OK, soooo all these convoys are taking stuff from here to there so who ever get the most stuff can build something that the winning nation can have.

Whats it gonna be? place your bets now ladies and gents.

I want it to be a swarm missile / avalon hybrid so i can take out the cargo convoy with one shot :)

It's Tach Mk. IIIs, which really suck.

Why would it be tach mk IIIs? We can already buy them.

It's another badge. :P

Here is your secret weapon.
*character info screen now shows 'secret weapon' badge*

Yes, it's the tach mkIII. Both Itani and Serco have it right now, because there was no previous winner. And yes, I'll beef up its stats soon. (It does splash damage, and I wasn't sure how that would effect things, being an energy weapon.)

Splashing uberized Tach IIIs would make my heart sing. Serco SO has to win this. Of course, I'm not so sure we can, with the player numbers being what they are...

Was going to ask about this. Tach IIIs give 200 direct damage but 400 splash damage. Seems it should be the other way around to me. Thoughts?

you should be doing a total of 600 damage to what you're hitting, and a wide area 200dmg imho

give it a small prox radius and it'll be uber. Splash doesn't do much unless there are two targets next to eachother (15m apart).

small prox radius? then tachs would be unlimited small flying rockets that rapid fire... oh my...
I could spam tachys!

No way to know what Vlad really has in mind, but as of now Tach III are worthless.
Splash damage? WHAT spalsh damage?

He's right, the tachs splash damage is soooo minamal right now, you dont even notice it, and at 200 damage, its like strapping on a pea shooter, with dried peas for ammo, rethink the m3..... totally

I agree with yodaofborg. After attempted thorough testing on bots, I found it to be of little use if you were fond of Tachyons before. plus it weighs 200 kg more, making a Vulture fex. that much slower.

On a sidenote: The drawback on Gauss has been dramatical, which is a good thing in my opinion. Now the Tachyon users have an edge over Gauss users in agility, while they don't have as much first-hit power and autoaim. Brilliant!

Now if they'd give the shots from a Tachyon MkIII mass, that'd be cool. Imagine firing on a ship with your tachyon Mk3 and seeing the target shake with every shot...

I think the gravitons ought to do that. Or what if each hit added 100kg to the target's mass for 10 seconds?

I'd just like to point out that the tach IIIs are not fully working yet.
Maybe we should refrain from commenting on their suckiness until we actually see them do what is intended.

-Cam-