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Mid Season Item Popularity Snapshot - Nightmare Edition!

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  1. Tirth2_

    Tirth2_ Well-Known Member

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    Hey there,

    It's finally here!!
    One of the most requested and awaited post! The Item Popularity Snapshot - Nightmare Edition.
    With around 766 players in Nightmare League! This snapshot covers the most popular items in the league with % of players that use that specific item.

    Following is the snapshot:
    Special comments:
    • Turbo : Leading the snapshot again! The most used item in the game with 96.94% Nightmare players using it! Probably due to its Speed boost delivery, it is most popular not only among top players but most players in the game. (and you never see "Nerf the turbo down" posts in the forums :p)
    • The Frost -Torp Combo : Seems as if the deadly combo ain't that popular among the top players with less than 10% of players using it.
    • Sniper Cannon : Sniper Cannon has surpassed the Explosive Cannon with a notable difference.
    • Exclusivity of blue items : The slots to item ratio for blue items is very high, leading to its dominance over the top three places in the leaderboards.
    • Blast Cannon and Big Torpedo: They both have climbed up in positions compared to the last snapshot.
    • Red Items : Due to a large number of red items to choose from it has, in turn, diluted any single weapon's popularity among top player increasing and encouraging versatile gameplay.
    • Green Items : Probably needs a buff, least used ship that one can find in the waters is FIXER. Since the only Fixer allows Green Items , fewer ships in waters bring down its popularity among player.
    • Lube and Rudder : Still the least popular Blue items among players. (probably because turning and aiming better is not preferred over speed, let me know in comment what you guys think :p)
    • Big Shield vs Standard Shield : Most of the players prefer Big Shield over Standard, but when it comes to mk7 defenders, its 3 small shields and 1 big!(probably due to slots available:p)


    At the end,

    A BIG BIG BIG Thanks to @behumble for providing the 766 shots of the whole nightmare league! She did 50% of the work!!! (actually more than that:p)

    It took me hours and hours to prepare this (doesn't look like but It did:p) , So I would love to know what you guys think!

    Here's link to my previous snapshot post : https://forum.battlebay.net/threads/mid-season-item-popularity-snapshot.13574/
    Link to @Kitterini 's snapshot : https://forum.battlebay.net/threads/meta-snapshop-bonus-nightmare-edition-25-8.12209/
     
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  2. CaffeinatedChris

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    Notable absence from the list is Big Berta - it's the only item not used in Nightmare league right now it seems.

    Got the raw data somewhere? I'd like to parse it and comb through items fitted on a per-ship basis; for example, neither Shooter nor Defender can fit yellow items, so those ones are irrelevant to the count for those classes of ship, and the Fixer is the only class that has Green slots at all.

    But interesting to see Sniper returning to form; it briefly was overtaken by Explosive cannon following the fix/nerf, but it seems that despite the drop in damage relative to Ex/Blast there's no substitute for being able to lay 1500+ damage on someone the instant they pop into view.
     
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    Thought of making a smiliar post but it'll take some time. :)
    Probably after my exams! :p
     
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    My bad! Forgot to add Big Berta! Updated successfully! :) Thanks!
     
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  5. CaffeinatedChris

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    That makes more sense. I was going to ask how the hell Standard and Ballpark Mortar can see play but Berta doesn't.

    This would be a great opportunity to ask the developers for some kind of API we could use to query player item loadouts/etc, then this could be done in a programmatic manner rather than having to give poor @behumble RSI from capturing all of those screenshots!
     
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    NERF TURBO!
     
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    G Grenade! Show'em what you got!
     
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    Had indirectly asked Miika for it! :p No reply!
     
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  9. fr4nk1yn

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    Interesting that bandage is that high. I guess when you have more blue slots you put on one with a shield.
     
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    50% of players use this combo : Turbo, Big Shield and Bandage!
     
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  11. fr4nk1yn

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    How many use that combining a speeder? ;-)
     
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    They should buff gearlube to also make it reduce the universal weapon CD. (The wait in between use of any weapon even if it is otherwise ready to use.) This could even reduce turbo use as a choice.
     
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    I wanted to make a post on that kind of analysis but it was too late till It was ready (season ended 5 hrs ago) :p
    Maybe next time :p
     
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  14. fr4nk1yn

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    I don't even want to imagine what would happen then on a mk5 defender.
     
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