Ares

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@At_Shin

It really makes me thrustrated when players like you complain about Ares being overpowered. No its not. You must accept that Ares's BFG plasma ball overdrive must have a strong explosion effect so that it can destroy enemies, otherwise the overdrive would become useless and ineffective.

[Maf 32,300]

14 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

You folks must understand that Ares was released with 100% perfect balance. That concludes the hull itself, its BFG overdrive and the explosions from the plasma ball.

Nether you, nor me, nor any other normal player can be completely sure about this. Not even developers know at the moment. In order to see where Ares stands in terms of balance, a significant amount of data needs to be gathered over a long period of time, in order to see how well players use it once they get accustomed to its controls and gameplay.

So far I would agree that it's quite balanced, but time will tell.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Can someone explain this. Why does any other hulls on my team have blue lines?

This bug happens in all game modes, with all hulls, including Ares. This bug was there long before the release of Ares.

[Maf 32,300]

12 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

Can someone explain this. Why does any other hulls on my team have blue lines?

 

This bug happens in all game modes, with all hulls, including Ares. This bug was there long before the release of Ares.

It's not a bug. It's an indicator that shows the tanks being in range of drone activation. For example, if you have Mechanic equipped, nearby allies will have blue lines like this connecting to your tank. This means that when you activate Repair Kit, all tanks with blue lines will also get the effect of your drone.

In this case the Titan player has Mechanic, so you can stay "connected" to him if you want to make sure his drone benefits you when he uses it.

This also works with Dictator overdrive and a couple other drones (Trickster and Supplier, I think).

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Maf

Ah. I did not know those blue lines were an indicator. In this battle, I did not have any drones equipped, so why did those blue lines appear?

[Venem 615]

8 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

In this battle, I did not have any drones equipped, so why did those blue lines appear?

You are connected to the Titan, which has a drone equipped (Trickster, I believe).

EDIT: The drone is Mechanic. See Maf's post below.

Edited August 23, 2020 by SHREYA88
Sorry Maf, I should've let you answer... :c

[Maf 32,300]

4 minutes ago, SHREYA88 said:

Sorry Maf, I should've let you answer... :c

Well at least you left me a chance to correct you, because that drone is definitely Mechanic

[coconuttree 519]

39 minutes ago, Maf said:

This also works with Dictator overdrive

Does it work with dictator as well? I have never noticed it.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

37 minutes ago, Maf said:

It's not a bug. It's an indicator that shows the tanks being in range of drone activation. For example, if you have Mechanic equipped, nearby allies will have blue lines like this connecting to your tank. This means that when you activate Repair Kit, all tanks with blue lines will also get the effect of your drone.

In this case the Titan player has Mechanic, so you can stay "connected" to him if you want to make sure his drone benefits you when he uses it.

This also works with Dictator overdrive and a couple other drones (Trickster and Supplier, I think).

Ah, I was wondering about that from the start. 

I thought it was just some strange bug or something, but since it wasn't really affecting my in game performance, I thought nothing else of it, which was why I didn't bother asking.

 

Well, now I know it can be a useful feature. Thanx for the info.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Maf @coconuttree @SHREYA88

I did not have a drone equipped in that battle. The blue line should not be there when players have no drones equipped.

[coconuttree 519]

Just now, RIDDLER_8 said:

@Maf @coconuttree @SHREYA88

I did not have a drone equipped in that battle. The blue line should not be there when players have no drones equipped.

But the other player had the drone(mechanic). And you were within his drone's range. 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@coconuttree

So, the other players with the mechanic drone is the one that gave me that blue line? Does all drones give blue lines?

[Venem 615]

4 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

@Maf @coconuttree @SHREYA88

I did not have a drone equipped in that battle. The blue line should not be there when players have no drones equipped.

Please read this post carefully again:

 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@SHREYA88

I read it again. I understand now.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@hazel @Maf @GG_reg @Marcus

Please keep this thread open for as long as possible so that players can keep on talking about Ares.

[Spy 14,687]

32 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

@hazel @Maf @GG_reg @Marcus

Please keep this thread open for as long as possible so that players can keep on talking about Ares.

This topic will be closed sooner or later, but we will re open "Let's discuss Ares" once that happens.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Spy

Yeah, please re-open the "Let's discuss Ares" forum:

Why was this thread closed?

 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@hazel @Maf @GG_reg @Marcus @Spy

Please can you add Ares to the Test Servers so that players can use and test it there. All the other seven hulls are there in the test servers, so there are no reasons for Ares to be missing from the test servers. Please add this hull there as well.

[KamiGT 143]

5 hours ago, E_polypterus said:

If the stats are from a table it's most probably cuz hornet is the most used hull, even more so these days given it's op overdrive. On the contrary I do quite well with it even in mm ). It has the same health as hornet in mk7 and 8 and along with the extra speed I'd say wasp is better. But ofc that's my opinion : )

No, I said efficiency. Doesn't matter how many players use it when we are looking at efficiency. Good job with your Wasp. I have read probably the whole wiki by now. They both have 2,000 HP and Wasp has .5 speed units more. Hornet is more stable, Wasp turns way better. The massive efficiency difference is probably because of Hornet OD...

Edited August 23, 2020 by KamiGT

[wolverine848 13,097]

4 hours ago, Maf said:

It's not a bug. It's an indicator that shows the tanks being in range of drone activation.

Ummm... can we have this for Hunter OD?  Can't stand having to guess between distance and then trying to activate with that stupid 1.1 second delay.  OR... just get rid of that delay.

Thanks in advance.

[Maf 32,300]

59 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Ummm... can we have this for Hunter OD?  Can't stand having to guess between distance and then trying to activate with that stupid 1.1 second delay.  OR... just get rid of that delay.

Thanks in advance.

I agree. Would be useful for both parties (Hunter and enemies)

 

2 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

Please can you add Ares to the Test Servers so that players can use and test it there.

Test servers are a developers' tool for testing updates. They will only be opened when testing of a new update is required. Ares testing has finished, so making it available on test servers is no longer necessary. 

[cosmic666 1,055]

@Maf Why do you self destruct in html5 after going to garage when you hit pause???

[Spy 14,687]

Just now, cosmic666 said:

 

It's a bug, it has been reported.

[cosmic666 1,055]

5 minutes ago, Spy said:

It's a bug, it has been reported.

along with all the other issues like not having most of the keys work like if you want speed boost etc. hope they fix em soon back to flash, should never have left it

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Spy

Thanks for reporting the self destructing bug. Whilst there's still time, please report any bugs you find related to Ares. Hurry up before this thread gets closed.