Review Scrutinized: The All-New Overdrives!

[Stratosphere 2,234]

Very nice article. And excellently scrutinized.  :wub:  :ph34r:

Edited September 28, 2017 by Stratosphere

[Pyre 3,485]

I'm also wondering if mammoth becomes invulnerable to impact as well...

They pretty much ARE invulnerable to impact :P

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Well, looks like this is the nail in the coffin for my Viking :( First it gets Hunter's stats, and now this...

How so? IMHO Viking has one of the best Overdrives and I only use Viking on the account I play on. Viking is still really strong and this Overdrive is pretty good - faster firing rate is awesome!

[Magenta 5,165]

How so? IMHO Viking has one of the best Overdrives and I only use Viking on the account I play on. Viking is still really strong and this Overdrive is pretty good - faster firing rate is awesome!

Do you even mean 10% of that by heart -_-

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

They pretty much ARE invulnerable to impact :P

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

well, that's true if they get hit in the hull. but if you hit the turret mounted on a mammoth it's not so invulnerable to impact, especially when hit at the tip of the turret. i'm hoping mammoth overdrive will make both the turret and hull invulnerable to impact

[Pyre 3,485]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

well, that's true if they get hit in the hull. but if you hit the turret mounted on a mammoth it's not so invulnerable to impact, especially when hit at the tip of the turret. i'm hoping mammoth overdrive will make both the turret and hull invulnerable to impact

Really? Im gonna try that next time I see a noob Mammy-rail. Is it shaft-only? I cant see how any other weapon could hit the turret.

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Do you even mean 10% of that by heart -_-

Yep. You can see on my alt I play a lot and exclusively with Viking:

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/Authority/

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Really? Im gonna try that next time I see a noob Mammy-rail. Is it shaft-only? I cant see how any other weapon could hit the turret.

it's easiest to do so with shaft, but it's still possible with other turrets especially if you mount them on a dictator; you just have to learn to rock your dictator and fire at the correct moment such that the angle at which your projectile  flies results it landing on the turret. and the turret easiest to get hit is also shaft because it's long and thick, so use shaft to hit the tip of another shaft ;). sometimes when i rage at stupid team mates who push me when i'm aiming i shoot the tip of their turrets right before they fire  :P

Edited October 6, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[Magenta 5,165]

Yep. You can see on my alt I play a lot and exclusively with Viking:

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/Authority/

I too play a lot using viking, but did you mean 10% of what you said about the new overdrive -_-.

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

I too play a lot using viking, but did you mean 10% of what you said about the new overdrive -_-.

Yeah, sorry I didn't look too much into the new Overdrives but from what I can tell, it seems awesome. What's the drawback? Is it that you wanted supplies to activate, too?

[Magenta 5,165]

Yeah, sorry I didn't look too much into the new Overdrives but from what I can tell, it seems awesome. What's the drawback? Is it that you wanted supplies to activate, too?

Common, who doesn't want to drop a bomb on your stalkers, electrify your enemies, turn everything you touch into ash, get a force field around you...?

[r_arstrike0 6]

Half the aiming time of striker salvo on viking!!!

OH YEAH

Edited October 7, 2017 by r_arstrike0

[NXS_Neta_King 654]

Can't Wait for this Update  :rolleyes:

[Jamican_Mafia 10]

I'm not a hater of updates but I think this over drive thing is a waste of good time.

Edited October 18, 2017 by Jamican_Mafia

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Common, who doesn't want to drop a bomb on your stalkers, electrify your enemies, turn everything you touch into ash, get a force field around you...?

The Viking one isn’t “cool” but it is practical and IMHO much stronger than most others. It benefits almost every single projectile-firing weapon (basically not Fire, Freeze or Isida that much).

[Gubitnik 401]

isnt it weird?

 

hornet = radar at tanki x

hunter = EMP at tanki x

titan = forcefield at tanki x

mamooth = invincibility at tanki x

[Viking4s 10,791]

isnt it weird?

 

hornet = radar at tanki x

hunter = EMP at tanki x

titan = forcefield at tanki x

mamooth = invincibility at tanki x

hehe, look also there:

1/ https://youtu.be/7aSCw_9mZDI?t=273

2/ https://youtu.be/7aSCw_9mZDI?t=368

3/ https://youtu.be/7aSCw_9mZDI?t=389

4/ https://youtu.be/7aSCw_9mZDI?t=515 this one is for Riddler

5/ https://youtu.be/7aSCw_9mZDI?t=545

 

It's a compile of the TO test box.

[Best_of_thunder_2015 1,354]

i feel this update should not go further...

viking ,wasp, mammoth, titan has good powers where dictator, hornet has noob abilities : ( 

seriously ? no if this update comes every single minute in a battle, you can see these powers rising up making up battle more tougher.

please, don't tweak something which is already in good condition

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

Will Viking's overdrive give Freeze, Isida, and Fire infinite energy tanks? -I heard it somewhere else.

 

Otherwise the Overdrive for Viking is the weakest, on the game's third-weakest hull.

 

Also heard that with Hornet, you'll be able to see the enemies' health-bars- can anyone confirm?

[maryam98 1,171]

Will Viking's overdrive give Freeze, Isida, and Fire infinite energy tanks? -I heard it somewhere else.

-I think it will give a reasonable increase in size of energy tank

 

Otherwise the Overdrive for Viking is the weakest, on the game's third-weakest hull.

 

Also heard that with Hornet, you'll be able to see the enemies' health-bars- can anyone confirm?

-I don't think so, I think that it can only see enemy tanks through walls and ignore protection modules.

[r_trooll15 827]

The Viking one isn’t “cool” but it is practical and IMHO much stronger than most others. It benefits almost every single projectile-firing weapon (basically not Fire, Freeze or Isida that much).

Twins Viking od = twins hax

[govenier 1,202]

I dont like these new overdrives at all.. they would bring so many new unessasary things that will make more lagg... they should just keep it simple like it is right now  :angry:  :angry:  :ph34r:

[Beowulf 0]

I am disappointed by this new overdrive system and think it will lead to an unbalanced game.

 

First off, I believe Dictator will have the best overdrive.  By far.  Lets's compare it to the other medium hulls first.  

 

Viking:  faster firing rate.  OK.  But Dictator gives double power... so the DPS probably won't be that different.  Furthermore, Dictator maximizes all other supplies at the same time.  That said, the only situation I really see this being an advantage over  Dictator's overdrive is with Viking's overdrive activated with double damage supply turned on at the same time, effectively quadrupling damage output.  I could see this being very useful for snipers or those who shoot from a distance (railgun), and depend on structures hiding them, which already give better protection than double shielding anyway.  .  

 

Hunter:  Turn off the supplies of surrounding tanks.  Dictator's overdrive benefits it strongly regardless of proximity to other players as it activates all five supplies.  Hunter's ability on the other hand will only benefit if close to enemy.  This overdrive will not be very helpful to players using weapons at  some distance in an offensive manner such as Thunder or railgun.  Further, this is purely a defensive overdrive... which depends on supplies having been activated by the other team... and then being close enough to de-activate.  Lot of ifs here.  If this overdrive is activated with no supplies around to deactivate, it is useless.  Dictator on the other hand will always be beneficial to activate, regardless of when activated.

 

Let's look at the heavy hulls.

 

Mammoth:  invincible with the touch of death.  Great, but everybody will just run away.  The slowest hull just became even slower.  This will have its use to move campers off of a flag, or get a gold box, but given the very slow ability this has, I am not sure this is really gonna be of much benefit to teams.

 

Titan:  OK, this overdrive sounds cool for sure.   I had the impression watching the VLOG on this that the forcefield shields won't move around though, in which case this would be strictly defensive.  Again, no health, no mine, no double power.  Overall, I think Dictator's is still stronger.

 

Ok... now the light hulls.

 

Hornet:  One can see through walls, and the one that activates can shoot at other tanks without their protections being active.  With good situational awareness, it is usually already quite easy to know where most of the tanks are at, so I don't think seeing through walls is going to be of a huge benefit.  Also, if they have a protection against your turret (on average they won't since you only get max three protections) you will have usually just a bit more firing power towards them than usual (maybe significantly more firing power if they have 50% protection).  I guess if they have double shielding activated, this will help, but again, lots of ifs.  With Dictator's super power, the double damage already effectively gives one an even better benefit than only POSSIBLY taking away protection from another tank as with Hornet.  Double damage from Dictator applies to all hulls.  

 

Wasp:  I guess it remains to be seen the nature of this bomb.  If it can destroy surrounding tanks and is even stronger than Magnum, this could absolutely be a game changer. If this only throws up a flash and has impact to move surrounding tanks... meh.  Tanks such as railgun, thunder, smoky, etc. will still just shoot the wasp dead from a distance as it scampers away.  

 

And that's my take based on what the developers have said.

 

I currently use railgun with hunter.  A lot.  I don't like Dictator because it is slower, despite the better shooting angles.  I don't think hunter overdrive is going to be very beneficial to me, and I might have to change hulls, which I am not happy about.  I don't usually purposely attack other hulls up close, so this overdrive will only benefit me if I am being attacked by another tank up close on supplies.   This overdrive will be very useful for isida, firebird, freeze, hammer and possibly twins.... but no so much the other turrets.  

 

I guess maybe I can eventually switch back to using Viking.

 

What these new overdrives are really about is getting people to get new hulls, despite already having well developed hulls.  This is just about creating more profit.  I doubt this is going to make the game better.

 

EDIT:

 

After giving this some more thought, maybe I am just reacting negatively to change.  I am sure the developers have put a tremendous amount of thought into this.  I guess we will just have to wait and see what this holds.  The concept of Dictator acting like an actual Dictator, with team members congregated around it to benefit from its overdrive is appealing.  Dictator will always have plenty of team mates to help with whatever mission or direction it is pursuing.  As primarily a railgun player, the concept of Railgun damage potentially being quadrupled (double damage plus increased firing rate) is appealing to me, even though I like using Hunter much better than Viking.  Maybe other advantages will come around as well.  As a hunter railgun not being so easily killed by Isidas, firebirds or hammers on drugs may be appealing as well.  Guess we will have to wait and see.  One thing is for certain, this is going to really change the way the game is or can be played.    

Edited January 13, 2018 by Beowulf

[Noahn 0]

I really hate the new overdrives. I use Smoky and Hornet mostly and I really dislike the Hornet's overdrive. I think everyone is going to have to start using Dictator

[GeekSHizzle 522]

I really hate the new overdrives. I use Smoky and Hornet mostly and I really dislike the Hornet's overdrive. I think everyone is going to have to start using Dictator

Did you see what  it looks like?