Let's Discuss Drones!

TheCongoSpider · June 9, 2022

On 6/9/2022 at 8:40 AM, Marcus said:

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Firebird

Standard damage increased from 380-1060 to 400-1100 per second

Critical damage decreased from 900-1800 to 700-1700 per second

Weak damage percentage increased from 10% to 25%

(Note) Firebird deals damage 4 times per second. Therefore, the damage numbers in-game will be 4 times lower.

Freeze

Weak damage percentage increased from 7% to 25%, matching Firebird.

Isida

Standard damage increased from 575-1150 to 580-1160 per second

Critical damage increased from 575-1150 to 600-1200 per second

Critical healing decreased from 2000-4000 to 1500-3000

(Note) Isida deals damage 4 times per second. Therefore, the damage numbers in-game will be 4 times lower.

Tesla

Standard and ball lightning damage increased from 409-810 to 450-900

Сritical damage increased from 405-810 to 450-900

Ball lightning reload increased from 7 to 12-8 seconds

(Note) This change means that previously the ball lightning took 7 seconds to charge, but it now takes 12 seconds at Mk1 and 8 seconds at the MAX upgrade of the turret.

Hammer

Standard damage increased from 60-120 to 70-140

Critical damage increased from 540-1080 to 630-1260

Reload time of the turret increased from 6.2-4.4 to 7.2-4.4 seconds.

Augment «Slugger»

No longer decreases the rotation speed of the turret

Twins

Standard damage decreased from 105-205 to 100-200

Critical damage increased from 130-260 to 165-330

Reload time increased from 360-257 to 390-260 milliseconds

Ricochet

Critical damage increased from 270-540 to 300-600

Reload time increased from 700-500 to 750-500 milliseconds

Recoil decreased from 0.8-1.7 to 0.6-1.2

Smoky

Standard damage increased from 290-580 to 300-600

Critical damage decreased from 710-850 to 670-800

Striker

Critical damage increased from 850-1700 to 865-1730

Thunder

Standard damage decreased from 495-990 to 450-900

Critical damage increased from 510-1020 to 615-1230

Augment «Small caliber charging machine»

The decrease in Standard damage changed from -25% to -30%

The decrease in Reload time changed from -25% to -20%

Augment «”Sledgehammer” rounds»

The increase in Standard damage changed from +50% to +45%

Added a decrease in Range of min damage by -50%

(Note) The “Sledgehammer” augment was designed as a close-range modification of the turret. Based on what we have observed, the augment is best paired with a speedy hull and used for charging an enemy. With this fix, the augment should remain relevant after changes to the turret’s balance.

Railgun

«Electromagnetic accelerator “Scout”» augment

The decrease in Standard damage changed from -25% to -28%

The decrease in Critical damage changed from -25% to -20%

Magnum

Standard damage decreased from 745-1490 to 720-1440

Critical damage increased from 745-1490 to 815-1630

Shaft

«Rapid-fire mode» augment

Decreases the ranges of maximum and minimum damage by -50%

(Comment) The augment was conceived as a melee modification of the turret. We will try to limit its high efficiency to close battles while trying to avoid removing critical damage.

Booster

Bonus damage decreased from 15-30% to 10-20%

(Note) Booster bonus damage reduction is in line with the current base damage increases for almost all turrets, where Booster plays a key role in increasing efficiency.

Horizontal auto-aim angle for Android client decreased from 6 to 4 degrees.

UPDATED: 09/06/22

Spoiler

With 20 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

AP Tesla will be able to kill a light hull that has DA with ball + chain lightning strike.

Hammer:

It will require fewer pellets to one-shot an unprotected light hull and two-shot unprotected heavy hulls
Will start 3-shotting heavy hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill a heavy hull after it APs them

Ricochet:

Will need 1 fewer shot to kill unprotected medium hulls

Thunder:

Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 3 shot unprotected heavy hulls
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 34 metres (from 30m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds 2-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 44 metres (from 41m)

Smoky:

Will require at least one fewer shot to kill all hulls that have DA

Striker:

The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~5.5 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will kill a medium hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Destabilisation will kill a heavy hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage

Shaft:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage.
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the minimum sniping damage
Will be able to kill heavy hills with DA with arcade + fully charged sniping shot

Adrenaline:

Tesla will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls at 92% HP
Ricochet will start taking one fewer shot to kill light and medium hulls with DA at 98% HP
Hammer will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls at 50% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 66% HP
Smoky will start 3-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 91% HP
Thunder will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Gauss will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage at 81% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo at 92% HP
The range at which Gauss one-shots unprotected light hulls with the salvo increases from 11m to 20m at 92% HP
Shaft will start two-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP

Edited July 5, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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NikmanGT · June 10, 2022

16 hours ago, TheCongoSpider said:

It will require fewer pellets to one-shot an unprotected light hull and two-shot unprotected heavy hulls

AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill a heavy hull after it APs them

How much is the mk8 Hammer damage if equipped at mk8 drone and BD after the patch update ?

TheCongoSpider · June 10, 2022

2 hours ago, NikmanGT said:

How much is the mk8 Hammer damage if equipped at mk8 drone and BD after the patch update ?

Should be 2,772 with Booster.

NikmanGT · June 10, 2022

15 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Should be 2,772 with Booster.

Oh wow, thanks

TheCongoSpider · June 11, 2022

On 6/9/2022 at 8:40 AM, Marcus said:

Spoiler

Firebird

Standard damage increased from 380-1060 to 400-1100 per second

Critical damage decreased from 900-1800 to 700-1700 per second

Weak damage percentage increased from 10% to 25%

(Note) Firebird deals damage 4 times per second. Therefore, the damage numbers in-game will be 4 times lower.

Freeze

Weak damage percentage increased from 7% to 25%, matching Firebird.

Isida

Standard damage increased from 575-1150 to 580-1160 per second

Critical damage increased from 575-1150 to 600-1200 per second

Critical healing decreased from 2000-4000 to 1500-3000

(Note) Isida deals damage 4 times per second. Therefore, the damage numbers in-game will be 4 times lower.

Tesla

Standard and ball lightning damage increased from 409-810 to 450-900

Сritical damage increased from 405-810 to 450-900

Ball lightning reload increased from 7 to 12-8 seconds

(Note) This change means that previously the ball lightning took 7 seconds to charge, but it now takes 12 seconds at Mk1 and 8 seconds at the MAX upgrade of the turret.

Hammer

Standard damage increased from 60-120 to 70-140

Critical damage increased from 540-1080 to 630-1260

Reload time of the turret increased from 6.2-4.4 to 7.2-4.4 seconds.

Augment «Slugger»

No longer decreases the rotation speed of the turret

Twins

Standard damage decreased from 105-205 to 100-200

Critical damage increased from 130-260 to 165-330

Reload time increased from 360-257 to 390-260 milliseconds

Ricochet

Critical damage increased from 270-540 to 300-600

Reload time increased from 700-500 to 750-500 milliseconds

Recoil decreased from 0.8-1.7 to 0.6-1.2

Smoky

Standard damage increased from 290-580 to 300-600

Critical damage decreased from 710-850 to 670-800

Striker

Critical damage increased from 850-1700 to 865-1730

Thunder

Standard damage decreased from 495-990 to 450-900

Critical damage increased from 510-1020 to 615-1230

Augment «Small caliber charging machine»

The decrease in Standard damage changed from -25% to -30%

The decrease in Reload time changed from -25% to -20%

Augment «”Sledgehammer” rounds»

The increase in Standard damage changed from +50% to +45%

Added a decrease in Range of min damage by -50%

(Note) The “Sledgehammer” augment was designed as a close-range modification of the turret. Based on what we have observed, the augment is best paired with a speedy hull and used for charging an enemy. With this fix, the augment should remain relevant after changes to the turret’s balance.

Railgun

«Electromagnetic accelerator “Scout”» augment

The decrease in Standard damage changed from -25% to -28%

The decrease in Critical damage changed from -25% to -20%

Magnum

Standard damage decreased from 745-1490 to 720-1440

Critical damage increased from 745-1490 to 815-1630

Shaft

«Rapid-fire mode» augment

Decreases the ranges of maximum and minimum damage by -50%

(Comment) The augment was conceived as a melee modification of the turret. We will try to limit its high efficiency to close battles while trying to avoid removing critical damage.

Spoiler

UPDATED: 10/06/22

With 60 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls
Electroturret will instantly kill an unprotected heavy hull with the ball + chain lightning

Hammer:

Will one-shot unprotected medium hulls
Duplet will instantly kill medium hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill heavy hulls with DA after it AP's them
Blunderbuss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal and critical damage with Viking's Overdrive

Ricochet:

Helios' initial burst will start killing medium hulls with DA
The number of projectiles needed to kill an unprotected heavy hull with Plasma Torch is decreased by 10

Thunder:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 2-shot unprotected medium hulls
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 23m metres (from 0m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds 2-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 49m metres (from 41m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 40 metres (from 30m)

Smoky:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Supercumulative Rounds critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls
High-Precision Aiming System will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with Viking's Overdrive

Striker:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage
Will kill heavy hulls that have DA with a salvo
Cyclone will kill Juggernauts if one of the missiles gets a critical hit
Uranium will start one-shotting medium hulls
The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~6.6 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal and critical damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Gauss:

Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo
The range at which the salvo one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m)
Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the acrade shot
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade critical hit

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage

Shaft:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal arcade damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will start killing unprotected heavy hulls with a normal + critical hit
Will start killing heavy hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Light Capacitors will start one-shotting medium hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
AP Shaft will kill a medium hulls that have DA with a lowly charged sniping shot + arcade shot
Short Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with Viking's Overdrive

Adrenaline:

Magnum will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 40% HP
The range at which the splash damage one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m) at 40% HP
Railgun will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 83% HP

Edited July 5, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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TheCongoSpider · June 16, 2022

On 6/16/2022 at 8:19 AM, Marcus said:

Railgun’s «Super armor-piercing rounds» augment

The «Armor piercing» status effect’s duration has been increased from 5 s to 6 s.

Shaft’s «Short-band emitter» augment

The increase in regular damage has been changed from +48% to +35%.

The increase in critical damage has been changed from +10% to +33%.

The increase in minimal damage has been changed from +48% to +35%.

Spoiler

UPDATED: 17/06/22

With 20 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

AP Tesla will be able to kill a light hull that has DA with ball + chain lightning strike.

Hammer:

It will require fewer pellets to one-shot an unprotected light hull and two-shot unprotected heavy hulls
Will start 3-shotting heavy hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill a heavy hull after it APs them

Ricochet:

Will need 1 fewer shot to kill unprotected medium hulls

Thunder:

Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 3 shot unprotected heavy hulls
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 34 metres (from 30m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds 2-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 44 metres (from 41m)

Smoky:

Will require at least one fewer shot to kill all hulls that have DA

Striker:

The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~5.5 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will kill a medium hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Destabilisation will kill a heavy hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage

Shaft:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will be able to kill heavy hills with DA with arcade + fully charged sniping shot

Adrenaline:

Tesla will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls at 92% HP
Ricochet will start taking one fewer shot to kill light and medium hulls with DA at 98% HP
Hammer will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls at 50% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 66% HP
Smoky will start 3-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 91% HP
Thunder will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Gauss will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage at 81% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo at 92% HP
The range at which Gauss one-shots unprotected light hulls with the salvo increases from 11m to 20m at 92% HP
Shaft will start two-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP

Edited July 5, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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TheCongoSpider · June 16, 2022

On 6/16/2022 at 8:19 AM, Marcus said:

Railgun’s «Super armor-piercing rounds» augment

The «Armor piercing» status effect’s duration has been increased from 5 s to 6 s.

Shaft’s «Short-band emitter» augment

The increase in regular damage has been changed from +48% to +35%.

The increase in critical damage has been changed from +10% to +33%.

The increase in minimal damage has been changed from +48% to +35%.

Spoiler

UPDATED: 17/06/22

With 60 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls
Electroturret will instantly kill an unprotected heavy hull with the ball + chain lightning

Hammer:

Will one-shot unprotected medium hulls
Duplet will instantly kill medium hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill heavy hulls with DA after it AP's them
Blunderbuss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal and critical damage with Viking's Overdrive

Ricochet:

Helios' initial burst will start killing medium hulls with DA
The number of projectiles needed to kill an unprotected heavy hull with Plasma Torch is decreased by 10

Thunder:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 2-shot unprotected medium hulls
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 23m metres (from 0m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds 2-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 49m metres (from 41m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 40 metres (from 30m)

Smoky:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Supercumulative Rounds critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls
High-Precision Aiming System will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with Viking's Overdrive

Striker:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage
Will kill heavy hulls that have DA with a salvo
Cyclone will kill Juggernauts if one of the missiles gets a critical hit
Uranium will start one-shotting medium hulls
The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~6.6 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal and critical damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Gauss:

Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo
The range at which the salvo one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m)
Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the acrade shot
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade critical hit

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage

Shaft:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal arcade damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will start killing unprotected heavy hulls with a normal + critical hit
Will start killing heavy hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Light Capacitors will start one-shotting medium hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
AP Shaft will kill a medium hulls that have DA with a lowly charged sniping shot + arcade shot

Adrenaline:

Magnum will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 40% HP
The range at which Magnum's splash damage one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m) at 40% HP
Railgun will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 83% HP

Edited June 30, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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fire_shoter · June 22, 2022

Hello @TheCongoSpider

Is driver drone good? I see it is your most used drone

How does it perform with dictator?

TheCongoSpider · June 23, 2022

9 minutes ago, fire_shoter said:

Hello @TheCongoSpider

Is driver drone good? I see it is your most used drone

How does it perform with dictator?

It was once a great f2p drone. But for a while, it has been tossed aside.

Whether it is "good" or not will depend on your circumstances and how you look at the situation. If you're looking at it from the bare minimum (transitioning from Brutus to a battery-powered drone) then it is "good" when maxed with how powerful Overdrives are right now and it costing half as much as it did before.

BUT, you are a Legend, an experienced Legend. A Legend with Booster, a top drone for years. Along with Defender and Trickster, two other drones at the top. A Legend with many 50% modules. Supposedly, a Legend with access to strong Ultra Container augments, so the answer will be different.

21 minutes ago, fire_shoter said:

Is driver drone good?

Booster has always powercrept Driver. That's a fact. Booster was the top drone. You can survive longer (and get more kills) if you burst the enemy down in less than a second. And you got this for free. In November 2019, they released the update that allowed certain drones to speed up cooldowns of specific supplies, as well as making some drones consume additional supplies. Booster gained a big ability that day that set it apart from many of the weaker drones. The ability to decrease Double Damage cooldown by using other supplies. This allowed it to use Double Armour and then Immediately use Double Damage. You were no longer exposed when using your high damage after spawning. Being able to use DA and DD one after the other was the biggest advantage you could have back then (and I'm sure you know that).

If you were not looking for gimmicky gameplay and would like to play the game normally with a bonus, Driver was the most consistent and rewarding to use. You had your base gameplay, but with the ability to charge your Overdrive faster via activating the drone on a kill every 15 seconds, something you would be doing if you were, again, playing the game normally. You had no direct supply advantage over players who weren't using a drone. You indirectly increased your effectiveness rather than directly with Booster/Defender back then.

You started off somewhat small (like most of the drones) and it would go up to be big when maxed, and would be where the huge value was.

38 minutes ago, fire_shoter said:

How does it perform with dictator?

Before the global nerf to Overdrive charge rates in October/November 2021, all Overdrives used to charge quickly (except Viking). Driver gave you the option to improve your performance by forcing you to get more Overdrives if you managed to achieve kills. The potency of Driver's effect on a hull's Overdrive charge differed from hull to hull. If you were looking to purchase Driver (and not a better drone), then the hull you were going to be using it with was important. You had to take into account all of their charging parameters, listed in the order of importance:

Manual charge (Overdrive charge per point)
Passive charge (Overdrive charge per second)
Overdrive cooldown (How long after activation until manual charge can begin accumulating)
Retention period (How quickly it discharges from 100% to 0%)

Manual charge is what Driver's extra charge is calculated from. It varied from 0.5% per point (Hornet, Viking, Titan), to as much as 1.0% per point (Wasp for 3 months in 2021). The number you see in the garage are "virtual points". If your Driver's current bonus was 15, then when the drone is activated, it would be as if you got 15 (kill) + 15 (Driver bonus) = 30 points. You received 30 points' worth of Overdrive charge when you activated the drone instead of the 15 points' worth you would have gotten without it.

Hulls with a higher manual charge rate were the prime ones to use Driver with. You had higher potential with a hull that has a slow passive charge but fast manual charge compared to a hull with a fast passive charge but slow manual charge. Dictator, for most of its lifespan after the OD update in 2019, was the best hull overall for Driver. A great combination:

Fastest manual charge
2nd/3rd slowest passive charge
Short retention period
Very short Overdrive cooldown
Overdrive refrehsed your supplies and HP, giving you longevity and a safety net for activating your drone and restarting the process
Overdrive gave a lot of charge to allies

Driver was the best possible option if you were looking to compete against the Boosters and Defenders running the meta without having to spend extra supplies. You did not have as much firepower and direct survivability as them, but your presence was made with the amount of ODs you could potentially activate. At max upgrades, it would give you 30 virtual points, so activating the drone would be as if you had gotten a triple kill. If you were able to activate your drone consistently, you were able to generate a good number more Overdrives compared to without it. At max, it was potent on every hull, but more potent specific one. The tricky thing here was Booster indirectly did Driver's job. It was common to see Booster users on certain turrets get double and triple kills with each activation. Not only was Booster mimicking Driver's effect, it was getting more points as well.

So colour me shocked when in July 2021, Driver received a rework. Its cooldown and bonus charge was reduced by 5x. You got small bursts of extra Overdrive charge, but you potentially got it more often. This came together to outright kill the drone overnight. Its effectiveness plummeted. The number of different equipment you were able to properly utilise it with was down to a handful rather than anythin you felt like using before. Because in order to get back what you had before, you needed to make constant kills. Very hard to do that with protection modules and Booster/Defender running everywhere. Casual Driver users got absolutely shafted. I made sure, MANY times, to go around following supposed casual players using Driver. Recording how long it took them to get their Overdrive and how much was their Driver drone an influence in getting it. And I confirmed my hunch. The drone was pretty much dead for casual play. I had upgraded the drone instead of giving in to the Booster/Defender meta on 5 accounts and was halfway to doing it on a 6th, but after the nerf, I stopped upgrading it. You BARELY got anything and it still had a 1,000,000 crystal price tag to upgrade to full. If Booster somehow didn't powercreep it then, it sure did now, DIRECTLY.

Driver stays like this for a few months. The only hulls it was worth using on were Dictator and Ares. We come now to the drone and supply update that buffed supply cooldowns and effects from some drones. Driver gets its max bonus increased from 6 to 10. Not significant, but with everyone being able to use DA and DD in half the time as before, it felt somewhat good again to use with the handfull of equipment mentioned earlier, still bad for casual gameplay. Two weeks later, it got brought back from 10 to 7, so once again became bad. The last kick in the teeth was the global nerf to Overdrive charge rates for all hulls. All hulls now passively charged slowly so if you couldn't get kills or score easily, you'd have fewer Overdrives. And the big one: all manual charge rates were equalised to 0.33% per point. Whatever reason you had for using the drone over others was wiped away right there. It was once great, and overnight, plummeted and snowballed into being bottom tier. It had to be sacrificed to move the game forward in the intended direction. More supplies consumed, more turret-focused gameplay, stronger Overdrives, and the introduction of a new consumable meant to do Driver's job. Nuclear energy. Oh, did I forget to mention the Jammer status throughout all of this? Boy there sure were so many things stomping on Driver while it was down, huh?

Fast forward to June 2022:

Manual and passive Overdrive charge rates are low
Retention periods are short
Overdrive cooldowns are much longer on average
Other drones above it getting buffed
Jammer being applied by more turrets every month
500,000 price tag to justify the killing of its power

It is a shell of its former self, and appears to be continuing that forever. Every drone's upgrade costs are overpriced. Out of the three 500k drones, only Engineer is worth considering to upgrade. Is Driver a good drone? For you, it will be a downgrade. It is up to you whether or not you would like to signficiantly reduce your standards to upgrade the drone and use it/enjoy it. To this day, I am still pissed about this occuring. I've used it for so long that it is still my profile's highest recorded drone, but I have mostly been using Assault/Booster/Supplier since October and have been giving Driver chances here and there to see if it even marginally improves with major balance changes. It's too painful for me.

wild001 · June 23, 2022

As long as you cant trade supplies for crystal,

I dont consider drone supply usage as waste of crystal, as most supplies from containers and challenge are more than enough for ultra mission usage and occational drone usage.

If you are not buyer, you are not supposed to use drone other than brutus for every battle, battery alone is not enough for free player usage 7/24.

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Max drone enable you have better edge in battle, make you actually can finish mission faster and earn crystal by stand in better ground, in return use use supply and batteries in fewer battles than using brutus.

Like win top 3 mission can be done in 5 min if you use max combo drone in ctf/rgb most time, compare using brutus in 15min and more attemps. If you think that way, you save time and supplies.

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If you want to truely use 0 supply and no drone in battle, then use isida+ dictator combo in any defense battle, you earn xp by healing. That is how i play when supplies are low in old days as free player.

Now, even at legend 80+, i still play economically by using shaft and ares to play defensively to save supplies, as shaft can kill without supplies w 3300 damage or 4000+ with heavy compacitor augment

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My new top high score with supply eco brutus combo, 1300+ battle point, 1 capture, 66 kill.

Edited June 23, 2022 by wild001

TheCongoSpider · June 23, 2022

1 hour ago, fire_shoter said:

Is driver drone good? I see it is your most used drone

How does it perform with dictator?

Here are some videos I recorded with Driver before the nerf. The first two are playlists:

Spoiler

TheCongoSpider · June 23, 2022

On 6/23/2022 at 9:28 AM, Marcus said:

Spoiler

Ricochet
«Destabilized Plasma» augment
Shots are now able to ricochet once

Range of average damage decreased from 4 to 2 meters

Average splash damage and Minimum splash damage changed from 90% and 25% to 50%

Projectile speed is no longer increased

«Plasma Torch» augment

Projectile speed decrease changed from -40% to -50%

«Sizzling Field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Burning» status effect for 4 seconds

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Cryo Field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Freezing» status effect to them for 10 seconds.

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Magnetron» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «EMP» status effect to them for 1 second

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Tectonic field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Stun» status effect to them for 0.4 seconds

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Super-smart Minus-Field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Armor-Piercing» status effect to them for 3 seconds

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Jamming Field» augment

Any damage will apply the «Jammer» status effect to a target for 1 second

Removed other features of the augment

«Pulsar» augment

Critical chance decreased by 50%

«Helios» augment

Shots are now able to ricochet once

Updated Garage descriptions for the augments

Smoky

Fixed the way «Sorted Ammunition» augment works

(Note) Permanent fix for now

Striker

Fixed the way anti-cheat works so it won’t cause all rockets after the first one to lose damage

Added an anti-cheat setting that won’t let rockets deal damage if the system considers this damage be illegal

(Note) You can't see if the rocket doesn't deal damage if you haven't launched the rocket.

Scorpion

Minor changes in design

Added the «Adrenaline» augment available for crystals

Maximum damage bonus: 30%

Added the «Explosive Shells» augment available for crystals

Radius of average splash damage is 2 meters

Radius of minimal splash damage is 10 meters

Projectile speed decreased by 50%

Projectiles cannot ricochet

Added the «Explosive Warheads» augment available for crystals

Radius of average splash damage is 3 meters

Radius of minimal splash damage is 10 meters

Added the «Missile launcher «Wolfpack» augment available for crystals

Number of rockets in salvo is 8

Aiming duration is increased by +100%

Initial rocket speed is decreased by -99%

Maximum rocket speed is increased by +1100%

Time to reach max rocket speed is increased by +300%

Spoiler

UPDATED: 24/06/22

With 20 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

AP Tesla will be able to kill a light hull that has DA with ball + chain lightning strike.

Hammer:

It will require fewer pellets to one-shot an unprotected light hull and two-shot unprotected heavy hulls
Will start 3-shotting heavy hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill a heavy hull after it APs them

Ricochet:

Will need 1 fewer shot to kill unprotected medium hulls

Thunder:

Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 3 shot unprotected heavy hulls
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 34 metres (from 30m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds 2-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 44 metres (from 41m)

Smoky:

Will require at least one fewer shot to kill all hulls that have DA
Sorted Ammunition will kill an unprotected medium hull with a critical + normal hit

Striker:

The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~5.5 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will kill a medium hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Destabilisation will kill a heavy hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage

Shaft:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will be able to kill heavy hills with DA with arcade + fully charged sniping shot

Scorpion:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage.

Adrenaline:

Tesla will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls at 92% HP
Ricochet will start taking one fewer shot to kill light and medium hulls with DA at 98% HP
Hammer will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls at 50% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 66% HP
Smoky will start 3-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 91% HP
Thunder will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Gauss will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage at 81% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo at 92% HP
The range at which Gauss one-shots unprotected light hulls with the salvo increases from 11m to 20m at 92% HP
Shaft will start two-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP
Scorpion will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage at 66% HP

Edited July 21, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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TheCongoSpider · June 23, 2022

On 6/23/2022 at 9:28 AM, Marcus said:

Spoiler

Ricochet
«Destabilized Plasma» augment
Shots are now able to ricochet once

Range of average damage decreased from 4 to 2 meters

Average splash damage and Minimum splash damage changed from 90% and 25% to 50%

Projectile speed is no longer increased

«Plasma Torch» augment

Projectile speed decrease changed from -40% to -50%

«Sizzling Field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Burning» status effect for 4 seconds

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Cryo Field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Freezing» status effect to them for 10 seconds.

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Magnetron» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «EMP» status effect to them for 1 second

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Tectonic field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Stun» status effect to them for 0.4 seconds

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Super-smart Minus-Field» augment

Hitting an enemy with a critical shot or after ricochet will apply the «Armor-Piercing» status effect to them for 3 seconds

Works the same way as the «Destabilized Plasma» augment

«Jamming Field» augment

Any damage will apply the «Jammer» status effect to a target for 1 second

Removed other features of the augment

«Pulsar» augment

Critical chance decreased by 50%

«Helios» augment

Shots are now able to ricochet once

Updated Garage descriptions for the augments

Smoky

Fixed the way «Sorted Ammunition» augment works

(Note) Permanent fix for now

Striker

Fixed the way anti-cheat works so it won’t cause all rockets after the first one to lose damage

Added an anti-cheat setting that won’t let rockets deal damage if the system considers this damage be illegal

(Note) You can't see if the rocket doesn't deal damage if you haven't launched the rocket.

Scorpion

Minor changes in design

Added the «Adrenaline» augment available for crystals

Maximum damage bonus: 30%

Added the «Explosive Shells» augment available for crystals

Radius of average splash damage is 2 meters

Radius of minimal splash damage is 10 meters

Projectile speed decreased by 50%

Projectiles cannot ricochet

Added the «Explosive Warheads» augment available for crystals

Radius of average splash damage is 3 meters

Radius of minimal splash damage is 10 meters

Added the «Missile launcher «Wolfpack» augment available for crystals

Number of rockets in salvo is 8

Aiming duration is increased by +100%

Initial rocket speed is decreased by -99%

Maximum rocket speed is increased by +1100%

Time to reach max rocket speed is increased by +300%

Spoiler

UPDATED: 24/06/22

With 60 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls
Electroturret will instantly kill an unprotected heavy hull with the ball + chain lightning

Hammer:

Will one-shot unprotected medium hulls
Duplet will instantly kill medium hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill heavy hulls with DA after it AP's them
Blunderbuss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal and critical damage with Viking's Overdrive

Ricochet:

Helios' initial burst will start killing medium hulls with DA
The number of projectiles needed to kill an unprotected heavy hull with Plasma Torch is decreased by 10

Thunder:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 2-shot unprotected medium hulls
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 23m metres (from 0m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds 2-shots unprotected medium hulls is increased to 49m metres (from 41m)
The range at which Sledgehammer Rounds one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 40 metres (from 30m)

Smoky:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Supercumulative Rounds critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls
High-Precision Aiming System will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Sorted Ammunition will kill an unprotected medium hull with a critical + normal hit
Critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with Viking's Overdrive

Striker:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage
Will kill heavy hulls that have DA with a salvo
Cyclone will kill Juggernauts if one of the missiles gets a critical hit
Uranium will start one-shotting medium hulls
The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~6.6 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal and critical damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Gauss:

Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo
The range at which the salvo one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m)
Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the acrade shot
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade critical hit

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage

Shaft:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal arcade damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will start killing unprotected heavy hulls with a normal + critical hit
Will start killing heavy hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Light Capacitors will start one-shotting medium hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
AP Shaft will kill a medium hulls that have DA with a lowly charged sniping shot + arcade shot

Scorpion:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal and critical damage
Will kill a medium hull with DA and 50% Scorpion protection if all missiles directly hit
The range at which Explosive Warheads kills a medium hull with DA is increased to 10 metres (from 2m)

Adrenaline:

Magnum will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 40% HP
The range at which Magnum's splash damage one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m) at 40% HP
Railgun will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 83% HP

Edited July 21, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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Venerable · June 24, 2022

Thanks a lot for giving my poor fingers a workout!

Please use spoilers lol

Each post is a topic in itself

TheCongoSpider · June 25, 2022

On 6/24/2022 at 2:13 AM, Venerable said:

Thanks a lot for giving my poor fingers a workout!

Please use spoilers lol

Each post is a topic in itself

Good idea. I will use spoilers for all except the list that is currently active.

TheCongoSpider · June 30, 2022

Quote

New augment for Thunder added to the updated UItra Containers — «Salamander shells»

(Note) Critical hit ignites the target. Critical damage will be dealt only to the first affected target, but other tanks in the range of splash damage will be ignited too

UPDATED: 01/07/22

No changes.

Edited June 30, 2022 by TheCongoSpider

TheCongoSpider · June 30, 2022

Quote

New augment for Thunder added to the updated UItra Containers — «Salamander shells»

(Note) Critical hit ignites the target. Critical damage will be dealt only to the first affected target, but other tanks in the range of splash damage will be ignited too

UPDATED: 01/07/22

No changes.

TheCongoSpider · June 30, 2022

On 6/24/2022 at 2:13 AM, Venerable said:

Thanks a lot for giving my poor fingers a workout!

Please use spoilers lol

Each post is a topic in itself

Spoilers are being added to the lists of outdated interaction changes. Should I spoiler the Patch Note quotes as well?

Venerable · June 30, 2022

2 hours ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Spoilers are being added to the lists of outdated interaction changes. Should I spoiler the Patch Note quotes as well?

In my opinion, it'll be great if you add spoilers for any content that needs too much scrolling to be read lol - so if the content crosses around 10 lines, add a spoiler...

TheCongoSpider · July 21, 2022

Quote

Spoiler

New augment for Thunder added to the updated Ultra Containers — «Hyperspeed shells»

(Note) The shell damage is reduced by 50% but only at close range. The greater the distance, the more damage you deal, up to 400% of regular damage. Shells fly faster, but critical damage is completely removed.

Thunder

Critical damage decreased from 615-1230 to 600-1200 HP

«Salamander» shells, «Wyvern» shells, «Magneto» shells, «Peacekeeper» shells, and «Corrosion» shells augments

Critical damage decreased by 25%

Critical splash radius increased from 1 to 12 m.

(Note) Status effects are now applied to all targets in critical splash radius, not limited to just one opponent. This variant of settings fits the turret better.

Scorpion

Regular damage decreased from 650-1300 to 625-1250

Critical damage increased from 700-1400 to 750-1500

If a target is destroyed, rockets will now be flying to the point where the tank was destroyed

(Note) Rockets will no longer fly towards the sky

Spoiler

UPDATED: 22/07/22

With 20 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

AP Tesla will be able to kill a light hull that has DA with ball + chain lightning strike.

Hammer:

It will require fewer pellets to one-shot an unprotected light hull and two-shot unprotected heavy hulls
Will start 3-shotting heavy hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill a heavy hull after it APs them

Ricochet:

Will need 1 fewer shot to kill unprotected medium hulls

Thunder:

Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 3 shot unprotected heavy hulls

Smoky:

Will require at least one fewer shot to kill all hulls that have DA
Sorted Ammunition will kill an unprotected medium hull with a critical + normal hit

Striker:

The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~5.5 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will kill a medium hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Destabilisation will kill a heavy hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage

Shaft:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will be able to kill heavy hills with DA with arcade + fully charged sniping shot

Scorpion:

Will kill a medium hull that has DA with normal + critical hit

Adrenaline:

Tesla will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls at 92% HP
Ricochet will start taking one fewer shot to kill light and medium hulls with DA at 98% HP
Hammer will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls at 50% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 66% HP
Smoky will start 3-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 91% HP
Thunder will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Gauss will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage at 81% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo at 92% HP
The range at which Gauss one-shots unprotected light hulls with the salvo increases from 11m to 20m at 92% HP
Shaft will start two-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP

Edited August 4, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
Added Spolier

TheCongoSpider · July 21, 2022

Quote

Spoiler

New augment for Thunder added to the updated Ultra Containers — «Hyperspeed shells»

(Note) The shell damage is reduced by 50% but only at close range. The greater the distance, the more damage you deal, up to 400% of regular damage. Shells fly faster, but critical damage is completely removed.

Thunder

Critical damage decreased from 615-1230 to 600-1200 HP

«Salamander» shells, «Wyvern» shells, «Magneto» shells, «Peacekeeper» shells, and «Corrosion» shells augments

Critical damage decreased by 25%

Critical splash radius increased from 1 to 12 m.

(Note) Status effects are now applied to all targets in critical splash radius, not limited to just one opponent. This variant of settings fits the turret better.

Scorpion

Regular damage decreased from 650-1300 to 625-1250

Critical damage increased from 700-1400 to 750-1500

If a target is destroyed, rockets will now be flying to the point where the tank was destroyed

(Note) Rockets will no longer fly towards the sky

Spoiler

UPDATED: 22/07/22

With 60 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls
Electroturret will instantly kill an unprotected heavy hull with the ball + chain lightning

Hammer:

Will one-shot unprotected medium hulls
Duplet will instantly kill medium hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill heavy hulls with DA after it AP's them
Blunderbuss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal and critical damage with Viking's Overdrive

Ricochet:

Helios' initial burst will start killing medium hulls with DA
The number of projectiles needed to kill an unprotected heavy hull with Plasma Torch is decreased by 10

Thunder:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 2-shot unprotected medium hulls
Corrosion Shells will kill a medium that has DA with critical + normal hit
Hyperspeed Shells will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls after 60m

Smoky:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Supercumulative Rounds critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls
High-Precision Aiming System will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Sorted Ammunition will kill an unprotected medium hull with a critical + normal hit
Critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with Viking's Overdrive

Striker:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage
Will kill heavy hulls that have DA with a salvo
Cyclone will kill Juggernauts if one of the missiles gets a critical hit
Uranium will start one-shotting medium hulls
The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~6.6 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal and critical damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Gauss:

Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo
The range at which the salvo one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m)
Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the acrade shot
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade critical hit

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage

Shaft:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal arcade damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will start killing unprotected heavy hulls with a normal + critical hit
Will start killing heavy hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Light Capacitors will start one-shotting medium hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
AP Shaft will kill a medium hulls that have DA with a lowly charged sniping shot + arcade shot

Scorpion:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal
Will kill a medium hull with DA and 50% Scorpion protection if all missiles directly hit
The range at which Explosive Warheads kills a medium hull with DA is increased to 10 metres (from 2m)

Adrenaline:

Magnum will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 40% HP
The range at which Magnum's splash damage one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m) at 40% HP
Railgun will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 83% HP
Scorpion will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 77% HP

Edited August 4, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
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TheCongoSpider · August 4, 2022

On 8/4/2022 at 8:00 AM, Marcus said:

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Hammer

Critical hit chance decreased from 12% to 10%

«Dragon Breath» augment

The power of setting fire to an opponent on critical hits decreased from 100% to 40%.

No longer decreases critical damage

«Wyvern’s Breath» augment

Applies the «Freezing» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

«Magnetic Pellets» augment

Applies the «EMP» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

«Stunning Pellets» augment

Applies the «Stun» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

Duration of the «Stun» status effect is decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second

«Armor-Piercing Shot» augment

Applies the «Armor-Piercing» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

«Jamming Shot» augment

Applies the «Jammer» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

Duration of the «Jammer» status effect is decreased from 5 seconds to 3 seconds

No longer decreases clip reload duration

Thunder

«Hyperspeed» shells» augment

The decrease in tange of minimum damage changed from -50% to -25%

Projectile speed increased from +100% to +200%

Spoiler

UPDATED: 05/08/22

With 20 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

AP Tesla will be able to kill a light hull that has DA with ball + chain lightning strike.

Hammer:

It will require fewer pellets to one-shot an unprotected light hull and two-shot unprotected heavy hulls
Will start 3-shotting heavy hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill a heavy hull after it APs them
Dragon's Breath will instantly kill an unprotected medium hull after a critical hit

Ricochet:

Will need 1 fewer shot to kill unprotected medium hulls

Thunder:

Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 3 shot unprotected heavy hulls
The range at which Hyperspeed Shells one-shots unprotected medium hulls is decreased to 78m (from 82m)
The range at which Hyperspeed Shells one-shots unprotected light hulls is decreased to 65m (from 68m)

Smoky:

Will require at least one fewer shot to kill all hulls that have DA
Sorted Ammunition will kill an unprotected medium hull with a critical + normal hit

Striker:

The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~5.5 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will kill a medium hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Destabilisation will kill a heavy hull with DA with a normal + critical hit
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage

Shaft:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will be able to kill heavy hills with DA with arcade + fully charged sniping shot

Scorpion:

Will kill a medium hull that has DA with normal + critical hit

Adrenaline:

Tesla will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls at 92% HP
Ricochet will start taking one fewer shot to kill light and medium hulls with DA at 98% HP
Hammer will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls at 50% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Striker will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 66% HP
Smoky will start 3-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 91% HP
Thunder will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage at 93% HP
Gauss will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage at 81% HP
Gauss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo at 92% HP
The range at which Gauss one-shots unprotected light hulls with the salvo increases from 11m to 20m at 92% HP
Shaft will start two-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade shot at 86% HP

Edited August 14, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
Added Spoiler

TheCongoSpider · August 4, 2022

Quote

Spoiler

Hammer

Critical hit chance decreased from 12% to 10%

«Dragon Breath» augment

The power of setting fire to an opponent on critical hits decreased from 100% to 40%.

No longer decreases critical damage

«Wyvern’s Breath» augment

Applies the «Freezing» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

«Magnetic Pellets» augment

Applies the «EMP» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

«Stunning Pellets» augment

Applies the «Stun» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

Duration of the «Stun» status effect is decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second

«Armor-Piercing Shot» augment

Applies the «Armor-Piercing» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

No longer decreases clip reload duration

«Jamming Shot» augment

Applies the «Jammer» status effect: both on critical hit and by a pellet from the last shot in the clip

Duration of the «Jammer» status effect is decreased from 5 seconds to 3 seconds

No longer decreases clip reload duration

Thunder

«Hyperspeed» shells» augment

The decrease in tange of minimum damage changed from -50% to -25%

Projectile speed increased from +100% to +200%

Spoiler

UPDATED: 05/08/22

With 60 units of additional damage enhancement:

Tesla:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls
Electroturret will instantly kill an unprotected heavy hull with the ball + chain lightning

Hammer:

Will one-shot unprotected medium hulls
Duplet will instantly kill medium hulls with DA
AP Hammer will require only one shot to kill heavy hulls with DA after it AP's them
Blunderbuss will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal and critical damage with Viking's Overdrive

Ricochet:

Helios' initial burst will start killing medium hulls with DA
The number of projectiles needed to kill an unprotected heavy hull with Plasma Torch is decreased by 10

Thunder:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Small Calibre Charging Machine will now 2-shot unprotected medium hulls
Corrosion Shells will kill a medium that has DA with critical + normal hit
The range at which Hyperspeed Shells starts one-shotting unprotected medium hulls is decreased to 72m (from 82m)
The range at which Hyperspeed Shells starts one-shotting unprotected light hulls is decreased to 53m (from 68m)
Hyperspeed Shells will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls after 83m

Smoky:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Supercumulative Rounds critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls
High-Precision Aiming System will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Sorted Ammunition will kill an unprotected medium hull with a critical + normal hit
Critical hits will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with Viking's Overdrive

Striker:

Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage
Will kill heavy hulls that have DA with a salvo
Cyclone will kill Juggernauts if one of the missiles gets a critical hit
Uranium will start one-shotting medium hulls
The range at which Remote Rocket Explosives will give 1,500 splash damage is increased to ~6.6 metres (out of 8m)

Railgun:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Round Stabilisation will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal and critical damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Scout will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage

Gauss:

Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the salvo
The range at which the salvo one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m)
Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the acrade shot
Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the arcade critical hit

Magnum:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage

Shaft:

Will start 2-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal arcade damage
Will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the critical damage
Will start killing unprotected heavy hulls with a normal + critical hit
Will start killing heavy hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected light hulls with the normal damage
Short-Band Emitters will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the critical damage
Light Capacitors will start one-shotting medium hulls that have DA with a fully charged sniping shot
AP Shaft will kill a medium hulls that have DA with a lowly charged sniping shot + arcade shot

Scorpion:

Will start one-shotting unprotected medium hulls with the normal
Will kill a medium hull with DA and 50% Scorpion protection if all missiles directly hit
The range at which Explosive Warheads kills a medium hull with DA is increased to 10 metres (from 2m)

Adrenaline:

Magnum will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the normal damage at 40% HP
The range at which Magnum's splash damage one-shots unprotected light hulls is increased to 20 metres (from 5m) at 40% HP
Railgun will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 83% HP
Scorpion will start one-shotting unprotected heavy hulls with the critical damage at 77% HP

Edited August 14, 2022 by TheCongoSpider
Added Spoiler

August 10, 2022

Any chance Crisis becomes available for purchase in the garage?

I've opened countless Ultra containers

Edited August 10, 2022 by 0179432

August 12, 2022

On 8/9/2022 at 10:44 PM, OpakiRaich said:

U wont be able to max it and afford for supplies with rank like yours.

I have a Legend account......

I swear I've opened a 1000+ Ultra containers with no luck

Edited August 12, 2022 by 0179432

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