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Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-09-17T04:47:45+02:00

I used it against fatboys, that was effective. I used it against navy. I tried to aim outside the range of TMD (they were aeon so i guess they get less range, but I wasn't hitting them with the full power of the nuke). I'll bet it works well against subs and other submerged units.

Even if your opponent has some TMD, there may be an angle where their stuff is open to attack. Isolated mexes can be vulnerable.

I've tried to "walk" in billy nukes by aiming in front of TMD's effective range so the billy doens't get shot down but the blast still does damage. Not sure how well that works and under what circumstances (probably not at all if the TMD is under a shield)

I haven't really tried this, but if you made a number of regular TMLs, maybe you could overwhelm the TMD and sneak a billy nuke through. For example, if you fired 8 regular TMLs just ahead of your billy (both in terms of time and in terms of target placement), maybe that would knock the shields down and distract the TMD so the billy nuke might do some real damage.

If an enemy ACU (or some other high-value target) was out in the open, maybe you could use a billy nuke to wipe out flak with them to set them up for a gunship snipe.

You can always try to time the launch of the billy nuke with an attack designed to knock down TMD, like a corsair snipe or strat bombers.

If you already have billy nukes, firing off a few might be a good way to distract your opponents while your team does something sneaky.

(Edited to add: after attempting it more than once, I would basically never make a build around getting billy nukes. It's not like a telemazor where there's a big chance you can swing a game at a key moment. It is just something I might get late-game if I already had a sick air grid, and lots of energy to spare.)

Statistics: Posted by armacham01 — 17 Sep 2019, 04:47

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-21T21:38:55+02:00

Hitting landed ASF...

Statistics: Posted by Freedomfighter — 21 Jul 2019, 21:38

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-18T22:23:04+02:00

The only realistic use for billy is to nuke armies (unless you meet a wild loya) and there are some very rare moments where it's actually good enough, but those moments are very sparse.

Statistics: Posted by Farmsletje — 18 Jul 2019, 22:23

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-18T22:16:32+02:00

To crush a person's dreams.

Statistics: Posted by Morax — 18 Jul 2019, 22:16

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-18T21:53:04+02:00

Well it's a cheese weapon that basically gives you option of shooting single time so you have to make it count. Think of it like cybran tele mazer but you don't have to have suicide tendencies to use it. Also you can afford it way earlier before enemy get's to shield all of his stuff. That it unless you were hitting him with TML before.

Statistics: Posted by Endranii — 18 Jul 2019, 21:53

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-18T21:13:19+02:00

H-master wrote:
Endranii wrote:Nah it can be good tool if you can sneak it into enemy base. Nothing like getting enemy smd/pgens out with it.

Doesn't this only work when there is no shield in the base?

Yup, and by the time you can afford billy nuke, there is no way they wont have shields/tmd where it can reach.

Statistics: Posted by UnorthodoxBox — 18 Jul 2019, 21:13

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-16T18:37:40+02:00

Endranii wrote:
Nah it can be good tool if you can sneak it into enemy base. Nothing like getting enemy smd/pgens out with it.

Doesn't this only work when there is no shield in the base?

Statistics: Posted by H-master — 16 Jul 2019, 18:37

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-15T20:37:05+02:00

Nah it can be good tool if you can sneak it into enemy base. Nothing like getting enemy smd/pgens out with it.

Statistics: Posted by Endranii — 15 Jul 2019, 20:37

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-15T00:46:45+02:00

You aren't missing anything it is garbage because it costs too much.

Statistics: Posted by ThomasHiatt — 15 Jul 2019, 00:46

Re: Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-10T17:24:18+02:00

Shoot at armies. (that dont have loyalists inside)

Statistics: Posted by Rikai — 10 Jul 2019, 17:24

Usecases for the Billy Nuke

2019-07-10T17:10:09+02:00

Hey,

This is not a post to suggest a balance change, but just a question.

In what circumstances is it good to make a Billy Nuke? I haven't tried using it often, but the times I did, it costed a lot of mass and buildpower only to see it quickly get countered by tmd. So what am I missing?

Statistics: Posted by H-master — 10 Jul 2019, 17:10