Pods rework and limitations

[zinc ember]

Earlier this evening, I escaped my rustbucket with the non-gunner pod, only to be chased and shot at by another players attack pod for about 5-8 minutes. This seems a bit of a broken way to play the game, as the other player with their attack pod was able to continuously attack me with their defensive guns.

In my opinion, there should be a limit to the shots an attack pod can put out, to prevent misuse like this. The guns are used to cover your back when escaping, but using it to purposefully attack other pods who are at a disadvantage doesn’t make sense. Thank you for your time in reading this!

[timber quiver]

I want all pods to have guns. I'll strap double barrels to the front of my pod if I have to

[half swift]

I want a pod that can blow up like those nuclear mines, let me kamikaze

[timber quiver]

Ok that would be hilarious, but pretty unhealthy for the game. Did you witness the shenanigans of Jimbo the nuke ship "hacker" 🗿

[half swift]

i did not but hacks with a nuke ship i can imagine it not going well for others lol

[split roost]

ive never had an issue with any of this... if you get shot down board them and kill them or run to the gate... pods are insanely hard to kill unless you are using the flak rustbucket and even then its still hard coz pods are much faster...

[zinc ember]

The thing is, my rustbucket was destroyed, and someone in a pod kept firing at me, then chased me around the map when I’m at a disadvantage. They were good at turning their pod around and shooting at me. It’s insanely hard to kill a pod in a ship, it’s impossible to kill a pod when I’m in one that doesn’t have a gun.

[split roost]

ive never had a pod shoot at me... so not sure where you getting this from but then again its been forever since i vsed a proper 3 man ship... but as i said once your in the pod just boost away use asteroids to hide and evade...ive never died in a pod you can do it too

[zinc ember]

The gunner pods have guns but they are found on the ships besides the rustbucket. Again, it is extremely hard to evade when another pod harasses you and has the exact same capabilities to boost, but with the added advantage of being able to fire at you. Rustbucket non gunner pods I feel are extremely common. But the gunner pods on non-rustbucket ships are still used.

[split roost]

as i said use flak rustbucket and no1 will stop you...

[timber quiver]

Is this to suggest you haven't played the game since before the UA update?

[zinc ember]

I cannot use the flak rust bucket if there is a pod that disabled my ship. Therefore making use of the drop pod is the only viable option. The pod without guns that is then being chased by a gunner pod.

[woven bane]

Dude, the damage output of an Attack Pod is so incredibly low that it ain't a threat if your ship is half health or above. And as someone who had duels with Attack Pods and hunted normal pods with Attack Pods I can tell you it's near impossible to hit a moving target with the Attack Pod. You're exaggerating here.