Empire Specific AV, Where's the Lancers?

[AThreatToYou]

I don't see any Lancers on Waterson... probably because I don't see any VS on Waterson.

[Rbstr]

Originally Posted by Frotang

Here you go:

Phoenix: vehics destroyed-483286; users-29622; play time-37023 Hrs
Striker: vehics destroyed-468648; users-30935; play time-40567 Hrs
Lancer: vehics destroyed-230390; users-26148; play time-19018 Hrs

Here they are listed by avg. Vehic kills per hr using the total play time.

Phoenix: 13.054
Striker: 11.552
Lancer: 12.115

That's a fun statistic to pick. By all the other measures the Lancer is the oddball.

Lancers kill less than half as many vehicles than the others with about half as much time in use. But there's only 13% fewer users!
That means a guy with a Lancer does about half as much killing compared to the other two (8.8 kills/user vs. 15.1 and 16.3).

They're also being used less than an hour per person, while the others are used at substantially higher rates.

Seems to me like lots of people have one, yet only a few people us it.
What exactly is measured for a "user" and "play time"?

[phungus]

It's because the lancer takes too long to charge for how much damage it does. It's very difficult to use without any noteable upside.

[Stanis]

The charge on the lancer and vortex is a cool mechanic that adds an option to it's use.
At least I think that's how the devs see it, and how I use it.

It is intended to be spammed in rapid fire mode.
This is when they have the highest consistent DPS.

[Dragonskin]

Originally Posted by phungus

It's because the lancer takes too long to charge for how much damage it does. It's very difficult to use without any noteable upside.

Without noteable upsides other than range, travel time, not countered by flares or IR smoke, no lock-on so there is no indicator for enemies that gives them a heads up that damage is coming?

Yea if you exclude all those then you're right.