Question abt rog being buffed

If you're confident that you can get In and get Out, while delivering greater damage than you will sustain, then Yes. I would buy more than 1.

In my opinion, it cannot hold its own if caught in the open. It has little durability when cornered or caught in a crossfire.

I bought one, with the new scheme, and equipped it with Molots for range and use it for Support. The litheness makes it exceptional for rabbit-punches to help Teammates.

Its good but still does not make me want one. I dont see it being competitive yet, even with the buffs, Galahad is still better.
The price gap between Griffin and Rog makes Griffin still better than it since Griff compensates with firepower and of course being cheaper.

Only reason I will use my ROG when IOS gets the update is because I have had it for years.... I wouldnt spend 2500 gold on it at these times..

lol, it means "Ninja Channel" on portuguese btw.
It seems tempting to get one for the raw stats, but on practice you are just a Cossack on steroids hiding from the bigger boys.

I got one week before last because I heard it was getting buffed. Leveled it up a bit and parked it. Today I have been running it more now upgraded lvl 10 with lvl 9 orkans. It's handy for running and shooting to help. Cool on the moon map btw. I don't have much luck dueling with other bots. So I have been support shooting on the way to beacons. Still getting used to it I guess. Most of my other bots are plasma knife style because that's what I enjoy most. I don't see myself getting a second one that's for sure.

Mine has been great - lvl7 w lvl 11 orkans in Diamond 2, h2h beat an aphid thunder leo, beat a rocket galahad, ate an aphid patton right up... But as good as it is vs aphids and rockets (running sideways avoids almost all aphid damage, jump is frequent enough to dodge away from pinata/orkan fire), it's squshy vs plasma.
Still, for now it is gonna replace my galahad because I like the speed for capping and everything else I run is either a carny, lance or griff so pretty slow hangar.
I probably wouldn't spend the gold over a galahad unless you need a capper, but it's a lot closer than it used to be.

Her Opponent won't be standing still. Also, while she waits for reload her Opponent(s) will be closing in on her, placing her in range. You have to stay on the move with the Rogotka.

Also, Map variance plays a part too. There will be no true place to "hide" long enough while reloading. The Rogotka, imo, needs to Run and Gun. In a straight up Toe-to-Toe it can defeat a Garath using Molots, I did several times on the TS but it cannot sustain constant fire.

Either a 3rd hard point or more armour is needed...

LOL!  I'm not redacting my post just because you beat me to the punch.  XD

How have you set it up?

Orkans maybe. Zeus and trebs got ape-poo-poo crazy for rog on the long maps, so it didn't really matter what I was loaded out with. On yam I had 2 carnages chasing me for several minutes. I ended up at enemy spawn beacon just to ditch them. True story.

Sorry but that's hilarious. It's like something from a War Robots version of 'Groundhog Day'.

I see the Rog, as more of a replacement for Garys than anything else; a Cossack on steroids.

Personally on the test server I found them highly effective especially on high cover tight maps like Moon, Dead and Power.
I tried them in a number of applications fast moving knife fighter (not the best), late game beacon capper (worked well) and dps support (worked very well).
While they didn't have the ability to stand toe to toe with the heavys you are able to hit and run using cover to grind bots down and move on (don't need to stick around for the kill, as a typical knife fighter myself that took some getting used to) also if you can catch an opponent focused on another target you can harass them enough to draw their attention.
My favorite build personally was dual Orkans - dropping in on an engaged target or eating an ancile down so a teammate can finish a bot off, Tarans left me exposed for to long but I'm sure a good pilot could make them work just as well, Tulums worked but often I found myself close enough to my targets for Orkans (maybe Tulums for Springfield, Canyon, Yam).

I honestly don't expect these bots to last into the top tiers but hey the game is always changing.
I expect the guys that are used to Cossacks and Gary's to find them the most useful.

Its 33% less damage which is significant.

I don't know what the new numbers are, but if it is anything close to what it is right now, your firepower is similar to trident Carnage with less range and dpm because of the reload.

It's easy to overestimate the new reload mechanics. It's really useful in that you can finish off someone that survives a full salvo with a sliver of health left, and to mitigate damage of a misfire. But I don't think they are intended to increase its dpm.