Let's Discuss Ricochet!

[Lexon001 6]

The M2 Rico is so incredibly overpowered with drugs that it is unbelievable.  Recently purchasing M2 myself, I find it only being effective in maps such as Polygon and Sandbox without double power.

 

On a separate note, what's up with the servers? I need to go on to test something with my Rico.

[Loackie 269]

"overpowered" it's soo underpowered wut are u talkings aboots (this is sarcasm)

Edited December 3, 2014 by Loackie

[Lexon001 6]

"overpowered" it's soo underpowered wut are u talkings aboots (this is sarcasm)

 Hey Loakie, it's jh1816 on my alt.

 

Anyways, I agree that it needs to either be nerfed or the drugs do.  Mods, take your pick.

 

What's with the servers?  They were supposed to be up 30 minutes ago...

[pizzaslad 471]

SPIDEERRRPIIIGGG

 

I've always been interesting in Rico, long before it got this buff. I wanted to use it's bouncing effect to be deadly on the battlefield, and people to respect it. When it's buff came along and I was able to get it, I found it as an extra benefit.

 Now I guess you can all my one of those 'nooby Ricos' because I find it hard to turn my turret, shoot and drive. But as soon as I get back into commission, hehe

Edited December 3, 2014 by pizzaslad

[Xxemo_dinoxX 934]

Flying neon tennis balls. I hadn't put much thought into the fact that they could be so arrogant.

[pizzaslad 471]

PLASMA balls. Maybe ionized. IDK

[Bowzie 64]

Bros and bras, rico is just a swell weapon. Be ignorant if you like, say it sucks, but in the end if you choose to develop skills with it it is the ultimate weapon. Plus who doesn't wanna shoot globs of plasma across the battlefield?

[Xxemo_dinoxX 934]

Bros and bras, rico is just a swell weapon. Be ignorant if you like, say it sucks, but in the end if you choose to develop skills with it it is the ultimate weapon. Plus who doesn't wanna shoot globs of plasma across the battlefield?

The sound effects of Ricochet are aggravating...

[Loackie 269]

Bowzie, when did we ever say Rico sucked?

[Chameleos 157]

i think i enjoy using rico to prove people like that wrong... the ones who say it's for noobs,that is

[Promissory 569]

Wish VK was on.. I really want rico M2

[Loackie 269]

Chameleos: "i think i enjoy using rico to prove people like that wrong... the ones who say it's for noobs,that is" PFF I can name a bucketlist of reasons why it IS a noobs' turret. I'll name the major ones here:

 

- Severe hitbox manipulation, almost as bad as rail

- Autoaim is almost as OP as Railgun's is. (90% autoaim for Rail, don't tell me I'm saying lies)

- ROF is overpowering so Rico almost always wins duels assuming same hull is used, and no protection

- Projectile speed has been buffed, only being able to dodged by a Wasp or better, Wasp gets hit 50% of the time.

- If you get a noob account and get it to somewhere along WO4 or so, seregants can use M0 rico and get equal results to something like Smoky or Firebird

 

(I am probably one of those most biased anti-rico posters so beware GL changing my mind about Ricochet)

Edited December 4, 2014 by Loackie

[Vettefan22 145]

i think i enjoy using rico to prove people like that wrong... the ones who say it's for noobs,that is

It is the weapon the most noobs use, and most noobs use this weapon. Doesn't mean that there can't be skilled people (like you) with it.

[Thekillerpenguin 1,731]

It is the weapon the most noobs use, and most noobs use this weapon. Doesn't mean that there can't be skilled people (like you) with it.

Ricochet gets a bad reputation because a lot of less-skilled people manage to do somewhat well with it. A skilled Ricochet is FAR more dangerous than a one who hasn't figured out how to turn his/her turret.

 

I intend to get skilled with Ricochet when I acquire it.

[DonutsForLife 292]

Ricochet gets a bad reputation because a lot of less-skilled people manage to do somewhat well with it. A skilled Ricochet is FAR more dangerous than a one who hasn't figured out how to turn his/her turret.

 

I intend to get skilled with Ricochet when I acquire it.

Good luck ;) xD

[kayitsiz 621]

It is the weapon the most noobs use, and most noobs use this weapon. Doesn't mean that there can't be skilled people (like you) with it.

Good point

[Chameleos 157]

Chameleos: "i think i enjoy using rico to prove people like that wrong... the ones who say it's for noobs,that is" PFF I can name a bucketlist of reasons why it IS a noobs' turret. I'll name the major ones here:

 

- Severe hitbox manipulation, almost as bad as rail

- Autoaim is almost as OP as Railgun's is. (90% autoaim for Rail, don't tell me I'm saying lies)

- ROF is overpowering so Rico almost always wins duels assuming same hull is used, and no protection

- Projectile speed has been buffed, only being able to dodged by a Wasp or better, Wasp gets hit 50% of the time.

- If you get a noob account and get it to somewhere along WO4 or so, seregants can use M0 rico and get equal results to something like Smoky or Firebird

 

(I am probably one of those most biased anti-rico posters so beware GL changing my mind about Ricochet)

-projectile speed has been REDUCED in the last balances,had it hard to use m1 after them.

-auto targeting can be actually a - for rico,if you target someone at a lower spot and another enemy pops up at the higher one,it will shoot at the higher one,preventing you from finishing the one under,idk about rail as i hate it

-if rate of fire is the matter,then twins is worse.

-firebird m1 deals almost no damage if you don't MU it,smoky fares well even without..

-about hitbox,i'm not sure what that is but well.. i guess you mean how you see shots when they hit,they don't miss,it's lag between the two connections. rico even misses on its own (shoots slightly above the target somehow)

-it has a great dps,bit lower than firebird,but still it's limited,unlike twins, most times that's a huge - for rico (the shots reload slow..even if i mu'd reload)

 

i don't know what else to say tbh 

i tried to find out the negative things about rico

[IJN09 7]

i love ricochet bacuz u can do so much with it u can bounce it off walls it can go up down and u can also us it in battles without those kind of things like duel and such i think its a great weapon :tank:  :fire_r: it also sucks if someone else has it cuz its so easy to kill with!! :fire_l:

[DonutsForLife 292]

i love ricochet bacuz u can do so much with it u can bounce it off walls it can go up down and u can also us it in battles without those kind of things like duel and such i think its a great weapon :tank:  :fire_r: it also sucks if someone else has it cuz its so easy to kill with!! :fire_l:

:ph34r:

[Loackie 269]

@ Chameleos: ROF is what I focused on b/c Ricochet has large projectiles. Twins is a far smaller problem. projectiles are small and only work in long bursts. Three shots from M1 Rico on DP is enough to kill M1 Hunter MU'ed. Assuming 1 projectiles a second, downed in 3seconds. M1 Thunder takes 5 seconds if it 2 shots that. "bit lower than firebird" that's OVERPOWERED. It has far better range with a lower skill ceiling (getting up to the enemy's face and getting out alive takes skill regardless of rank)  and add the ricochet feature. You are guaranteed to WOMBO COMBO (youtube, if you get offended easily watch on mute) your opponent without Railgun Therapy.

[Chameleos 157]

taking into account my m1 rico was micro'd,it dealt 18.7-23.4 damage,for a medium of 21.1

now tell me,how does 21x2x3 do more than 165(165/42=3.9,but we're talking about mu vs no mu)?

A non micro'd one does 19 medium damage (165/19->8.6,which are 4.3 with DP resulting in 5 shots), 3 shots and 5 shots is quite a difference.

counting my mu'd reload time we have 0.568x5(no mu is 0.579) which actually is close to 3 seconds,but keep in mind that is half a clip,a full one without boost (which i rarely use anyways)

firebird shots how long,5 seconds? quite sure your hunter is down before those,rico takes 6 seconds instead (not a great difference,but it's a rail shot delay time,or 4 twins hits,which are about 40 damage).

damn,get some facts from the wiki at least before talking.

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

Ricochet still big king

[Bowzie 64]

Bowzie, when did we ever say Rico sucked?

Not hard to find if you use your brain and click through the pages.

[Loackie 269]

^Really? Since Update 207 and the vote between Rail, Rico, and Thunder all I have seen is that Rico is OP, and an unfair weapon to use.

 

@Chaemelos: LOL M1 Ricochet, and you get really good results? Who do you play against? (No, I'm actually serious. That is probably the main factor in my argument.)

Edited December 6, 2014 by Loackie

[r_Just_T0 11]

It is the weapon the most noobs use, and most noobs use this weapon. Doesn't mean that there can't be skilled people (like you) with it.

I think you are exactly right