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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Nov 4, 2020 12:34:49 GMT -5
teraflx: I wish you were wrong buuut the Hawk is OP. That's why I'm only leveling 1 of 'em. Pix will nerf-hammer the Hawk eventually and I'm proactively avoiding how pissed I'll be if I had multiple Hawks. I have a 2.12 Scorp with 1.12 Flames with a semi strong pilot. It's meh. Or I'm meh. Probably both. Some days I get a good run with it, usually I don't. Niche bot. Maybe not even meta IMHO. They say the Phantom may not be meta anymore either but I LOVE mine.
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Post by teraflx on Nov 4, 2020 12:50:05 GMT -5
teraflx : I wish you were wrong buuut the Hawk is OP. That's why I'm only leveling 1 of 'em. Pix will nerf-hammer the Hawk eventually and I'm proactively avoiding how pissed I'll be if I had multiple Hawks. I have a 2.12 Scorp with 1.12 Flames with a semi strong pilot. It's meh. Or I'm meh. Probably both. Some days I get a good run with it, usually I don't. Niche bot. Maybe not even meta IMHO. They say the Phantom may not be meta anymore either but I LOVE mine. I totally agree Oliver Kloesov . I just hope they dont keep it OP as long as they did the Ao Jun. I still struggle to understand how the Ao Jun avoided the major chopping block for so long.
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Post by heavypiece on Nov 4, 2020 12:58:24 GMT -5
I pulled a Techno Scorpion out of a chest. It's at MK1-7 with two Mk1-10 Orks and a Mk1-12 Gust. It works great if I can find a hidie-hole someplace and there are no other Scorpions on the red team. I look for low HP Reds and try to take them off of the map. It works pretty well. Other then that it doesn't take all that much effort to take one down. Out in the open the Scorpion is cannon fodder. I do not have a Hawk. But I seem to get eliminated from the map when ever I have a run in with one of them.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Nov 4, 2020 13:03:36 GMT -5
teraflx : I wish you were wrong buuut the Hawk is OP. That's why I'm only leveling 1 of 'em. Pix will nerf-hammer the Hawk eventually and I'm proactively avoiding how pissed I'll be if I had multiple Hawks. I have a 2.12 Scorp with 1.12 Flames with a semi strong pilot. It's meh. Or I'm meh. Probably both. Some days I get a good run with it, usually I don't. Niche bot. Maybe not even meta IMHO. They say the Phantom may not be meta anymore either but I LOVE mine. I totally agree Oliver Kloesov . I just hope they dont keep it OP as long as they did the Ao Jun. I still struggle to understand how the Ao Jun avoided the major chopping block for so long. My Arthur still sees a fair amount of angry AJs. The dragon may not be uber-meta but they are still annoying as heck.
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Post by kgator on Nov 4, 2020 13:13:08 GMT -5
Yeah it’s definitely more braindead to use than a Hawk. At least Hawk is somewhat balanced by it’s spaghetti code hitbox that clips onto everything can it’s beam can be blocked by cover. Scorpion literally doesn’t even peek out of cover on maps like Carrier and Moon. Going there to kill them is a monumental task at times. Why don’t they have an internal cooldown for how soon you can press the button? Or not release a ridiculously OP Pilot in the same vein as Arnav breaking the Ravana? Play tank bots and you won’t even care about Scorpions. I don’t even bother to turn around most of the time. This is true. I normally run into Scorpions when I run my T-Falcon and they are a nuisance. Actually, I probably collect a lot of damage from them. Especially when they attack me in threes. I usually have enough time on a Full Avenger to last 2.5 to 3 consecutive scorpion attacks. Then I just wait to reload until the next attack. If there are friendlies around helping chip at the Scorpion it usually loses a lot of health pretty quickly. Meanwhile, T-Falcons have just an incredible amount of health . . . unless you are fighting Hawks or Titans (with their defense mitigation) in which case it's like shooting a beer can with a bazooka and my Falcon quickly becomes dust in wind.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Nov 4, 2020 13:34:38 GMT -5
Play tank bots and you won’t even care about Scorpions. I don’t even bother to turn around most of the time. This is true. I normally run into Scorpions when I run my T-Falcon and they are a nuisance. Actually, I probably collect a lot of damage from them. Especially when they attack me in threes. I usually have enough time on a Full Avenger to last 2.5 to 3 consecutive scorpion attacks. Then I just wait to reload until the next attack. If there are friendlies around helping chip at the Scorpion it usually loses a lot of health pretty quickly. Meanwhile, T-Falcons have just an incredible amount of health . . . unless you are fighting Hawks or Titans (with their defense mitigation) in which case it's like shooting a beer can with a bazooka and my Falcon quickly becomes dust in wind. Since you mentioned my favorite tank-bot, I've been experimenting with Phase Shift and "Phasing Repairer" chips. I used to be a AH guy, but man the Hawks are vicious. Food for thought, sir!
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Post by santaclaus on Nov 22, 2020 12:52:03 GMT -5
I had a ball watching the usual YouTuber in his maxed out Hawk vaporizing everything in sight only to be hunted down by a Scorpion which seemed to infuriate him to which he says something like "such a skill less bot the Scorpion is, a 5 year old could pilot one". He then jumps in his own Scorpion and hunts down the previous Scorpion pilot that killed him earlier, proclaiming "there you go sir, how do you like that" It was a better love story than the Twilight saga. That guy is a dingus. I don't know how you can even watch his stupid face with volume on. Tell me more about 5 year olds lol...
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Post by l》THE MACHINE《l on Nov 22, 2020 13:39:27 GMT -5
Run shotguns as a counter. Learn to fight off a Scorpion without the use of your ability. Use your ablity to hunt them down if you have a super abilty. Hitting jump drive and punting them like a football is fun. Make a game out of kicking them into other bots like you're bowling or yelling THIS IS SPARTA as you send them off edge of carrier and castle. I have become rather good at dodging scorps. Love it when they use their ability because I just used mine and think they can kill me. I simply step off to the side of where they are firing and completely avoid the damage, a couple shots wasted before they realize and then I step off to the side again when they line up their weapons. Most often I can survive with 1/2 or more of my health at the very least. Best part is that I can deal so much damage in that time that they usually teleport back because they would die if they let the fight go on any longer. So satisfying to watch someone leave in total frustration like that...
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Post by l》THE MACHINE《l on Nov 22, 2020 13:44:08 GMT -5
Yeah it’s definitely more braindead to use than a Hawk. At least Hawk is somewhat balanced by it’s spaghetti code hitbox that clips onto everything can it’s beam can be blocked by cover. Scorpion literally doesn’t even peek out of cover on maps like Carrier and Moon. Going there to kill them is a monumental task at times. Why don’t they have an internal cooldown for how soon you can press the button? Or not release a ridiculously OP Pilot in the same vein as Arnav breaking the Ravana? Play tank bots and you won’t even care about Scorpions. I don’t even bother to turn around most of the time. The one time I was sitting there in my fenrir... scorp tries to teleport behind me and I simply sat there staring and shaking my head at him. Didn't fire at him, didn't try to escape, I just sat there and shook my head. He teleported back after doing about 60k damage (lost 30k health out of my base 230k). Never went after me again, lol. Always gotta love tanks
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Post by lepetomane on Nov 22, 2020 14:06:35 GMT -5
Hi all,
I dont find scorpions a problem, they r nice and have a role to play imo. I run none. My bots can withstand and i typically hurt them more than they me (Fenrirs, bulwark and even me raven). Hawk is dumb and can hurt, tho said bots can survive at least one strafe and u get used to know when its safe to move about. Some games the sheer volume of hawks runs amock tho and being there is just silly, but time will cure that problem im sure and generally they dont last long as everything hunts them down. Not even sure id run one, maybe to replace me Ao Jun, which one needs to play very carefully nowadays lol.
Lepe ou
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Post by raidenii on Nov 22, 2020 15:04:09 GMT -5
frunobulaxEverything in this game requires some skill to use effectively with combat longevity. Your comment is a common phrase about no skill and power, but even the use of power requires skills. Can you please define for us what you mean by the word skills? Agree totally. People kept saying “the older bots are better to play and need skills”. The new bots also need skills to be played effectively. To be frank, I like the constant changes and new bots/weapons added to the game. There is always a counter to every bot. I am a mostly F2P, only spent around 100 bucks in this game and have every meta bot I want. You name it, Ravana ( free from pix) , Hawk (free from pix) , Blitz, Leech, Phantom, Tyr, Fenrir, the lists goes on in my hanger. However, i prefer to run bots that i really like. Phantom ( my favourite) , Ao Jun ( for quick air assault), Falcon ( deal max damages to titans), Rayker (used mostly against Kids and AMs) and a Mercury. Sigh...these 2 days, have not been playing due to Facebook Gameroom suspension. Hope something will be resolved soon. 860M silver, 30k gold, 1290 PTs, 143k PCs...countless games played to build these resources/bots/weapons over the past 2 years.
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Post by wargear on Nov 22, 2020 19:32:33 GMT -5
You can stay behind cover when you anticipate a Hawk or an Ao Jun coming. And if you use a Hawk or an Ao Jun, you can strategically use cover (which is not easy to do when you start landing!!!!) to protect your low HP. But...a...Scorpion...can...attack...you...even...while...you...hide! If a Scorpion didn't have so many defence points, I wouldn't be bothered by this. But if a Scorpion decides to get your Ao Jun or (especially) Hawk while your ability is on cooldown, you're toast. Yea that is the only time I play mine, anytime I see a Hawk or Ao Jun in the air I load up my Scorpion and disengrate them when they land. Cheap shotting the two cheapest OP bots is prolly the most gratifying kills I get.
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Post by santaclaus on Nov 23, 2020 0:45:18 GMT -5
frunobulaxEverything in this game requires some skill to use effectively with combat longevity. Your comment is a common phrase about no skill and power, but even the use of power requires skills. Can you please define for us what you mean by the word skills? Agree totally. People kept saying âthe older bots are better to play and need skillsâ. The new bots also need skills to be played effectively. To be frank, I like the constant changes and new bots/weapons added to the game. There is always a counter to every bot. I am a mostly F2P, only spent around 100 bucks in this game and have every meta bot I want. You name it, Ravana ( free from pix) , Hawk (free from pix) , Blitz, Leech, Phantom, Tyr, Fenrir, the lists goes on in my hanger. However, i prefer to run bots that i really like. Phantom ( my favourite) , Ao Jun ( for quick air assault), Falcon ( deal max damages to titans), Rayker (used mostly against Kids and AMs) and a Mercury. Sigh...these 2 days, have not been playing due to Facebook Gameroom suspension. Hope something will be resolved soon. 860M silver, 30k gold, 1290 PTs, 143k PCs...countless games played to build these resources/bots/weapons over the past 2 years. I'm not on facebook, 「whiskey tango foxtrot」 is this 「dookie」 about?
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Post by NexusBlade on Nov 23, 2020 1:32:08 GMT -5
Agree totally. People kept saying âthe older bots are better to play and need skillsâ. The new bots also need skills to be played effectively. To be frank, I like the constant changes and new bots/weapons added to the game. There is always a counter to every bot. I am a mostly F2P, only spent around 100 bucks in this game and have every meta bot I want. You name it, Ravana ( free from pix) , Hawk (free from pix) , Blitz, Leech, Phantom, Tyr, Fenrir, the lists goes on in my hanger. However, i prefer to run bots that i really like. Phantom ( my favourite) , Ao Jun ( for quick air assault), Falcon ( deal max damages to titans), Rayker (used mostly against Kids and AMs) and a Mercury. Sigh...these 2 days, have not been playing due to Facebook Gameroom suspension. Hope something will be resolved soon. 860M silver, 30k gold, 1290 PTs, 143k PCs...countless games played to build these resources/bots/weapons over the past 2 years. I'm not on facebook, 「whiskey tango foxtrot」 is this 「dookie」 about? Gameroom may be KIA, and if pix doesn't do anything all those accounts are lost.
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Post by santaclaus on Nov 23, 2020 1:54:46 GMT -5
I'm not on facebook, 「whiskey tango foxtrot」 is this 「dookie」 about? Gameroom may be KIA, and if pix doesn't do anything all those accounts are lost. Jesus! What did pic do/what did facebook want?!
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Post by RightOn on Nov 23, 2020 7:42:06 GMT -5
gameroom will be terminated next summer
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Post by raidenii on Nov 23, 2020 8:31:25 GMT -5
Yes, Facebook will be terminating all games by July 2021. Pix should start thinking about migrating us to another platform.
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Post by shivaswrath on Nov 23, 2020 15:01:41 GMT -5
I know this is pointing out the obvious, and that it is not always possible if multiples are running together, but the primary object of situational awareness for anyone piloting an Ao Jun or Hawk must be noting the locations of Scorpions, and coordinating landings to drop outside their ability range. I run a Scorpion all the time, so not only am I cognizant that a major tactical flaw is those aerial pilots aren’t paying enough attention to me, but I know from experience the terminal consequences of not paying attention to enemy Scorpions. It is not always possible to stay beyond their perimeter, but I can tell you for certain that it is definitely possible to significantly reduce the number of times they can target you, by paying closer attention. Are you running Cryo or Sonic on your Scorp?
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Nov 23, 2020 15:45:21 GMT -5
shivaswrath2 Cryo 1 Scatter I don’t have any other sonics
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