10% shield decrease on Lancelot

I may not have a lancelot, but I feel like you are right. The Lancelot's shield breaks apart one by one, but then one the first breaks, they other only cover a little part of it, making you able to shoot even with the shield.
I may be wrong, who knows?

I must admit, once mm changed and I started to come across ancelots for the first time I was pretty intimidated by them. It didn't take long to realise that, actually, if I've got one of my Orkan griffs handy I can pretty much make it disappear in a puff of smoke without breaking a sweat.
Or max level hyrda/spiral it to death at my leisure from the safety of the bar, which has the added value of the irritation factor when they realise their expensive bot is being quickly chewed up by what should be crappy weapons.

I feel you on that. I get it, that games will adjust an such from time to time. But the more I think of my 5 Lance investment and see Pix finally confess (or someone got the confession) they nerfed ny bots on the down-low with update 2.5 really pisses me off. (Was not mentioned they would do this in the update release notes!)I knew something was wrong when that update hit.. and further more, they mucked up the 360 circular walk rotation that has made Lances even more of a sitting duck trying to two step away from a ammo hit!

Ok so you got me in the pocket book over $200... I'll just finish the slow burn weapon max. You got my investment in your product to better this game for everyone; it's how I saw my contribution trade off to spending my hard earned monies. Now FIX the damn game and stop depreciating my damn bots!! Bc I surely will NOT Invest in half-「bum-bum」 developed new ideas that your trying to sell off as the new flavor of the year!!

I don't want to hear "get over it". I run a clan in this game, I'm one of the reasons why ppl wants that new Hummer with shinny rims and a phat-「bum-bum」 system; I own 5!!!! (Open letter to Pix if u reading this)

I don't think you know what you're talking about in the slightest, or, alternatively,  you aren't as a good a pilot as you thought you were. Either way, as they sit now, Lancelots are still beasts. The fault doesn't lie with the bot.

Also add in Trident Fury. 

[/quote]I don't think you know what you're talking about in the slightest, or, alternatively,  you aren't as a good a pilot as you thought you were. Either way, as they sit now, Lancelots are still beasts. The fault doesn't lie with the bot.[/quote]


I think the topic was mainly about money spent on bots - geps, rogs, lances etc.. only to see them nerfed, weapons nerfed etc. As far as the lancelot being a beast.. interesting, since so many people have resorted to pins/pinatas/orkans etc.. and tridents, the lancelot generally is a big slow sitting duck, like a previous poster had mentioned, even the turning and go motion has been exploited. The only thing this thing has is its shield, once the shield is depleted, doesn't take long at all to get knocked out. Also interesting that these guys that disagree on something have to attack the person posting even when the subject has been discussed many times by people complaining about buying premium gold bots only to see them downgraded or in fact made obsolete altogether. Scary lancelot?, lol I'll go face to face with one with a galahad, least it has some speed and mobility, and take the damn thing out. Heck a leo will take it out if he is set up right.

people complain that Lance is OP, PX nerf the shield 10%
Lance users complain that it is too SLOW! can we get 10% speed buff?

I don't think you know what you're talking about in the slightest, or, alternatively,  you aren't as a good a pilot as you thought you were. Either way, as they sit now, Lancelots are still beasts. The fault doesn't lie with the bot.[/quote]


I think the topic was mainly about money spent on bots - geps, rogs, lances etc.. only to see them nerfed, weapons nerfed etc. As far as the lancelot being a beast.. interesting, since so many people have resorted to pins/pinatas/orkans etc.. and tridents, the lancelot generally is a big slow sitting duck, like a previous poster had mentioned, even the turning and go motion has been exploited. The only thing this thing has is its shield, once the shield is depleted, doesn't take long at all to get knocked out. Also interesting that these guys that disagree on something have to attack the person posting even when the subject has been discussed many times by people complaining about buying premium gold bots only to see them downgraded or in fact made obsolete altogether. Scary lancelot?, lol I'll go face to face with one with a galahad, least it has some speed and mobility, and take the damn thing out. Heck a leo will take it out if he is set up right.[/quote]

Whatever, I have 3 and I'm not unhappy, even post nerf.

Good points, petevb. Worth noting that even a player with maxed bots, without any incentive or interest whatsoever in upgrading, still provides Pixo with a valuable and vital service. 

When I used to own my game store, I bought it from someone who hated having non-paying customers in the store (sadly, a not uncommon approach in the industry). His feeling was that paying customers take care of the overhead, but that this wasn't a library. 

I took the opposite approach. I knew that giving the appearance of a bustling, vibrant store would make it a place folks would want to come to. That positive atmosphere would in turn encourage others and, ultimately, result in increased sales. Even if someone never bought anything in my store (and there were a few), they still were every bit as welcome. 

Maxed out non-paying players, at the bare minimum, provide opponents for paying customers. And a path of aspiration for those coming to the game. Certainly innovation and development will keep the "churn" going, I absolutely agree. I see them as expansions for games, like Magic: the Gathering. 

On the point as to whether or not Pix engages in a deliberate buff/debuff cycle as a way to stimulate monetary action by the playerbase, though, I am a little bit more skeptical. 

I totally understand your pain. But the thing is this game is more about tactics than brute force. A lance is a force to be reckoned with and it can kill every bot out there if taken one on one. But you have to be careful when running it. Even if it has a physical shield you still need to strafe and use cover to avoid damage. The 10% nerf is not that much if you are not reckless. I use a Lance to clear and hold beacons and that is what they should be used for. Take them out in the open like Springfield and even a Natasha can kill it with continuous salvos.