Question For Ancilot Pilots

I almost always start with mine, unless early speed is needed on Springfield. If you can drop that early and gain a beacon lead, your other bots can be more effective if you don't have to push as hard for late beacons. You can be more patient and make your bots last longer.

Had a game on Canyon yesterday where a Red in a Gekko Patton stayed in that bot until it was a 5 on 1 and he was sitting on the last red beacon. As my Rog closed in to finally blow him apart he suddenly ejected and reappeared in his Ancilot next to me and blasted me apart. I laughed. I still had 2 bots left in my hangar and he had all of about 4 or 5 seconds to enjoy his victory before the big You Lose filled his screen.

The mysteries of the Human psyche.

Depends on the map. Sometimes I drop first, the beacon runners are dying about the time I get to center, so I amble in to hold it down for 2 to 3 minutes.

Sometimes I drop it in the middle when at a disadvantage to cover the team and push the lines swinging favor back to us.

Sometimes I drop it last. Often victory comes down to holding a single beacon as the timer ticks down, or simply staying alive for the last minute of a match.

Sometimes, I dont even drop in lance as it isnt needed and my other bots contribute more to the win.

Sometimes I drop lance cause all my other ?poo-poo? exploded and Ive no choice.

Think that covers it.

I'll usually save my Ancile bots for busting thru reds. In the beginning, it's too easy to get outnumbered and waste your Ancilot. At the end, the bot is much stronger when there is less out there, and hopefully the counters have been used up already.

If I am squadding and I know someone will be following me I will drop the ancilot first and trudge my way to red spawn. A trail of dead reds usually is left in our wake. But in solo it is hard to judge when to drop it as random team mates are unpredictable.