Adrian Chong - YouTube videos

Like all Continuous Line of Sight weapons, people just don't stick their necks out and stay out in the open, so weapons that have high speed/high impact are choice in higher leagues.  my .02 cents (especially with the new meta of Dashs, it's much easier to take cover and traverse ground where the past wasn't so much so)

Nice one bro.

I haven't tried it but I know just from experience the Doc would have trouble killing Haechis (at least in Champion League against experienced pilots). The thing with Punishers is that it doesn't deal damage fast enough. Most who run Haechis run either Orkans or Tarans. On an open map it might work but again you're also in range of Shocktrains, Scourge and Zeus. I have run the Storm/Orkan build on the Doc which was fun but that's also because the Storm knocks down an energy shield faster. 

Review of the Dragoon at MK2. Final thoughts - this weapon needs to be nerfed down.

Any weapon at MK2 is powerful and the Dragoon is just a more effective and efficient Redeemer. However the Dragoon isn't really a problem like the ridiculous SHOCKTRAINS. Now that's a weapon to complain and get angry about.

Adrian... if you could pick any bot to win (b/c of the #wrgotyourback challenge - not sure of exact spelling btw on the hashtag lol)... which bot would you choose?

Will the Spectre change the current META of the game? Or do you think looking forward with the dragoon and other plasma weapons being dominant, that the bulgasari still has an edge?

Thanks!

***And one last question/comment... don't you think the spectre completely makes the doc obsolete?  Or is there an advantage to not shooting all 4 weapons at the same time, not being able to jump and not having stealth lol?

Sorry, forgot to answer this question but yes it makes the Doc obsolete. 

Thanks adriannnnnn! New to this forum, was trying to just "like" your comment or reply directly, not knowing how lol. Appreciate the feedback!

Bless you!

It might actually be the counter to the Shocktrain since it has 600m range.

Adrian, I think you're misunderstanding KOTH a bit.

The beacon that is active has a certain amount of capture points that drop overtime regardless of who is holding the beacon (also drains if no one holds the beacon), think of the circle as an hourglass with sand draining out of it, the sand being capture points. So at 5:10 when you go to capture that beacon, you're capturing a beacon with almost no capture points left on it. You'd be much better off going to the next beacon, especially since the sand drains out of hourglass faster the more people are on a beacon.

Frequently, you're better off going to the next beacon then fighting the enemy for the existing beacon. Often by the time you kill the enemy and take the beacon, they've already drained at least half it, and then when they respawn they can beat you to the next beacon in a fresh robot, while you limp over in one that is beat up.

Yes it would be deadly. It would actually give more purpose to the Carnage as well. The 3 on the Fury is the ultimate damage dealer since you have more of them mounted. Similar to comparing a Carnage Zeus vs Fury Zeus.

Ohhhh ok. Thanks for clarifying. This game mode needs a guide or something on their site. I was trying to figure out the points system too and how that works but no one has been able to direct me to a link or anything.

So... if a beacon is half drained then it's not really worth going for that beacon. A much better approach would be going to the next beacon so that you can capitalize on more of the capture points. Hope I got that right?

Yeah you've got it Adrian. It is a really interesting mode, but has some serious issues.

Your team can control how fast the beacon drains by how many people are on the beacon. So if your team is behind on capture points, just leave one player on it as it will slow the drain to a crawl giving 4 players a chance to get in position for the next beacon. You can dominate KOTH matches with a squad like that if you run slower robots.

As I mentioned, often the better approach is going for the next beacon cause it has more capture points that the current beacon, unless the current beacon was A) recently taken and B) you can guarantee you can take it. And if you have the current beacon and they overload on the next beacon, just take the next next beacon. Honestly, the beacons switch too fast if you are working as a squad of 5 and all capturing each beacon (draining the points fast) for all but perhaps a team of Striders. This makes the gameplay stale if you run solo as the only beacon where any shots are exchanged is usually the middle, everyone else just sits on the beacons close to the spawn to collect capture while the enemy team sits on the next beacon which is close to their spawn, and teams just run between their close to home beacons.

Because of how fast the beacons change, in time I believe people will begin to run more powerful robots instead of speedy one and just walk between two beacons that they know they can move between and capture points as they cycle. Get two squads of brawlers going doing that between 3 beacons, and you can ignore the other two and not play the chasing game. I've done that with success, but it takes a squad.

In the end, I think it is a flawed idea for a game mode that should be removed. There is a lot of just sitting on beacons and not a lot of fighting.

I've been using a Dragoon Fury as well and I also concur that it's OP.

That being said, I like the fact that it finally gives the Fury a bit more survivability in a Dash and Shocktrain world.  I also agree that I suspect that it was built to counter the Shocktrains. And as a result i like it a lot.

I've run some experiments and the craziest thing I've noticed is the awesome accuracy of the weapon.  One full salvo will break through a Lancelot shield thanks to the pinpoint accuracy.  It's fire-rate is decent but is at least countered by the slow reload.  A jumping Griffin is nearly dead by the time it lands.

I actually think the nerf doesnt need to be massive as long as they make it hard enough to purchase or attain.  But we all know money is kind.