The Ruiner 2000 didn't became the new grieffers toy

[elfoam]

I just turned a 22 person lobby into 6.. And got hate mail, plus vote to kick.. Learnt something new, the ruiner can lock onto targets and missile spam while on its roof or being spun around by explosive rounds. Sometimes handy :]. Hydras don't even come near me today, they must be having some bad experiences. Payback is a bitch. It's far worse than tanks ever were but I'd say soon Insurgent pickups will restore the balance of power plus a well piloted Valkyrie would also do in the Ruiner, problem then is other players with homers.

[Gridl0k]

Insurgent pickups are still vulnerable to the old get-out-and-say-hello-to-mr-combat-mg, at least in auto-aim.

 

PS;

 

1) The ammo count doesn't work on my SPV ruiner

2) Anyone figure out if you can cycle targets?

Edited January 3, 2017 by Gridl0k

[No Homing]

I just turned a 22 person lobby into 6.. And got hate mail, plus vote to kick.. Learnt something new, the ruiner can lock onto targets and missile spam while on its roof or being spun around by explosive rounds. Sometimes handy :]. Hydras don't even come near me today, they must be having some bad experiences. Payback is a bitch. It's far worse than tanks ever were but I'd say soon Insurgent pickups will restore the balance of power plus a well piloted Valkyrie would also do in the Ruiner, problem then is other players with homers.

 

That's what I was thinking. Launch yourself nose up and get a lucky homing off missile into a chopper/plane/jet flying over. I get tears in my eyes if I think about such beautiful epicness.

[Gridl0k]

That's what I was thinking. Launch yourself nose up and get a lucky homing off missile into a chopper/plane/jet flying over. I get tears in my eyes if I think about such beautiful epicness.

 

That's essentially my anti-Buzzard strategy, especially in SPV ruiner. Jump the incoming missiles and spam rockets while nose-up.

[elfoam]

 

I just turned a 22 person lobby into 6.. And got hate mail, plus vote to kick.. Learnt something new, the ruiner can lock onto targets and missile spam while on its roof or being spun around by explosive rounds. Sometimes handy :]. Hydras don't even come near me today, they must be having some bad experiences. Payback is a bitch. It's far worse than tanks ever were but I'd say soon Insurgent pickups will restore the balance of power plus a well piloted Valkyrie would also do in the Ruiner, problem then is other players with homers.

 

That's what I was thinking. Launch yourself nose up and get a lucky homing off missile into a chopper/plane/jet flying over. I get tears in my eyes if I think about such beautiful epicness.

 

You could get a lock on facing straight up if you bounced it into a wall or something but even with the chute you can see at 45 degree and it locks at more degrees up above what you can see.

[No Homing]

 

That's what I was thinking. Launch yourself nose up and get a lucky homing off missile into a chopper/plane/jet flying over. I get tears in my eyes if I think about such beautiful epicness.

 

That's essentially my anti-Buzzard strategy, especially in SPV ruiner. Jump the incoming missiles and spam rockets while nose-up.

 

 

 

 

 

I just turned a 22 person lobby into 6.. And got hate mail, plus vote to kick.. Learnt something new, the ruiner can lock onto targets and missile spam while on its roof or being spun around by explosive rounds. Sometimes handy :]. Hydras don't even come near me today, they must be having some bad experiences. Payback is a bitch. It's far worse than tanks ever were but I'd say soon Insurgent pickups will restore the balance of power plus a well piloted Valkyrie would also do in the Ruiner, problem then is other players with homers.

 

That's what I was thinking. Launch yourself nose up and get a lucky homing off missile into a chopper/plane/jet flying over. I get tears in my eyes if I think about such beautiful epicness.

 

You could get a lock on facing straight up if you bounced it into a wall or something but even with the chute you can see at 45 degree and it locks at more degrees up above what you can see.

 

 

No, no, no. I'm talking about nose up straight into the air. And no homing missiles!

 

Or even better, combine it with a cargobob, let it drop, pull chute, glide towards a jet, trick him by letting your chute go, aim your nose up, shoot homing off missiles directly into the air. Beam!

[IamCourtney]

Firing up Fully Loaded is my new go-to response to unprovoked vote kick attempts. You might get rid of me eventually but you're not getting anything productive done for the next little while, jerk. Most people just give up and leave long before the timer expires.

[DentureDynamite]

No, no, no. I'm talking about nose up straight into the air. And no homing missiles!

 

Or even better, combine it with a cargobob, let it drop, pull chute, glide towards a jet, trick him by letting your chute go, aim your nose up, shoot homing off missiles directly into the air. Beam!

 

Inconvenience and impracticality are two of the best nerfing devices known to GTA Online. lol

 

Being a hardcore special/unique vehicle addict, I was quick to buy the Ruiner 2000...but not so quick to keep using it like other vehicles I own. IMO it's more of a fun novelty than a serious vehicle.

 

R* was justifiably concerned about it being OP, but I think they may have gone just a little too far.

Edited January 4, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[elfoam]

I had another go last night after I took down the first wave of attacking Hydras they wouldn't fly near the Ruiner. One missile on the nose and the second up the engine sorts them out. You can be very agressive towards the Hydras and chase them down, you have the upper hand.

[Sandman3769]

I shot down a Hydra with the ruiner today. The guy went back and got another Hydra and came after me again. I tried doing a jump and parachute to shoot him down again, but didn't lock and the ruiner ended up in a swimming pool. Lol. By the time I got the new ruiner, the guy in the Hydra crashed all on his own.

 

I ended up with at least 20 kills this time around. When are people going to learn that they can't blow you up with the homing launcher?

[HopalongCasidy]

 

A big fear people had when this car was added was that it would be used as a new grieffing toy for more east kills. Turns out, fortunately, it seems that didn't happened. I rarely see someone driving it arround, and the driver never causes much trouble arround.

 

The fact it's so expensive and even requires to buy a cat warehouse beforehand makes it an hard to afford item, and even then it's not that fast, the driver can get easily shot or simply blown. It's also the very first vehicle to have limited ammo.

 

All these limitations seem not to make it that appealing, or at least a reliable tool to get easy kills. Do you think the Ruiner 2000 does or ever will ruin sessions?

Honestly even if it was cheap it's still never going to be as good as the ultimate griefing noob toy the Lazer...

 

Yes, Lazer... Not the f*cking waste of money Hydra.

 

I wonder if they'll ever patch the jets and make them require skill to use and kill with... simply by replacing the cannon with buzzard cannon.

 

 

Actually, the Lazer, imo, takes far more skill to pilot and kill with. It is faster, so, for that reason alone, it does not have the street mowing capability of a hydra, which is truly awe-inspiring, and that doesn't mention late spawning of trees and telephone poles. You cannot mow down four lanes and alleys within a Lazer dive run, or at least not to the extent of the Hydra. You also have no hovering capability.

 

Ftr, no griefer, the only reason I learned to fly with the Lazer was to combat tankers after I could no longer snipe them from their tanks.

 

As to the hydra, I tend to agree, but buff those guns (and those on the buzzard) to at least annihilator level. Also, if anyone wants my annihilator and can remove it from my pegasus list, have at it.

Edited January 5, 2017 by HopalongCasidy

[Cratoz]

 

 

Actually, the Lazer, imo, takes far more skill to pilot and kill with. It is faster, so, for that reason alone, it does not have the street mowing capability of a hydra, which is truly awe-inspiring, and that doesn't mention late spawning of trees and telephone poles. You cannot mow down four lanes and alleys within a Lazer dive run, or at least not to the extent of the Hydra. You also have no hovering capability.

 

Ftr, no griefer, the only reason I learned to fly with the Lazer was to combat tankers after I could no longer snipe them from their tanks.

 

As to the hydra, I tend to agree, but buff those guns (and those on the buzzard) to at least annihilator level. Also, if anyone wants my annihilator and can remove it from my pegasus list, have at it.

The Hydra is faster than the Lazer.

Both jets fly faster over 1000 feet by the way.

 

The Lazer is superior for dogfighting and ground attacks because has better maneuverability, better acceleration and doesn't stall when flying straighr upwards.

 

It's not as big and bulky as the Hydra, can pull up much quicker than the Hydra after a divebomb.

 

Also, when divebombing you can slightly press the brakes and roll out the landing wheels to get even slower for more precision, goes for both jets thought.

 

The Hydras advantage is that you can call it on demand and its VTOL which is not so useful for dogfights and divebombings anyway.

 

The Lazer can hover too by the way, not as much as the Hydra but it's doable.

[Sussus Amongus]

 

Edited April 7, 2020 by Pastry

[CosmicBuffalo]

Took out a lazer in one pass...it may be true, the ruiner is an answer for a jet. Need more testing to confirm.

[GhillieMaster]

The Ruiner 2000 is very underrated. It can do a lot of things but it takes practice and trickery to think of what it can actually do. It certainly can ruin a lobby in the right hands. And there's a little secret trick at the end of the video as well.

[HeavyDuke]

I didn't count my friends rockets but yes.

It's very durable.

 

Thats what she said.

[elfoam]

I can't even entice people to come at me in a Hydra anymore no matter how many come at me bro messages I send. What have you guys been doing to the poor old jets.

[DarkSavageDeathlyCloud]

So the regular version you store and buy also locks on aircraft ?

Edited January 9, 2017 by Darth Absentis

[Gridl0k]

Yup, but doesn't respond well to explosive cannon rounds.

[DarkSavageDeathlyCloud]

Yup, but doesn't respond well to explosive cannon rounds.

Other one does ?

[No Homing]

 

Yup, but doesn't respond well to explosive cannon rounds.

Other one does ?

 

 

Takes a number of strafing runs before it's destroyed. More than the insurgent, that's for sure.

[DentureDynamite]

The Ruiner 2000 is very underrated. It can do a lot of things but it takes practice and trickery to think of what it can actually do. It certainly can ruin a lobby in the right hands. And there's a little secret trick at the end of the video as well.

 

Woah! I'm a believer--I take back all those "yawn" thoughts I had about the Ruiner until now.

 

And nice little uh, magic trick there. Use it while you can, when it'll likely be fixed by R* in the next update...

 

...but then again, maybe not:

 

Edited January 9, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[body dragger]

i wasnt very impressed with it when i first bought but recently ive started liking it a lot more the downside of it for me is just the missle capacity but I understand the reason for the capacity.

[Dacelo]

 

The Ruiner 2000 is very underrated. It can do a lot of things but it takes practice and trickery to think of what it can actually do. It certainly can ruin a lobby in the right hands. And there's a little secret trick at the end of the video as well.

 

Woah! I'm a believer--I take back all those "yawn" thoughts I had about the Ruiner until now.

 

And nice little uh, magic trick there. Use it while you can, when it'll likely be fixed by R* in the next update...

 

...but then again, maybe not:

 

 

This's existed for a while actually, I remember seeing screens of people in this area at least a year ago.

[DentureDynamite]

^^ Yeah, baffles me why this literal "hole" or "portal" hasn't been fixed/deleted--does R* not have someone dedicated to fixing map bugs?

 

Should take no more than five minutes to correct that.

Edited January 9, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[Dacelo]

Last time I heard going into any wallbreach instantly killed you...that seems like a decent solution that doesn't require any further work trying to find them though that may just be a PC thing.

[Happy Hunter]

If you memorized where all the turreted limos will be, could you just blow them up when someone tries to start this work?

 

I'm thinking, maybe that might be an aircraft's best defense against this car - just quickly end their work for them (after that there's something like an hour long cool down).

[DentureDynamite]

Judging by a quick YouTube search post-1.37, wall breaches are alive and well on all platforms...including the PC.

 

But back on topic (sorry about that): will start giving the Ruiner 2000 more opportunities to prove itself. Taking down griefing jets being my primary motivation.

Edited January 9, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[Cratoz]

The Death Penalty doesn't really work that well. EVERY wallbreach that has one can still be entered.

 

It depends on you.

You may be able to enter but another one can't, and if you can't you just need to switch sessions, takes 1-3 tries and works everytime.

[RollsReus1959]

I've been telling non-believers that this car is the greatest. In 20 minutes I can wipe out an entire session. It's a beast of a car.

 

Most people haven realized which version of it that uou are using initially. Regular or beast mode.

 

I have gotten real good at it.

 

Shot down buzzards and hydras tonight.

 

There is no defense against they get on foot. Which is frustrating because they don't know whether I come back or go away and nobody walks when they have things to do.

 

GOAT vehicle. I love it.