Weakest Tier 2 weapon?

[eessydo 17]

So the question is easy, what is the weakest Tier 2 weapon currently available?

 

Please have at least 1 tier 2 weapon in your garage and/or extensive play against all of the tier 2 weapons prior to voting.

[king_beast88 19]

Tough choices freeze is definitely the most powerful imop but I would say thunder are its drawback has potential to damage itself ricochet users can cut the corner keeping users at bay with no drawbacks and freeze well it's just annoyingly strong.

[r_Justen0 9]

the ricochet just doesn't have that fear factor... with a thunder, you're getting hit with an m1 railgun that fires like an m0 smokey, and with a ricochet you're not doing nearly as much damage per shot.

[SalvadorSTM 20]

Haha i chose rico and then i looked at the results.... yeah im not afraid of rico... but m3 thunder omg i run away

[EisenhowerOrg 0]

I never understand this kind of polls and/or discussions, because the answer should always be the same: it depends.

An example: in the battle Island the generals and marshalls often have Vking M3, Freeze M3 and Python. Python doesn't have a good protection against Rico so what do you think is going to happen when someone uses rico M3?

The same story for medium and short range "one to one" fights: rico is the best.

Problem with rico is that it is not interesting at M0 and M1, because the twins gun is more powerfull. Thunder imho has the same problem with M0 and M1: less powerfull so not interesting.

And yes, freeze is also interesting at M0 and M1 and that's why I upgraded Freeze first (currently I have M2). At M0 I have tried all of them and Freeze was the only one I liked.

Before June 4 I want to try Thunder M2 and if possible also Rico M2 and Isida M2 so I know what to buy in Tanki Online 2.0 :D

 

So what weapon is the weakest/strongest depends on the battle, the opponents and yourself.

[r_AdvocatusDiaboli0 861]

Some nice words by Eisenhower. If there was a Rep feature you'd get a couple by me. :)

[r_St.Evergreen0 3]

Guys don't forget that Thunder has the best range in 3 of those weapons. Which means you can literally kill any enemy at any range given the condition that they are stationary. Ricochet has max 80m and Freeze 20m. Ricochet and Freeze are good for small and medium maps while Thunder is good for large maps. So having Freeze and Thunder would be good if you like all the maps. Having both short and long range weapons would be ideal if you want to dominate in every map.

[EisenhowerOrg 0]

I am waiting for a big ship with crystals so I can M3 all my weapons and choose the best weapon for every maps.

The same goes for the tanks, I want to M3 all Tier 2 tanks, so if I'm lazy I can use Mammoth with Thunder and if not I will take Viking or Hornet :D

[r_St.Evergreen0 3]

If you're lazy and don't want to move around, just sit on the flag with Mammoth and Freeze :mrgreen:.

[EisenhowerOrg 0]

That is not going to work, because than somebody with Rico or Thunder will starting shooting at me at 30m or 40m.

[r_St.Evergreen0 3]

That's why you hide so when they take your flag, thinking that your teammates are so stupid because no one is guarding the flag, you just come out behind a house or hole then boom! They turned into a giant ice cube.

[EisenhowerOrg 0]

That's why you hide so when they take your flag' date=' thinking that your teammates are so stupid because no one is guarding the flag, you just come out behind a house or hole then boom! They turned into a giant ice cube.[/quote']

I'm talking about being very lazy and you only want to turn your turret :lol:

[skitee 555]

I'm not sure which is the weakest. As I have only played against m0-3 thunders, m0-1 freezes, and m0-1 richochets extensively, I would say that from my experience freeze is the weakest. Yet most people say m2 and m3 freeze own. So I'm not sure.

[eessydo 17]

well there is a reason for this poll, and i will get to it at the end of this post

 

Some people perceive some weapons as more of a pain than the others regardless of some specialized maps (ie the islands / monte carlos) of the world that favor certain weapons.

 

I have played with all three weapons and against all three weapons with people that know how to use them. I find rico is probably the one I "fear" the least because of two specific reasons:

 

1. It has a focused fire

2. It is exceptionally hard to become proficient at using

 

The other weapons can kill multiple targets with one shot and rico just doesn't posses that quality. Sure it has other things that make it a formidable weapon, like fast rate of fire, knockback, decent range, great angle of fire, bouncing shells, ability to "shoot around corners", but at the end of the day I don't have to consistently watch my spacing in relation to team mates so as not to be effected by freeze and thunder.

 

If there is a rico, I know that if someone is in between me and rico I am good for the time being.

 

So the reason for this poll is to get peoples perceptions on these weapons and then evaluate the pricing structure. If Rico is really perceived as the weakest weapon overall, why is it the priciest? Shouldn't the perceived strongest weapon cost more than the perceived weakest weapon?

 

We would probably see a few more rico's and peoples opinions would change after any pricing structure change, but rico is a gun that is hard to master so who knows.

[Mokpama_rapra 5]

1. There are no weak Tier 2 weapons, there are weak players.

2. Every Tier 2 weapon has its optimal usage and pitfalls in regard to the map topology.

 

I'm so surprised that Rico is unjustly voted as the weakest unanimously.

At mid-range and 50% of the cases at close-range battles Thunder and Freeze are no match for Ricochet. Rico is the strongest, and yet the weakest weapon at unexperienced hands. I've played against many having Rico, yet I have not met a Master of it. It is simple to judge - if you have a fast tank - M2, M3 Hornet, or M3 Dict/Viking, and easily succeed to evade the hits of a Rico, then you've faced an unexperienced enemy with Rico. The keys to the Mastery of the art of Rico are - predictive fire and hit delay handling. In other words - one has to anticipate ahead where the enemy position would be after 1-2 secs, when the fireball hits. The rapid fire, if precise, of Rico is just deadly - 240 damage in 8 secs.

[eessydo 17]

Precisely why it is listed as the weakest weapon, it is HARD to master.

 

Think of the other tier 2 weapons,

 

Thunder: operates exactly like a smokey, but with more power and splash damage effect.

 

Freeze: operates essentially like a firebird but with significantly more power. Just line up as many enemies as you can and press fire, encircling them to avoid their fire.

 

 

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Rico on the other hand requires prediction, use of angles, and can only fire at one target at a time. In the right hands it is pretty awesome, but think of how much longer it takes to master Rico over all the other weapons in the group.

 

There is no other weapon like rico, and as a consequence becomes insanely harder to master, hence the votes.

[cablaz 32]

I cant say there is a weakest

 

Thunder's Disadvantage is self splash

Rico's Disadvantage is Bounce Self

Freeze's Disadvantage is Short Range...

[c16sh1 20]

Well I voted freeze which i regret doing since I would agree that rico is the worst, but i've only used m0 rico. I only said freeze since it isn't good on large or open medium sized maps. However, freeze is a powerful weapon on most maps, and on most of the popular maps. In my opinion thunder is the best. Rico, as people said, is hard to master. But what if you do master it, then can't it be the most powerful weapon. It does lots of damage, as a acceptable range and ricochets. Possibly thats why its the most expensive, since once mastered it is dangerous in any situation. But very few can master the weapon and therefore it is the weakest in general.

[r_Justen0 9]

I like the fact that the thunder still has a meh range. Past like 150m, the most powerful weapon is still the railgun.

[r_pwn0 1]

if ricochet is in the right hands it is better than both. once you learn to master it you kick butt