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Post by dillybar64 on Oct 13, 2010 3:05:15 GMT
This is probably going to sound like a stupid question, but...
Why do so many people on this site like Sirius so much?
Those who like him, please, share your thoughts and let me into your mind.
Those who don't can come speculate in circles with me.
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Post by M.C.MastaAustin on Oct 13, 2010 3:33:16 GMT
im guesseing cause Sirius is a doomtrain aka it rips through everything it faces in the right hands. It is potent a powerfull wich is probobly why people love it so much. My thoughts personally I hate it its kinda like pressing the win button over and over agian and doing nothing else but click I win.
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Post by dillybar64 on Oct 13, 2010 3:45:03 GMT
im guesseing cause Sirius is a doomtrain aka it rips through everything it faces in the right hands. It is potent a powerfull wich is probobly why people love it so much. My thoughts personally I hate it its kinda like pressing the win button over and over agian and doing nothing else but click I win. I feel the same way (hence my confusion about the fan base of it here, hence my question). When you can't even move around the borg is boring to use. It seems to me that there is little to no skill involved. Why not instead put 5 Blue Strikers/Orange Fighter on your team? Same cost (200 points each), but for units that are potentially more devastating because they still have great attacks, but with the added bonus of being able to "use the boost to get through."I usually find that my one Blue Striker will last longer than any one of my fortresses because when what I am shooting at shoots back I can just boost out of the way. For borgs that are behind me or to the side I can see the exclamation mark indicator on the side of the screen warning that a shot is coming my way and just boost to safety. Plus frantically boosting around is more enjoyable to me than sitting in my sky fortress pushing the purge the land with fire button. And why Sirius? Death Arc is basically the same thing. Same cost, same attacks, same stats (but with more HP). Plus the Death Arc is blue and gold instead of silver and grey. <-- small point I know. Please, someone of an opposing viewpoint, add to the discussion. I don't understand. Help me out. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2010 6:52:17 GMT
Sirius is my favorite Borg simply because he's so dominating on the battlefield, + he looks cool.  I prefer Sirius' colors and bridge design over Death Arc. If you know how to control Sirius, I dare say you cannot lose unless you're up against big dragons. Borgs that can get knocked down, which is quite many among the 200+ Borgs available, can easily be disposed of with Beam Gun blasts through the use of "juggling", which in simpler terms means once you're hit, you're pretty much gone. Other, bigger Borgs, that can't get knocked down instead takes a bigger hit from the multi-hitting Beam Gun blast which results in the Burst Gauge filling up really fast for a soon-to-come Max Shot annihilation. Beam Gun + : - Really fast
- Pierces all kinds of obstacles
- 360 degree firing range
- Attack can sweep, so you can take on multiple Borgs with one shot and/or deal with pesky dodging opponents
- Fills up the Burst Meter quickly
The Antiaircraft Gun is highly effective against fast fliers. The CPU always feels a need to accelerate away from the incoming shots, which always ends with either getting hit when they cannot dash anymore, or they're perfectly laid up for a timed Beam Gun shot. I cannot see a player would act any different. Sirius overall + - High HP
- Super-strong defense
- Doesn't flinch unless it's a breath attack
- Fast and effective all-range attacks
- 100% knock-down effects on small Borgs
- Effective Burst Gauge charge
- "Infinite" ammo, since the existing ammunition never depletes until the Burst Gauge is filled
- Immune to Ultimate Beam attacks for A) Borgs that use these attacks gets knocked down and B) even it did hit briefly, damage would be negligible
- Doesn't die even if several ICBM blasts hits
- Only cost 1000 GE
Sirius overall - I can see people don't like Sirius because it's not fun winning with such a strong Borg. People dissing him because he cannot move however need to both gain more experience using him and take into consideration of all that he can do. If Sirius could indeed fly around he would have even greater than his already very high merits and though I personally wouldn't complain about that, he would be an insanely effective Borg. |
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Post by njayhuang on Oct 13, 2010 10:03:14 GMT
It's all just different playing styles. Almost any borg can completely destroy everything if the player is good. The reasons some people don't like using Sirius is the same reason others like it. You've said it's boring to click to win and to sit there doing nothing. They like Sirius because you can just click and destroy everything while sitting there as a near impenetrable fortress of doom.
As for the Death Arc vs. Sirius thing, Death Arc is a recolored Sirius with slightly more HP, so it's implied that if you like Sirius, you like Death Arc as well.
And for the record, I prefer faster borgs.
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Post by Dogmantra on Oct 13, 2010 10:22:12 GMT
It's possibly because of the evolution of your personal metagame. The people who like Sirius, for whatever reason, value large amounts of health and just tanking it out. When playing with my brother, the metagame evolved to be based around dodging, and borgs that can't dodge are nigh-on useless with us. It seems like yours has evolved to be a bit about air superiority and height advantage.
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Post by Viroth on Oct 13, 2010 10:43:32 GMT
Although I prefer Death Arc over Sirius, I like them due to the fact that they convey a much different play style over other borgs.
I'm not much of a fan of weaker but faster bots, so it mostly fits my style. It also lets you win mostly every mission that doesn't contain Big Dragons, which is a huge bonus. Not to mention that once you level it up, it's mostly indestructible featuring 2900 HP. You just have to master the aiming & timing the beam gun and switching to and from the AA-Gun.
I guess I just like giant flying battleships of doom...
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Post by chromelord on Oct 18, 2010 15:50:24 GMT
I find that Sirius is a strange one and is well proportioned compared to the death arc (really what is the point those little lasers) It doesn't offer complete annihilation and you have to put some thought into it e.g. do you blast the closest ones to you or do you help deal with the over a distance. also you need to worry about enemy's ganging up on you because you on have 5 definite shots then then the rest is a matter of time.  |
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Post by Viroth on Oct 18, 2010 19:39:18 GMT
Use Death arc and have Tama on your team. I don't think ANYONE needs to strategize v.s. the CPU in these conditions.
It has a 355 degree firing range. There's a small spot JUST behind him where no beam can hit.
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Post by The Regal RP Mod on Oct 18, 2010 20:14:03 GMT
Actually....I have lost with using that exact same combo. I....ended up killing off Tama by accident...and then a bunch of ninjas got on top of me somehow.
Thats why i prefer either Cosmic Dragon, Demon Wing(The Great Destroyer on my team) or some epic melee borg.
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Post by Viroth on Oct 19, 2010 2:37:34 GMT
I fail to see how you could kill Tama unless you were being incredibly negligent, or just enjoyed shooting at him.
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2010 3:15:03 GMT
^ I managed to, a long time ago, when I had and ICBM Tank and Ultimate Cannon going haywire. It has a 355 degree firing range. There's a small spot JUST behind him where no beam can hit. Never noticed this. Maybe another CPU issue, I guess. |
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Post by The Regal RP Mod on Oct 19, 2010 21:35:32 GMT
I fail to see how you could kill Tama unless you were being incredibly negligent, or just enjoyed shooting at him. *whiny*but he kept getting in the waaaaaay...... |
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Post by njayhuang on Oct 23, 2010 2:02:55 GMT
I find that Sirius is a strange one and is well proportioned compared to the death arc (really what is the point those little lasers) It doesn't offer complete annihilation and you have to put some thought into it e.g. do you blast the closest ones to you or do you help deal with the over a distance. also you need to worry about enemy's ganging up on you because you on have 5 definite shots then then the rest is a matter of time. Antares is the one with the moveset you're talking about. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 23, 2010 4:45:36 GMT
Death Arc is basically the same thing. Same cost, same attacks, same stats (but with more HP). Death Arc doesn't have more HP. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2010 4:56:02 GMT
Every Sirius (from a video game) I know of has a primary color of white and has some yellow on it. Sirius is good. I can count on him at the darkest of hours. Forget the Matrix.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2010 7:06:42 GMT
Death Arc is basically the same thing. Same cost, same attacks, same stats (but with more HP). Death Arc doesn't have more HP. Really? I thought all partner borgs had an increase in HP and maybe one extra melee attack or something... |
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Post by Dogmantra on Oct 24, 2010 11:36:10 GMT
Death Arc doesn't have more HP. Really? I thought all partner borgs had an increase in HP and maybe one extra melee attack or something... They all have something different. Sasuke has an extra melee attack and a couple of extra Shurikens, Kei has about three extra shots. |
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Post by The Regal RP Mod on Oct 24, 2010 13:12:39 GMT
i compared all of my partner borgs to their normal counterparts, and i found that they are usually about 3 levels higher in base stats.
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