How (not) to deal with a Rhino

The rhino was low health too judging from the missing weap. You probably would've lost anyways though.

Anyways, this is why I don't get people complaining about the rhino. Sure, the shield is tough, so why are you shooting at the shield? Better yet, use splash in your inventory instead of trebs.

I'm guessing this was a "I'm the last Blue and it's the last minute" panic.

Lol...that's awesome. Clearly he was so terrified by you that he wanted to surrender, even after your weapons were blown off.

I can understand the "last blue bot" thought train, but...this was a lost game. Less than a minute left, down one beacon, running solo against five reds. When that's me, I attempt to deal as much damage as possible so as to at least reap a better Ag payout. Shooting shields doesn't count toward your score. Was a waste of time and effort.

I do wonder why some players are so averse to moving sideways and forcing Rhinos to unshielded or die.

My philosophy is if you can't step around him then walk over him. Parking out 100m in front peppering his shield is fruitless.

As for Zues/Trebs vs Shield bots...Seems so often that unless it's a Carnage they just forget they have a reverse gear or the ability to sidestep forcing the opponent out in to the open. My Fury spends almost no time standing still whereas in the distance they are usually like statues - the proverbial Useful Support vs Useless Camper.

Well, a full health pdb rhino will defeat a thunder plasma golem even in close range. I've done it many times. However, the rhino in the pic was low on health judging from the missing taran. It seems that the golem was a noob pilot who is inexperienced against rhinos.

Wouldn't it be funny if a Rhino would be stuck in 1st gear if its shield was blown off... I think I would go out of my way to leave the Rhino driver in such a state.

Anyway, the shield isn't really a big deal. Sure it might take some time but I probably could blast it off from the other side of Yamantau before we trekked that kilometer.

For context, the guy is saying that he could destroy a rhino shield(260k hp), with a treb gecko nat.

it can, maybe 25 mins game play

And there it is with the misleading stats once again. Did you forget about the giant center beacon in the middle of yamateau? With it around, I can effectively traverse half of that distance only getting hit once by you and receiving around half of a gecko clip.

You won't be able to hit me

Or what if I went off to the left side underneath the bridge where you can't hit me unless you're off at the far right side? It would take you half a minute just to adjust position to hit me. And even then, I'm still within half of 1km. If I'm using plasma, then it'll only take me several seconds before I'm able to hit you.

And don't give me that crap about backing up either. I'm twice as fast as you with shield up and about as fast as you with shield down. Not to mention the map limits. What are you gonna do? Walk off into the sunset in yamateau? If you do that, then you won't be able to pelt me for the "1 minute 12 seconds" if I take the under the bridge route. Remember, I don't need to be right up in your nose, only within 350m of you.

Pure stats don't matter when terrain and skill is involved.

So? You're still not able to walk off the map you know.

Actually, the plasma rhino can still take out any medium in close range combate except for a boa, carnage, and/or galahad. The galahad is screwed if it comes close in if the rhino is a db or hf and the other two are screwed if they're caught out in the open. The db rhino can eliminate a carnages shield first before shielding up and then unload the rest of its firepower intot he carnage when the carnage closes in. I've done it many times.

You still can't walk off the map, and I'm still two times faster than you.

Actually, when the rhino loses its shield, it can still use assault mode, it's just able to use its medium weapons in assault mode as well. So basically, you're letting me have twice the speed of you but still able to use my medium weapons. Check your facts mate.

Isn't this a one v one? And you can't forget that I'll have the support of my team as well, not to mention that I'm not going to be charging at the least threatening bot on the battlefield.

To who? Your actually useful teammates?

The original intent of this thread was complaining about a humorous incident I observed in-game. Not start an argument about whether or not the Rhino could walk across a map under a sniper's nose. Which, sorry that I helped contribute to.

Can we all move on please?

Rhino would still destroy the golem, it still doesn't have initial dps to take out a plasma, db, or hf rhino. Thunder orkan pinata golem on the other hand can take one out if it is close enough. Provided that it isn't a db or hf rhino.

I'm just going to say, the golem couldn't have done anything else. Run away? Thunder shield damage goes down, and if you like full on run away with your back turned he lowers shield, dead. It was tight spaced, but it seemed like the reasonable thing is to either try to go to the side and see if he attempts to turn or full on ram him.