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[Aklyon]

I've never seen an aimbot. What tier are you testing things in?

[LoSboccacc]

Tier 4. get close to an enemy, got 4 weapon shot off in 4 shots.

[Sonlirain]

Well if you think about it this game is VERY aimbot friendly. Simple hitscan weapons with no flighttime. I wouldn't be suprised it there are tons of aimbotters by now.

[Aklyon]

Plasma!
Early next week! Nice heavy sound effect in the video. Different cursor. Fire up to 6 at once, more = slower reload. Top-mount only. Slow turning. Explosive, obviously.

[motorbitch]

NB: In our tests, hitting fliers with Plasma Cannons is difficult, hitting ground or hovering units is much easier

how unexpected.


edit:

Plasma Cannons can only be Top-Mounted, they cannot be placed underneath or on the side of your Robot

good thing as it will prevent the flyercraft i had forseen. bad thing is that this of cause makes it more gunbedcraft then it is already.
maby. will show if or if not hovertanks fly high enough to avoid damage from ground hits, and how easy it will be to adopt to the trajectory.
usually with trajectory weapons, one gets used to it quite quickly and can hit very accurately. but, we will see i guess.

[Girlinhat]

I personally welcome our new plasma overlords!  What people don't realize is that current lasers are machineguns, and the new plasmas are true main tank cannons.  They're big, slow, and pack a wallop!  Their size and (presumably) weight make them difficult but not impossible to mount on aircraft, and just like real world planes it's not impossible to mount tank guns onto an aircraft.  The real key now, will be that plasma can dominate the land-side combat, but as soon as enemy air support arrives then you're in trouble.

If anything, I expect this to bring more balance to the game.

[TheDarkStar]

Well if you think about it this game is VERY aimbot friendly. Simple hitscan weapons with no flighttime. I wouldn't be suprised it there are tons of aimbotters by now.

Lasers have flight time, actually. It's low, but lag can make it much harder to aim.

Also, you see strange things at tier 4. That's the first tier you really start seeing high-tier guns in, but most robots don't have the armor or size to survive them for long.

[TheDarkStar]

Plasma Cannons can only be Top-Mounted, they cannot be placed underneath or on the side of your Robot

Does that really matter? Build a flyer that's meant to fly upside down.

Upside-down things are harder to control, though, so there's probably some balance there.

[flabort]

Plasma Cannons can only be Top-Mounted, they cannot be placed underneath or on the side of your Robot

Does that really matter? Build a flyer that's meant to fly upside down.

Upside-down things are harder to control, though, so there's probably some balance there.

Huh. I was flying upside down half the time anyways.

[alexandertnt]

This might encourage people to create dedicated artillery tanks, which would allow for more interesting team strategy.

[Sergarr]

Ooor it may encourage people to build flying sniper craft. Oh wait, they already do that.

EDIT: The fact they have unlimited range will almost certainly benefit the flying sniper gods, and them only.

[LoSboccacc]

is going to give a nice hedge on defenders, which is good - will give one last chance to the game after the update.

[Erils]

Ooor it may encourage people to build flying sniper craft. Oh wait, they already do that.

EDIT: The fact they have unlimited range will almost certainly benefit the flying sniper gods, and them only.

Don't forget that the plasma travels slower than lasers. A competent flyer or a good driver should be able to see it coming and dodge it. Flyers especially should have no trouble dodging it.

[Erils]

And it gives hovercraft another slight advantage. If the plasma hits beneath them, they'll receive less damage than a wheeled vehicle would, due to them being slightly further away from the point of origin. Assuming that damage decreases the further you are from the explosion, this means less damage to the blocks, and, given that the explosion seems spherical, larger hovercraft will have some of their cubes outside the explosion.

Although a smaller hovercraft could be completely caught in the blast radius, depending on how big the blast is.

[Sergarr]

Also hovercraft tend to get more uncontrollable after only a few of hoverblades had been hit. Compared to them, wheels are very stable.