Happy Fun Ball
Destrier
Posts: 112
Karma: 227
Pilot name: Happy Fun Ball
Platform: iOS
League: Champion
Server Region: North America
MA Division: 1
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Post by Happy Fun Ball on Oct 4, 2020 0:13:37 GMT -5
I picked up the Eye drone with the tier 3 minigun card from the operations pass. I tested it out by shooting at an unarmed Ravana on my son's account. The procedure was to drop a Leech only armed with the eye/card combo and position it pointing away from the Ravana. I moved the Ravana to the desired distance from the Leech and then turned the Leech to face the Ravana. That caused the minigun to start firing. The unload time was 10 seconds and the damage was 8000 hit points. So the burst damage is 800 dps. The reload time seemed to be around 19.5 seconds but the card said 20 seconds so I went with that. That makes the cycle dps 267. How does cycle dps compare with a known weapon? The Wiki says the cycle dps for the lowly M1L1 Arbalest is 310. That's right, the drone gun is worse than gluing an extra M1L1 Arbalest on your bot. Things do get better if you add something like an Acid Sprayer chip to the minigun. A tier 3 acid sprayer with a tier 3 minigun does a cycle damage of ~31500 to the target. Given that the overall cycle time is 30 seconds, that works out to a cycle DPS of about 1050. For comparison a M2L10 Arbalest has a cycle dps of 1050. So if you put two tier 3 chips on a drone, it is equivalent of a M2L10 Arbalest. Hope this helps put the drone guns in perspective.  |
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Post by Garbage game on Oct 4, 2020 0:27:10 GMT -5
Shhhhhh you're supposed to let the big spenders kit out their whole hangar with these before they realize they do nothing.
I expect this post to be deleted for our great leaders at Pixo
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Post by punishingcossack on Oct 4, 2020 0:39:54 GMT -5
Shhhhhh you're supposed to let the big spenders kit out their whole hangar with these before they realize they do nothing. I expect this post to be deleted for our great leaders at Pixo narrator: they already have them |
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Post by frunobulax on Oct 4, 2020 1:26:49 GMT -5
I picked up the Eye drone with the tier 3 minigun card from the operations pass. [...] That makes the cycle dps 267. How does cycle dps compare with a known weapon? The Wiki says the cycle dps for the lowly M1L1 Arbalest is 310. That's right, the drone gun is worse than gluing an extra M1L1 Arbalest on your bot. Well. Best operation pass ever, isn't it? No PT, the gold will be spent to play lottery with combining chips, so that Eye appears to be the only thing that might have value (unless you're a skin changer). |
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Post by erik1 on Oct 4, 2020 1:31:40 GMT -5
Happy Fun Ball Wow, thank you so much for this! I was thinking of using the Eye's weapon to help my Anti-Titan Tyr, but now, I'm going to keep the Eye and ditch the gun unless Pixonic does a stupid buff.
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Post by linearblade on Oct 4, 2020 3:14:40 GMT -5
This is frankly a good thing.
They should make the chip free and be done with it. Then it’s fine.
Buffing it means more problems than worth
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 4, 2020 5:27:13 GMT -5
I picked up the Eye drone with the tier 3 minigun card from the operations pass. I tested it out by shooting at an unarmed Ravana on my son's account. The procedure was to drop a Leech only armed with the eye/card combo and position it pointing away from the Ravana. I moved the Ravana to the desired distance from the Leech and then turned the Leech to face the Ravana. That caused the minigun to start firing. The unload time was 10 seconds and the damage was 8000 hit points. So the burst damage is 800 dps. The reload time seemed to be around 19.5 seconds but the card said 20 seconds so I went with that. That makes the cycle dps 267. How does cycle dps compare with a known weapon? The Wiki says the cycle dps for the lowly M1L1 Arbalest is 310. That's right, the drone gun is worse than gluing an extra M1L1 Arbalest on your bot. Things do get better if you add something like an Acid Sprayer chip to the minigun. A tier 3 acid sprayer with a tier 3 minigun does a cycle damage of ~31500 to the target. Given that the overall cycle time is 30 seconds, that works out to a cycle DPS of about 1050. For comparison a M2L10 Arbalest has a cycle dps of 1050. So if you put two tier 3 chips on a drone, it is equivalent of a M2L10 Arbalest. Hope this helps put the drone guns in perspective. ——snipAhhhh, but what about T4 chips? But for a serious follow up test, does the Drone Minigun contribute to effect accumulation? I.e. do you LD, Suppress, Freeze opponents faster with it than without? |
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 4, 2020 5:28:03 GMT -5
I picked up the Eye drone with the tier 3 minigun card from the operations pass. I tested it out by shooting at an unarmed Ravana on my son's account. The procedure was to drop a Leech only armed with the eye/card combo and position it pointing away from the Ravana. I moved the Ravana to the desired distance from the Leech and then turned the Leech to face the Ravana. That caused the minigun to start firing. The unload time was 10 seconds and the damage was 8000 hit points. So the burst damage is 800 dps. The reload time seemed to be around 19.5 seconds but the card said 20 seconds so I went with that. That makes the cycle dps 267. How does cycle dps compare with a known weapon? The Wiki says the cycle dps for the lowly M1L1 Arbalest is 310. That's right, the drone gun is worse than gluing an extra M1L1 Arbalest on your bot. Things do get better if you add something like an Acid Sprayer chip to the minigun. A tier 3 acid sprayer with a tier 3 minigun does a cycle damage of ~31500 to the target. Given that the overall cycle time is 30 seconds, that works out to a cycle DPS of about 1050. For comparison a M2L10 Arbalest has a cycle dps of 1050. So if you put two tier 3 chips on a drone, it is equivalent of a M2L10 Arbalest. Hope this helps put the drone guns in perspective. ——snipGreat stuff HFB, thx for testing & reporting. Ahhhh, but what about T4 chips? But for a serious follow up test, does the Drone Minigun contribute to effect accumulation? I.e. do you LD, Suppress, Freeze opponents faster with it than without? |
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Post by rasnov on Oct 4, 2020 14:00:33 GMT -5
I picked up the Eye drone with the tier 3 minigun card from the operations pass. I tested it out by shooting at an unarmed Ravana on my son's account. The procedure was to drop a Leech only armed with the eye/card combo and position it pointing away from the Ravana. I moved the Ravana to the desired distance from the Leech and then turned the Leech to face the Ravana. That caused the minigun to start firing. The unload time was 10 seconds and the damage was 8000 hit points. So the burst damage is 800 dps. The reload time seemed to be around 19.5 seconds but the card said 20 seconds so I went with that. That makes the cycle dps 267. How does cycle dps compare with a known weapon? The Wiki says the cycle dps for the lowly M1L1 Arbalest is 310. That's right, the drone gun is worse than gluing an extra M1L1 Arbalest on your bot. Things do get better if you add something like an Acid Sprayer chip to the minigun. A tier 3 acid sprayer with a tier 3 minigun does a cycle damage of ~31500 to the target. Given that the overall cycle time is 30 seconds, that works out to a cycle DPS of about 1050. For comparison a M2L10 Arbalest has a cycle dps of 1050. So if you put two tier 3 chips on a drone, it is equivalent of a M2L10 Arbalest. Hope this helps put the drone guns in perspective. Do you tried how long the drone need to do freeze, suppression or lock-down? |
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Post by Spicy Jones on Oct 4, 2020 14:29:25 GMT -5
Breaking my silence to say: Don't give your money to Pixonic
Full stop
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Happy Fun Ball
Destrier
Posts: 112
Karma: 227
Pilot name: Happy Fun Ball
Platform: iOS
League: Champion
Server Region: North America
MA Division: 1
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Post by Happy Fun Ball on Oct 4, 2020 22:42:42 GMT -5
I just checked and including suppression chips on the drone did nothing. The drone's weapons don't seem to be influenced by the chips unless they explicitly state that they affect the drone (like the one acid chip).
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