Let's Discuss Hopper!

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

 

What are you thoughts on this hull? Share you opinion! 

 

Garage description:

 

Light hull. It soars above the surface with outstanding maneuverability. Its Overdrive doesn't just stun and set fire to enemy tanks but also tosses "Hopper" up into the air so it can jump over obstacles.

The "Hopper" hover tank uses the maximum available antigravity engine resources to let the tanker pursue their dream - flying up to the sky far away from danger. Instead of armor and a defense system, the hull has a detonation jumping engine that can toss your tank up to significant heights. Antigravs provide stability in the air creating enormous tactical opportunities. An opponent who is unlucky to be near you at the moment of your jump will regret it. The detonation engine instantly ionizes the air, stunning and torching everything that crawls on the ground. Are you daring enough to break through the enemy's defenses or perform a surprising escape with the flag? "Hopper" can do both.

 

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Poll reset on February 7th, 2022

Related links:

Hopper - Tanki Online Wiki
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Advantages and disadvantages of Hulls/Turrets - Tanki Online Forum

[Dunsparce 36]

I really like the burn and stun, making those with maxed out gear more vulnerable. The bounce mechanic is really fun as I can now finally YEET myself out of tricky situations lol Hopefully it becomes more available to the general public soon. 

[Mrat13 34]

It's competition is Hornet and Wasp. Just something to think about......

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

Hopper Overdrive parameters:

 

 

Overdrive charge over time: 1,000

 

Overdrive charge from points: 700

[wolverine848 13,097]

55 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

Hopper Overdrive parameters:

 

 

Overdrive charge over time: 1,000

 

Overdrive charge from points: 700

Need comparables... please 

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

11 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Need comparables... please 

Charges slightly faster than Wasp.

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

Just now, wolverine848 said:

Need comparables... please 

As ThirdOnion said. 

 

It passively charges at the same rate as Wasp, but it gets slightly more Overdrive charge for gaining points in battle. Hopper has the best of both those parameters, making it the fastest recharging Overdrive in the game currently (sans Juggernaut of course). 

[wolverine848 13,097]

1 minute ago, TheCongoSpider said:

As ThirdOnion said. 

 

It passively charges at the same rate as Wasp, but it gets slightly more Overdrive charge for gaining points in battle. Hopper has the best of both those parameters, making it the fastest recharging Overdrive in the game currently (sans Juggernaut of course). 

Figures.  coughcashcowcough

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

47 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Figures.  coughcashcowcough

Oh and it also has the retention period of Hornet, which is ~3 seconds. Kill it too quickly after it jumps and it'll retain a lot of charge. 

[Spy 14,687]

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[Spy 14,687]

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[Viking4s 10,791]

Twins look dope on Hopper. 
Worst is Firebird.

It might jump to cap, but it is easy to aim and kill  when in the air. Just need the defender team to be more alert and place mine where they usually jump from.

Edited October 8, 2020 by Viking4s

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Hello everyone. This is my first post here. I am open to the Hopper discussion.

[Frazman 3]

I just bought Hopper on sale, but I can't turn the hull or turret. How does it work? Is there a link to the controls somewhere?

[erppi 91]

2 hours ago, Frazman said:

I just bought Hopper on sale, but I can't turn the hull or turret. How does it work? Is there a link to the controls somewhere?

You can turn your the turret (and tank) with mouse and keyboard contorls. The tank faces always the same way as the turret. You can enable the mouse controls from settings.

[wolverine848 13,097]

The OD is absolutely ridiculous.  In Desert JUG a hopper was hiding behind the upper wall that surrounds the field.  BEHIND the wall.

 

And it's stun lasts as long as Hunters?    LMAO. 

No wonder i just leave RGY/Assault battles when I see 2+ hoppers on other team.

Edited October 10, 2020 by wolverine848

[Viking4s 10,791]

Stats from the Wiki

Specifications

• Wave burning damage: 150 (hp/sec) /? How many second that wave last? It's on top of the 300hp/s of the burning?!
• Wave size: 1700 /? What the frack is that number?
• Radius: 20 m / That's wide, nearly as wide as Hunter
• Speed Jump: 1300
• Burning duration: 9 sec / that's 2700 HP damage (max is 10 seconds with Firebird) - remember that if you are a Freeze you can help your teammate and reduce the burn by cooling them in about 2 seconds.
• Stun duration: 3 sec

Interaction with other overdrives

• None

Additional Information

• Opens new doors to new gameplay and tactical advantages. / Like sabotaging and trolling 
• Ability to jump on buildings and other unreachable spots.

Edited October 10, 2020 by Viking4s

[Viking4s 10,791]

16 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

Does not it completely reset hunter OD to 0?

I would say, that is OP to make fool out of a hunter.

Wiki says no!

[Frazman 3]

19 hours ago, erppi said:

You can turn your the turret (and tank) with mouse and keyboard contorls. The tank faces always the same way as the turret. You can enable the mouse controls from settings.

Turned out that for some reason with hopper, the settings were automatically set to mouse controls instead of keyboard. I had to change it in the settings, which is strange because I don't use mouse controls ever. Thanks for your help!

[Okami 3,041]

I just hope that there will be meteorite gold boxes this Halloween. Otherwise, there will be Hoppers as far as the eye can see.

[SirNorem 12]

Controlling hopper without mouse controls is a breeze, i absolutely love it

 

[Viking4s 10,791]

22 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

@TheCongoSpider, @Maf, @Viking4s Good tankers,  what do you guys think - Does hopper jump higher with lightweight augment?

If it does, then I will consider buying a battle pass for this challenge. 

I have no idea, there are many mechanics regarding weight, power and speed parameter that we do not know how they interact with each other. Hopper is also a brand new floating mechanics, what principle it follows? This hull augment is also full of mysteries. 

So you are down to observation. When used on a normal hull, it makes them more sensitive to push, recoil and impact force. Impact force and recoil is the energy that make hull fly higher in Parkour tricks, with it you can get mammouth on top of building. I do not know if it make then go faster (top speed), but it will make accelerate faster (shorter time to reach top speed). But are these 2 parameter linked? or both are fixed and independent?

When the hopper had another hopper on top of it it could not jump, we can assume that it is due to the extra weight. So if you lighten your hopper with this hull augment we can assume that it would jump higher.

You need to do experimentation to find out.

Edited October 16, 2020 by Viking4s

[E_polypterus 2,374]

23 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

Does hopper jump higher with lightweight augment?

Yeah it does. And not just that! It would also get blown away by firing its own shots!!

[E_polypterus 2,374]

4 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

@E_polypterus Are you Sure? Have you tested this out in the test servers or seen this in a video?

In case it is the latter could you pls share the link to that video?

Lol no bro. I haven’t tested it much less even play with it. It was just a joke post  

[SporkZilla 1,775]

@At_Shin

Gallows humour maybe

I've had some frustrating encounters with Hoppers recently, like one with Thunder and "small caliber charging machine" that got several caps in ASL, and some in Juggernaut where they are very difficult to hit with the Juggernaut's rail guns at close range, but it's not worth getting angry about them any more

It's more about the stun & burn than the hopping, a Wasp or Hornet with Hopper's OD but no hopping would score goals easily too

Edited October 16, 2020 by SporkZilla