Then what's the point? Cryo would be way better as it lasts longer. On the subject of smoky augments - can someone clarify what damage is actually nerfed for cryo and incendiary? They do not have critical hits though the WIKI (and webpatch notes) indicate the "critical" damage is getting a nerf.

I hardly ever see this. And believe me, I try as hard as I can to get close. But most of the time I die before I get to reasonable range. And when I do, the viking somehow survives - it's almost like they are not taking any of the bonus damage.

Titan shield is Trash. 6 overdrives ignore or disable Titan shield - one of them being the "trash" hornet. Lots of battles I place the dome only to get AP status 2 seconds later or the dome is just disabled by Hunter or another bloody Titan. With 12 tanks per side on many maps there's always an enemy ready to disable it or punch through it.

With or without DD?

As a Shaft/Gauss/Rail module-user I fully endorse this proposal.

where are all the larger maps? I keep getting sandbox, cross, Sandal and Forest and Bridges and Red Alert. Multiple times each. Often same map 2x in a row.

One thing to note on recent update - compared to stock, I find Assault round much better. The 200% increase in velocity is pretty much an instant hit. Went 13-1 in a rugby game on Polygon with almost no misses. Sure it's not a large map, but it just seems away more accurate. If the diff in critical was a wider margin I might think differently. But Normal vs Crit is not huge. Would rather hit on more shots than.... make a miss on that Crit.

I've asked 2. a couple times already. One possibility is the smoky regular damage is lowered whenever a "special hit" is delivered. But they need to be more specific.

This happens all the time. Enemy team capping before defenders have loaded. MatchMaker is garbage. They need to adopt a lobby like TX had. Who cares if a few impatient players cry about waiting longer. At least the battles are fair. 7 (6 really) minutes is too short a battle to be spotting the enemy team a 1-0 lead.

You mistake my meaning. Either drones are OP and those that can't use them need a voice. OR... As you say they are overrated (not OP). In that case the players don't need a voice to use an overrated item. They should be able to get by fine without them. Just because people might want them does not mean they deserve them. That's what the economy is for - you have to make choices.

If my team went down to 3 players I'd exit.

Why do you need to speak up for those who are not using an "overrated" item? Seems contradictory. ?

Well no one said they are "mandatory". Not using one puts you at a disadvantage compared to the many that do. If you do well without them then I'm not sure what your comments are for.

The augments should not have been introduced. And they are basically for buyers - we can't buy them for crystals.

No idea. Makes no sense for them either. At worst, should be a big puff of smoke from end of barrel, or maybe a muzzle flash. But a trail behind the shell? No. That should have been reserved for Rail.

Click on Containers tab. You should see a green progress bar above the large container on your screen.

Since the smoky can't one shot anyone (without divine intervention) why is it important to know where every shot comes from. That was part of it's nature. They could have changed the smoky mechanics without adding the odd-looking trail. Maybe they could have added that "reveal" to just the critical shot. And that would make autocanon more visible since it has criticals way more often.

So your issue was with one particular augment. Could that augment not be tweaked without wrecking the other versions?

What do you mean by... "now"? Smoky has been balanced for quite some time. I dislike the delay in the shot a lot. And the trail it gives off is goofy looking and also gives away your position. As for MM... it still has that giant rank-spread, and is not giving teams the same number of high-ranked players within those spreads.

Whether you like it or not - they are now. If you are playing at high rank battles and you don't equip a drone, you are at a significant disadvantage.

Well some of us don't like the new smoky mechanics... And matchMaker is still trash.

Well, you could collect the ideas and then do an analysis of how that might affect the economics... right?

Had the same thing in Sandbox. But my team also had lower ranks in addition to fewer players. MatchMaker is really messed up.

That would take a long time. 20+ hrs per week. And you likely get... more supplies. And not doing missions means you are giving up a lot of supplies and crystals and ... containers.

Seriously? That's the answer you are going with? Players want to know specifics. Like... does stun last shorter but make you drop a flag? And with cryo available to smoky why is paralyze even needed? And on the subject - cryo and incendiary smokys do not have critical. So what damage is nerfed with the update?