Tempest prediction poll

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I've built the Carny combo a couple times and it's not half bad on the big maps. I wonder what nick it will acquire ...... Carny-Pest ?   I also wonder what form of currency and how much it will take to buy it ?

I thought about getting a Raijin specifically as a Tempest platform, but I have 2 Carnages already - which have more mobility and better defense against rocket fire.

I think it will depend a lot on how accurate the final weapon is. If the hit rate doesn't drop off too badly at distance then I would expect a lot of Natasha's and Fury's will be sporting them to counter Trident/Zeus/Trebs. If they do suffer at distance, the Carnage's mobility (or Leo's HP) will probably be needed to make them viable.

I don't sense the Tempest will have a that much of an impact anymore. The current version has been nerfed quite since early last year and the game has moved past the need that originally called for the weapon - which was to counter MRS setups.

Since that time, new maps/map revisions have been made and buffs/additions to bots/weapons have made the watered down Tempest somewhat irrelevant. The two new maps being tested right now also don't favor even MRS setups IMO.

I've tried to make the Tempest/HMG/Heavy Molot work and it's just too slow to unload, too little damage at the critical 600-800m range due to inaccuracy (cause if is under that, then a Trident/Zeus is better), and too long a reload ---- which make it hard to justify making a spot for a setup using this weapon in the faster paced matches that moon map and he two new knifer maps will bring.

Given the dramatic increase of Tulu/PIN and Gekko (Gekkos are much more reliable than the Tempest too) setups that are mobile since update 2.9, the coming of the Tempest would seem like a step backwards for anyone already on or moving to a maximized 2.9 hangar.

That all said, I put the Tempest in the too little-too late category and I don't think we will see too much if this weapon at all.

However, if ou must try it, I found the Natasha with Tempest/Gekko, Carnage Tempest Carnage, Butch Quad Temest, and Lancelot Tempest/Molots to be the best blend of firepower and mobility ---- but I will not be using any if them since the two new maps really nullify the need for distances longer than 600m and I can't have a setup in my hangar that will serve less than half the maps I draw (I don't skip maps).

Tempest plus twin molot MKIIs on a Lancelot is the anti midrange & sniper hunter ?. I know, I know, it's not what a Lance is for but your out of splash range, homing missle range, immune to trebs, & unless they add armor penetration to the Kang or Nash you can slowly ruin the red teams day from a sweet spot of 650m. Pretty soon you will have to keep on the move, the norricum buffs will probably happen & they can shred a lazy robot up a few salvos now.

I so totally agree with this.

I don't think that I would find a place for a tempest in my hangar.

I'm with Team Alpha Strike. They just do not make sense with the direction this game is currently going.


It's being lauded as a great new weapon when in reality is a 'Sorry we dragged our arses on this one for freaking ever for no reason, so, uh, here you go'.

Vote for carnage.I thought Pix will give name Molot Mk3, but it was tempest(heavy molots).

I'm voting natasha based in my hangar, can't value Fury properly since I don't own one, but I see it as a long range weapon, where mobility of your robot is not the key point, I'd rather to mount other weapons in my carny.

I think tempest raijin would be a perfect counter to the trident fury since it has 200m additional range and both the bots have similar speeds

I would like to see the tempest sell for Ag & be positioned to help players with little to no workshop points yet compete while they are being propelled up the league system.  If you are average or dare to be above average in skill you will be armed with at best Tulu's, Pins or Pinata's vs.  WSP & Gold Bots & Weapons for a good long while before you get enough workshop points or gold to outfit even a single bot with it's final set of weapons.  For more casual players this is especially  true since they will spend more "real world" time getting to a point where silver weapons & bots are nonviable, if they get there at all.  The tempest probably wont find a place in an endgame hanger & that's ok.  If it's made accessible & cheap too upgrade at lower levels, it will not only provide more variety for those that will spend more time at that stage but will allow you to compete against WSP & Gold weapons while you are saving resources for you own.  Not everything has to be end game viable & for those who play less games a week than the average player a Tempest/Molot setup would be a viable counter to more expensive platforms for quite awhile.  IMO I would like to see the progression in War Robots stretched out so that investing in intermediate weapons & robots is a necessary step, rather than replacing beginner bots with final bots being viable, which is how it is now.

I wonder if this will replace my rare Nashorn set-ups for anti-midrange work? I also wonder how it will compare to the few Zeus/gekko set-ups I use?

Tempest Carnage is the best setup, IMO. Its only downside is less firepower and health. Its mobility and energy shield make up for those, though. My second place would be Tempest Molot Leo. Its weapon positioning makes it so that it is much easier to control. Additionally, the weapon positioning makes it feel like more bullets hit. The Leo's lack of any shielding is balanced by its large health pool, allowing it to compete with other Tempest setups. I plan on buying 2 or more Tempests and including a Tempest bot as a permanent part of my hangar.