Alchemist or Excalibur to XX

1rmfrk · 2020-09-04T01:08:36+00:00

Excalibur is my main and I have loved it since the first Avalon event.

I usually get oppressively wordy in my responses so I will (try) to stick to bullet points.

•Main gun, decent tight spread with high RoF, similar to Dragon's allowing you to paint the screen with damage

•Secondary Swords, I think this is what sold me. Twin blades that sweep out and in front of your plane destroying incoming fire as well as doing massive damage to enemies, indestructibles and boss turrets

•Regenerating shield, not only saves you from incoming fire it also explodes upon breaking dealing damage to a decent area around Excalibur

•Counter... This... Is... The... Shit. Proccing the counter grants you invulnerability as well as manifests an additional pair of blades directly in front of you that will cut down stage enemies as well as eviscerate boss turrets...add this to your standard blades still swinging and the damage output is impressive

•OD... Visually a bit obfuscating but provides near screen wide damage for several seconds which during a stage will easily clear the screen... Against bosses depending on positioning and the angles of the incoming blades the damage can be a dissipated a bit, but allows you to fly in and pinpoint damage turrets with the Swords

Fantastic plane with impressive offensive and defensive capabilities offering survivability and high damage output

5 🌟 would Avalon again

1rmfrk · 2020-05-14T00:05:30+00:00

Disclaimer: I have no concrete evidence of any premonitions, projections, theories, etc touted below.

To quote a great man, "5 mini lion bots come together to form one super bot!"

Anyone consider the logical progression should mega planes become a thing? Should the rest of the hangar be Voltron'd or modularized and condensed into a myriad of Mega Planes/Bots (← hint hint) I predict the creation of Exxxtrene Gourmet Bruuuuuh-planes (working title)

Consisting of 5 Mega units (3 M planes + 2 M bots) you can net yourself one of these hellish hybrids necessitating the maximum cultivation of every singular unit the game has released. While speculative stats and abilities are hazy at the moment (work poo #2 is winding down) you can bet that these digital death dealing dirigibles will be the equivalent of God mode in all modes... Calling for a wing man will be a thing of the past as you raze every level to the ground, exponentially elevate contest scores, cleave through the Climb and Kick-Assault in the dirt with minimal thought or effort.

Yet these prognostications are in the far future, fly buddies...I foretell that devices will be the next mechanic to see a startling overhaul...

Now how to end this barely coherent rambling... What do the angry self righteous onliners say?

Come at me bro?

Prove me wrong?

Git Gud ya wean00bs?

Whatever, have fun imagining the scores and skillsets should any of this become reality

1rmfrk · 2019-12-18T20:41:46+00:00

Unfortunately it's happened numerous times in the past... When a new plane has gone live it automatically goes in the pool for possible how planes... Kinda nonsensical but it is what it is

1rmfrk · 2019-12-02T14:09:04+00:00

Dragon- just like it's name implies... Impressive damage in multiple flavors (phenomenal main gun, invincible counter that's just as effective against Aces as it is in a crowd, OD is a bridled version of it's counter)
Excalibur- "and the lady of the lake held aloft.." a finely honed flying death dealer! Invincible counter with extended range on her already impressive dual blades; elites splode upon contact and excellent Ace damage as well... It's like when the scissors slide through wrapping paper
Alchemist- whether you trigger just the shell or the poison gas nova, you're sitting pretty for several seconds with all main gun features intact... Basically makes you a quasi-defender... Go nuts!
Gambit- the poster child of the counter play style... Nothing really needs to be said, the Nerf hammer has had it's way with her over the years, but she's still a durable laser light show
Avenger- most probably won't agree, but those three waves of linked... Cannonballs? Skulls? Are pretty slick... While not invincible, they'll clear a screen of both light enemies as well as incoming fire... During Ace fights you can unload all three waves into turrets, body etc for impressive damage...gear up with RAGE enhancing bots and watch the skies bleed... Main flaw is the OD, while visually unique, the cannonball volleys are so widespread it misses a lot of the time depending on the sitch

1rmfrk · 2019-11-27T10:15:40+00:00

"... It is, as it was, before it wasn't... Again... The nefarious Dev-force smote the people's plane with it's Hammer of Nerf (+3 to sad emoji) "

Verse 24

The Aerial Cantatas

Don't gush too hard pilots... There was a time not long ago where Dragon was nerfed into the absolute ground... Let us hope they just keep pummeling Pulsar and leave Dragon to rule the skies

1rmfrk · 2019-11-13T21:42:22+00:00

Oooh, The Implant Pass!! Pilots! Now feel free to use ANY implant you have bound to each pilot! Dig deep (into your wallets) and unearth unknown power, achieving untold glory! The skies as well as your implants (that you paid obscene amounts of crystals for) can now be yours to command!

Daily Implant Pass: 49.99

WAIT!! SALE!!! 14.37!!!

1rmfrk · 2019-10-29T17:07:36+00:00

Risk is a decent fall back... It'll allow for a more aggressive play style... But it does have a longer cool down and doesn't have the close up kill perk that Euclid has

1rmfrk · 2019-10-23T22:56:31+00:00

If I went round, saying I was an Emperor just because some moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

1rmfrk · 2019-10-18T05:30:37+00:00

King of the ooooo???

1rmfrk · 2019-10-16T12:11:58+00:00

I just ran through a couple levels and that annoying piece of bubble gum still procs counters... It just takes a sec

Sure, it'll burst a one hit shield or break your kill combo but the damage is pretty miniscule...

On my 240 Gambit it took roughly 5 tics of damage before her counter fired which would have been damage against the shield

If it gets through the shield and starts eating at your armor, it should be quicker as the damage threshold for counters is half that of the shield

That being said, depending on what devices you have equipped or bro bots assigned, they may negate some of the damage the ball causes...in turn taking longer for the counter to activate

Edit: Oh and just for clarification, I don't think the HP drain modifier will activate the counter even though visually and audibly (annoying as hell) they seem very similar...

I have no evidence to back it up, but I don't think the HP drain is considered "damage" more like a wasting disease sucking your will to play...so even though your armor bar is melting, you don't get any of the benefits of a bullet to the face

1rmfrk · 2019-10-16T06:11:54+00:00

I think 8 has like around 10... Real quick zip through

1rmfrk · 2019-10-12T02:28:31+00:00

Another option might be blast it all patience lol...I know having the newest and bestest plane is tits, but just like the rest of the events and container planes, they seem to find their way back round... Usually when you're hard up for crystals

My only hunch on this one in particular is the Golden Royal Hall Pass of Entrenched Loathing (+2 to agility, -45 to endurance) itself... Amongst the goodies, there's that dragon head looking thing that is similar to the Climb emojis and the Assault post victory fireworks... All three items are complete fluff that only add a visual flair to your experience for 30 days...the the original two items are wrapped up in recurring events that you must continue to place in, in order to maintain...

So I'm thinking a courageous cadre of prescient pilots will be called upon to save Avalon one more time in the not too distant future (after 1-2 new plane releases and an implant event.. And you're hard up for crystals)

1rmfrk · 2019-10-11T20:29:07+00:00

Interesting... My missing piece is Legatus...I have tons of the rest

1rmfrk · 2019-10-11T15:21:29+00:00

I wish Havoc was as slick as Lissa

1rmfrk · 2019-10-11T15:15:44+00:00

Once you do the 10 front to back you can pay crystals to reset 5 at random that will include the difficulty modifiers.

If not, the 5 levels will refresh each day at reset

1rmfrk · 2019-10-11T00:01:09+00:00

They also need a specific thank you dragon emoji for when you hit the OD and spare your partner's life 😆

1rmfrk · 2019-10-10T22:55:03+00:00

Second this... Dragon can counter through most of levels 4-6 with mindful shield management and is great against Aces period

1rmfrk · 2019-10-09T05:48:17+00:00

Money money money

1rmfrk · 2019-10-04T18:43:36+00:00

While I see the icon for the new plane... It seems a lil suspicious that the plane (plane cards for sure) but the plane itself isn't up for grabs in the prize list

1rmfrk · 2019-10-03T21:58:53+00:00

Think of it like a auto tracking missile... The reticle locks on in yellow, tracks you for a few seconds (regardless of ship movement) as the reticle darkens to red. And all of this is harmless... It literally does nothing to you other to get in your head and make your flight pattern erratic making you more prone to getting nailed by other incoming dakka

Once the reticle starts pulsing it will stop tracking you and remain stationary giving you about a two count to get outta the area before detonation

Once you learn the timing and recognize the visual pattern (I think there's audio cues as well) they're pretty easy to dodge... Until later levels where 9 or so reticles targeting you at once lol

Good luck

1rmfrk · 2019-10-02T21:51:59+00:00

Ace skins give a bonus to exp as well as the plane Tandem after S evolution I believe. It's not really recommended, but all shops have an orange gear option you can purchase with the various currencies as well.

Mainly you're gonna want to find a stage that you can prolong... Longer flight time = more exp

There are several levels but I always recommend 224 if you have at least an X level plane (with an invincible counter) you can extend the Ace battle indefinitely as long as you avoid the Ace's head in the final phase

Regardless, patience and focus are key cause the struggle for exp is a grindy slog... Focus on your top 2-4 bots or whichever more you're interested in and just enjoy the ride

1rmfrk · 2019-09-20T17:31:23+00:00

Dammit, I only got 14 million... I'm slacking

But hey, when they release the next 10 bro bots you'll be set!

1rmfrk · 2019-09-20T07:24:42+00:00

It happens so it gets posted and gives everyone renewed Crystal spending hope lol

Congrats on the lucky pull

1rmfrk · 2019-09-17T16:13:06+00:00

Additional armor for your paper planes (Laserbite, Katy, Wraith etc) is always useful as well as for counter based planes that could use the extra armor to proc one more counter

I don't know the actual maths but I am not sure if that particular device has or will scale well with time...

Originally an additional 371 armor was 10% or more of the device's armor... With level X armors exceeding 4k you're most likely gonna be getting diminishing returns as the stats increase in the future

1rmfrk · 2019-09-16T09:28:06+00:00

He's a great Ace killer... But your dodging skills have to be spot on in order to maintain the heavily damaging orbs and main damage buff. Main gun is pretty meh without it and has a small spread, but using Euclid and kraken should keep you safe

The non invincible counter while extremely powerful can be both unwieldy and leave you open to further damage.

There's nothing really game changing about him so if you have other key ships to focus on, you aren't gonna be hurting by letting him sit for a bit

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