The reload is only affected by the status of the bar so I think it's safe to say that it just uses more of the energy bar. For example, in the recent buff to arcade firing speed what happened was they just made each shot take away less from a full bar, leading to less charge needed for another shot and less time.

Message the mod, or any for that matter. I understand. ;)

Now give me an instance where I could have mashed all my posts together and they would have still made sense. Of course this is obvious provocation (trying to sneak in that dig) so I am not going to fall for it. In fact for the last few weeks I have been pretty inactive: a few posts per day. When I have time then of course I can do what I want. There's a reason why you don't see me spamming the forum games all day. Now RIDDLER_8 is not just going for a high post count and you know it. So your comment was completely unnecessary and rude as well. Any moderators reading this- I would appreciate it if you removed the quoted post.

Really. I was thinking Shaft, Isida, Firebird, and maybe Vulcan. But you say Ricochet? Why?

It is actually quite powerful. I just came out of a battle where a Mammoth-Striker absolutely dominated. ;)

I wouldn't put it that way. It's not like it will completely solve the problem overnight. Otherwise, of course they would do it. :P

No. In fact I would go so far as to say they actually impede your performance. Stick with the stock version and cross your fingers for a buff. That's all I can say. ;)

Voltage

Savage/Viperspark and Anonono: It's true he made some mistakes but this shows the underlying problem with the way the game is set up. It doesn't encourage spending and it doesn't encourage rank progression. So many players quit because of unbalance and Tanki doesn't seem to care about the player experience as seen from the direction of their updates. That's where the real problem lies, not in 1 or 2 players. There are so many others.....

Yes, there is. It has decent speed, weight, strength, hp, etc. The new generation of M3 buyers will gravitate toward Hunter as opposed to Viking and Dictator IMO.

Honestly are you repeating yourself from the days when Isida M4 had 50% self-heal?

Oh please. You don't simply tell someone to shut up. :D Now listen to me, thanks. I've been around here for 5 years. I've used Shaft plenty on different accounts, the M2 version mostly. Trust me, it was a nerf rather than a buff. Shaft is quite easy to use at the low-ranks. You camp in one spot and troll everyone. At the highest ranks it's very different. There is much more awareness and people know how to fight back/avoid. You need to outsmart them. And to do that you need a good auto-aim angle and fast reflexes. One of those was taken away. P.S. I've been in first place almost all of the battles I've played with Shaft. But it does get harder. It's not the easy pluck-a-target balloon-pop-style gameplay. :)

You mean by percentage, right? Surely the overwhelming numerical advantage of the xp players indirectly buff up the amount/proportion of good xp pilots- and it is a Legendary combination, used more in duels and ESports.

This has to be a duplicate topic. :P Yep, it is.

Entertaining article! :) Well done!

You should come in here with the predisposition that they will fix the problem. :) Does it give you a self-destruct timer? Does it only happen on certain maps? Has it happened only when you are firing Twins or anytime?

There was a time when a Hornet-Railgun doing peek-a-boo against a Mammoth-Vulcan with some protection would take more damage than the Mammoth. I think Viking-Hammer is the new best "troll xp/bp" combo. ;)

Interesting it seems to be Railgun and Rico for me, depending on the map.

The damage belong to Firebird and Freeze. Self-heal was Isida's special ability. It's special attacking ability. Otherwise it becomes another hum-drum damage dealer. Now I think that with the alterations, the devs have shown they don't like Isida. You say they are crutches but I think they are traps. They don't help the Isida player in anyway. We need a sizeable change for an alteration that can compete. Now keep in mind part of the reason Isida is good in team games regardless of weak stats is it can always locate it's next "target" for healing, due to hp bars. Other turrets do not have a spotter like that. But at close range where those aren't necessary, where Isida theoretically should be strong, it is weak. It is able to keep up a good score by maximizing it's efficiency in regard to closing the time between targets. But once it gets there it is weak.

Striker is what I call an "unaware turret'. It is better against people who aren't paying attention to you, and/or fighting against others in a group while you (the third-party) fires in. Same with Freeze, Shaft, etc. These turrets tend to be utterly terrible for 1v1s, especially in medium-and-up maps.

But Why. It's quite uninteresting. :P There are so many different options out there that change it in more interesting ways yet keep the turret within it's own characteristics and not spilling into others' area, if you know what I mean.

Not.

:lol: No need, no need. :ph34r: And why the 89%?

Viking M2 is very powerful. I do not think it needs a bit more of anything since almost everyone gets it earlier in kits anyway.

Your enthusiasm and glee will sputter out as you reach the high ranks. You'll wonder why you basically never inflict full damage even after full charge. Trust me it doesn't need a nerf it needs a buff.