Update 2.4.0 - Android - December 12, 2016

Why do they always come out on android before iOS...
T_T

Bots can only be purchased with snowflakes? Isn't that more reason NOT to get them???

The new Robots are not visible yet - probably will be on 20th Dec. You can't earn Snowflakes yet.

But check out the new Molot BUFF! Roughly 50% Damage increase!

Punisher also got a small buff - but the Medium Punischer has the same DMG as the Light version - bug?

The new paintjobs are here (Avalanche Rhino look really nice, Croc-Gepard is a good one, but the Fox Boa is like... meh...).

I noticed a change on the Shenzen Map. Next to the spawn point and the side beacon in the parking lot there was a building you could jump onto that had columns on all 4 corners and a high roof. The building provided good cover to fire on the enemy spawn and defend the enemy side beacon from being re-captured. That building now has no columns and no roof, simply a flat building to jump on like in power plant.

If they had to pick an animal, why couldn't they have at least picked, y'know, a boa?

Nothing is said about the situation after the event yet. But as Pixo has to make money too, they have to think of how to make people spend more money on the game. The new light and medium bots alone are therefore a clever idea, as they have slightly more hardpoints than the average light and medium bot. More resources are required to arm them properly.

Quite sure the new bots will be still on sale when the event is over. It would be too much effort to develop new bots only to offer them for a few days.
IMO the idea behind this is to make people buy snowflages for real money during the event.

The Molot - T is the same damage as the light Molot as well... but remember... there are 2x the bullets since there are 2 barrels.  The damage shown is per bullet... not overall damage per second.  So in effect... both the Molot-T and the Punisher-T now do exactly 2x the damage of the light versions of each... Which needed to be done as they weren't that way before.

Wait, is the molot buff a real thing? Also, any changes to aphids?

From a balance perspective, why did the medium versions need to be twice as good as the light version? That just gives the Golem even more of an edge over the other medium bots, which seems entirely unnecessary.

Mainly, because they were useless as they were , at least, anywhere past Bronze (unbalanced)... and it makes sense that 2 of the same gun would do 2x the damage... but that's just me...

EDIT:  The Golum trades stats for 1 more barrel... balanced. 

Vitz has Higher HP and one less barrel if they run Trident Molot Molot... not that much of a difference than the Golem Trident Molot Molot-T.  The Golem is supposed to have awesome firepower, but because it is so fragile, it can utilize corner shooting... but doing so negates the advantage of the extra damage of the medium since it can't fire more than 1 side at a time when corner shooting.

I just disagree... they needed more effective weapons at the higher tier... they started with Hydras, and have now moved to the firearms... Frankly, the buff they gave was a LOT less than the one they tested in the summer... ROF increase after a sustained burst of more than 5secs (2x normal RoF) and a shield multiplier that was ridiculously OP. This is a good compromise and, IMHO, actually restores balance.  I mean, think about it ... the only weapons that were any good for so long were plasma and Splash rockets... They have been steady buffing other weapons to help even that meta out, starting with the Hydra, then the Aphids, and now, finally, the Firearms.  It was needed for balance, in my humble opinion.  Hydras have become an actual threat if there are enough of them, and the Trident struggle is real. 

I think the Molot/Punisher buff was needed, to a large extent.

But that precedent was already set by other weapons, If I am not mistaken... For instance... Orks are the same damage per missile as the Pinata, but shoot 2x the amount. Same with CRVs and Tulumbus... and the Hydra is, in effect, the spiral on roids, and the former is about 2x the damage of the latter. Firearms were the deviation.

Orkan would need to unload more quickly to be equal to 2 Pinatas (though it has other advantages). Hydra's per-shot lag seems to make it inferior to multiple spirals. I don't know the Tulu well enough to comment on that one. The fact that Orkan and Hydra are Au and WSP weapons vs the Ag required for Pinatas and Spirals also helps balance things.

If you straight up make 1 medium exactly double 1 light, then you're making some bots obsolete unless you adjust other stats. Counting on specialty light weapons (e.g. Aphids) to keep light mount bots viable is a very shortsighted and limited approach.