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eSports tournaments during the past three years

I do think you make a good point, although I’ve seen many of these so-called “main tryhards” using this augment. I suppose a tryhard is someone who puts way too much effort into winning or being the best, often in situations where others are just having fun. So in MM, a tryhard would be someone who tries to finish games as fast as possible while earning as many battle points as they can. The main counters to this augment are Defender (which prevents medium hulls from being one-shotted) or Shaft protection. If you get onto a map where enemies have no more than two Shaft protections (which happens often), you can make the most out of this augment. Most augments work similarly, even Smoky’s Camper or Railgun’s Excalibur Rounds become much less effective when facing too many protections against them. In short, yes this augment is harder to use than the average augment which is something I like and hope to see being implemented into other augments. The main points I don't agree with are that tryhards don't use this augment because I've encountered many of them and that it's 'that hard to use' as Hypersomnia described it to be. Different experiences I guess, I see at least one every other match. XP/BP is a mode where players use Railgun exclusively (It was renamed to Railgun Master for a reason). In eSports, Shaft becomes part of the meta every now and then, long after I stopped playing competitively. I've never liked Shaft and got less than a 100 hours played with the turret in over 12 years of playing, so may god forbid a tanker from not considering themselves good with a turret he dislikes. Anyway, the screenshot was just an example of how even a “bad” Shaft player like myself can make the most of the augment. Thanks for the cookie, but I’ve got mine right here. I never called you a noob, nor did I ever say that a casual player can’t make good points about the game - it’s just that you, in particular, don’t.

Yes they do, I don't know where you're pulling these 'stats' from. The augment is nice and I do like the idea you must have good aim with Shaft in order to maximize the potential of the augment yet it isn't that hard to play with. I don't consider myself a good Shaft player but getting good results in MM using this augment is quite easy like the one below: The augment needs a serious nerf, pretty hard and annoying to play against. Kind of fun to play with though I can't lie.

Yes, you wouldn't be able to play at a competitive level even now so you're definitely a casual player. Nothing wrong with being a casual but you can't hype yourself up without anything to back it up. This isn't what you said, but oh well. You were the one saying "I must be just built different" - Mouse is easier with Hovering hulls than Tracked hulls especially movement wise.

As long as you don't play competitive eSports or XP/BP, finishing in 1st place using mouse controls isn't a flex. Is everyone with us here? I use mouse controls for tracked hulls and so do most people nowadays. By the way, using keyboard for MM would not make any difference. Yet again, you’re not addressing my point. You claimed to have seen no one complaining about mouse controls in XP/BP, to which I responded that you can ask around and see how many times players have complained about it. Even if a complaint wasn’t made on this forum, that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Aren't you a casual player?

Feel free to check recent eSports livestreams on Twitch and check how Titan is used. TankiSport_EN TankiSport_EN_2 You said yourself that you used mouse for a single match and ‘washed’ everyone, yet when I actually saw you play, suddenly there were excuses about why you couldn’t perform properly We were talking about mouse controls, which you yourself called ‘legal hacks,’ your words, not mine. I have, you can ask around and see for yourself. While the level of eSports is nearly as high and skillful as it was back in the day, most of these players can perform in MM at a much higher level than the average casual player. I’m all for valid criticism, but yours isn’t valid in this case.

But that has nothing to do with them being tracked, it’s simply how overdrives work. Mammoth is actually quite useful against miners. I often find myself using it when my team can’t steal the enemy flag due to the sheer amount of mines in their base. Titan forces the enemy team to waste their utilities, whether it’s grenades, overdrives, or something else. It’s also part of the current eSports meta thanks to the smart plays it enables. That said, even with Armadillo, certain augments combined with the Supercharge status effect can still kill you instantly (e.g. Vulcan, Twins with Plasma Turbo Accelerators, etc.). You’ve complained about three tracked hulls, but all of your points are based on the fact that they don’t directly provide “easy” kills. Their true intent is to support your team. Tracked hulls may require a bit more thought, but they can still be very useful. It’s a nerf to hovering hulls, so I don’t see how that can be considered a valid point. No offense, but I played against you the other day and noticed you were missing quite a lot of shots. Doesn’t really add up with the “legal hack” you mentioned. Everyone has complained about mouse users in XP/BP, where players must use Wasp and Hornet.

Hovering hulls are better due to their ability to move sideways, making them harder targets to hit. Hitting shots using hovering hulls had never been an issue to anyone who had played mouse for more than a few months. The current change is going to make Hovering hulls much harder to play with any turret that cannot balance the tank (Firebird, Freeze, etc..) That I can definitely agree with. Even if we don’t get the old Flash UI back (which I really miss), I think a more army-like design would suit Tanki much better.