Aphids Update

Aphids aren't OP. As I have stated on multiple platforms, including my clan chat, Griffins are a tad too squishy for knife fighting. And aphids can be dodged like nobody's buisness if you are aware of your surroundings. Heck, I've killed aphid gels in my stalker and left without a scratch

I noticed with gareth speed buff i am avoiding aphids hell lot more and they don't really hurt or damage me like before patch.

Before a Aphid patton would kill my gareth.

Now they can't hit me and i kill them.

I don't use aphids.

But as gareth bot user i can say your wasteing your time shooting them at gareth bot now .

They ain't getting much height now. Thanks again PIX!

Working as intended.

Yeah, Powerplant very quickly changed from my favourite to my least enjoyed map after Aphids started becoming popular again. Just Aphids flying everywhere suppressing all movement, only Stalkers can get anywhere without being molested.

I started running an Aphid Gep in my hangar just for PP and it's been so effortlessly simple there. Lots of free damage without ever having to face real danger, you can easily last 7min in the same bot and come in top 3 damage with just that single Aphid Gep. (And my Aphids aren't even that high-levelled yet.) It feels even more OP and untouchable than a 3T Fury on Canyon.

Intended or not, the game already has 5 other "line of site" weapon systems. I clearly do not have the finesse to utilize this weapon after this update. I'll be going back to the longer range weapons now. Just saying.

You have to shoot a heavy bot lots of times with spirals to kill it...not even close in terms of hitting power to most weps.  Aphids even with reduced accuracy pack a punch.

Although I guess if you can't aim, spirals, zenith and noricums might be the only weps you can use in this game.

There is such a thing as being too good an upgrade.

No it's not the same thing. Nobody else is affected by you having a faster car. Bringin aphids pre nerf is like bringing a gun to a knife fight. Nobody really stood a chance. Even when you have multiple enemies. Now, post nerf, it's more like bringing a sword to a knife fight. It's still more powerful than the other weapons, but a sufficiently skilled player can beat someone using it.

As I understand that on Android the Aphid nerf has already taken effect. I am still savaging people with them, however they are not the effortless point and chuck from before. Also, taking them square on the shield significantly cuts down the damage but you need enough skill to point your shield so that they hit square.

What do you mean IF? Last few days I've noticed that aphids COMPLETELY bypass my Lance's frontal shields, even fired from in front of me. Doesn't hit the shields at all. At all.

Just finished a match with some turd running level 1 pattons and all level 11 aphids. One shot took my Lance with full health to around 40 percent. The was no cover and dash was on cool down. I brought out my Fujin next and he blindsided me again, took me to around 30 percent. Threw up my shield at full strength and the aphids wiped the shield and Fujin both on next volley.

Then I brought my Griffin out. Know what sucks when you're running level 1 pattons? Some maniac in a Griffin sitting in your spawn after blowing your head off. He did over 600k damage but lost the match.

Aphids are pretty sick. Against Lance? Death. They ignore the shield Every. Single. Time.

Otherwise I have no problem with them. That match forced me to adapt and it was fun sneaking around corners and waiting for him to fire at me or a team mate, counting the seconds as he reloaded and dashing from point to point. And one jump from the Griffin means he isn't firing for at me for at least a few seconds more.

If a properly piloted Cossack vs so-so pilot can completely evade aphids now, I don't see why a Gareth has anything to worry about with his speed.

Fair enough but honestly I think every single missile connects. I think the arc causes them to strike just above the shields, allowing to bypass them and do full damage but I haven't seen any issues regarding accuracy. More accuracy really won't matter to a Lancelot.

As for the other shields, Rhino and Galahad shields have visibly better coverage. The Rhino shield is up high and Galahad just walks around with a brick wall covering his entire front. Those both work against Aphids pretty well in my experience.

In high gold on IOS, I have been seeing this a lot on griffins matched with orkan, Taran's. Hydra' s and tulumba's every once in a while. Also have been seeing them on rhino's, and three on Leo's, with either a Zeus or ECC.

Of course I still see them on some leveled up gep's and definitely Patton's. 

I know that 2 agile pattons can take out my Lancelot before I can get to them. And my Rhino if they can get some side shots at me. All the while hiding behind walls or other obstructions. Power plant map is a good map for them I think.

On on the yam map it seems standing at the bottom of the ramp is a viable shot to defend center beacon.

I think most people who use them are already use to their flight path, especially the ones that grew up with at spirals in the lower tiers. 

I have a patton and a gep I will use occasionally and don't mind chucking them. I'm need to better at hiding after I do.

For newer users I think it will just take a little more getting use to. Damage will remain the same and for experienced users there will only be a slight adjustment to still be annoying and devastating.

I like to chuck em hate to get hit by em 

my opinion only, take it with a grain of salt, or completely ignore it. And the way my day has been going this might not even be revelant to this thread or anybody. So I'll apologize in advance or not.

*Old man thinks he has had too many senior moments today.*