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Connor Mc.:
I'm not complaining, but I did have a bit of an eye opening experience today against a double Mercury Gun Pyramidean. It was very hard for me to counter as I'm not very used to fighting those types of load outs and got annihilated, so, I was wondering, how do you guys usually maneuver when faced with this situation?

N-Sunderland:
I'm usually the one with the mercs, so I don't have to worry :P

The best thing to do is move up and down and make them miss some shots. Once you get close, remember that their arc isn't very wide. Mercs aren't very good at short range.

Piemanlives:
They are after all the sniper rifle of GoI

Morblitz:
Yeah but, the issue I see with that is:

In most games sniper rifles become completely useless once you start moving.
In Icarus, a dual pyramidion can have the reverse throttle cranked, and be actively fleeing from a pursuing ship while still dishing out some amazing damage. I remember my days as the main sniper on the Lucky Duck, landing shot after shot while the Duck was on the move. So a pyramidion with mercs on the side can still move and fire fairly effectively, too.

It's not that easy to get up close to a sniping ship that knows what they're doing. Especially if he has a buddy doing the same thing.

As long as the ship isn't actively turning, it's incredibly difficult to not hit a ship with the merc and wreck people that approach you. It's kind of bananas.

Captain Smollett:
Hah, you shoulda seen what the merc used to be like. Mercs take a long time to get a kill now.

I actually find the merc to be very well balanced since close range weapons are much more effective than the merc once in range.

On every map other than dunes, you can use terrain to block the ranged shots of your opponent and change altitude rapidly as you close the final distance to your target.

If your on dunes, you'll need some chutzpah, a buffing hammer on board and some moonshine but you'll be in their face before they know it. Don't forget how fast a squid can close, it can be on top of a sniper before they know what hit em (In tournaments I'll out snipe but in pub matches the squid is my preferred approach).

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