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[Dubbletwice]

Ok,

In the new patch you are adding mobility to Assault mechs. Ok great.

But you are REMOVING armor from the Annihilator.

You claim the Annihilator is sidelining the Atlas

... Guys ...

Do you actually play the game?

The Annihilator is NO WHERE NEAR sidelining anything.

It is IN NO WAY upstaging the Atlas.

Arrrgh. I have been playing the Annihilator ALL DAY .... I have a survival chance of about 15% per game. The big lumbering slow assed Annihilator gets killed in 85% of matches I play.

In the few matches when there was another Annihilator on my team or the enemy team it also got killed. (I was watching the results for each match to balance my performance)

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Guys I actually paid money for this mech. You can't nerf it to "enhance" some other mech.
You can't nerf what I purchase to enhance something I didn't purchase.


I actually paid money for this rather poor mech. ... I'm happy to accept the rather poor mech, but it's a bit hard to take when it then gets nerfed.

Kinda unhappy atm.

[Papaspud]

Take your nerf and like it IS scum..... annis= OP.... in PGI land.

[Pika]

Dubbletwice, on 14 October 2017 - 05:06 AM, said:

Ok,

In the few matches when there was another Annihilator on my team or the enemy team it also got killed. (I was watching the results for each match to balance my performance)

I think that's because you get called primary like, right away. I have been having the same problem in the Madcat Mk2. As soon as I am spotted I just melt. Don't even go down that quick in a DWF or KDK half the time, but my Madcat just turns to molten slag.

[Thorn Hallis]

Because assaults are not allowded to be tanky. Because...you know...it's an assault...and not a tank...erm...look there, a threeheaded monkey! *runs off*

[Asym]

Dubbletwice, on 14 October 2017 - 05:06 AM, said:

Ok,
You claim the Annihilator is sidelining the Atlas

... Guys ...

Do you actually play the game?

Guys I actually paid money for this mech. You can't nerf it to "enhance" some other mech.
You can't nerf what I purchase to enhance something I didn't purchase.


I actually paid money for this rather poor mech. ... I'm happy to accept the rather poor mech, but it's a bit hard to take when it then gets nerfed.

Kinda unhappy atm.

Oh, really? Can't? PGI's response after several devastating nerf's to the Night Gyr's earlier this year was, paraphrased: "too bad, we own the game...." I could dig out the email but, it doesn't matter....

Like you, many of us new players bought entire mech packages and has a blast for 2 or 3 months and then, PGI closed the new series out either forcing you to buy another mech pack or play only what you own. Redistribution is actually what it is called. PGI calls it balance.....

Sorry. Many of feel the same way.

[Tordin]

Its almost so that I will take a pity on Anni pilots on the opposing team after this patch. Attacking them last so they actually have a chance to put up a good fight..

[Jun Watarase]

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It is IN NO WAY upstaging the Atlas.

Which is why IS units prefer to use the annihilator instead of the atlas right?

100 tonners are limited by the lack of slots, not tonnage. That's partly why ballistic boat builds are the best. 100 tonners dont have the mobility to quickly reverse behind cover to cool down, which is why energy weapons are a bad idea. If you are going to be exposed for a long period of time, you may as well hold down the trigger and shred through any mech in your sights.

The dire wolf rendered the atlas obsolete the moment it came out because it coud boat 6x UAC-5s while the atlas was limited to a mix of lasers, ballistics and SRMs. The king crab with 4x UAC-5s did the same thing.

[Prof RJ Gumby]

Of course Annihilator was sidelining the Atlas
Because Atlas was useless and Annihilator didn't

[Angel of Annihilation]

Don't usually do this but....

CALLED IT!!!!

Sorry but despite its drawbacks it was way too tanky usually requiring the concentrated fire from 2-3 mechs to even put a dent in it. No other mech in this game, even Clan, could beat it one-on-one face to face. That is the very definition of OP.

So yeah, thank got I resist the urge to buy it for real money cause to be honest, without all those armor quirks, it really does just become another average mech which is a shame. Honestly I wish they hell they would have a few more OP mechs with attached serious drawbacks like the Annihilator just to spice the game up a bit.

[Burke IV]

Dont type it here PGI doesnt care. If you feel you have been treated badly, go on steam, go on metacritic etc and tell your story in a polite and calm way.

[A Shoddy Rental Mech]

The annihilator gets nerfed because of the Atlas?


"but felt that the previous Armor enhancements on top of the natural weapon platform Loadouts of the 'Mech sidelined the Atlas in its primary tank role too much. We still want the Annihilator to be fairly compensated for its geometry and speed, but not at the expense of sidelining the Atlas."

The Atlas has been sidelined since the release of the Kodiak.

Remember this?




Atlas used to be my favorite mech.



Probably haven't played it more than 10 times in the last 6 months.

At best, the Atlas is a middle of the road assault.
And now we want to bring the annihilator down to where the atlas resides?

Edited by The Nerf Bat, 14 October 2017 - 08:18 AM.

[FireStoat]

It would take me about 3 full Alphas from my Scorch at point blank range to destroy an Annihilator's torso, possibly killing the mech but most times not. This was surprising, and yes, a bit frustrating, but I simply don't think a nerf was in order. The Annihilator is slow, tall, easy to shoot, and should command respect instead of being a joke.

[theta123]

FireStoat, on 14 October 2017 - 09:03 AM, said:

It would take me about 3 full Alphas from my Scorch at point blank range to destroy an Annihilator's torso, possibly killing the mech but most times not. This was surprising, and yes, a bit frustrating, but I simply don't think a nerf was in order. The Annihilator is slow, tall, easy to shoot, and should command respect instead of being a joke.

Excatly why it had this armor buff. So it could function in that way. But once your scorch starts manouvering, and getting behind cover, that annihalator is dead.(my Scorch with Dual LB20X and 4 SRM 6's fear not a single annihalator)

[Arnie1808]

I was going to buy an Annihilator pack in the near future as well but not anymore, I’m not buying something that slow which is one reason it was so tanky only to have it nerfed.
As for the Atlas why don't they help the Atlas rather than nerf another mech that is supposedly making it worthless!?!?!

Thinking like that and throwing nerfs at mechs and weapons because another mech is getting left behind is MENTAL utterly mental!

I’ll ask you this If you had a child that’s struggling in school because they have dyslexia do you A. HELP that child or B. Give every other child in the class a large fooking smack round the head with a baseball bat to give them brain damage so it evens the score?

[CK16]

Hardly losing the equivalent to one med or small laser worth of armor on components. It's really not that bad.....

[Arnie1808]

And the change to the uac5 and ac5?

Also it’s not the nerf it’s self it’s the reason why its getting the nerf which is what’s got me doing stuff like that is just unbelievable.

[FallingAce]

CK16, on 14 October 2017 - 11:08 AM, said:

Hardly losing the equivalent to one med or small laser worth of armor on components. It's really not that bad.....

They are also nerfing the UAC's again, the primary armament for the annihilator.

It's a double whack of The Nerf Bat and why?

Because the Atlas is bad. Therefore the Annihilator must be whacked.

[Nightbird]

Anni is OP, has to be nerfed harder. Signed, Deathy.

[Herodes]

It is not the lost armor that is so bad. It is a totally stupid nerf that not only makes a not-OP Mech weaker but that also takes away its role and spice. And roles and spices we need badly in that game. The Anni was special without dominating.
The way the "balance" decisions are made points in a direction of uniform and banal as well as interchangeable Mechs. I would prefer character, roles and special quirks.

The new Raven quirks point in the right direction.

[Dogstar]

Well they've got the money from everyone who already bought it so they're quids in and don't give a dman anymore.

Time to stop buying IS mechs