How to Effectively use your ESS
greetings lads im here yet again to help out those to fully utilize your Elite Sand Storm.
This immense, drone carrying chopper is the pinnacle of the Corpus faction(much like the Ronin to the Ryu-Kai).
The Wiki doesnt give an exact stat of the ESS after lvl 10 so i will have to use my own as a template.
Stats: with a speed of 1.8 (speed of max lvl Etitan with max lvl Alloy Armor),HP of a whopping 3.3 million, Range of 500, and massive dmg of 160k. this chopper is a tough nut to crack.
While many people say ESS is weaker now due to temps, H Flak. and that all they do is blindly set it loose with RUBI. sometimes that leads to the destruction of their Remodeled SkyCrane(yes ESS is modeled after a Sky Crane Utility Helicopter) the true thing that makes the ESS so deadyl are its Raven Drones. the ravens, from what ive noticed, have a range of 250 (half of ESS) and drop a bomb every 2.5 seconds. while doing big dmg enough to cripple most lvl 3-4 turrets in one shot. they appear to have a splash range of about 50-75. the Raven LOVES to attack anything (including our oh so Fashionable and beautiful walls) they dont have a set pattern however. you cant control them, they will attack the closest object, and apparently will attack anything that hits them on the ground. this makes them ideal for being bullet sponges for the ESS as she spits 1 out ever 1.5-2 seconds.
When a drone is done with its bombing run it will return to the Mothership, deactivate and a new Raven will be sent out taking its place. one problem to this is on Ver 40's ehover missiles will track the returning raven and the splash will affect your ESS effectively pissing her off.
Combining the ESS with a lvl 21 Etitan can make your own modified version of the Dread Omega Titan. while the Etitan (with Solid Fuel Launcher) will have a range of 450 making it an effective hit taker for your ESS due to alloy armor reducing 12% dmg from all while ESS only gets 3 types of armor reducing Sustain, Area and Turret dmg.
One last thing: whenever your ESS gets in a range of about 510 from your target it will begin deploying drones so choose another target like walls for your drones to begin their run of terror. i hope this will help you to fully control your ESS and not let it run like a mad big momma. Good luck Commanders!
This immense, drone carrying chopper is the pinnacle of the Corpus faction(much like the Ronin to the Ryu-Kai).
The Wiki doesnt give an exact stat of the ESS after lvl 10 so i will have to use my own as a template.
Stats: with a speed of 1.8 (speed of max lvl Etitan with max lvl Alloy Armor),HP of a whopping 3.3 million, Range of 500, and massive dmg of 160k. this chopper is a tough nut to crack.
While many people say ESS is weaker now due to temps, H Flak. and that all they do is blindly set it loose with RUBI. sometimes that leads to the destruction of their Remodeled SkyCrane(yes ESS is modeled after a Sky Crane Utility Helicopter) the true thing that makes the ESS so deadyl are its Raven Drones. the ravens, from what ive noticed, have a range of 250 (half of ESS) and drop a bomb every 2.5 seconds. while doing big dmg enough to cripple most lvl 3-4 turrets in one shot. they appear to have a splash range of about 50-75. the Raven LOVES to attack anything (including our oh so Fashionable and beautiful walls) they dont have a set pattern however. you cant control them, they will attack the closest object, and apparently will attack anything that hits them on the ground. this makes them ideal for being bullet sponges for the ESS as she spits 1 out ever 1.5-2 seconds.
When a drone is done with its bombing run it will return to the Mothership, deactivate and a new Raven will be sent out taking its place. one problem to this is on Ver 40's ehover missiles will track the returning raven and the splash will affect your ESS effectively pissing her off.
Combining the ESS with a lvl 21 Etitan can make your own modified version of the Dread Omega Titan. while the Etitan (with Solid Fuel Launcher) will have a range of 450 making it an effective hit taker for your ESS due to alloy armor reducing 12% dmg from all while ESS only gets 3 types of armor reducing Sustain, Area and Turret dmg.
One last thing: whenever your ESS gets in a range of about 510 from your target it will begin deploying drones so choose another target like walls for your drones to begin their run of terror. i hope this will help you to fully control your ESS and not let it run like a mad big momma. Good luck Commanders!
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TomBrooklynUnicorn OverlordJoined Oct 2012 Posts: 2,772How does one get one of these Elite Sandstorms?-1
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GrimsayerSkilled WarriorJoined Feb 2014 Posts: 523nice explination; but that really does not help at all.
most of the weakness's as you called it come from new AA unit with firing systems that bye pass the drones on both those units too score big damage. and as my E-titan sits now i can take a V40 with free repair; without the need of the space hog that ESS is. and yes i do own 1. 
a large part of the real problem is now that the drones are being bye passed the main body can not get out of doge fast enough. let alone retreat through enemy fire as kixeye likes so much. this is me:)0 -
MEtalGearDEFENDERStrike-force CaptainJoined Jul 2014 Posts: 615the drones launched by ESS will target ANYTHING. this makes them so valuable. ive taken down cc with lvl 7 blitz without getting shot. when all drones are near the mother select your target and stop your ESS and the drones take down the target saving your ESS.0
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wcb_wodGreenhornJoined Aug 2015 Posts: 11prob i have is that the drones dont last longer then night owls0
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MEtalGearDEFENDERStrike-force CaptainJoined Jul 2014 Posts: 615true but your ESS spits one out ever 1-2 seconds and if you get near a wall with RUBI off your drones will begin being deployed to a max of 5. then you can long range target and stop ESS while the drones seek and destroy your prey0
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MEtalGearDEFENDERStrike-force CaptainJoined Jul 2014 Posts: 615the Elite version came out in the Shad ops before the Growler came in and that was its only chance, you could unlock it and not have to worry about the normal SS being unlocked. its Elite version grants a 12% dmg reduction, 12% damage boost and it generates drones faster but i thing kixeye took out its command feature for the drones because i dont see its amplifiy anymore. finally it got equipped with its New tactic the M.O.A.B, or (Mother Of All Bombs) basically your holding a tactical nuke that makes a Maxed out PK look like a water balloon. max ammo of 3 with 18 hr reload makes you use it wisely.1
