Noricum

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Long-range multiple rocket launcher for indirect fire. Noricum fires all its rockets in a short burst and deals area damage. Effective against groups of slow enemies, but cannot fire at targets closer than 300 meters

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— in-game description

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Purchase Information
In-Game Cost	290,000
IRL Cost?	None
Experience?	5
Type
Hardpoint?	Light
Tier?	1
Faction?	TBA

Base Statistics		Attributes
Level	5	Explosive
Damage	610 per rocket	Manual
Range	Minimum: 300m Maximum: 1100m	Volley
Reload	15 seconds	Magazine
Capacity	14 rockets	AOE
Unload	1 second	Artillery

Introduction

The Noricum is a long-range (300-1,100 meters) light rocket weapon.

Pros and Cons

Pros

- Can fire from up to 1100m away, chipping away at the enemy's health from afar

- Wide spread means it is hard for weapon to miss and can hit multiple robots at once

- A nightmare for slow robots as they cannot evade it (even better against stationary robots like Raijin)

- Can hit enemies hiding behind cover as missiles land vertically

Cons

- Can't hit enemies that are 300m away or closer 

- Missiles might miss as they spread too much (especially in very long range combat), decreasing damage

- Useless against energy shields as the shields regenerate their health by the time the Noricum reloads to fire again

- Hard to aim in very long range combat (700m+) as missiles take time to land

- Overall DPS isn't good

- Very hard to aim when fighting medium to fast moving robots

Strategy

This is an artillery weapon designed for long to medium-ranged combat. Most common on heavy robots, the Noricum fires a spread of 14 rounds at 25 meter radius point area marked by the cross-hairs on the game screen. Although its maximum range is 1,100 meters, the spread of the shots (25 meter radius) is generally similar regardless of what distance it is fired at. Due to the spread, the Noricum doesn't do full damage to light, medium or some heavy bots.

For accuracy, 600–300 meters is the suggested firing distance. Equipped with several units, a robot can become a mobile artillery platform, capable of long range bombardment. Because of how it fires, the Noricum can hit most enemies behind cover, unless they are both behind cover and underneath an obstacle.

Within 600 meters and less, the Noricum becomes more powerful as the rockets hit the target only shortly after firing, as the arc's height decreases as the target is closer to the bot carrying it. Inside of 300 meters, the Noricum becomes useless unless the robot manages to place the Noricum unit directly under an enemy robot, the two robots are directly next to the same wall, or the robot firing the Noricum is directly under a thin walkway the enemy robot is on. The Noricum's splash damage properties can cause large damage in a very short amount of time. However, it is much more difficult to utilize and does less damage than the Pinata or Orkan. It is not recommended to be used in that way.

This weapon's best use is on a Patton or Leo and used as a mid-ranged artillery ambusher. This weapon will do lots of damage if used correctly. However, If an enemy moves directly towards you, the Noricums will miss some of their missiles, making this weapon only useful against slow or large bots without using prediction and target leading. On a Natasha, it may be useful for launching sudden attacks on enemy robots.

Mark I Statistics

Purchase Information

Level	Cost	Damage	Cycle Damage	Cycle DPS
5	290,000	610	8540	534

Upgrade Information

Level	Cost	Time	Damage	Cycle Damage	Cycle DPS
6	800,000	12 hours	670	9380	586
7	1,600,000	1 day	736	10304	644
8	3,000,000	1 day 8 hours	809	11326	708
9	6,000,000	1 day 16 hours	889	12446	778
10	10,000,000	1 day 20 hours	977	13678	855
11	16,000,000	2 days 4 hours	1074	15036	940
12	26,000,000	2 days 12 hours	1180	16520	1033

	Cost	Time
Totals	63,400,000	11 days

• The damage column shows the damage of each individual rocket (out of 14 rockets)

Mark II Statistics

Purchase Information

Level	Cost	Damage	Cycle Damage	Cycle DPS
1	500	1180	16520	1033

Note: Level 12 Mark I is required to enhance (purchase) to Mark II.

Upgrade Information

Level	Cost	Time	Damage	Cycle Damage	Cycle DPS
2	500,000	5 hours	1202	16828	1052
3	1,000,000	10 hours	1224	17136	1071
4	2,000,000	20 hours	1246	17444	1090
5	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1268	17752	1110
6	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1290	18060	1129
7	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1312	18368	1148
8	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1334	18676	1167
9	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1356	18984	1187
10	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1378	19292	1206
11	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1400	19600	1225
12	7,500,000	1 day 6 hours	1422	19908	1244

	Cost	Time
Totals	63,350,000	11 days 11 hours

• The damage column shows the damage of each individual rocket (out of 14 rockets)

Update History

Version	Changes
4.8.0	Total Upgrade Time: 13 days 16 hours⟶11 days
4.7.0	Total Upgrade Time: 16 days 15 hours 48 minutes⟶13 days 16 hours
4.5.0	Economy Changes:
	Total Upgrade Cost: 31,700,000 Ag⟶63,400,000 Ag
	Total Upgrade Time: 8 days 9 hours⟶16 days 16 hours 12 minutes
3.2.0	New design
	Damage decreased by 5%
3.1.0	Damage decreased by 31%
	Minimum range decreased from 400 meters to 300 meters
	Maximum range increased from 900 meters to 1100 meters
	Projectile speed doubled
	Missile arc is slightly adjusted
	Missile spread is less dependent on distance
0.9.1	Area of damage decreased by 16.5%
	Blast radius of shells increased by 11%
0.9.0	Damage increased by 40%
	Velocity of shells increased by 50%
	Maximum shooting range increased from 800 meters tо 900 meters
0.8.0	Damage increased
	Reload time increased
0.6.1	Blast radius is increased by 10%
0.3.0	Minimum range increased to 400 meters
0.1.0	Weapon was added to the game

Design prior to version 3.2.0

Trivia

• This used to be considered the weakest weapon in the game. The spread of rockets did not do much damage to a single robot, but was semi useful against sniper Raijin, as the Noricum does splash damage. This was changed in update 3.1 where the rocket spread was reduced and the rocket speed was doubled. Their damage was also reduced to balance it out
• Noricum is the Latin name for a Celtic kingdom, or federation of tribes, that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia.
• This weapon was used very frequently during this game's first few weeks on a Natasha as a sniper weapon, despite their large rocket spread and low rocket speed.