How to use the brick?

[Volcanuz.-]

Pretty much what title says. I do exactly what i see in videos but it just makes me bounce off and do liturally nothing.

Did they just make it not work now or something?

Is there a button im not hitting?

[Mallradical]

You need to bump into the ships faster, the dev(s) changed that in the hallowen patch.

[Volcanuz.-]

How much faster? I don't think i could go any faster without making it harder to hit a precise area. Seems pointless now if this is the case. Expensive and impossible to use

[TakeMyLunch]

infinitly faster. they nerfed it.

[hotmatrixx]

they made it so you have to go max speed, specifically so that you couldn't pick an exact spot to ram

[Volcanuz.-]

Originally posted by hotmatrixx:

they made it so you have to go max speed, specifically so that you couldn't pick an exact spot to ram

That kind of defeats the perpose of the pod though. The down sides are just too extreame, you make the ship freak out, it costs 20 more, and you have to do that little minigame to stabilize your ship. I mean seriously thats too much downsides, then you add the fact you need to come at it like a RKKV...

[Squeakret Squirrel]

You have to hit them at FTL speeds for it to work now, Unless you do NOT want it to work and are trying to nudge into the dock port, Then it's 6 out of 10 times. [Atleast thats what it feels like when I fly it.]

I feel like they could have done this a lot better like...

1. Make ships have heavly armored area's and soft areas, And if a pilot manages to hit those areas [usually placed inbetween armored ones on larger ships] the pod won't be damaged and they will dock instantly, Since you control where the armor is they can't breach in right next to the objective just a lot closer thanks to piloting skill.

2. Make it unable to pierce hulls but instead make it able to destroy thrusters, But if you miss and hit the hull you'll damage the pod, This would let skilled pilots take a more skilled approach to disabling the capture timer and allowing a very loud and higher impact play style.

Basicly I would have liked this pod to be one that rewarded skill with piloiting rather than being a pod that let you bypass needing skill in piloiting like the others.

[Hammer My Wood]

I just lost my character in a pod explosion after fixing my pod the 3rd time trying to use this brick. Im a little pissed witht he devs right now. Thanks for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

[Shaber]

Originally posted by Volcanuz.-:

Pretty much what title says. I do exactly what i see in videos but it just makes me bounce off and do liturally nothing.

Did they just make it not work now or something?

Is there a button im not hitting?

Honestly, just hijack any random ship and ram the target with it instead. It will work fine, like the Brick used to, before the nerfs.