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[DeeRax]

the charge is ridiculously fun

It was the one thing I've seen where I thought, "Oh....... That actually seems pretty neat!"

[crockrocket]

It was the one thing I've seen where I thought, "Oh....... That actually seems pretty neat!"

 

Other than ability blocking ALL damage perhaps

[DeeRax]

Other than ability blocking ALL damage perhaps

 It blocks ALL damage?? Dang, I thought it was more like bruiser's ability.

Good lord.

[JeffMagnum]

Nope.

 

 

So basically you get a free kill on at least one other mech. Dual Miniflak does 750 damage during the three seconds the ability is up, and then you have your normal armor of 340 on the G2 Charge plus the 30% (?) buff from Advanced Deflectors. Detonation Device also does this on death for an unspecified amount of damage

 

 

And you can only get it in the Founders Bundle for $50 as of now. 

[DeeRax]

Nope.

 

suicider p2w mech confirmed.
It seems like it's got the bones for a fun mech, but yeah that is some OP cheese as it is.

At least it's chassis has a coincidentally appropriate name for what it does. I really hate that all the other new mechs just use the chassis names, instead of titles that are somewhat indicative of what the mech's approximate role is (i.e. "infiltrator," "scout," etc.). This is mostly a minor pet peeve, make no mistake, but it irks me to no end. Either come up with actual titles for the new mechs, or make it so ALL the mechs just use their chassis names. But the mix of the two naming conventions is gross & poor IMO. Also, the G2 icons just being in-garage screenshots is also lackluster (Again, just minor gripe in the grand scheme of things).

Any info/footage yet of the double EOC thing? Thought that one might be cool too, except the ability sounded like it just turned the pucks into temporary seekers, which is ludicrous amounts of heresy.

Also, what's with all the "press 'F' to win" abilities? I was hoping for more things like blitzing and cloaking and fuel reserves and stuff. Instead we just got different flavors of "press 'f,' do moar better lol."

Edited by (TDM) DeeRax, 05 July 2016 - 03:02 PM.

[Silverfire]

The abilities should be something functional to the mech, but not a "press F to win" button. This goes the same for long lasting damage boosting abilities.

Abilities I think are not ok:
immmobile turret modes
Zerker ability that gives damage, press F to win
fuel-draining infil cloak
auto lock on turret mode of the Rocketeer

The only one that is incredibly out of balance is the turret modes seem useless. Free damage on sustain is dumb.

Edited by Silverfire, 06 July 2016 - 09:13 PM.

[Darktim300]

For those that would like to compare

Salty stats for current

https://docs.google....t#gid=416460446

 

Rip brawler

+0.4s dodge cd

 

Congrats merl, they buffed the scout.

-0.3s dodge cd on G2

Edited by Darktim300, 05 July 2016 - 03:32 PM.

[Hocisern]

Nope.

 

 

So basically you get a free kill on at least one other mech. Dual Miniflak does 750 damage during the three seconds the ability is up, and then you have your normal armor of 340 on the G2 Charge plus the 30% (?) buff from Advanced Deflectors. Detonation Device also does this on death for an unspecified amount of damage

 

 

And you can only get it in the Founders Bundle for $50 as of now. 

 

Hey cool, someone used my gifs. In the future please consider citing "Hocisern et al, 2016. New pay to win mech mechanics in Howken Xbox Release. Journal of I Posted this on Reddit (3)14:554-528."

 

Anyway, I don't know what the fuzzy bunny was going on in the first gif that appears to show that the ability makes you immune to damage. It doesn't when you are not fighting bots I guess. http://i.imgur.com/IRzqWqP.gifv. Either way I'm pretty confused now.

 

The detonator device does indeed make people go boom though: http://i.imgur.com/aaveIcf.gifv

Hard to see because I went to score screen, but you can see the revenge kill text.

[Hyginos]

Anyway, I don't know what the fuzzy bunny was going on in the first gif that appears to show that the ability makes you immune to damage. It doesn't when you are not fighting bots I guess. http://i.imgur.com/IRzqWqP.gifv. Either way I'm pretty confused now.

 

I wonder if the bots in the training mode have a flat damage reduction against the player that happens to stack additively with the charge ability for >100% damage reduction.

[Epsilon_Knight]

That Berserker airspeed nerf Q_Q

 

Also Assault and Bruiser airspeed nerfs, if numbers are accurate.

 

Nief now fastest air mech in the game with a fuel tank about 50% larger than infil's, with same fuel recovery as zerk, plus fuel converter.

Edited by Epsilon_Knight, 06 July 2016 - 12:15 PM.

[DeeRax]

That Berserker airspeed nerf Q_Q

 

Also Assault and Bruiser airspeed nerfs, if numbers are accurate.

 

Nief now fastest air mech in the game with a fuel tank about 50% larger than infil's, with same fuel recovery as zerk, plus fuel converter.

Plus all the aimbot missiles.

[1uster]

your gonna have to take all those extractors out of your mechs and sacrifice your first born baby to Amid, the Lord of Scrubs in penance for your sins...

 

Also the basic ones? I am actually not a big user of the orb-lord since a while. On Brawler I prefer the reconstructor and the other auto-repair thingie...

In case you mean only the real orb-lord build - done. So next thing is to find a parcel service for the other requirement. I will contact Amid via PM to handle out the details of the transfer...

[StubbornPuppet]

That Berserker airspeed nerf Q_Q

 

Also Assault and Bruiser airspeed nerfs, if numbers are accurate.

 

Nief now fastest air mech in the game with a fuel tank about 50% larger than infil's, with same fuel recovery as zerk, plus fuel converter.

 

 

Plus all the aimbot missiles.

 

= Free 2 Play^TM

Edited by StubbornPuppet, 06 July 2016 - 02:35 PM.

[shosca]

I feel like this discussion needs this:

Spoiler

short rib bacon & egg burger, potato salad with balsamic reduction, and macerated berries with vanilla cream and caramel dust

 

[CraftyDus]

You take damage and die with the ability popped all damned day.
Weird people are saying its invulnerability.

[crockrocket]

You take damage and die with the ability popped all damned day.
Weird people are saying its invulnerability.

Are you talking about charge? Can you provide a vid or something?

[DieselCat]

I feel like this discussion needs this:

Spoiler

short rib bacon & egg burger, potato salad with balsamic reduction, and macerated berries with vanilla cream and caramel dust

 

 

A heart attack ? ....looks pretty tasty though 

Edited by DieselCat, 06 July 2016 - 08:04 PM.

[Nept]

You take damage and die with the ability popped all damned day.
Weird people are saying its invulnerability.

 

https://community.pl...arison/?p=96809

 

Was that gif that, understandably, made everyone think it was invulnerability.

[CraftyDus]

Are you talking about charge? Can you provide a vid or something?

 

https://www.twitch.t...ydus/v/76624986

[StubbornPuppet]

https://www.twitch.t...ydus/v/76624986

 

That looks really, really laggy.  Is it just the stream, or are other players sort of teleporting around?

[CraftyDus]

That looks really, really laggy.  Is it just the stream, or are other players sort of teleporting around?

I'm in the northeast, some of that footage is on NorCal servers where there is some perceptible latency effects.
On the whole the Xbox plays somewhere between 30-60 frames per second.
So part of it is that your human eye can only see 24fps, which might appear laggy.

[StubbornPuppet]

On the whole the Xbox plays somewhere between 30-60 frames per second.
So part of it is that your human eye can only see 24fps, which might appear laggy.

I'm not getting baited into that again.

[MomOw]

I'm not getting baited into that again.

 

Chuck Norris can distinguish 240fps