Let's Discuss Viking!

[Phoenix.Rising 2,519]

^ Pro :P

 

My Viking at 15 MUs get toasted alot... 

 

How many MUs would make Viking okay in your opinion, Austen?

[austen_pierce 1,948]

^ Pro :P

 

My Viking at 15 MUs get toasted alot...

 

How many MUs would make Viking okay in your opinion, Austen?

Thanks... :)

 

For Gismo level (caveat - that's one rank higher than my main, but I do play a lot of Gismo battles these days), Viking becomes okay between 25-30 MUs. To make Viking good, you need to be well into the 30s.

 

Couple of other points:

-Viking gets toasted on Poly CP regardless of MUs, but those neglected speed boosts can give you a real edge over the lumbering Titans and Mammoths.

-Viking gets a lot of benefit from each MU - much better ROI than later unlock M3 hulls and weapons. This each MU is very satisfying

[Phoenix.Rising 2,519]

Thanks... :)

For Gismo level (caveat - that's one rank higher than my main, but I do play a lot of Gismo battles these days), Viking becomes okay between 25-30 MUs. To make Viking good, you need to be well into the 30s.

Couple of other points:

-Viking gets toasted on Poly CP regardless of MUs, but those neglected speed boosts can give you a real edge over the lumbering Titans and Mammoths.

-Viking gets a lot of benefit from each MU - much better ROI than later unlock M3 hulls and weapons. This each MU is very satisfying

I find that if I use Viking, my tank blow up rather quickly in a drug war in Polygon. I think I will just confirm to hit and run tactics...

[austen_pierce 1,948]

I find that if I use Viking, my tank blow up rather quickly in a drug war in Polygon. I think I will just confirm to hit and run tactics...

Yeah, that's kinda where I was going with the speed boost advice.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

I caught a gold box with my Viking last night. I was like "Fly, pancake! Fly!"

[The-Operator219 1,929]

I caught a gold box with my Viking last night. I was like "Fly, pancake! Fly!"

I caught one with Titan-Shaft the other day.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

I've caught a few with Titan, but never with Shaft equipped.

[The-Operator219 1,929]

I think they just let me take it, because I was right under it and they did pretty much nothing. I even got some kills in on a few Wasps trying to be stealthy during the commotion.

[CrazyJack_EN 12]

I love viking. It is my primary hull and it goes great with just about every turret. I use fire, freeze, rico, and sometimes thunder.(my thunder is only m0 but if it was better i would use it with viking.) Does great with midfielding. It is worth the cost.

[Abderrahim12345 35]

I am using viking and thunder. I also have hunter, but it is only a bit faster and a lot weaker.

I like viking with twins too in moon silence, viking has good stability.

 

I think viking is too slow for firebird.

At your rank is normal that viking is slow compared to wasp. As you will get in the higher ranks viking will become faster.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

I remember lamenting Viking's slow speed at M0 and M1. At M4 the thing has wings.

[Cor7y 13,862]

At M4 the thing has wings.

Why, did it drink Red Bull? :D

 

I've never tried Viking-Rail, though.

I sometimes use Viking Rail on my General (I ranked yesterday) alt.

It's great combo, especially if there's aren't many people with Railgun protection in your battle.

Excellent combo for kill-stealing in DMs.

Edited August 10, 2016 by Cor7y

[austen_pierce 1,948]

Why, did it drink Red Bull? :D

 

I think it did :D

 

Red Bull = 50 MUs :ph34r:

 

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Edited August 11, 2016 by austen_pierce

[r_md920 2]

My favourite combination: Viking+ Thunder.

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[Metaphor 538]

Viking is very good as an all round battle tanki with torrents like smoky , isade, freeze, Firebird, ricochet, literally many of our turrents. And it's also very balanced. Disadvantage is short height can't get gold ;(   

Yes, but it also can be considered an advantage since it's low height allows for enemy fire to shoot over your hull.

[The-Operator219 1,929]

 

I sometimes use Viking Rail on my General (I ranked yesterday) alt.

It's great combo, especially if there's aren't many people with Railgun protection in your battle.

Excellent combo for kill-stealing in DMs.

I tried it and Hunter-Rail on one of my numerous accounts for testing combinations, I have to say it's a bit underwhelming. Maybe it's just because of it being M0, but it feels slow and hard to juke with it. Which is ironic, considering juking is one of the things Titan-Rail is great at when it's M1. 

I never really found a use for it aside from midfielding on medium sized maps, and it just felt slow with no advantages other than being more stable.

Of all the Railgun combinations, Viking and Mammoth seem the slowest.

[The-Operator219 1,929]

Yes, but it also can be considered an advantage since it's low height allows for enemy fire to shoot over your hull.

Only with Dictator though, and only at extremely close range.

[basenji7 1,199]

Only with Dictator though, and only at extremely close range.

It's a much smaller target to hit as well 

Also it just looks better  :D

[The-Operator219 1,929]

Eh, I guess.

Rail-Dictator is probably the best looking in my opinion.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

Rail-Dictator is probably the best looking in my opinion.

#ostrich :ph34r:

[stalagmite 12]

what's juking?

[The-Operator219 1,929]

It's when you try to out-turn your enemy so that you both fire and aim at them at the same time.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

It's when you try to out-turn your enemy so that you both fire and aim at them at the same time.

I'm having trouble following what you're saying. I find Viking okay at outflanking. We're you talking about Hunter?

[The-Operator219 1,929]

I'm having trouble following what you're saying. I find Viking okay at outflanking. We're you talking about Hunter?

As in, you know how Railguns sometimes spin their hull around while rotating their turret to aim faster? It's slow when doing that.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

As in, you know how Railguns sometimes spin their hull around while rotating their turret to aim faster? It's slow when doing that.

Got it... I have to do this with Rico-Viking too bc the turret rotation is so slow.