Talk:Rhino/@comment-28912339-20161215073426/@comment-28912339-20161218071008

physical shields only really help in open combat 1on1 or 2on1 situations, or when you can quickly retreat from a hail of fire but are still exposed before taking cover, giving you some edge in imminent combat or in imminent retreat.

in most situations, your best bet is to avoid the fire entirely, and careful control of the griffin's jump can manage that just beautifully. In contrast, a badly positioned rhino is just a huge target that has no hope of any sort tactical retreat. You may say that then "you should pilot it correctly", i dont think theres such a thing as "piloting a rhino correctly", the damn thing is plain unwieldy, period, there are just too many instances where a rhino can get i a dicey situation which it has no hope of escaping/overcoming:

if you get flanked, you're pinned and most probably dead, if you're facing a missile barrage, you're dead/crippled, if you face short range weaponry, you're pinned down and on danger of getting flanked... griffins and rogatkas can take free potshots at DB rhinos and quite probably kill it.

Your bot slot (hehehe) is far better spent with a galahad or a lancelot, which offer similar firepower, mobility and far better maneuverability and shield protection.