Why is the 500kg the only red stratagem that can kill heavies reliably?

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Think about it.... I you use something like the flamethrower or arc thrower basically stuff that can clear light and medium enemies but you still want to use a secondary that isn't the ultimatum or a grenade that isn't the giga or thermite to kill heavies you need the 500kg if you dont want call in an EAT every 60 seconds and risk killing yourself while waiting for it to drop and you will still need to run away if there's a ton of enemies behind you so you might lose your support weapon.

Eagles and orbitals are supposed to be called in to take care of threats quickly and currently only the 500kg and the orbital railcannon strike can do that to kill heavies but the railcannon has way too long of a cooldown to make it worth using against anything other then dragonroaches.

What I suggest is making the orbital precision strike return to its glory days when it would incredibly easily take out titans,chargers,tanks and hulks. Unfortunately in the 60 day patch it was left behind when all the enemies got their health pools buffed so now it has to hit the enemy to kill it and even then its not consistent.

There are also other stratagems that were left behind. The 380 MM barage,walking barrage and the eagle rocket pods should all get damage increased to make them kill enemies reliably. The rocket pods have always been a niche pick but after the 60 day patch it was dead and it takes 3 rocket pods to kill a single charger when IMO it should take 1 call in to kill anything smaller then a bile titan and tanks so it should take 2 call ins.

TLDR: only the 500kg can take out heavies quickly so the precision strike and rocket pods should also do that because currently it heavily limits loadout diversity.

Posted May 1, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

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