Under the current system, are light/medium bots useless?

Some britbots? Almost all I ever see. Often players with 5.

Out of the light robots I started playing my stalker again, which can be interesting. Gareth is also a favorite these days. As far as medium I like Galahad and I'm considering a Gl Patton. Anyone find Rogatka still good? I have one laying around collecting dust in wait for future upgrades.

Lights and mediums have thier uses and roles in the current MM. You just need to use them with care. They won't be able to just walk out and win.

Look at the Patton with Pinatas for example. It will not be winning any brawls against heavies in an even fight. But it shouldn't get caught in that situation anyways. Rather, the Patton should hold back. Let your teammates weaken an enemy to about 1/2 health. Then match the Patton in to quickly finish off the bot. Then drop back to cover while reloading. Obviously this does not work well out in the open with no cover.

A gallahad will work better if you can keep all enemies in front, so walking down a side of the map can be good where you can keep your shield to the enemy. Walking down the middle, you'll get flanked and die.

So really, it's more about knowing bots and using their strengths.

As for the Corssack haters... I'll be at the beacon waiting for you while your stalker is still running around a corner. And your stealth... Funny how my Orkan is at just the right level to hit you ar close range even when your stealth is on.

Unfortunately yes, the mediums are a song of past at the moment. Get a griffin and/or leos. A thunder/taran boa can be usefull though as a medium... as it deals a ton of damage. If you put orkan on this boa then its great also

How about facing a galahad with that thunder/taran boa? or a plasmahad against a plasma griffin?

Don't worry, they'll send some artillery fire your way!

unless you are on dead city in a fury...

My Gareth Molots is my sniper now I can really piss off fury tridents fury trebs fury anything.

Oh and Nashas

I have speed can reposition quickly have sheild for trebs have 800m range can out run aphids and the Molots work close quarters if needed as well.

And it is a sniper which can take beacons flank enemy's .

This bot works in gold

I run nothing but light bots (3 Cossacks and 1 Gep) and I'm consistently in the top 3. Anyone that says they're "down a man" when they see a Cossack on their team is just being silly. I routinely hammer heavies of all makes and models while securing beacons for the win.

If you're unsuccessful with the light bots you probably need to rethink your strategy a bit. You can't just wade out into the middle of a firestorm and expect to live. You flank and kill.

AF

yeah, try beating...wait, what? where is the fujin? and why is there a patton? sure i see it often..but it is not that good.

You can run them, it will take a bit for MM to catch up with your hangar change.

I didn't think it was possible when the mission popped up on my screen. "Kill 2 robots with a light robot in a single battle." for 40 Au. No way in hell, I thought to myself. But I like a challenge. I already had a L6 Cossack with an L7 Orkan, but I switched it up with an L8 Orkan, then ditched a Golem and trotted out ye olde L6/9 TM-Gepard from my gold farming days. Off to fight the impossible battle...

My first attempt was a match in Springfield. We dropped in the cargo zone. A Griffin and I played leap-frog to the home beacon. I set my sights on the nearest beacon across the ravine, only to spot to incoming enemies moving fast to the same target. I quickly changed course, dived under the walkway bridge, and ran like hell up the hill to the corner beacon nestled next to the dam. As enemy mid-range fire started coming in, I desperately jumped onto the platform with the beacon and ran around the corner of the nearby wall, losing about a 3rd of my HP in the process. By this time, mid-range ordinance from my own team started spattering the area with explosions. In front of me, a Stalker cloaked, while coming up the far side, a MRS Fujin was slowly bringing me into line of sight. I scurried from cover to fall into the corner at the end of the dam's walkway, foiling the Fujin, as the Stalker in front of me danced through missile fire just around my new corner cover. His cloak dropped as he started coming around for me, revealing that about 2/3rds of his HP was left, so I quickly hit lock-on and mashed the fire button before he even came into my line of sight. Poor fool walked into a stream of rockets and disintegrated before he got more than 3 shots off. Turning quickly to check on the nearby Fujin, I saw that it was in Sentry mode less than 50 meters on the platform above me with about 1/2 of it's HP left. Jump and mash, death by rockets! And my enemy's shield puffs like so much tissue and he dies in seconds. As I land, I see a sliver of my own HP left, and then a rain of missiles obliterates me. As the death cam swings around, I see a blue beacon that never flipped, and no enemies within 500 meters of the flag. 2 kills, 2 beacon captures. Never turn your back on an insane Cossack pilot.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

We lost the match. I blame that on idiot teammates I ended up placing 3rd in damage with 4 captures on the losing team. The TMGep was my biggest liability. I'm upgrading my Cossack.

What happened to Carnage?

Aphid Destrier, Zeus Schlutze, Ecu Cossack, Aphid Thunder / Ancile Vityaz, Pin / Aphid Patton, Trident Tulumbas Pin Golem, Thunder Taran / Orkan Boa are some AU mediocre builds that might work.