Okay,
I was on patrol in spectator mode after getting my behind blasted into oblivion. I watched a guy using three Crickets and getting over 3k in damage. His average damage was around 1500 to 2000.
The refire rate was staggering. Anyone else witnessing this update version of the Cricket or is it just me.
-MC-
Once again, devs are just plain dumb, they refuse to believe that there’s more to “just add more damage”.
Let me remind you that Scorpio always had 550 base damage with 5s cooldown (with flywheel, or before it was added, that epic engine i forgot the name of also gave +20% cooldown speed). Now most legendaries and even some epics deal 700+ damage with <5 second cooldown.
Crickets were always OP, their problem was low health. 259 HP for a 2x4x4 brick is insanely low, especially that you can’t armor it as well as Cicada for example (which has 229 hp BUT 2x2x4 dimensions, aka literally half the volume, plus it fires from the top which means you actually can armor it well). Devs should’ve added +100 hp AT MINIMUM (maybe even 150) and remove 25% of the damage, that’s all.
Haven’t used Crickets in a long time (except on novelty builds)…guess it’s time to revisit them!
They’re pretty ok now, but to go into the absolutely bonkers territory they need to
Stock crickets are not as great as that specific setup, which sucks The length and slowness of the volley is much more balanced than the minmaxed steppe fused crickets setup. DuskCrickets are as big of a joke as Dusk cabin is as a whole.
to this day i don’t get the logic of the devs.
Dusk cabin, a rocket cab from the getgo
Steppe Spider cab, used with legs ( traditionally)…triple executioner.
And…what they do? they destroy the rocket cab to take the spider’s head to make a rocket cab.
why?
they needed a heavy cab for rockets?
Hot rod, Bat and others cab and hardware changed types from a rare medium cab to a light special cab
I don’t understand the logic behind this decision
Ive been playing with mouse steering cricket builds for years now, the new buff is most welcome to me.
And BTW the changes were mentioned beforehand for anyone who followed the news.
Heh,
Gotcha but I’m a little slower on the uptake when it comes up buffs and nerfs. I am the kind of survivor that waits to see it before you believe it.
Seeing a longer-range volley from that Cricket that did 3000+ damage on an epic was mind blowing…
Hope I don’t get under that person’s target reticle!
-MC-
i tried it on my leviathan hitting every rocket from close up and i got 2880 damage lol…
i mean they have a HUGE spread but my god that close up damage is savage.