Tandem being absurdly broken is clearly intentional

Because these are crystal augments and they don't give a dime about them. They know these augments were among the decent ones available for crystals so they they decided to nerf them to the ground. In other words, forcing players to chase legendary/exotic augments since their trusty Assault rounds will no longer cut it.

@Opex-RahTandem is just as broken just so you know.

Noted, Freeze GT incoming

I think most participants will only be able to get one exotic augments at best. It's highly unlikely you will get to 2000 points without buying any of the bundes.

Easiest skip of my life

My problem with Hydra is not so much dodging the rockets as how short it's cooldown is. The reload penalty after salvo being 100% is way too short of a reload for an augment that lets you shoot gazillion rockets even if they aren't homing. Compare this to Faust which has the same +100% reload penalty, but is severly handicapped by the 40m range. This is what causes me to lose duels against Hydras, I survive the first barrage but it's not too long until it starts shooting again. In this scenario, if both parties have 50% prot equipped, Faust actually doesn't deal enough damage, especially if the Hydra user has Lifeguard or defender.

Disagree on Faust being stronger than Hydra. I used Faust numerous times against Hydra users and they pretty much always win the fight. Faust launches 4 rockets in quick succession. What makes Faust not so great in comparison is that it takes a big hit against striker protections, Unlike Hydra. Hydra can just tear through your HP regardless of wearing prot or not

The Hydra spam is getting out of hand... Every lobby has at least 3 Hydras on the opposing team.

Lobbies are infested with Hydra striker on both teams. Kinda unpleasant to encounter constantly ngl

You're right tbh. I chose Heavy slugger instead of Assault mag, and while pretty good, it's not OP either. And I TOTALLY agree with Freeze removing DD and Tesla's absurd crit rate. Like, the moment I encounter a status Tesla -God forbid Pulsar- I know Im getting inflicted with status no matter what. And Yea healing shaft is just braindead broken, I simply leave any game with healing emitter shaft on the opposing team. Smoky Pulsar is also crazy OP imo but since its largely slept on, not many people seem to complain about it.

Most likely gonna get nerfed to the ground alongside all the Hammer augments

Miner augment is gonna be the downfall of this game

They are gonna force a 50/50 outcome. Only isindor and Ricopuff will be able to purchase exotic augments, leaving the other two factions forced to spend on the TK bundles ?

The devs will make it so that only 50% of the participants get exotic augments, aka Ricopuff and Isindor. I bet neither Shaftlaw nor Twinserin will accumulate 1000 pts by the end of the event. They will make it so neither of them gets to 900 -cause 100 pts for 50k crystals-

Honestly though Nikman, I'm not a fan of this format at all. It's entirely luck based, and depending on which team you landed on, you can go from getting 2 exotic augments to none at all despite doing all missions just like the others. I'd prefer it to be based on the total number of the stars of the team -earned in battles- rather than being reliant on RNG with no option to transfer to another team.

TWINSERIN WHERE ARE YOU

I'm gonna be extremely frustrated if my team doesn't manage to accumulate 1000 points at the very least.

If you're in Twinserin, I suggest you catch them asap. Otherwise, you can relax, it's no big deal. ?

Imagine if the distribution was not equal. I would actually be mad if that was the case.

Right here bud

EMP immunity means you'll be able to use RK to cleanse the other effects after stun runs out.

Good take. Just wanted to say EMP immunity is better to counter pulsar cancer than AP.

Is Assault magazine still top tier or is it not that good anymore?

I believe it also removes self-damage. Jumper just made a video on it