A Family of Learned Doctors

I am Doctor H. Jekyll.

..... You 'member when the war robots walked?


I remember when they could walk more than a few steps in any direction without being locked down by every **%*$*%**.

REGARDING INTENT, PURPOSE, AND MINDSET OF A LEARNED DOCTOR

You may not be aware, but I'm a Doctor. I am a Doctor and I am here to do a Doctor's work. I am here to keep you alive, keep you fighting, and keep you looking fresh as 「fluffernutter」 while we successfully dismember Reds and live to tell about it. I possess several extremely versatile instruments by which to do this and will employ them in myriad orders to advance the cause of ultimate Blue victory. 

I am a Learned Doctor.

Intent

My intent in running a purely support hangar is to maintain the integrity of Blue robots via healing abilities and use my weaponry to support Blue movements and actions, both offensive and defensive. The key word involved is 'support.' I do not knife fight or brawl on my own. I do not run off on my own unless something has gone very wrong. I'm there to support you.

One of the reasons I think I've been at least moderately successful in running a support hangar is knowing exactly what I'm there for as a player. I'm not going for huge damage output or multiple beacon caps or a string of kills. I'm going to make sure your robot does all that stuff and has some assistance doing it, no more and no less.

Purpose

The purpose of my instruments and movements is to provide effective close fire support, tactical use of healing abilities, and something durable for Red to shoot at that isn't you. Mender is the best third man in that you could ask for. When adequately armed and outfitted, Mender can stand toe to toe with almost anything for at least long enough for you to reload your death button, drop a Titan, restore an ability or whatever. Mender can also bang out some real damage or drop some lockdown should I be able to sustain fire at close support ranges.

Tyr and Demeter are used as opposite sides as the offensive-defensive healing spectrum. Tyr operates as a superb nest for Blue Scorpions and flyers, as mentioned before. It's ability to absorb substantial damage between its shield and hit point pool while also having potential to heal during or after that particular encounter. Should there be the need to find cover and give ground, Tyr can facilitate this very well. Demeter goes where the fight is, heals Blue, assaults Red, and pushes forward Blue effort. A properly dropped Demeter, in my experience, can make or break encounters.

Nightingale is specifically area control, tempo control, damage nerfing for high-value targets, and plain ol' harassment/trolling. As effective as other Nightingale setups may be, I've gotten more mileage out of a Pulsar/Magnetar than is truly reasonable. Of course I'm happy to provide a longer-form healing option, but Lockdown Nightingale is mainly for late game utility work.

Weyland also has a healing ability, as I understand. It may be able to stand still for extended periods and carry two heavy weapons as the same time. Maybe some day I'll figure out exactly how to use Weyland beyond just looking cool. But it's cool though, right? 

Mindset

A support hangar is, in my opinion, highly specialized by definition. Leverage that specialization toward ultimate Blue victory over Red scum. Cooperate with Blue, even if they don't realize you're doing it at first. Frustrate Red at all opportunities.

I know my part and will do my part. I also know your part, and will enable you to do it.

How do I know your part when I am, in fact, not you? It's quite simple, really.

I'm a Doctor.

Man, this is a little gem of a thread, much better than my original hangar overview! 

It’s cool to see you leaning into a style of play you genuinely enjoy, plus the healer crew has a wide range of bots, meaning you can maintain versatility while keeping the theme. Plus the white, red, and blue color meshing is pretty cool. Keep up the good work, I look forward to future posts here!

You say you have trouble with the Weyland, so perhaps I can be of assistance. I have been running the bot for a few years now, and I can confidently say it shines as an anchor for holding territory/ establishing a base of operations. This includes spawn points, beacons (especially center), choke points on the map, and anywhere where some teammates are clustering up. Weyland definitely is best in TDM due to the mode’s emphasis on getting dug in on one part of the map, which allows Weyland to quite comfortably set up camp. It does work for defensive “trench warfare” tactics in beacon modes but is held back by its low mobility. Despite my love for it, Weyland is probably the weakest healer due to its lack of mobility and burst healing, so you need to really have the right mindset to have success like Mender and Nightingale.

I have found that there really is no best weapons set when it comes to Weyland, it is all about what you want the bot to do. Some of my favorites are Exodus or Glacier as a defensive build for people sneaking up on me, Tempest or Avalanche for versatile cover fire capabilities, and Viper, Avenger, or Hel for more sustained engagements. Ancile also works since Weyland is a favorite target of enemy homing missiles, but obviously at the cost of damage. Chimeras work for more laid back approach, but the damage is unfortunately quite lacking.

I've already LVL 30 in GOLD III it's nice I got the best robots so good I win a lot of battles in FREE FOR ALL because I have NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR AMPLIFIER

I wish I can get ANTI CONTROL

Hey, get out of my head. It was funny until it wasn't, dude.

Seriously though, I really can't find a good groove for Weyland and that really sucks.

Tell you what, if I ever figure it out, I'll tag you to death. You game?

Edit - Clan ID 21600, Ride or Die. AAA-1. We outchea.

Purely for purposes of running consistent and useful close support during beacons, or extending output during good TDMs, AntiControl is unbelievable useful to me. The longer I can survive, the more damage I heal. The more damage I heal, the better my numbers look.

And it extends my opportunity to shoot you in the face.

Titans? No clue. Ain't got one. Poisoned Noodles throws enough hate that that I don't need it. Nor do I have it. Such is the life of a Doctor.

YES I HAVE HEALING ROBOT. TYR

HERE TYR

MENDER 4 SHAKEDOWN RESULTS

After putting Mender Four through a battery of shakedown runs, the flamers will be developed ahead of the robot and it will enter regular rotation. 

Mender Four as proved an exemplary instrument for Shell-breaking, screening defensive movements, Orochi interdiction at knife-fighting range, pinned flyer/jumper support, and Titan defense. The quick reloading of the flamer helps fill gaps that other Blue weapons leave during reloading cycles. I've also used it to lead counter-offensive movements in the absence of better Blue resources to mixed results.

Mender Four has also demonstrated the uncanny ability to land in incredibly fortuitous locations when being launched by Shell or Authur. For instance, during a Blue push across the lower bridge of Castle, Mender Four was catapulted, in a straight line and mere inches over the ground, back across the chasm by an Arthur coming down the slope. Upon landing, Mender Four was able to break the Red counter effort on the bridge by using its ability to rush a Fenrir that had broken through. 


I am, in spite of being a Doctor, unable to figure out exactly how Mender Four is doing this, but I will continue to observe.

This is beautiful. But I would rather something like Bane or Redeemer on my Weyland. Mostly cuz you almost always need to be on the front line to heal your team. So close midrange weapon is more suitable for it. Puncher should be good post buff.

Railgun Weyland, at this point in its development, has been decided to be useless. I will continue to build the weapons separate from the robot, as Avenger Weyland is proving useful in early runs on long-map TDM. RDB Tyr has been converted to Hussar/Marquess Tyr for the time being. Working my long game is proving to be rather fun.

I'm certain I'll have more to say later today.