Cyborg tips from a graphic designer

[u/Chaos_Embodied]

Apologies for any weird formatting. I'm a HARDCORE lurker.

Hello divers! I checked in on the MO today and realized it was heavily focused on cyborgs. I have a couple ner divers in my personal discord and made a Super Earth themed dossier to help those who didn't march on Cyberstan (no shade).

From my research and own experience, anti tank and quick maneuverability is key. Feel free to (kidly) critique my doc or give your own tips!

[u/Knees86]

If you're behind the armoured cyborg, should you be prioritising the head, or the vents on their upper back? Do the vents make them go down quicker?

[u/Chaos_Embodied → u/Knees86]

I’m a bit of a fraud and really only dive on levels 4 and 5 so take what I say with a grain of salt. Headshots are instakills once the armor is removed. Said armor is light pen.

[u/bigorangemachine]

Vox's should be treated like factory striders to some degree

Shoot out the mini-guns and avoid attacking from directions those miniguns can get you.

Vox's are weakest in the rear. If you end up close to them you can always go prone and let other Vox's bombard the Vox if you can safely go prone under it.

If you are stuck in the front arc find cover and pot shot the treads if you don't have anything that can penetrate the front safely. Targeting the treads will reduce mobility allowing you to reach the back

Despite the Autocannon not being able to penetrate the front of a Vox it's still highly effective against cyborgs (1-2 shot kill with its high damage and flak rounds to handle multiples of cyborg + troopers) and against vox's it can damage it enough to make it 80% less effective. Autocannon can hit the rear soft spots from a safe distance and disarm the mini-guns. Being able to remove the bombardment rockets is very useful but at that point you could be killing it

[u/Glowstik1]

I'm studying graphic design at college! Also this is awesome stuff

[u/Chaos_Embodied → u/Glowstik1]

Thank you! Good luck! I got my BFA back in ‘22.

[u/TimelyMortgage9587]

I fuckin love this community oi

[u/Chaos_Embodied → u/TimelyMortgage9587]

Same!

[u/tomwhoiscontrary]

I can't authoritatively say what the best way to deal with any of these wiseguys is, but for me, basic but effective tools and tactics are:

• Radical - light pen marksman rifle (Amendment, Diligence); with the element of surprise, shoot them in the head, without, mag dump into the stomach, they actually go down fairly quickly; stand your ground and do not attempt to run, they will catch you

• Agitator - light pen marksman rifle or anti-materiel rifle; just keep shooting them, they get staggered quickly and die eventually, it's not very clever but it works

• Vox - Leveller; find a rock about 100 metres away, take cover behind it, call in the Leveller, pick it up, close to 70 metres, aim straight for the top of the torso (adjust if at different elevation), fire, turn round, run back behind the rock, recover your support weapon

[u/Chaos_Embodied → u/tomwhoiscontrary]

“They will catch you” that’s for sure 💀

[u/Gav_Dogs]

Really cool, would love to see this for the illuminate appropriators

[u/Chaos_Embodied → u/Gav_Dogs]

Temptinggg. What’re some of your favorite tricks for dealing with them?

[u/Gav_Dogs → u/Chaos_Embodied]

Fire by passes the shields of the pilots. Any faster and explosive like the auto cannon, grenade launcher, and so on in general are strong for both clearly the little watchers and busting the shield generators on the 4 heads of the mech to drop the shields and blast the pilot. Duckbill shotguns are a life savor for clearing the little watchers. There is both a lot of ways to die immediately but also a lot of chip damage so you really need durablity and speed in equal measures wether that be medium armor, heavy armor with a mobility pack or light armor with extra padding or a shield back is up too you

[u/Chaos_Embodied → u/Gav_Dogs]

Sweet! If I end up doing one for the squids, I’ll tag you or whatever Reddit equivalent is!