i think the main issue here stems from up close builds. i ran a shotgun build so i could get up close and deal alot of damage (fafnir and nidhogg) and it was really irritating when i got targeted by a heli build. it wasnt often though and i just kept paying attention to my surroundings and stayed far away from the heli. still though if your running an up close build and someones using a heli your pretty much screwed. and if they know your running melee or up close builds they will, for the most part, single you out as your an easy target for them because you cant fight back.
this is the problem though is that i want pvp to not be limited to just long range builds just because of helis. in situations like this though your almost forced to run it. i know its a rock, paper, scissors kind of game but whats the challenge in a game when an opponent doesnt present any challenge and you just pick them off from afar without them being able to fight back?
i paint my entire car black so that they have a hard time seeing what weapons i have and for the most part it worksā¦ except when i come across those stupid melee boost leg builds who follow you around like an internet stalker unless you kill themā¦
Real fair when a shotgun dog appears out of nowhere and strips you in 0.00000000000000001 nanoseconds, isnāt it?
The game has counters for everything, and while your shotgun build is good against ground targets, itās bad against air targets. Helis suck against piercing or high impulse weapons.
The tradeoff for high damage is low range. Lower damage for higher range. Simple as that. And the high damage long range weapons are the hardest to use (except the scorp)
Played a bunch of next step matches yesterday, and I stand by my claim that close range builds with radar detectors are far more powerful than aircraft in this mode.
Only issue I had was a match where four of the enemies were flying, and even that one we managed to put up a good fight, as they struggled to grab their capsules.
Be fast, run a radar detector, and hang out with your teamās bots.
really?? how much of an impact do they have? i hit a heli with a triple fused spike and it didnt seem to do muchā¦ maybe i hit it at the wrong angle??
Never play copters, donāt have any problem with the new mode. It almost as if copters sucked big time to grab the points left behind by allies and enemies alike and were actually a liability in that new mode.
I alternated last night between a helicopter and a wheel build in Next Step. Got slaughtered every time. I noticed a lot of clans playing last night though. I think itās laughable when there are flying tanks with train plows on them though. I donāt see that working irl.
If they are using a hummingbird propeller and you knock one of the last ones off they will automatically spinout. Its the same with the pack rotor if you take the tail off.
