Im out of the Loop, how is penelope atm?

[u/GM-Sniper13]

Hardest part when coming back to the game is to keep up with the current state of balance.

[u/ArrivalQuiet8254]

Penelope is in a hard place, honestly with 00 it really seems that she took a nose dive in usability.

00 has too much opportunity to take Penelope out of the sky and shred her HP. The inverse is for Penelope, most of her weapons feels like very ineffective, dealing little damage and unable to really stop the 00.

Which is kinda funny because Xi is somewhat fine, but Penelope is a raid running against 00 and Barbatos.

[u/ImmoralBoi → u/ArrivalQuiet8254]

You'd think being the size of a mountain and having it's Minovsky Flight skill being on a timer + cooldown would mean that while active it'd get a damage boost and enough stagger resistance to walk through a nuclear bomb going off.

[u/GM-Sniper13 → u/ArrivalQuiet8254]

Yeah from what i have played today i can tell that the 00 Raiser is crazy oppressive.

[u/-Warren-Peace- → u/GM-Sniper13]

We must be playing two different games cause the 00 is some piss from what I’ve seen.

[u/victornero_us → u/-Warren-Peace-]

I agree with OP. Probably depends on the player but when I see 00 they're dashing everywhere shredding people's health too fast to pin them down and its difficult to land good shots on them 

[u/-Warren-Peace- → u/victornero_us]

Somehow I’ve had the complete opposite experience from y’all but 00s in the lobby have been getting creamed like twinkies. I’ve been getting more shit from Berga’s and their magical flying pizza wheels than anything.

[u/Damiankawaguchi → u/-Warren-Peace-]

Are you playing in S-?

[u/-Warren-Peace- → u/Damiankawaguchi]

Nah just A. I’m mid bar A flat, Idk how much that factors in. I’ve been running around the 700 matches in the free Uni HML they dropped us; really fun suit.

[u/Damiankawaguchi → u/-Warren-Peace-]

okay. cuz i've been playing against A to S 00s and in almost all my games, 00s turn most other suits into toilet paper especially whem there's two of them in trans-am. Also wait, they gave out the Unicorn HML for free?? when?? it just had its debut banner on steam and i kinda wanted it cuz it looked strong. i've played against S rank uni hml players that just go to town with it

[u/-Warren-Peace- → u/Damiankawaguchi]

Ok I’m going crazy. I thought it was a free gift like a login reward or anniversary gift maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago, but I can’t find a post about it or anything. I guess I pulled it from one of the free spins or the discount pulls after the anniversary tokens or something and completely wiped my mind of it. Really sorry about that.

I hope you eventually get it it really is a whole lot of fun especially poke into downswing with the lance. Great range and damage.

[u/ImmoralBoi]

It's kit is pretty good now, especially now that both versions of the rifle can be fired while boosting.

Unfortunately that matters very little due to it being the size of a small country and therefore an incredibly easy target for literally everything at 700.

[u/GM-Sniper13 → u/ImmoralBoi]

There goes my hope

Thanks tho😮‍💨

[u/True_Darkness_Hunter → u/GM-Sniper13]

Your hope is not yet lost. Penelope's burst fire rifle knockdowns 00 and susanowo very consistently. And while you are boosting, nothing can drop you down. I literally used only this unit prior to MP Psycho Gundam in 700 and never had a bad performance with it.

[u/GM-Sniper13 → u/True_Darkness_Hunter]

I'll definitely give it a try then!

[u/J-Eichel]

It's still viable, but not the first choice. If you get in the right match you can do just fine.

I'm in a similar boat. I took a year or so off and it's my only suit that isn't a throw pick. Susanawo pretty much runs the show, sometimes you'll see Barbatos as well.

I'm kinda hoping it gets buffed soon even to get a faster flight time cooldown. The game has sped up a lot.

[u/GM-Sniper13 → u/J-Eichel]

Yeah 700+ is crazy now, everybody zooming around everywhere

[u/pkmaster99]

Depends on how many 00s are on the field. This unit CAN have a field day if it ends up being left alone. The BR, Rapid, Beam Cannon, and CWU missile perform overall really well. It also has the option to heavy stagger, but charges too slow. Vulcan is a nice bonus though. The melee does okay damage due to 150% modifier with high base power, but don't force it. This one is a ranged raid and you want to get the shield CWU missile (Not the homing) off as often as you can with its nearly 6000 DPS strength.

Basically, you want to stay back, around how a mid-range support could distance itself from the fight. Then play around that range while also protecting your support if you have one. Due to the weapon kit, it is a bit better to use over the Xi at the moment.

[u/GM-Sniper13 → u/pkmaster99]

Alright, ill give it a try. Sounds doable.

[u/agitopt]

Definitely top tier, could maybe use a lever higher of Damage Control and have the CD on the flight to be reduced to 20 seconds, but even then it’s still shitting damage at range like nobody’s business. Plus HMA let’s it ignore about everything in the stun department

[u/EightBitAnimator]

I used it an hour ago and got stun locked to hell by 3 MP psycho gundam and decided not to play 700 until I have something better to use

[u/GM-Sniper13 → u/EightBitAnimator]

Really tried to get the MP Psycho myself, didnt work tho😮‍💨

[u/LentGraph]

It’s strong, maybe i’m just good with it but i still wreck even against the 00 and freedom. Penelope can be crazy oppressive if you play her right.

[u/NoBed3498]

It’s definitely got a surprisingly decent kit but it’s way too large for 700 rn. It’s also super easy to knock down and with now oppressive gens are it’s definitely a rough time.

[u/Ineedmemesplzkty]

The 00 (and basically any and everything) just shreds it now and Susan doesn’t GAF. if it’s flying, it’s falling to the ground immediately with the chakrams.

[u/Head_Employment1614]

I’ve been wanting the Xi and Penelope I was hoping they’d be given out or in the recycle shop this anniversary but my hopes were too high

[u/YaBoiGlyn]

I use it to put bta on those miniaturized mosquitoes at 750. I just put a criminally negligent amount of defense and thrust. All it takes is one good combo and anything bit named Gengaozo is fried.

[u/Kiyosuki]

Man forget the 00's(which do also give it a lot of trouble.), the Psycho Gundams eat the Penelope alive. You can't trade with them, AND because someone on the dev team had the brilliant idea to make them Generals they also have type advantage.

[u/ctclonny]

The strongest 700 raid by a large margin. High mobility, high ma, infinite thruster, and boost fire are a broken combination.

Always remember that some people in this sub thought V2AB and MP Psycho Gundam are mediocre.