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Post by FlashAhAhh on Nov 5, 2017 10:51:41 GMT -5
Dash bots everywhere, MkII with MkII weapons... Inquisitors still seem very rare?
Is it just me or is it not popular?
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Post by Replicant on Nov 5, 2017 10:53:49 GMT -5
If your gonna spend on bots, why settle for second-best?
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Post by SunTsu on Nov 5, 2017 10:54:42 GMT -5
Just expensive! They are neat if you can afford it.
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Post by darkknight on Nov 5, 2017 11:09:18 GMT -5
If it’s 1 vs 1 I believe inquisitor has upper hand but if u wanna kill bunch of peeps then Haeichi is best..I tried both of them in test server and still believe Haeichi to be better for killing enemy rob one by one just like rogata was before ( even though rog was not so op) well that depends on who plays with em..after all skill matters too a nab Haeichi player may run around at center and get himself killed thinking his bot is op
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Post by Why? on Nov 5, 2017 11:20:32 GMT -5
I can understand why. They are actually pretty balanced unlike OP Haechi. I wouldn't have run Inquisitors unless I had got two from Pix competitions.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 14:37:44 GMT -5
I don't think I've seen a single Inquisitor in live action yet. Was wondering how people like them that have them.
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Post by Anon O. Mous on Nov 5, 2017 14:54:24 GMT -5
I've only seen one or two Inquisitors in Android Diamond, and I think that they were in Expert. I can say with satisfaction that I was able to use tactics that I learned on the test server, and dispatch the Inquisitor with my lowly DB Griffin. If you can survive until it comes out of stealth, it's just as vulnerable as any Griffin in cool down mode.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 17:37:54 GMT -5
INquisitors are fast! I saw one booking it and he got way ahead of me in my Griffin. I don't know their speed, but it can be very useful for kiting and dodging rockets. Heck, even Furys are speed demons and I can't chase them down in my Griffin.
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Post by Anon O. Mous on Nov 5, 2017 17:43:24 GMT -5
INquisitors are fast! I saw one booking it and he got way ahead of me in my Griffin. I don't know their speed, but it can be very useful for kiting and dodging rockets. Heck, even Furys are speed demons and I can't chase them down in my Griffin. Not sure what level you have your Griffin, but he's not at his fastest until he's at level 9 or higher. At 9, he's usually as fast/slow as Fury or Lancelot in cool down, and faster than Natasha or Leo. Griff's speed is when he jumps, but that also leaves him vulnerable to snipers.
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Post by NerFB on Nov 5, 2017 17:46:23 GMT -5
Dash bots everywhere, MkII with MkII weapons... Inquisitors still seem very rare? Is it just me or is it not popular? It seems to be Blue Whale class, rather than your common or garden humpback ?..... I do seem them, but they’re a real target at the moment. The first time you see the flying eye, everyone thinks “Yehaa....I’m going to get me a Inquisitor skin.”
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Post by FlashAhAhh on Nov 5, 2017 18:36:24 GMT -5
Dash bots everywhere, MkII with MkII weapons... Inquisitors still seem very rare? Is it just me or is it not popular? It seems to be Blue Whale class, rather than your common or garden humpback ?..... AHAHAAHA! I snorted Thanks dude.
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Post by frunobulax on Nov 5, 2017 19:22:40 GMT -5
Even whales have limits, perhaps. Some of them at least.
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Nov 5, 2017 19:47:50 GMT -5
Having an Inquisitor and speaking with a friend who also pilots one, a bunch of people have them but they mostly leave it in hangar. The initial piloting experience in live server was disappointing, and certainly it isn't anywhere near worth what they ask, however with continued piloting and exploring different load-outs, when you get the hang of using it skillfully, it can be deadly. So I don't think we see few of them because people don't have them, it is because there is a somewhat steep learning curve to piloting it well enough to really enjoy it, so many owners are probably keeping them in the garage. Too bad, it's a blast. I won a bunch of components, then paid the rest. Its my hobby, so what. I spend money on eating good food all the time, then its pooped away. At least for a time I can enjoy my investment, and if they establish PVC for when business closes, I may still be able to enjoy it.
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Post by Thunderkiss on Nov 5, 2017 20:20:46 GMT -5
I don't think I've seen a single Inquisitor in live action yet. Was wondering how people like them that have them. Don't have one, but seen my fair share. They're pretty good, if you know what you're doing, if not, they suck, just like any other bot.
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Post by Anon O. Mous on Nov 5, 2017 20:31:46 GMT -5
Avoid them as you would a Stalker when it's cloaked, then as you would with a Stalker, pounce the moment the stealth has expired. I've said this in earlier strings: One advantage that you have with an Inquisitor is, due to its large size, unguided ordinance such as Tulus, Pins, Pinatas, Molots, and Punishers can still occasionally hit and damage it even while it is in stealth mode. But if you can conceal yourself behind a wall or shielded teammate until the stealth expires, you can unload your whole magazine of ammunition, and more than likely send him back to spawn point.
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Post by anjian on Nov 5, 2017 20:51:39 GMT -5
I only have seen very few Inquisitors in the field outside of my own, I tend to provide the viewership of one such with my example.
If you are doing component trades, you are likely to get one inevitably because its so often included. This explains why my Inquisitor, Haechi and Bulgasari, plus an extra Kumiho, Tempest, Scourges, and Ember, came right all about the same time.
Its a strong bot but well balanced. It really should not be costing as much as it does, since this deserves a lower price, greater availability and presence as it is quite a fun bot to play, a deserving alternative to Griffins and Lancelots where we need more variety. I tend to kill a few people with it every game when I deploy it.
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Post by Anon O. Mous on Nov 5, 2017 21:12:34 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind having one, but I'm not going to pay the price of a K-Bot for it.
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Post by Nexsan on Nov 5, 2017 22:05:37 GMT -5
I've seen a few in action and I really don't have a problem with them. Sure they have the firepower of a Lancelot, can jump and stealth, but they are slow enough to deal with. Even when stealthed, they are wide enough to hit with anything. Bullets, rockets, plasma... dash bots are a whole another story.
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Post by pirateb0t on Nov 5, 2017 22:43:59 GMT -5
I see multiple inquistors in every game i'm playing at masters level ios. They are usually using taran/embers. There aren't as many as dashes but there are sitll many around.
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Post by anjian on Nov 5, 2017 22:59:27 GMT -5
I already played a lot of them in the test server, so I already have the experience, the strategies and even the instinct or muscle memory set for it.
The border between strong and balanced and being OP is all a question of the length of the special ability cool down time.
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Post by Payxonic on Nov 6, 2017 2:01:05 GMT -5
No ones going to look at inquisitor as long there is haechi and soon glider
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Post by frunobulax on Nov 6, 2017 4:45:57 GMT -5
Glider doesn't feel very strong to me. I played a bit on TS this weekend, and I'd rather have a Rog than a Glider. Glider is too exposed up in the air, an easy target for any Zeus out there. For that, the firepower is not exceptional.
While I can see the use of a Kamikaze bot, gliding doesn't seem to add anything to the game. (Except another worthless prize for the next event.)
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Post by NerFB on Nov 6, 2017 5:05:38 GMT -5
Having an Inquisitor and speaking with a friend who also pilots one, a bunch of people have them but they mostly leave it in hangar. The initial piloting experience in live server was disappointing, and certainly it isn't anywhere near worth what they ask, however with continued piloting and exploring different load-outs, when you get the hang of using it skillfully, it can be deadly. So I don't think we see few of them because people don't have them, it is because there is a somewhat steep learning curve to piloting it well enough to really enjoy it, so many owners are probably keeping them in the garage. Too bad, it's a blast. I won a bunch of components, then paid the rest. Its my hobby, so what. I spend money on eating good food all the time, then its pooped away. At least for a time I can enjoy my investment, and if they establish PVC for when business closes, I may still be able to enjoy it. It looks to be a bit map specific? They’re a complete menace on maps with cover, Moon, Valley, DC, PP, not on the open maps. Its probably the steep learning curve you describe, but when they jump into open spaces, i tend to smile, reload, and start the countdown.... ?
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Post by anjian on Nov 6, 2017 5:36:24 GMT -5
Glider doesn't feel very strong to me. I played a bit on TS this weekend, and I'd rather have a Rog than a Glider. Glider is too exposed up in the air, an easy target for any Zeus out there. For that, the firepower is not exceptional. While I can see the use of a Kamikaze bot, gliding doesn't seem to add anything to the game. (Except another worthless prize for the next event.) I found a way of using the Glider in the test server. Sometimes an RDB Griffin won't get through a target behind a wall due to the angle, but the Glider can, if you max its altitude and shoot your RDB on the target behind the wall. If the Glider has one more light point, like a Griffin, it would be much more of a threat, since I would have two Aphids instead of one. Better yet, should it have four light points, I would load it with four Aphids, and that's when it begins to be seriously frightening.
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Nov 6, 2017 10:01:36 GMT -5
Glider doesn't feel very strong to me. I played a bit on TS this weekend, and I'd rather have a Rog than a Glider. Glider is too exposed up in the air, an easy target for any Zeus out there. For that, the firepower is not exceptional. While I can see the use of a Kamikaze bot, gliding doesn't seem to add anything to the game. (Except another worthless prize for the next event.) I found a way of using the Glider in the test server. Sometimes an RDB Griffin won't get through a target behind a wall due to the angle, but the Glider can, if you max its altitude and shoot your RDB on the target behind the wall. If the Glider has one more light point, like a Griffin, it would be much more of a threat, since I would have two Aphids instead of one. Better yet, should it have four light points, I would load it with four Aphids, and that's when it begins to be seriously frightening. It’s true what you say, and the bot is in this respect, an anti-teamwork/anti-cover tactic mech. Tulumba Pin were good, but imagine if you will, a Hover loaded with the worst anti-teamwork weapon available - Shocktrain. This weapon, even with the approaching insufficient nerf, is destroying team tactics as it is with grounded mechs like Dash. It kills reds working closely helping each other facilitating red dispersal, and regardless of what team the weapon is on it makes the bearer a stealer of kills, top damage, and highestat silver and gold awards. So take it a little further, the Bully Squads will have L12 Mk2 Hover loaded with L12 Mk2 Shocktrain within the first hour of the new update. The ability to use cover against several Hover Shocktrain will be almost completely gone. Don’t be surprised if the final nail in the coffin is an mech that can teleport, hit with Shocktrain, then vanish. Sorry, got off topic.
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Post by fιяєfℓαмє on Nov 6, 2017 10:03:07 GMT -5
Inquisitor is the most expensive robot and of course it's rare.
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Post by carnage on Nov 6, 2017 10:18:21 GMT -5
I'm curious to know how an Inquisitor armed with an Ancile would behave while under stealth mode.
Is the Ancile still working (for teammates, for an example). Can we shoot at it ? Does it reload ? Curious to know the mechanic of the game here as the stealth/ancile combo didn't exist before the arrival of the Inquisitor. It may not be the most advised setup, but an Ancile/Orkan setup could still do some serious damages.
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Post by Domino on Nov 6, 2017 11:05:38 GMT -5
There's actually counter-play with a Inquisitor, therefore if you had a choice between a Haechi or a Inquisitor, If you want to have the upper hand on the competition it's the Haechi every time.
You can't unload a full salvo on a haechi that is going head to head, a) when the shield starts turning blue, you dash and there goes your salvo. b) 2nd dash saves your butt again.
This is why in TT you see 3 Heachi sometime 4 and maybe a Lance or a Fury/Butch If there's a Inquisitor in the hanger it's because it's cool not because it kills the most efficiently.
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Post by inspirace on Nov 6, 2017 12:03:31 GMT -5
compared to a Griffin, it has a faster ground speend (40 vs 35kmh), ashorter jump cooldown (20s vs 25s), and a higher hp (165k vs 158k max), according to the wiki. (after writing this, I felt so bad for my two lvl10 Griffins ... poor things)
considering DB Griffs, etc are still viable (or are they?) in TT, I see no reason not to use this bot if it becomes affordable, as an all-around upgarded version of a Griffin. (ah, plus it has this ridiculous stealth thing while in the air...). I see many green monsters often have one of two of these with Embers, together with Haechies and occasional Bulgasaries.
I wonder whether there is a difference in jump characteristic compared to a Griffin, since I never droven an Inquisitor. perhaps you can just run it as if it is a Griff, not too much trying to jump into a crowd right away, flank and ambush like DB or plasma Griff?
the question would be what you want to have in the heavy hardpoint. Griffs enable stacking basically the same light and medium weapons, so pilots can stick to tactics and rock-scissor-paper game that can use all weapons when they have a chance. Inquisitors cannot have a heavy Taran nor a heavy Orkan - this might be a disadvantage compared to Griffs.
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Nov 6, 2017 13:11:56 GMT -5
I'm curious to know how an Inquisitor armed with an Ancile would behave while under stealth mode. Is the Ancile still working (for teammates, for an example). Can we shoot at it ? Does it reload ? Curious to know the mechanic of the game here as the stealth/ancile combo didn't exist before the arrival of the Inquisitor. It may not be the most advised setup, but an Ancile/Orkan setup could still do some serious damages. I will explore this in squad today and report back to you, as I haven’t paid attention to this in relation to team. At the moment, it clearly has similar pros and cons as the Ancilot when it comes to using the Ancile, such as sacrificing a weapon slot for protection. Using Ember or Thunder is excellent on both robots, but with all the rockets around, the Ancile increases battle longevity. You have to have good situational awareness to know when to Descend, and how to do it - at an angle or up and down, because if you aren’t paying attention to reds other than your target, and say, don’t realize your jumping into a situation near an enemy spawn, when your 5sec landing stealth is gone, you have a long cooldown that leaves you exposed to being flanked or spawned on top of. So like the Lance without Ancile you have to be very careful and selective with movement, whereas with Ancile it give more freedom to move forward or retreat while taking less or zero damage. I prefer Ancile Inquisitor. More about stealth/Ancile situation tonight
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