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Post by AVC on May 26, 2020 21:02:53 GMT -5
Gusts are useless. Just saying. They may look nice with the skin but better of with something like rimes. I wonder what the logic is behind nerfing something to make it practically useless, and then make it a "reward" with a special skin LOL. ie. The cool looking Halo's, that now sit Lvl 1 in the corner of my closet. I mean useless is subjective I guess but 4x2.12 would hit hard ... but then again, 4x2.12 anything hits hard. Pix logic. Yeah, but four 2.12 Gusts at 30K damage per salvo don't hit as hard as four 2.12 Rimes at 66.5K per salvo. My Blitz has 4 Rimes at an average level of 6 (Mk 1), and they still hit harder than fully levelled Mk 2 Gusts (for salvo). Technically the extended DPS is a bit higher with the Gust, but it's doubtful you'll live that long.
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Post by AVC on May 26, 2020 20:37:34 GMT -5
Well I just found one. On Steam and not on a test server, the dude was bounding all around the map at unnatural speeds, sometimes from beacon to beacon or player to player so he could land on people with the Mercury. Racked up the most points, beating out Champion league players, with his amazingly underpowered hanger. Steam Player ID: VWTTCT (PizzaTime2004) Funnily enough. One day after I post about hardly ever seeing hackers, I see this guy. Twice. I did report him, hopefully a few others did too.
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Post by AVC on May 26, 2020 8:36:38 GMT -5
I bought the last one, and my nifty new Blitz is kicking booty!
As soon as I saw Gusts I though, really? Not even a bot.
Is the amount of Pt the same at 600 for the Paid Path? Not sure.
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Post by AVC on May 26, 2020 8:27:39 GMT -5
Was this guy's name Pizza something on FBGR?
I had him in my match twice. Not only unlimited cooldown, but flying everywhere.
I reported him to Pix, but their email system is crap compared to PUBG (who actually take it fairly seriously)
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Post by AVC on May 25, 2020 5:15:14 GMT -5
Back in the Griffin days, Dead City was a Reds Slaughterhouse. I could defend that CB with my DB Griff all day long.
These days I run a lot of top-mounted weps so the ramps on Moon are helpful. And the tunnel is good cover when there is a lot of flying bots about
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Post by AVC on May 25, 2020 5:08:47 GMT -5
Here is a complicated one.
If you're shooting at a tethered Leech with a Retaliator Noodles, which has defence mitigation, AND healing the tethered bot at the same time, who will die first?
Of course, it depends.
Might have to go Leech hunting in Noodles and find out.
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Post by AVC on May 25, 2020 4:55:42 GMT -5
What's everyone's thoughts on quad Rupture? The rationale is that this bot needs cover to survive, but has the necessary speed and size to duck in and out. The tactic would be to start in cover and: Heal>disposal>leave cover>unload>return to cover>repeat This way, you're only exposing your noodle momentarily and not having to multitask. The issue with retaliators is that while it beats MG AMs, you won't be able to go toe to toe with Arthurs. The MGs, on paper, still give out the highest damage. About 4 times the cycle damage, and nearly 10 times the DPS. The reload time of the rupture is pretty high. If the ruptures were a 600m range the trade off might be worthwhile. This is why the plasma Mings are so OP. They have air superiority, PLUS the 600m range. At least the MGs do double damage to physical shields. Although with Arthur and his one million plus shield it's still a task.
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Post by AVC on May 25, 2020 0:51:22 GMT -5
It's one thing you don't really see much (or any) of in this game. Which is one of the good things about it.
When we ran our COD4 server, we had to have staff on around the clock. We would ban so many hackers and cheaters it was insane.
Sometimes we would adjust the server gravity for fun, which is hilarious.
I used to play a bit of PUBG too, but it's half full of cheaters too. They have a good reporting system, but I would have to report someone for at least every 4 hours of gameplay. Sad people these hackers.
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Post by AVC on May 22, 2020 1:00:00 GMT -5
I mean why even try ?fluffernutter? us for wanting to test out new meta bots in a balanced environment right? What is this Balanced Environment you speak of?
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Post by AVC on May 21, 2020 2:00:08 GMT -5
I do appreciate the OP, and I like the suggestions. It's all a bit moot, though.
The 'fix' to Titans will be Supertitans. Attainable under a new currency (blood diamonds), these monstrosities will dwarf current poxy Titans. Instead of hardpoints, they will have actual Titans for limbs. Arthurs for legs, Kids for arms and an Au Ming for a head.
Ah no (I hope), I like the two limit idea in the OP. Very easy to implement on a first come first serve basis, and would allow more tactical support. For example, healer bots dropping in to keep a precious titan alive. It would allow the possibility (if not probability) of 3 bots cooperating to take down, say, an Au Ming. I had a game against 4 Au MIngs a while ago; all at the same time. Not sure if they were maxed, but their plasma shots cracked my ?fluffernutter?ing laptop screen.
I didn't enjoy that game.
OK, that is seriously the funniest thing I have read all week! I'm guessing your game looked something like this:
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Post by AVC on May 21, 2020 1:38:34 GMT -5
SO I have been banned for a week and I'm too lazy to find my threads so here is what has happened. I got to level 30!!! In less than 3 Weeks!!! Pretty impressive if you ask me. I also got to Expert 3. I got my 5th slot. I remember doing a thread about what chest I should open so right now I have 700 tokens saved up for the anniversary crate and 989 for the keys. Next, I remember doing a thread about the operation pass and I am currently halfway through rank 35. I got my kid to level 4 and upgraded one of the weapons. I also promoted all my pilots 1 rank. The end. No one missed me though and no one asked for this so I am sorry. I apologize.
Joking of course, no idea why you were banned, but I hope it had nothing to do with hamsters.
Yeaaaah, I got some bad news for you....
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Post by AVC on May 21, 2020 1:12:56 GMT -5
Typical females, they're all driving small bots!
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Post by AVC on May 21, 2020 1:03:30 GMT -5
Ming already breaks the game so I wouldn’t put it past them The Ming is starting to break the game IMO. Ability is one aspect but the other is its proliferation. One or two hugely OP items encountered every now and then wont break the game. When they are multiples of them constantly than there is an issue. Yeah, I played a game last night where the entire team launched Ao Juns first bot out, giving out enough damage to ALL run the Mings up the flagpole 2nd bot out. It was a bloodbath, lol. One of the biggest problems is not so much the OP nature of the bot itself, after all, it's easy to see, and easy to hit (catches a lot of bullets). Has similar HP to other Titans with no shield. However, the air superiority factor is huge, it makes some cover useless, it can hover basically out of bounds, and has visibility of pretty much every single red.
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Post by AVC on May 21, 2020 0:56:12 GMT -5
What if he put it on a red cap? And a whooooooole lot of fake tan? Here's an idea. What if the SC gave you a choice out of a handful of different things? Yes, unheard of, I know!!
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Post by AVC on May 20, 2020 5:28:50 GMT -5
I wonder if there will be another Mass Exodus? These days it's the mass Glacier. Much more fire power, lol
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Post by AVC on May 20, 2020 5:21:42 GMT -5
4 Heavy out of 6 slots (T Falc) 4 Medium 4 Light
A balanced weapon load, lol
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Post by AVC on May 19, 2020 5:32:36 GMT -5
Depends on your play style too.
I run mine with 4 Rimes (all Sinisters, lol), and it work great as an ambusher. Unload and run away. Also handy if your bot isn't levelled up much and has low HP.
The reload on the Rimes is great to so even once the burst is over they still fire at a reasonable rate.
At the end of the day for close combat you cannot beat the Blazes for sheer damage output. I intend to put two on my Phantom but that is a few weeks away.
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Post by AVC on May 19, 2020 5:24:03 GMT -5
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Post by AVC on May 18, 2020 2:22:05 GMT -5
If you had launched that Ravana over the edge it would have been epic!
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Post by AVC on May 18, 2020 1:45:16 GMT -5
Got 800 or so Pt. Originally I was saving for the Ao Ming, but hoping to get a freebie one with the chest. Didn't happen. Got a free Noodle.
Seems to be a pretty good team player, and the Mings are a bit of an obvious target.
I already have the Arthur, and one plasma Alpha weapon, the rest are MGs
Anyone played it a lot, it is as good as the Minge, or just different?
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Post by AVC on May 18, 2020 1:39:36 GMT -5
I technically have a clan. It's got 18 members I think.
One of which is actually active. Which would be me.
I now seem to be getting these clan tasks for free stuff, not sure how more active members would help that.
It's difficult in my timezone to have players on at the same time, that aren't already in a clan, or noob.
My clan rank seems to be climbing slowly though... not sure how the calcs work
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Post by AVC on May 18, 2020 1:32:42 GMT -5
I think it would be funny to have a paint job to make Nodens look like a red lantern like the ones outside ramen shops in japan. It'll be here next week. A mere 5000 gold
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Post by AVC on May 18, 2020 1:30:16 GMT -5
Wish we got this stuff on amazon too. Or FBGR, which might be the same thing. It would be easy money/Au/Ag/etc
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Post by AVC on May 18, 2020 1:24:00 GMT -5
It would be a hell of a nerf. Here are the numbers (as usual, level 9) for a full salvo. All the cryo weps are 4.3 seconds, the Orkan and Exodus is 4 seconds. Rime - 41,280 Cryo - 51,600 Orkan - 37,800 Glacier - 98,000 Exodus - 64,400 So, the nerf would have to huge to bring it back to Orkan level. Hell, a Rime is better than an Orkan right now. Glacier is off the chart. IDK where you got your numbers when level 1 exo was 40k and glacier 45k. Something ain't right there. RightOn, you are right on! I get all my numbers from the wiki, most of the wep data for L9 I transpose to a spreadsheet. So the Exodus was older data. There was 10% buff earlier. I have edited to reflect to correct values. Thanks for the heads up! I may keep using my Exodus for a while yet. But those Orkans have got to go!
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Post by AVC on May 17, 2020 20:29:07 GMT -5
I just got mine, and am having a bit of fun with it.
You really have to have your teamwork hat on to make it effective.
Funny thing, I was taking some damage in it, and got the message saying "legs damaged". err, there are no legs.
I won mine in the 1K crate, actually wanting the Ming. The question is, do I buy the Ming or pour that saved Pt into Noodles?
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Post by AVC on May 17, 2020 20:07:36 GMT -5
It's great ambusher, especially with Storms. Gets you right up and personal real quick.
I just retired mine as the Storms weren't levelled up enough. With freeze rockets it would be fine, and you don't need to be at point blank for that.
The Rush can either close the distance right up, or be used to zap in and out of cover, depending on weapon load out.
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Post by AVC on May 17, 2020 19:58:56 GMT -5
Maxed plasma Mings certainly dominate. But maxed hangers have always been around, "average" Mings can be brought down pretty easy though.
With a bit of teamwork you can flank an Arthur.
The Kid is just like the old Ancilot. A big bullet magnet.
I think longer range weapons on stealthed bots is a good counter, maybe I should put the Goons on my Ao Jun
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Post by AVC on May 17, 2020 19:53:16 GMT -5
This is just my opinion, but players that run a 1 bot hangar in higher leagues are pretty much tankers in my eyes. They contribute very little overall to the chance of a team winning the match, sure a T-falc will probably last longer than most bots but is cannon fodder when the Titans come out anyway. Another way to look at it, is if you have one supremely powerful build, you don't need the rest. In my main hanger, I have an Ao Jun, and a T-Falc. The rest are just throwaways. The new Rime Blitz is coming along, but the Inquistior/Haechi (just retired), and Kumiho (capper) last about 5 seconds. I may as well run a 2 bot hanger and play more carefully. Unless I preserve those two I don't always get the Titan out. Welcome back Fruno!
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Post by AVC on May 17, 2020 19:44:12 GMT -5
It would be a hell of a nerf. Here are the numbers (as usual, level 9) for a full salvo. All the cryo weps are 4.3 seconds, the Orkan and Exodus is 4 seconds.
Rime - 41,280
Cryo - 51,600 Orkan - 37,800
Glacier - 98,728 Exodus - 84,720
So, the nerf would have to huge to bring it back to Orkan level. Hell, a Rime is better than an Orkan right now. Glacier is off the chart.
EDITED!!: Exodus data was older. Must have been the pre-buff value. Still, the Glacier beats it in any case
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Post by AVC on May 17, 2020 9:37:30 GMT -5
I know. The Rimes are more powerful than Orkans. The Glacier beat the Exodus by around 50%, AND it has freeze. It's crazy! I am levelling my Blitz/Rime and it's a mini powerhouse. Not sure about the Glacier yet. (Level 1 stats) Glacier 17s reload 45k burst Exodus 22s reload 40k burst (L5) Pinatas 15s 13k Rime 17s 27k (L5) Orkan 20s 26k Cryo 17s 34.5k Note that unload times vary by a sec or 2 Yep, I remember being able to take down a Lance with Pinatas. These days all they do is scorch the paint. And than Lance (if was Ancilot) was a killing machine all it's own with two Orkans. When you're using a Medium weapon that has LESS power than a light, it's time to change. Upgrade anyone? Pix says yes please!
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