Ok people I have a question for you all, is the Scorpion Tank overpowered? I hit one with a direct shot with a laser and it was still alive, there was no way to move into cover to and even if I did my central area was given away so there was nothing to do.
I found it OP'ed only on Hemorrage, which has no cover, and spawns in the open. At least in Paradiso, you spawn decently close to a building, surrounded by multiple points of elevation.
It'd deffinately overpowered, even on Paradiso, iv'e had a 25 killstreak just by backing it as far into the water as it'l go and sitting it out, shooting passing banshees, ghosts and warthogs. Anyone who tries to board you just gets shot on their way to you, even on a mongoose or with camo. If you've got a friend in the gunner seat, then there's so way you're dying unless someones got a splaser, which doesn't even kill you in one shot anymore.
I'd definitely say its overpowered, it can 1 hit (almost) anything, with VERY little chance to dodge, and is difficult to destroy, even on paradisio.
i don't think so. the scorpion in h3 would sometimes take a laser and keep going. its slow, if the driver is getting shot from different directions he dies fairly quickly (i know from experience). its only powerful in the hands of someone who knows how to use it. i can usually take it out with a jetpack high arc and beatdown
If you can laser the **** pit you can destroy a fresh scorpion. I havn't tried lasering it from the back.
What about when it is as far into the water as it can go on Paradiso where there isnt really anywhere to get any real height with the jetpack and be close enough to get to it?
that's a tight spot. it takes patience. odd that you ask this, it happened last night. took me 3 deaths but I still got him. I hid in the base and waited for teammates to be distracting him, the jetpacked up and over. But they were friends and it was coordinated through voice, and it was still tough. Or if you can surprise him and don't mind wasting the banshee you can drop down right on top of him. its still powerful, but... its a TANK. I'm just saying i don't think its much more powerful than the h3 scorp. I admit it does take out warthogs in one hit most of the time now, but honestly it was bullshit that it didn't do that in h3..... Also, everyone thinks its overpowered when they are being shelled continuously, but no one complains when they are on a 27 kill spree
I think the scorpion is fine, definitely not underpowered. Jetpack isn't the best AA to use against them, though. Evade is. Quickly evade behind the base and then evade right up to the tank. The only problem is that evade isn't in every gametype.
Tank + Hemorrhage = massively overpowered Tank + Paradiso = slightly underpowered Tank + Boneyard Invasion = level Tank + Boneyard BTB = WTF?
You can snipe the driver and take him out with a single shot. (I read a post where someone said that the sniper is the weapon that Bungie over did the power and now it is the ultimate weapon. I have seen my son shoot down banshee after banshee with a sniper.) You can laser the driver. You can throw rocks at the driver. Focus on the driver, not the tank body. Also, the placement of the tank on the map and the map itself are critical to the usefulness of the Scorpion. On my map Mutiny Fest, the heavy version of Mutiny, there is a Scorpion that spawns on the shore of the island, quite a distance from the aircraft carrier where all the action is taking place. That distance was intentionally used to marginalize the Scorpion in the game. The aircraft carrier provides very good protection to those down below the flight deck, and you need to be a good aim to take out air borne Banshees. In other words, even though the Scorpion is very powerful, there are good map design tricks to minimize its dominating traits and make it about as useful as an AR.