Interesting to compare TO to a Game made by a company that has more than 5000 employes and a game that is not free-to-play. "Widowmaker has the exact same ultimate, minus the ignore defence part" so it is the exact same but at the same time not the same, that makes a lot of sense. Someone posted a table with xp gain versus hours played for each hull, and indeed Hornet came top 1, but is was closely followed by Hunter, I guess that Hornet is not the only one OP hull here. Hornet OD is indeed a natural born killer, and it offers less strategy/versatility than Hunter, which still good at making Xp (but less kill).

Mars like you never saw it:

Only the yellow outline is visible in Html 5 and Mobile when an Hornet Overdrive is activated from your team. On flash only a massive circle is shown over the opponent tanks. It is by design that only the yellow outline is shown even when hidden behind walls. If your graphic quality is on high setting you can tell what equipment it has and even which direction it is aiming.

Yes there are mk6 product kit available, i found it funny to have Mk5. There is some use to buy lower kit as you don't pay for the intermediary MK, but you still need to be able to afford them. The boost is definitely changing the game, times 3! There is more equipment in the game so in theory you need more crystals. The higher the rank the more expensive is the equipment, therefore the ratio in favour on XP is detrimental, so after 2 months it is normal to see these lower than expected GS. Normally I do not mind lower GS or a wide range in battle, but when it is lower than the expected rank, that is bad. I saw that screenshot, it is crazy: look at francisco profile, and Meteron

Maybe because it is a difficult one to balance. It is a support OD with a defensive and an offensive component. Supportive activity is hard to clearly define. I think the offensive (ignore protection) needs to be on part with its defensive part (radar, health), but in the hornet OD I think the offensive is perceived to be dominant. If you reduce even further the duration it would reduce even further the defensive part. If rework, nerfing is required, it should be on the "ignore all defense" and replaced to a "greatly reduce defences", like Titans has 90% defence, the reduction of defence could be around 90%.

? Small update Mobile Patch Update - Released 4th September 2020

Dang, TO can't make up their mind. First they created more ranks, then slightly increase the crystals earning per xp but created more expensive equipment, and now boost xp by a phenomenal times 3, and boost the crystal only by 2. The only winners here are the premium users and legends. More xp, mean less daily missions and weekly missions done, which means less supplies and less crystals, leading to less performing equipment and lower competitivity than now. It took me 3 years to reach Legend, nowaday it would take a year, and about 6 months for buyers/premium. But the turning point would be around 500k xp, when Buyers take a net advantage over F2P with product kits for ~300k xp. Either F2P endure before catching up or would just leave, either the buyers get fade up to compete against each others (with no more easy prey available). I used to do 10k xp per week, now it is equivalent to 30k, if I start a new account in 3 month-time I will have reached 400k. Half a month later I will have no drone, just one Mk7 combo and barely any protection modules to compete against mk7+ with drones and augments, ... no thank you... Here is the current shop for 455k+ xp players (Lieutenant colonel): F2P get one crystals kit at Mk5 Buyers get 4 kits at Mk7.

So they might test changes on Ares OD and Nerfing OP Hunter OD. ?

Sleepy dragon is the Club "Happy Dragons" [H.D.], magenta is a member/troller on the discord. He comes and goes as he pleases. At some point, the finest reporter and ex-reporter have been member of HD.

maybe it is a test on nerfing Hornet ?

It is good for the writer benefit, but I don't think that this relevant for the reader. I would say that mentioning all the changes is a lot of work for the proofreader which do not have the time to do so. If you are really interested you will need to find a third party proofreader that is willing to do it, i can tell you it is difficult. I sometime ask the member of the Sleepy dragon in the discord to proofread for me before submitting here. If you get magenta, it is impressive the passion he put in proofreading, i got lots of valuable insight from him.

Yeah! Fortress Mk5 Kit! I am so lucky! ?

What type an amount of reward are you looking for/suggesting?

Last challenge (The twenty-seventh Challenge, lasting from August 16th, 2020 - August 30th, 2020) had 3 times x25 batteries (silver tier 13, 28 and 38) = 75 batteries. Gold tiers had 2 times x100 so 200. It is 75/275 => 0.27 ratio. This challenge (The twenty-eighth Challenge, September A) has 7 times x15 batteries (silver tier 5, 13, 15, 25, 28, 35 and 38) = 105 batteries. Gold tier is still 2 x100 so 200. It is 105/305 => 0.34 ratio. And it is 30 more batteries (from 75 to 105) so a 40% increase. So yes I am pretty sure there are more batterie rewards in that September challenge.

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They are called Augment now and for a good reason. As with Viking OD, developers can limit the number of Augment that interact with the OD, even Drones if they want to. Regarding reduction of active time, that would be a drawback for other players that beneficiate from the yellow outlining of enemies tanks and the display of health. Initially the Hornet OD is a support Overdrive (like Dictator and Ares) it benefits the owner and its allies. So reducing the active time is not the best solution for nerfing. Spawn protection can be removed, that is small thing but linked to a huge emotional response. ?

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I can return the question to you: Are you freaking serious that you think it is a Developers bug, even after writing that it removes every protection and that spawn protection is a protection? An Overdrive giving special ability/privilege to one specific hull is the purpose of the OD, overriding spawn protection is a privilege, like Titasl provide 90% protection. "why on earth do we need spawn protection anyway," If you ask me i can tell you we do not need "spawn protection" this is for cry babies and should be removed altogether (that would be an indirect nerf to Hornet OD btw). I don't really understand where you want to go with "then what about the exact opposite?" that is a different discussion. Invisibility of Mammoth and special protection of Titans was too much, have you not seen or experienced it during special GB events. So far I have not seen Hornet rushes during special GB event, did you?

Overall rewards 50 Tiers 25 000 100 50 75 75 75 75 105 4 0 75 000 0 150 250 250 250 250 200 19 1 Total 100 000 100 200 325 325 325 325 305 23 1 Gold boxes disappeared, and Batteries increased. It looks like for this challenges, TO is willing to resplinishe the batteries stock of players who spend a lot for the last crazy/special weekend. Seems like for TO Drones usage need a boost for F2P players...

Protection Module <= 13 turrets only 3 slots Titan's OD, i.e. the dome <= need to have an OD ready at the same time Double Armor <= that is the biggest gain for Hornet OD (especially if you face drug addict). Spawn Protection (I honestly think this is unintended, but the devs simply won't fix it) <= The spawn protection is a new feature (less than 6 months old) and definitely intended for OD to ignore as it a protection enhance his name (Spawn Protection). Hornet DO = no protection Also ignore protection from drones passive (all drones) and actives (defender) The biggest loser is Titan OD and defensive drones.

True, Magnum splash damage distribution is mirroring the splash damage for twins up to 5 meters (25% for twins and 30% damages), after 5 meters it goes slight down to 5% (at 20 meters). So very concentrated up to 5 meters, and then tikling up to 20 meters. Distance Damage 0-2m 100% 3-5m 100-30% 5-20m 30-5% Gauss is Powerfull up to 12 meters (still 90% damages): Distance Damage 0-2m 100% 2-12m 100-90% 12-20m 90-5%

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It looks like Crisis Drone ?