My main build is an autocannon spider hanging out around 7k power score, but upon returning to the game I never see spider builds in lobbys now. Did people just get tired of the slower speed or did they get nerfed or what?
Posted Oct 19, 2020, 3:58 PM UTC
They're still good now through they're more used in higher PS battles than in 7K.
I believe the reason for their decline was the cannon nerf from months ago. I used to see a lot of spiders with tsunami’s and executioner, rarely ever see them now.
They’re good but as usual hovers dominate
I am running a reaper spider for cw at around 15k ps For dayli pvp I have sideways reaper spider build on 5 legs at 11k. On sideways spider they mostly act as an armor for front where I keep 3. One less on the back bcs of the weight and PS.
4 legs are not enough imo. When you lose just one, the build might be falling on a side. 6 for a decent build from 12k up. Regarding Bigram, I would never run less than 8 of them
Also, what weapons are you planning to run on that?
Its been running autocannons, just upgraded from Rapiers to the Stroms, 3 of them on the build. The build itself is simply modify the stardard Arachnid pack build with an additional autocannon, better rear armor, and parts to support the autocannons mounted underneath and protected with armor and low hanging ram bumpers to prevent driving underneath. At the moment I only have the 4 legs, its fairly low budget the pack was on sale when I made it
I think that the spider is keeping you in pretty high brackets like this. For me it wouldn't be comfortable..
I did make a second variation of it aswell that runs two cannons instead of the autocannons
That could be better. I remember having a double hulk undermounted with 4 ML legs and 2 bigfoots in the front. Cabin was jawbreaker. Got me over 8k. Fun to play, but PS was a little bit too high for such a slow piece of spider
I switched my ML for bigrams but I'm still using spiders daily. 9k and CW
My buddy runs one. Seems to do fine, we are relatively new to the game as we started maybe 2 months ago. They absorb a lot a dmg before breaking off.
That they do, I just have not seen them other than my own
I like them from time to time. Just normally slow and hard to maneuver. If you’re intent on using a build like that, get Bigrams. They’re awesome. Slightly less tonnage, less durability, but the ability to switch between wheels and legs is phenomenal
I never had a hard time maneuvering mine unless they took two of my four legs off, then she was hard to move. But yeah the draw back is definitely being held to just 50kpm. But dear god the amount of weight they can hold and still move just fine. I bought the arachnid pack and have loved my modified spider since.
Just swapped out her old autocannons for some AC 50s