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WeapondigitX V7
The Exemplars
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.12.20 12:16:00 -
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pagl1u M wrote:When the shield tankers with an Anti-armor rifle meets the armor tanker with an Anti-shield rifle, the shield tankers is a dead man.
I'm not going to prove it mathematically. I'm not going to explain why this happens, I don't know it.
It's just something I always see on the battlefield.
The game was designed this way. You described a fight with no cover, where they both accidentally encounter another, or the shield tanker sees the armor tanker too late and is not close enough to cover and is not far away enough to outrun the enemy.
The game has a map which includes cover, shield tankers need to rely on cover more than armor tankers to survive. The armor tankers are front line fighters, they rely on cover slightly less.
Which ever opponent uses there playstyle the best, wins and survives. There is only ever 1 survivor.
In reality:
The shield tanker must out regen the enemy using range and cover and difference in height. (shield tanker must be much higher or much lower in height to increase the distance / effort required for armor tanker to reach the shield tanker)
The armor tanker must try to deal as much damage to the shield tanker as possible when the shield guy exposes himself to attack the armor guy. Then the shield tanker must hide in cover to out regen the armor guy and hope that the effort required for armor guy to reach the shield guy is a lot. That allows the shield guy to expose himself again to fire at the armor guy.
After regenerating once I can usually kill the armor tanker. (the encounter usually takes 8 to 10 seconds because of armor tankers slower speed). If the armor guy has very similar speed to the shield guy then the shield guy has a chance in a firefight. (both opponents with have very similar total health points).
I usually engage enemies at 35m to 90m when im using shield suits. You must have very good aim in order to use shield suits properly (this deters armor tanker from charging and overrunning your position). Otherwise the armor tanker will see you as a small threat and charge at you with 70 to 100% weapon accuracy and obliterate you. Because you convinced him that he had better aiming skills than you.
You could fire then run, then fire then run to different cover again but that usually only works in cities with using no biotic mods.
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WeapondigitX V7
The Exemplars
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.12.20 12:39:00 -
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Every time the shield guy exposes himself and the armor guy attacks (draining your shields) you must also attack him to do some damage (that damage may be smaller but you need to be very accurate, imagine where the enemy is while your behind cover, ''predictive wall hacking'' I call it, you predict where enemy is and fire after exposing yourself, some people do this well)
Then you rinse and repeat that shield regen process. Slowly killing him if he has less armor regen
If he has a tac AR or SCR, you must wait until another ally attacks him head on, then you attack him together, his SCR may not have enough shots to kill you both. (if your both assault suits with high shields and you don't stay still so you and the ally dodge 30% of all shots)
Or you must flank him or get behind him, your faster speed is meant to help you get to cover fast enough that he wont notice you until its too late. Then you must be very accurate to you have a 200 hp or 400 hp damage advantage. You should try to flank and attack from cover.
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