The Lynx is different from all the other EBR wheelies. The wheels are smaller and cover less of the chassis, so has less spaced armor as a consequence. It's the tallest wheelie and easiest to spot and hit. Active runs take planning, more so than the others. The ROF is slow. It's not quite as fragile, but at 8 tons, ramming at speed is out unless you run Hardening and even then you run a risk of crushing yourself on the smallest tank or jump. IMO, skip it and learn to drive the EBRs effectively. If the Tier 8 EBR ever comes back on sale, I'd get that instead.
It's also getting paired against the Ebr-75fl10 quite frequently. That's a much better tank, and since it's premium the driver is probably more experienced.
The 105 is a high-skill cap vehicle. It is fragile, can be very hard to control especially if you have ping issues, and has unrealistic driving dynamics. Tight maps (Mountain Pass) and city maps (Himmelsdorf) are a pain. You become THE priority target, even over arty in most cases, and if the battle is a loss, will get blamed for not pulling the win out of your azz. Or poor scouing, whichever comes to mind first. (I'll be happy to jump on that bandwagon to keep the whiny wannabe unicom crowd off my crap WN8) Its a race car in the land of the dump trucks; learn to drive the regular sports cars first (LT, AMX) before you tackle the EBR 105. Good luck.
I tried the EBR in the unlimited firing game mode and LOVED it. I am however not sure as when to use the different mode. I press the "x" button to engage 2 wheel mode during long drives and engage 4 wheels in close quarters to dodge shell and swirl. Is this the right way to play ?
I'd love to have one, but gave up on the Lynx, I just could NOT make it work for me..
But Congrats on getting the 105,, Well done
The Lynx is different from all the other EBR wheelies. The wheels are smaller and cover less of the chassis, so has less spaced armor as a consequence. It's the tallest wheelie and easiest to spot and hit. Active runs take planning, more so than the others. The ROF is slow. It's not quite as fragile, but at 8 tons, ramming at speed is out unless you run Hardening and even then you run a risk of crushing yourself on the smallest tank or jump. IMO, skip it and learn to drive the EBRs effectively. If the Tier 8 EBR ever comes back on sale, I'd get that instead.
It's also getting paired against the Ebr-75fl10 quite frequently. That's a much better tank, and since it's premium the driver is probably more experienced.
The 105 is a high-skill cap vehicle. It is fragile, can be very hard to control especially if you have ping issues, and has unrealistic driving dynamics. Tight maps (Mountain Pass) and city maps (Himmelsdorf) are a pain. You become THE priority target, even over arty in most cases, and if the battle is a loss, will get blamed for not pulling the win out of your azz. Or poor scouing, whichever comes to mind first. (I'll be happy to jump on that bandwagon to keep the whiny wannabe unicom crowd off my crap WN8) Its a race car in the land of the dump trucks; learn to drive the regular sports cars first (LT, AMX) before you tackle the EBR 105. Good luck.
I tried the EBR in the unlimited firing game mode and LOVED it. I am however not sure as when to use the different mode. I press the "x" button to engage 2 wheel mode during long drives and engage 4 wheels in close quarters to dodge shell and swirl. Is this the right way to play ?
Pretty much. I only use turbo mode when I need to move quickly.
Clown Car gameplay warning. Send the kids out of the room.