Standard blueberry (AI?) needs a buff:

Add function so they check the cap point for traps like RE's etc.

Really I figure its insanely hard to score kills with them outside of stacking them a NULL cannon and even then you can avoid them by sweeping the point with AR or Grenades.

I like to put RE's on top of my uplinks, and hide my uplinks in tricky places you gotta get close to, to shoot.

You'd be surprised how effective this is.

They are not OP, you sir, are ignorant.
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what is RE

CCP's new night mood in the 1.4 update may spell doom to people in a new way. I'll be eager to do some tests when it rolls out.

I strongly disapprove of this threads title. I don't even need to read the thread. RE's are not OP because you either need to be stupid and/or blind to not see them being planted at your feet or dumb enough to be baited by the guy into his trap. Either way you suck and deserve to die. I'm drunk and I approve this message.

for the last time re r not op!....

(looks at at other posts)..

oh wait we all ready have ppl defending re?

ok nvm bye bye...

I'm actually sort of worried about the incoming armor buff, ladwar. You know Xin can already tank an RE blast as a proto heavy? It knocks him down to something like 20 armor, but he can do it.

With the armor buff, I suspect that will no longer be rare.

On the subject of RE shenanigans, there's nothing more embarrassing than getting detonated by your own RE trap ... especially when you're the one who pushed the button. This happens to me more often than I would like. Funny thing is, more than half the time I see it coming before I even push the button, but push it anyway. It's like the realization isn't enough to countermand the action order that's already been sent.

God, brains are weird.

Untrue. You can reliably blow up large turret installations. It takes three explosives and they all have to "hit," however.

Killing CRU's and the like takes a good bit more work.

They can be yellow or red. It's possible that you ran into the null-damage bug that causes installations to take no damage if ground cover blocks any little bit of the blast. It's a hit box issue, as I understand it.

In fairness, the RE is lovely against tanks. It's not that it reliably destroys them, it's that several going off at once is reliably a shocking amount of damage. The tank driver who thought he was going to be able to sit comfortably for another few swarm volleys abruptly finds himself fleeing too late, shields dropping, AV grenades raining down, and doom inevitable.

They're not instant death to a high-grade tank, but I'm not entirely sure that they need to be. They take the fight from moderately challenging to desperate with the push of a button.