New prototype Rog

Great article!  

"It's much easier to sell something to one of your existing customers than it is to sell to a brand-new one.

There are all sorts of reasons for this, but basically it boils to down to one thing: trust.

When you've already sold something to someone, you've built trust. They gave you money, and you gave them a solution to their problem. Your product, payment system, customer service, packaging, and shipping have all lived up to the hype (hopefully!) and you have a track record of delivering on your promises.

But that doesn't mean that they'll automatically become repeat customers. "  (emphasis mine)


Unfortunately, recycling content in the hopes that the same people who bought v1.0 will buy v2.0 comes at the risk that all potential customers (both existing and new) gain reason to doubt the longevity of the new product being flogged.  

I have hardly anything that costs Au, but I'm sitting on roughly 7k wondering which bots & weapons (among those that are most useful) are least likely to get nerfed in the near future.  Fury (as a trident platform)?  Just brought into line with Natasha.  Galahad?  Getting close to the age of Rhino when it was apparently nerfed (before my time, but I can read forums too...).  Safer to keep my powder dry and expend as little as possible.  And that's just how I think about spending virtual currency on this game, let alone the real stuff.  

Trust takes time and effort to earn, can be lost in a careless instant, and is nearly impossible to regain once lost.  

Ugh. This thing is NOTHING like a Rog. In fact it's not like anything in the game. This bot is a brawler...except it hasn't got much firepower for a brawler. It survives on speed and insane agility. It's vulnerable chiefly to midrange rockets...except only at close range. It can dodge Orkans and Pinatas easily; and, from 400m, it can dodge most missile salvoes fairly effortlessly. And the darn thing is so fast that it's hard to track even with plasma.

Think: everyone has been complaining about how OP Trident Furies are. And now...a new prototype bot that can dodge Tridents! So this bot is EXACTLY what we've all been clamoring for: this is the hit-and-run specialist bot that will restore balance to the Force.

To the Rogatka lovers: face it, Rogatka is obsolete as it is, and will be until the new Leagues system is introduced. Once we start playing in Leagues, the Rog will simply be in a lower league. Rogatka can't compete in top tier as it is...this is a bot designed for upper tiers, which just happens to be somewhat similar to the Rog. But, the two are only superficially alike; in actual use, they have very little in common.

I can already see it:

[wiki] Saltesers
Victories: 1 420
Max Damage: 1 238 950
Max Win Streak: 21

12/12 Taran Cossack
12/12 Hydra Cossack
12/12 Taranasaurus Rog
12/12 DB Griff
12/12 Punisher T (Dash)

Kills: 4.0
Damage: 552 600
Win Rate: 80%

Well hello Anti-capitalist Anarchist... You have met your ideological opposite. I don't want to get into why your views are backwards rather than I wish you well with your intellectual dyslexia.

Yo let's not, okay?

IMHO, after playing the proto in test, it really is not OP. You still have to contend with Hydras and Spirals; it's vulnerable to a weapon with homing or sure lock-on ability. And vs L12 arms, you can still get shredded if caught in a corner or crossfire. It would be kinda funny -- if not downright hysterical LOL-funny - to see a whole squad of these things darting & dashing around the battlefield. I for one hope this bot comes to fruition and makes its way to live play.

This bot is a great addition to anyone using a Galahad.

The speed and Dash make this bot basically immune to any splash damage weapon ---- including the Trident.

That mates well with the Galahad, which is immune to energy weapons and missiles most of the time.

I just hope the bot is not nerfed, but if it is I hope that us only an HP nerf and not to its speed or cool down.

It just needs a british gals accent and the name tracer