Let's Discuss Thunder!

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

@MasterNoob1: You are wrong. If it were 50% off, then the Kit(s) would be a total of 75% off. :lol:

 

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[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

Don't forget MU'd Clay:

50% Thunder

50% Railgun

50% Ricochet - (and ricochet is getting more popular after update)

i think that picasso is the best for microupgrading :D

i think it goes over 40% for freezer,shaft,thunder,rail fully MU :ph34r:

[Reeco9 1,567]

i think that picasso is the best for microupgrading :D

i think it goes over 40% for freezer,shaft,thunder,rail fully MU :ph34r:

Not bad, but I tried fully MU'd Smoky and Titan, and fully MU'd Clay in the test server, and did really well. (Most people used Thunder or Railgun)

[FatalTank 712]

Recent performance with  MUed Thunder-Hornet and some dear friends!

[superdude321 0]

is mammoth and thunder a good combination

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

is mammoth and thunder a good combination

decent

[MasterNoob1 104]

that doesnt effect the fire rate :P

:oops:

[MasterNoob1 104]

decent

It's actually pretty nice...

[Remaine 4,687]

 

[WookySpolf 63]

Don't forget MU'd Clay:

50% Thunder

50% Railgun

50% Ricochet - (and ricochet is getting more popular after update)

Ikr, I discovered that yesterday. I was pretty amazed.

[r_SpiderPig12 98]

Is the Hunter worth using with the Thunder?

[WookySpolf 63]

Its decent, Hunter works pretty well with most guns. I have only used it a little bit but I think that combo can be very effective.

[Smok-Ti-Thun 93]

For Thunder I would not choose Hunter. It is somewhere in the "bad" middle and it does not move "fluently" due to the slow acceleration/power.

In my opinion it is much better two have two hulls (Hornet and Viking) depending on what type of game you are going to play:

 

In CTF take Thunder and Hornet: you need the speed!

 

In TDM you just choose the hull that suits your style the most

 

In DM take Thunder and Viking: the best hull, certainly considering the speed/HP!

 

Hornet and Viking both have really fast acceleration: most players do not value this enough, I think it is crucial!

 

For example: with the Railgun I switched between Wasp and Hornet and the lesser acceleration of the Wasp makes it feel "slow" in short movements, the Hornet which has a lot more power is much more fluent, goes really fast from back- to forwards: a crucial benefit when Railgunning! Escaping or attacking with a nice speed at the first meters is good too!

The drifting of the Hornet is a little issue, but till now HP and power/acceleration make it the hull I prefer.

 

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Another thing I noticed with Thunder is that players at WO5 or even higher ranked, play with Thunder in the popular Polygon DM and make in my view two mistakes:

 

First mistake is they choose a hull with to little HP. Without HP you are toast much to soon. That is ok with a short-range weapon like Freeze because you kill a lot also, not so good with Thunder. So better take Viking or Titan.

 

The second and worst mistake is that they do not use Cedar paint. This relatively cheap paint makes the difference in the Thunder M1 infested WO4+ (Polygon) DM 's!

Only thing needed to proof this is an empty Map and a wall: first you go without Cedar and close to the wall you shoot two-and-a-half times and your dead, next with Cedar (not even MU 'd....) and you can shoot four! times and you are still (really júst, but what the heck!) underneath the living! B)

(In large maps Cedar is still good, but sometimes Tundra can be a better choice.)

 

Not that I object the players who choose to play DM 's differently: the more, the better ;)

 

I have just started to fight with the Thunder M1 but already have good results with the non-drugging Cedar-painted Viking M1 - Thunder M1 combo:

 

 

[FatalDeath 62]

NIce ^^

 

Mine is MUing :(

Edited January 2, 2014 by FatalDeath

[FatalDeath 62]

8 Stages of reload MUing gives you this. (Notice Tribute CTF-big map)

[Smok-Ti-Thun 93]

FatalDeath = FatalTank....ofcourse

 

I really liked your "Thunder tips for ZiAa", good stuff!

 

So it seems the MU 'ing is over ;) ...wow, very nice score certainly with Thunder in a big Map! B)

 

You play a lot of CTF it seems, do you also play DM 's?

[FatalDeath 62]

FatalDeath = FatalTank....ofcourse

 

I really liked your "Thunder tips for ZiAa", good stuff!

 

So it seems the MU 'ing is over ;) ...wow, very nice score certainly with Thunder in a big Map! B)

 

You play a lot of CTF it seems, do you also play DM 's?

 Thanks for your kind words. On my main account>>FatalTank i don't have any heavy or even med hulls...so i avoid DMs. Of course i have played some DMs, in which i got first places, but that happened after a lot of sweating :p  Now on FatalDeath i got Titan-Smoky combo on sales, and it worked GREAT in Polygon DM. I was getting first place without much trouble. You just need the right combo to play a certain map or game mode...and FatalTank has a combo good for CTFs, that's why you see a lot of CTF screens there.

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

 Thanks for your kind words. On my main account>>FatalTank i don't have any heavy or even med hulls...so i avoid DMs. Of course i have played some DMs, in which i got first places, but that happened after a lot of sweating :P  Now on FatalDeath i got Titan-Smoky combo on sales, and it worked GREAT in Polygon DM. I was getting first place without much trouble. You just need the right combo to play a certain map or game mode...and FatalTank has a combo good for CTFs, that's why you see a lot of CTF screens there.

FatalError is your account also? :)

kiding :P

hunter m3 with railgun m3 with tundra is my main combo at high now :wub:

Why tundra instead of my inferno or hohloma?

because tundra makes my hunter survive at 2 railgun m3 shoots :D

[FatalDeath 62]

FatalError is your account also? :)

kiding :P

hunter m3 with railgun m3 with tundra is my main combo at high now :wub:

Why tundra instead of my inferno or hohloma?

because tundra makes my hunter survive at 2 railgun m3 shoots :D

Yh, if you really wanna be protected, then rail paints are a MUST!(on most maps)

[Smok-Ti-Thun 93]

 Thanks for your kind words. On my main account>>FatalTank i don't have any heavy or even med hulls...so i avoid DMs. Of course i have played some DMs, in which i got first places, but that happened after a lot of sweating :P  Now on FatalDeath i got Titan-Smoky combo on sales, and it worked GREAT in Polygon DM. I was getting first place without much trouble. You just need the right combo to play a certain map or game mode...and FatalTank has a combo good for CTFs, that's why you see a lot of CTF screens there.

FatalError....I will certainly not make that FatalRemark ;)

 

I recently did some Titan-Smoky (in Polygon DM) as well. Went very well too! No sweat at all! :P

But I have to say that I missed a lot of the sheer pleasure from "driving" a faster tank. Titan used to be my number one tank before the NP.

Before the NP Titan was better as the Viking in my opinion.

My own nick-name is Smoky-TItan-Thunder: should actually be Smok-Vi-Thun now.... :mellow:

 

Even if the Titan was more successfull in crystals for me than the Viking I would still for the reasons of fun choose Viking in DM 's!

Sorry for that..... ;)

But Titan-Smoky sure is a hell of a combo, and after the NP a lot better than the Mammoth! B)

 

And yes, the Hornet is great (essential...) and big fun for CTF 's! Should do some more CTF, enjoy them probably the most, but have had too many bad experiences with over-drugging opponents and multing.....resulting in battles with at the end a sad sum of crystals.... :(

Looking at the picture: which paint is that you use?

Edited January 2, 2014 by Smok-Ti-Thun

[FatalDeath 62]

FatalError....I will certainly not make that FatalRemark ;)

 

I recently did some Titan-Smoky (in Polygon DM) as well. Went very well too! No sweat at all! :P

But I have to say that I missed a lot of the sheer pleasure from "driving" a faster tank.

Even if the Titan was more successfull in crystals for me than the Viking I would still for the reasons of fun choose Viking in DM 's!

Sorry for that..... ;)

But it sure is a hell of a combo, and after the NP a lot better than the Mammoth. B)

 

And yes, the Hornet is great (essential...) and big fun for CTF 's! Should do some more CTF, enjoy them probably the most, but have had too many bad experiences with over-drugging opponents and multing.....resulting in battles with at the end a sad sum of crystals.... :(

Looking at the picture: which paint is that you use?

Oh man, yh i know how that feels (drugs in CTF)....well, once you get over Brigadier rank you can start NS battles....that's when the fun starts ;) The paint i'm using in that battle is Digital...a railgun protection, since in a big map railgun is the biggest threat (well Shaft too but, since Shafts are static, they can be avoided with a little bit caution....and they are rare too). Railgun is maybe the most popular turret in this game, so i thought a rail protection is essential. 

[Smok-Ti-Thun 93]

Oh man, yh i know how that feels (drugs in CTF)....well, once you get over Brigadier rank you can start NS battles....that's when the fun starts ;) The paint i'm using in that battle is Digital...a railgun protection, since in a big map railgun is the biggest threat (well Shaft too but, since Shafts are static, they can be avoided with a little bit caution....and they are rare too). Railgun is maybe the most popular turret in this game, so i thought a rail protection is essential. 

NS battles: that 'll be good, just skills....let them come!!! :)

 

Digital: did not recognize it, looked in TO Wiki at even "higher" paints....but a nice paint!

I only have two good paints at my main. Tundra (the Digital paint that went cheap.... ;) ) and for mostly Thunder-fighting the Cedar. MU 'ing them both to 40% and that 'll do for now..... :)

 

I am glad that the Shaft population diminishes a little: much nicer for the game! Had some pre-NP Serpuhovs CTF 's with multiple Shafts where you could barely move.... :D

Saw an amazing Wasp-Shaft combo at Polygon DM (of all places) lately: died a lot, but also killed a lot......wondered what he could do with a Railgun.......

 

The Railgunner has all my respect, I am training with that beautiful strong sniping weapon as well....as I am the Lord-of-the-Snipers! (please don't take the last too seriously....) :) :)

Edited January 2, 2014 by Smok-Ti-Thun

[ribslad 6]

Thunder fever. It is deadly. Especially with drugs  :lol: . Reload is okay. Pesky enemy. Self-destruct 

[r_SpiderPig12 98]

Is the Hunter worth using with the Thunder?

Anyone?

[FatalDeath 62]

Anyone?

  I think you should mount it on either something that is faster than Hunter or at something with more Health than Hunter. Reason is Thunder's self-dmg. "Rule" says that, Thunder should be used with either Hornet, Viking or Mammoth.

  But of course rules are made to be broken so, give it a try...it may work for you.