/Missile Weapons have always been a mainstay of Mech combat. They need to be relevant and they need to be good. Also, the day this game boils down to just one playstyle is the day it dies. I personally would love to see 10 more Mechs & 10 more weapons, even if they are just variations of the ones that we currently have, just for flavor.
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Nov 3, 2016 11:15:10 GMT -5
Post by Neg0Pander on Nov 3, 2016 11:15:10 GMT -5
Good for Pix for making a weapon that costs Au much more worth it. Now maybe the Gekko will see a buff in the future.
I've always like the idea of the Aphids, especially when they were a niche weapon that few people could use well. This little buff was much, much more effective than what Pix intended, I'll bet. Now that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, though, I kinda hate them. It's a bit TOO good now. I think it needs the final spiral loosened back up just a tad, so that a few more missiles miss when you're dodging or near cover.
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Nov 3, 2016 13:18:04 GMT -5
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Post by LeonF on Nov 3, 2016 13:18:04 GMT -5
I resurrected the light hanger for Halloween and run an Aphid-Mag-Aphid and a Mag-Aphid-Mag Gepard.
The peak damage may be lower than TriMags but they are very flexible and don't rely on pure line of sight - those runners on Yams walkways frequently find themselves whacked when they thought they were safe.
Thanks to the more reliable flight, although still not 100%, my average damage has increased nicely.
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Nov 3, 2016 13:31:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 13:31:09 GMT -5
Aphids has highest Cycle DPS after Orkans and Tridents. What i dislike is basically that Pixonic powered Hydras and than Aphids which both for me kinda camper weapons. With a purpose of people spending more real money to buy them (as they did before with all British family bots). Great that now Pattons, Gepards and Stalkers can be even more efficient against Heavy bots. But i dislike this trend of supporting camper style. Especially for Hydras. Rush, rush and rush and then RDB and Tridents and Aphids will not have a chance. Spirals are the 600m weapon and they haven't received any sort if help recently. Aphids are the Au weapons that fire 8 missiles a piece at ranges up to 350m. If you ever see a ring of missiles getting lobbed quickly, those are Aphids. Aphid does almost as much damage as an equal level Ecc thunder round.
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Nov 3, 2016 13:44:41 GMT -5
Post by Trogon on Nov 3, 2016 13:44:41 GMT -5
Now that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, though, I kinda hate them. It's a bit TOO good now. Concur. Especially on geps. At least with mag geps they have to come into the open to shoot at you. Now, unless I'm also in a Gep, I either can't get close enough or maneuver into a position where I have line of sight to fire back or can't stay far enough away before they close the distance and kill me. Anyone come up with any good counters for a tri-aaphid gep? (in high bronze/low silver)
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Post by Neg0Pander on Nov 3, 2016 15:15:51 GMT -5
Anyone else think it's funny that Aphids spiral but Spirals don't spiral?
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Nov 3, 2016 16:21:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 16:21:05 GMT -5
Now that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, though, I kinda hate them. It's a bit TOO good now. Concur. Especially on geps. At least with mag geps they have to come into the open to shoot at you. Now, unless I'm also in a Gep, I either can't get close enough or maneuver into a position where I have line of sight to fire back or can't stay far enough away before they close the distance and kill me. Anyone come up with any good counters for a tri-aaphid gep? (in high bronze/low silver) As a counter I am doing quite well with a dual Taran Rog. The jump every 10 seconds renders Aphids useless, and often enough I get them with the jump in my crosshair too. The two Tarans melt through Geps rather fast. Obviously its not a great solution, with a 2,5k gold bot that isnt much use after Silver Tier anymore...^^ (But I do enjoy reducing the increased Gep population that shows up during Halloween event).
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Nov 3, 2016 16:31:04 GMT -5
Post by Tripzter on Nov 3, 2016 16:31:04 GMT -5
Aphids are even better than most other missile weapons such as the pinatas.
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Nov 3, 2016 18:37:08 GMT -5
Post by pewpew on Nov 3, 2016 18:37:08 GMT -5
Concur. Especially on geps. At least with mag geps they have to come into the open to shoot at you. Now, unless I'm also in a Gep, I either can't get close enough or maneuver into a position where I have line of sight to fire back or can't stay far enough away before they close the distance and kill me. Anyone come up with any good counters for a tri-aaphid gep? (in high bronze/low silver) As a counter I am doing quite well with a dual Taran Rog. The jump every 10 seconds renders Aphids useless, and often enough I get them with the jump in my crosshair too. The two Tarans melt through Geps rather fast. Obviously its not a great solution, with a 2,5k gold bot that isnt much use after Silver Tier anymore...^^ (But I do enjoy reducing the increased Gep population that shows up during Halloween event). Best counter is just strafing in a trimag gep (or any sort of gep), if you are more than 200m away, aphids do almost no damage because they miss. Even closer in, strafing avoids most of the damage, and even in tier 2 you can kill the bot in one 10s aphid cycle with mags. You have to be moving at max speed at impact though. I seal club in tier 2 and usually destroy aphid geps. After the incoming gep speed nerf the situation might change dramatically though.
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Post by mauer on Nov 4, 2016 3:30:21 GMT -5
What i really liked in Aphids even before upgrade is 10 seconds refresh!
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Post by Orukal on Nov 14, 2016 16:30:52 GMT -5
As a counter I am doing quite well with a dual Taran Rog. The jump every 10 seconds renders Aphids useless... Man, I love cruising around in my Aphid Patton only to see a Cossak, Griffin, or Rogatka jump. It's all about timing, but I've gotten good at completely nailing them when they land. Once I see you jump, and if I don't have another target already lined up, I will follow you just waiting for you to jump again.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 5:05:16 GMT -5
As a counter I am doing quite well with a dual Taran Rog. The jump every 10 seconds renders Aphids useless... Man, I love cruising around in my Aphid Patton only to see a Cossak, Griffin, or Rogatka jump. It's all about timing, but I've gotten good at completely bailing then when they land. Once I see you jump, and if I don't have another target already lined up, I will follow you just waiting for you to jump again. "Cruising"? You meant "crawling" I guess... ("Following" is.also the wron term... "try to crawl closer" would be suitable...) Its good for you that you can snuff out noob pilots that jump... the one time I let an Aphid Patton hit my Rog was... well, never. Usually I jump in front/back of.them after they lobbed their rockets away and annihilate them (you do know what a double Taran at L8 does to a Patty, I guess- no reload required). Please stop with speculative scenarios... Theres always two sides to a medal... And this game is full with noobs and "willneverunderstands" - plenty of pray for all of us P.S:btw, I was talking about the Rog as a Gep counter... as an Aphid Patton Counter I'd prefer a Gep eventually... @ tinthefiend: at what level u used patton+ aphids (or better: in which tier does he belong?)
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Nov 15, 2016 5:14:34 GMT -5
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Post by CΛΜΡΞΓ™ on Nov 15, 2016 5:14:34 GMT -5
If you catch an experienced jumping pilot unaware at 350m (pretty much impossible), you can kill them with aphids, otherwise, you'll have to fbait them with 1 aphid causing them to jump, then when they land fire the other 3. If they don't jump, just fire them 1 by 1. I wouldn't be taking on a rog in an aphid Patton though anyway, far too dangerous.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 5:27:30 GMT -5
If you catch an experienced jumping pilot unaware at 350m (pretty much impossible), you can kill them with aphids, otherwise, you'll have to fbait them with 1 aphid causing them to jump, then when they land fire the other 3. If they don't jump, just fire them 1 by 1. I wouldn't be taking on a rog in an aphid Patton though anyway, far too dangerous. True you are. I felt for that once. Should've known better because I often saw good pilots doing that with Pinatas... It's somewhere on my "must practise" list
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 5:45:46 GMT -5
Five minutes later... back to repent... My Rog just got blasted by 4xAphid Patton (didnt payed attention while melting a Golem to slack). So... kotau to Orukal (Did switch into a 3xMagGep and hunted the guy down btw:P). But now I wanna Patton too... with that Samurai paint Any advice which level bot and weaps will work best?
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Post by couchtrader on Nov 15, 2016 6:00:16 GMT -5
Any advice which level bot and weaps will work best? Bronze - 4-6s Low Silver - 4-9s High Silver - 6-9s or 5 - 10/10/9/9 anything above is low gold to gold.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 7:28:47 GMT -5
Is an AphidPatton still viable in Gold? Would love to try one with level 9, but he seems like a really squishy glasscannon...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 9:44:12 GMT -5
Is an AphidPatton still viable in Gold? Would love to try one with level 9, but he seems like a really squishy glasscannon... It's best in clan play. Hugging cover while shadowing DB bots to make sure that the opposition can't scratch the paint on that Rhino/Griff.
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Post by Orukal on Nov 18, 2016 1:30:27 GMT -5
Please stop with speculative scenarios... Theres always two sides to a medal... And this game is full with noobs and "willneverunderstands" - plenty of pray for all of us If I notice a 'bot jumping, I keep my eye on him and if he jumps again, I try to time my shot for when he lands. No biggie. Noob or pro. It happens. If you plan your strategy (Against Aphid 'bots) around timing your jumps to them after they shoot their wad, then cool. Sounds like a great plan. If you manage to avoid every Aphid strike, then good for you.
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Post by Orukal on Nov 18, 2016 1:34:25 GMT -5
I wouldn't be taking on a rog in an aphid Patton though anyway, far too dangerous. I agree. I play my Patton a little on the cautious side and prefer sneak attacks, If possible. I get Taran Rogs are high on my avoid list in that 'bot.
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Post by Orukal on Nov 18, 2016 1:38:28 GMT -5
Five minutes later... back to repent... My Rog just got blasted by 4xAphid Patton (didnt payed attention while melting a Golem to slack). That's or bread and butter. Sneak or misleading attacks. Once you fire off that black smoke you tend to become a target. It's pretty common to drop someone only to see them try and track me down with their next scooter.
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