New turret — Scorpion!

[Dopamine 2,161]

1 hour ago, x_Sorinel_x said:

So ? 4 protections from 4 turrets. The other 6 ? One shot and dead, right ?

And mines ? You know we have mine protection now...

You need to pick the protection from the most annoying enemy, otherwise it would not make much sense if you could just have 10x 50% protections.

And I just skip the mines protection, as a matter of a fact, I don't even own it to this day...

[fghjkl54 1,517]

54 minutes ago, Niklas said:

I assume it will be added next Friday available in Ultra Containers

or directly like gauss despite i highly doubt that 

maybe if they want to ''compensate'' the resource they used in clearing DDOS attack, we should wait till new year at least XD

[Dopamine 2,161]

1 hour ago, fghjkl54 said:

or directly like gauss despite i highly doubt that 

maybe if they want to ''compensate'' the resource they used in clearing DDOS attack, we should wait till new year at least XD

I think they will first present it as a final reward of the tanki fund.

[tankionline140 0]

The turret is too powerful, you can't run from it. The developers keep ruining this game.

[The_Resistance 135]

11 hours ago, x_Sorinel_x said:

So ? 4 protections from 4 turrets. The other 6 ? One shot and dead, right ?

And mines ? You know we have mine protection now...

You really need to equip 10 PMs? What I'm trying to say, that no matter how many different turrets in game now you always face only 10 of them at max. Yes, chance to be protected is lower, but you can change modules once. But there is turret changing too... But 5 modules is kinda protection against half of the team? IDK...

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[YANUKFIN 493]

16 hours ago, NikmanGT said:

Tesla was immensely OP from the moment it was launched, it was the actual beast of arms race mode and still is a powerful turret till now.

But I don't feel that OPness or Overpowered vibes from Scorpion.

All depends on how powerful they make it when it is released. 

Going off previous new updates there is no reason to suggest it won't be OP in the extreme.

The developers track record is abysmal when bringing out new turrets/hulls/augments, which is always behind a paywall, meaning "NO BALANCE" at all unless you spend A LOT OF CASH.

There is no looking forward to new items being introduced into the game because they are beyond most players to acquire, that is until the cash value of the new item has ran it's course,  then it becomes available to the masses, usually with a few nerfs to it's effectiveness and then they move onto to the next OP update and start the process all over again.

TO is being swamped with to many updates. The developers throw players a bone now and again to try and water down the inherent un-balanced and unfair nature of the game.

Players are hooked on the game, the developers no this and capitalise on this as much as they can. 

No player should buy premium are the battle pass. Whatever item is put into the challenge is because the developers no it has ran it's course in regards to cash value and therefore in the ever changing world of TO is regarded as mediocre at best, so they include it in the challenge and hope players will spend cash to get it via a battle pass. The irony of this is that players still fall for it.   

[NikmanGT 4,362]

39 minutes ago, YANUKFIN said:

 

I just talked about Scorpion only........

[alkyng 3,080]

On 6/12/2022 at 10:39 AM, RIDDLER_8 said:

I did not know that Scorpion had an HD skin. There is no mention of an HD skin on the first page of this thread.

I don't know if you're being serious, but definitely a new turret they will just give it their new style of design, they wont work twice for normal and HD skins.

It's like if someone asking for a legacy skin for Hammer and vulcan (who get released in 2015), which is not logical, because legacy skins are for 2012 and before. Hammer Magnum Gauss Vulcan Tesla Striker doesn't have 2012 or legacy versions.

Eventhough I'm always thinking if they tried to make a skin that follow the 2012 style for new turrets, will they can? and how will they do that!!

[alkyng 3,080]

My opinion about the turret - By first look I think everyone see it as a useless, impossible to have successful rocket launcher except for a Shaft in aiming mod or an AFK player. Also new turret doesn't necessarily have to be OP, they may release it normally, like Crusader.

But after re-looking, your rocket shot will not be for the enemy you're aiming at him, because he mostly would have left that place for too long, but it's for the incoming enemies, and seems it have a splash damage and the rockets are spreaded somehow (lesser accuracy) which gives it a higher radius === killing a crowd of enemies. 

Edited June 13, 2022 by firety31

[Niklas 388]

13 hours ago, frederik123456 said:

I think they will first present it as a final reward of the tanki fund.

or they will add Scorpion XT as final reward of the tanki fund, like they did with Paladin XT when it was first released.

[YANUKFIN 493]

38 minutes ago, NikmanGT said:

I just talked about Scorpion only........

Same here? Only I extended my post to encompass the effect that this new turret will have on the game, by mimicking every other update the developers bring out.

Quoting me with a blank space really does not work.

[Dopamine 2,161]

32 minutes ago, Niklas said:

or they will add Scorpion XT as final reward of the tanki fund, like they did with Paladin XT when it was first released.

So paladin xt was the final reward for tanki fund back then?

[Niklas 388]

Just now, frederik123456 said:

So paladin xt was the final reward for tanki fund back then?

no, Firebird and Wasp DC was the final reward, Paladin XT was the reward before that, what I meant to say is that I would not be surprised if they would put Scorpion XT as 15th reward of the Tanki Fund. 

[Niklas 388]

15 hours ago, frederik123456 said:

I think they will first present it as a final reward of the tanki fund.

https://tankionline.com/en/2022/06/hot-news-scorpion-in-the-tanki-fund/ yep they did

[FX011 57]

Plan on redesigning your maps? Counter play for the turret seem limited.

[Tokamak 1,021]

On 6/10/2022 at 1:26 PM, Marcus said:

Normal shots do not use the reload bar. What does this mean? Basically, there is still a reload time, but you will have to rely either on memory, or on the sound of reloading, or on a special bolt cover on the turret model to know when the turret is ready to shoot again.

This is a weird choice. Why not keep the reload bar for standard shot and had the rocket launcher in up position only when ready. Like this it clearly shows when to the owner that it is ready (and to enemy too, like with Gauss).

I was expecting a more futurist turret (e.g. laser shot, gravity/dark matter), but the animation of the rocket launching and flying looks really awesome. 

[Tokamak 1,021]

On 6/11/2022 at 7:49 PM, Kazareen said:

Well, a scorpion jabs you with it's tail, which needs to arc over it's body to reach you. The missiles fly to their target in a similar manner. So I guess it's that.

ha, that makes sens.
We can call this turret "Vortex" ... 

Edited June 13, 2022 by Tokamak

[Adab 2,896]

On 6/12/2022 at 7:50 AM, Venerable said:

Is that Scorpion's protection module or a new turret?

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Can't wait for Termite.

 

I was just joking.

[Adab 2,896]

On 6/12/2022 at 8:37 AM, Kimura said:

When i mean hide i dont mean that one Saboteur hiding for the entire match in a corner where nobody can reach him. By hiding i mean tactical hiding for example when gauss is targeting you do you just drive looking at how nice the weather is? or try and hide so he loses his lock? Personally i started defending/supporting with Healing Shaft so i dont move a lot, i find a place where its the most efficient to heal teammates get kills and save flag, ball etc. a lot of people come and attack me but i know shaft way too well and im actually SKILLED WITH IT so even against tesla in close range there is a big chance i win. Now scorpion randomly targets me and shoots into the sky without me even knowing it is that fair? Also spicy battles? I see sir you didn't play MM because unless youre 9k+ GS or vampire isida you are getting oneshotted by goddamn freeze when he touches you thats the reason i chose defending since you can survive for more than 10 seconds and its more chill. and no it will not make the battle more "Spicy" what it will do is add another one hitter quitter to MM.
These words are coming from buyer who has almost everything btw, so F2P yeah... RIP

By the way..
Scorpion can lock its target only if you show yourself, it doesn't randomly target you (so I think most of the times you will know that you are about to be hit from the sky), plus instead of hiding you can drive closer (or away) to the Scorpion to avoid its shots. I have played MM but not sure whether you have actually used Scorpion yet. D;

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

49 minutes ago, Adab said:

By the way..
Scorpion can lock its target only if you show yourself, it doesn't randomly target you (so I think most of the times you will know that you are about to be hit from the sky), plus instead of hiding you can drive closer (or away) to the Scorpion to avoid its shots. I have played MM but not sure whether you have actually used Scorpion yet. D;

Yes i didn't play with scorpion yet because Arms Race is famous for its  amazing "get 10 kills but 9 of them are stolen by another people" offer. And i just refuse to believe after whats happening in the world that they won't go for the good ol' "Here's OP toy now gimme money" strat, nobody is stopping them from changing Scorpion a little last minute before release. Also if we are taking me vs scorpion situation then no even if im probably one of the best players with Shaft in this game (actually one of the best im not... we all know their names) i still will have no idea that im getting targeted most of the time because it has NO LASER or another kind of obvious indicator. Moving a lot is a strat? sure but how many times you saw a skilled player with shaft bob and weave all over the map? (not counting rapid fire) Even then its just annoying to move around places for no reason except fearing that random noob just randomly oneshots you.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

In my opinion, Scorpion is a combination of Magnum and Striker. I like that. Good idea devs.

[MrCyde 0]

Sounds too good to be true. After it becomes common will anyone want to use anything else?

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

On day one, like as with any newly released turret, most players would want to try to buy and use Scorpion in battles. That means that battles shall be overwhelmed with Scorpion turrets in most battles. That is a good start for players having to like the new Scorpion turret.

[lime_green_pink_guy 0]

Who remembers an old flash game Super Mechs?

The salvo version of the turret is copy-pasted from this game. Have a look on this video on YT at 4:14 ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXrWJTp1ce4

The same hemi-vertical shooting rockers as they are in super mechs. They already copy-pasted the matchmaking system from other games and challenge from fortnite I think (If I am not wrong), and NOW THIS! 

 

 

 

 

 

Scorpion, really? Not Behemoth or what? Another Greek word? How creative...

Ares Titan Dictator Dolphin Panther................Scorpion

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