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| KD-90 Sphynx |
Damage: 10% Tied for best in class with Achilles
Agility: 14% Best in class by far with 4% over Nightwing and actually more agile than most weapons class planes. Even comes close to the Iron Fang in agility class!
Critical Strike: 5% Best in class and first defense class plane to add this boost
Speed: 14% 2nd in class but faster than most weapons class planes
So lets see, a defense class plane with tons of inherent armor and energy, now with good damage, more agile than most weapons class planes and faster than most weapons class planes. Throw in some critical strike and this looks like a tough SOB. I have a feeling that the weapons/defense crowd will like this one. Enjoy!
The Sphynx has been added to the Comparison Guide and also to the Fleet at a Glance - check it out!
Of note: From all of your comments, it sounds like the plane has been switched from defense class to agility class. Also hearing that upgrades from defense class have carried over and that it no longer works in vs. mode. Sounds like Z2 is smoking something. Maybe when they come down from their bad trip, they will resolve this. I am guessing that this switch was some type of mistake and that it will revert back to defense class, but we will see.
This plane is the third reskinned F12 Talon.
ReplyDeleteLuv it so far! Cool color scheme too!
ReplyDeleteGood all rounder, lacking on amour and energy, but has cheap upgrades to cover those, it's a pass for me!
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's not a weapons-agility hybrid... Finally!
I hate that Z2 live keep on making coins planes rather than the credit planes. I wish Z2 live will make more credit planes.
ReplyDeleteThis plane lack on armor regenaration, armor regenaration is good...
ReplyDeleteBut armor regeneration ruins the game. That's why the engineer Joseph promised that no more armor regeneration will be added to the future planes
Delete^ are you wiggin lip?:)
Deleteyeah r u wiggin lip? here's the list of my fav anime... btx,ghost fighter,gundam wing, flame of recca, initial d, all time fav DRAGON BALL!
DeleteMy Sphynx changed to agility class! what the heck! Now all my upgrades are gone!
DeleteSame here. Fully upgraded sphynx then gone. They should return my coins! + spiTFire1944 +
Deleteno way u can still upgrade defense / agility class 4 armor regen and the new weapons class aurora has got regen
DeleteGuys this new KD 90 is tempting me it's stats make it a good plane for versus it's 1% below the cyclops and sky demon in agility and is only 3% down in canon dmg and 4% down in missile dmg to the sky demon.but it's defense class so it has alot of energy and it's had +14% speed making it as fast as most weapons class planes.its a real bargain for 180 coins I've got 160 right now should I get it I need some review or something please reply. Note I already have two other def planes fully upgraded dragon and raven
ReplyDeleteagil class without agility and speed then its useless.
ReplyDeleteweapon class wo dmg and missile reload also useless.
defence class wo armor and regen is useless either.
its my point of buying.
Naaa missile reload is useless. Not even 1 sec faster
DeleteMissile reload isn't useless, I've noticed a big difference in planes with it. Helped me win many rounds.
Deletefiring many missiles but miss is useless... more damage is better
DeleteThat's why you fire one missile to juke them into evading, then firing both at once as soon as it's finished reloading. Think of it as you will but I like me my missile reload.
DeleteIt's missile tracking the makes a big difference. Even if you have high damage weapons, won't do you any good if you can't hit and if your enemy knows how to properly evade. Damage of course will always be better in most situations, reload is a nice utility to have.
DeleteIt's missile tracking the makes a big difference. Even if you have high damage weapons, won't do you any good if you can't hit and if your enemy knows how to properly evade. Damage of course will always be better in most situations, reload is a nice utility to have.
DeleteThat's why you fire one missile to juke them into evading, then firing both at once as soon as it's finished reloading. Think of it as you will but I like me my missile reload.
DeleteThat's why you fire one missile to juke them into evading, then firing both at once as soon as it's finished reloading. Think of it as you will but I like me my missile reload.
DeleteThat's why you fire one missile to juke them into evading, then firing both at once as soon as it's finished reloading. Think of it as you will but I like me my missile reload.
DeleteI respect ur opinion but I need a pro/vet's opinion
ReplyDeletetempting me....... should i buy it
ReplyDeleteI bought it and it is awesome! I have whooped Hawkins, sky demons, and many other planes with it. It is incredible! My skill rating has mad an enormous jump since I got this plane. I am sure that all my opponents were shocked when they're beaten by a defense class "turtle" lol
ReplyDeleteto the contrary i have whooped this plane like crap.....it is like killing a raven only 2 times easier
DeleteWell, what was their skill rating? And what's yours? Mine is 4102 and with this plane I have earned about 700 of that. And while playing against players with 500000 skill rating.
Deleteso far i vs about 3 of them all of them had about 7k sr. i have 15 k
DeleteWell, my SR is 4250 and with this plane I have been able to beat people with 40k SR
DeleteStats of the KD-90 Sphynx make it a very interesting airplane, by mixing weapons class speed and agility with armor and energy of a defense class plane. Price is good and the paint scheme is also very appealing, at least for my taste. But again we get the well known airframe of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (D-21 Falcon, F-12 Talon, FA-12 Liberty, now KD-90 Sphynx, how many more are yet to come?). That's somehow boring. What is even worse is, that the Sphynx airframe features the same glitch as the three other aircraft:
ReplyDeletehttp://metalstormwingman.com/forums/topic/bugs-and-suggestions/#post-4118
I bought it and went to a battle straight away without upgrading.First thing i noticed is this has some kind of secret evasion cause i can dodge bisnos. Other than that i beat a 15k sr sky demon warlock and night wing.with sidewinders and valkyrie this plane has the same cannon dmg as a fuly upgraded liberty. i still have the major 20-30 coin upgradeds to buy but thing are looking good. Make sure u get this a really good versus plane
ReplyDeletebeating 15 k players are no great feat, i myself am a 15 k sr player and i sometimes take half upgraded planes out.... the players you faced probably did not upgrade their planes or seriously suck. im not trying to ruin your party and all but the sphynx is not a very good plane. either you are very skilled or your opponents just suck:)
DeleteActually sphynx is NOT my primary plane the marauder is my primary plane and i myself donnot use any other defence class plane in versus but when i fully upgrade the sphynx i'm really using it because: IT has higher agility than most wepons class ,has higher speed than most wepons class aircraft. Has supprisingly good evasion.Really good damage and ALOT of energy AND Goood armor more than paladin
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for those who bought the achilles- for just 180 coins, you can now buy a plane with same damage, better agility, and similar speed
ReplyDeleteHow to get a leaked plane
ReplyDeleteis this plane worth it for versus or even for survival? or better to save coin?
ReplyDeleteStoopid Z2 and their lag and their pop ups...I just wasted 180 coins on this plane. My match was over, I'm clicking on the screen...it's hung, but I click again thinking I didn't click the right way and....popup! With the "buy" button being right where I had double clicked...grrrrrrr
ReplyDeleteit's a great plane. i've been using it for vs. but like most planes, it's the pilot that counts.
ReplyDeleteThey just switched this plane to an agility class. I lost all my upgrades that I did on it as well.....wtf!
ReplyDeletei bought the plane however after doing some upgrades, not all, the game has somehow changed it to an agility plane and i lost all my upgrades
ReplyDeleteThat means I wasted 72 blue coins and about 10,000 credits on the upgrades I made already made. Z2 better give me my refund!!!!!
DeleteI bought it and full upgraded it. Ha ha.
DeleteI left a message on Z2's website, and pray it can be fixed soon.
no don't fix it this mean we have the fastest plane ever realeased all we need is a refund not a class change back to defence
DeleteI agree, I would be fine with the class change as long as I get my refund.
DeleteGUYS THIS CLASS MIXUP IS GREAT as i've half upgraded my sphinx i got all the upgrades except for the last 3 and the 4 % armor regen. After the class switched to agility i've bought half of the upgrades for agility and i've nooticed that all the defence class upgrades are still in effect meaning i got all the speed and agility from agility class and energy armor and dmg from defence class WTG Z2 you've created a super plane now just refund all my upgrade costs and you can do whatever u want witht the sphinx
DeleteAwesome, that means this would be the first hybrid defense/agility plane ever created.
Deletei dont even wanna take it out on Vs. it would be too much for people
DeleteIt's the UBER MIGHTY POWER SPHINX!
Delete(See the "Let's hear it from the cheaters" post and its comment thread)
should of just get the f41 viper
ReplyDeletethe f41 is god with 50 percent upgrade.
YES I NOW HAVE THE FASTEST PLANE ON METALSTORM THX Z2!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCan you still play verses mode? I have been having trouble with verses and co-op survival.
DeleteActually I can't it only works with campaign and solo survival but what Evs it'll be fixed plus when I try coop or versus game crashes and campaign with wingman crashes too. Z2 still haven't responded tick tock
DeleteYa same thing happens to me! I hope they fix that or give me my 312 blue coins that I put into it back.
DeleteZ2 please Refund my coins as Ive lost all my upgrades to sphynx defense class.
ReplyDeletef u z2. u r a nooby company! start fixing the bugs and glitches instead of making new plane!!!!!!! f u! f u!
ReplyDeleteso what shall we do to get our coins back??
ReplyDeleteThanks Z2 for yet again ruining this game even further. Now you created a super plane that makes this game even more unfair. Might as well bring back the green eagle while you're at it. This is the last straw.. I'm done with this stupid game.
ReplyDeleteUpdate this is now Agility class not a defense class. Just saw mine in the hanger and it's crest is now blue. Or a Fup by Z2 releasing a plane before its finished just to get you to buy it.
ReplyDeletethe sphynx u cannot play it in vs. mode and that's a fact only in survival mode! so quitp posting about sphynx in vs mode. if you eventually play it in vs mode i'll boot u out from the game!
ReplyDeleteIt changed... It is now a agility class on my game... Not defence?
ReplyDeletePuff,this thing becomes an agility plane? What the hell?
ReplyDeleteAt least we get to keep the defense upgrades we already made on the plane.
DeleteLooks like they fucked up the game in this update
DeleteI have a feeling that the next update will still have bugs.
DeleteProbably
DeleteLook at the stats it's obviously an agility plane
ReplyDeleteSo that means it was meant to be an agility class? I bought this plane because I wanted an agile defense plane. Z2 must have made a mistake in the very beginning releasing the sphynx as a defense class plane.
DeleteAs per Z2Live's posting on their Facebook, this plane should be Defense Class with some agility improvement.
DeleteI sent multiple messages to Z2live and they said that the switch from defense to agilty class was a big unfortunate mistake. They are currently working on getting it back to defense and said that they would give me back all my upgrades so ya. If you have questions then ask them.
ReplyDeleteDude! I agree with those who've seen the potential.
ReplyDeleteAn agility class plane with the firepower of a weapon class and the armor/regeneration of a defense class?
It's a near perfect weapon!
I'm having a blast while it last!
Ya but you can't use it in verse can you? It is awesome how it is but if I can't use that plane in verses or co-op survival it's not worth much to me. But ya how it is now it's a super plane!
DeleteNow if only Z2 makes another mistake and changes it to a Weapons class... You'd get a plane that rivals that super Hawken from a while back.
DeleteOh and guess what else! Z2 told me that when it gets switched back to a defense class plane we will get to keep our extra agility class upgrades! Awesome eh!?
Deletereally! Then I better start fully upgrading the sphynx before it switches
DeleteI wouln't suggest you do that cause they Z2 told me that I wouldn't be able to keep them. Once it gets changed back to defense we are just gonna have to contact them and tell them all the upgrades that we bought and have them give us our credits and coins.
DeleteI think that he must of misunderstood Z2's message or something. So if I were you I would keep track of all the upgrades you have bought.
DeleteSo if you have to keep track of all the upgrades you made and then tell Z2 to refund them, can't you just tell Z2 that you fully upgraded the plane. It is annoying since I think Z2 can't even see what upgrades you already made.
DeleteParty's over, Z2Live reverted the plane back to Defense class, AND now it also lost ALL the Agility class upgrades.
DeleteSo the planes is fixed, but where is my refund?
DeleteAccording to the Z2Live folks (posted here: http://metalstormwingman.com/forums/topic/known-issue-kd-90-sphynx-class-change/#post-4367), whatever upgrades you made when the plane was a defence class plane gets retained. And any upgrades made when it was an agility class plane gets converted to the defence class equivalent upgrade. Not sure what the means for those folks that fully upgraded the plane in both classes unless the upgrades get doubled up which I doubt.
DeleteThat is cheap
ReplyDeleteAre you able to get into the game right now? I keep getting a sever error message.
ReplyDeleteZ2 is working on my log in problem. Thx Z2.
ReplyDeleteThis plane is awesome! I can even beat Sentenils that are equipped with bisnovat missles and zeus cannons while i am flying my Sphinx and using standard issue missiles and cannons! This plane is awesome! I even beat a green eagle with my Sphinx! It was a 1-0 match. With this plane I either usually win or tie with people. I am not lying when i say that with this plane I have only lost one match, to a Hurricane. Didn't help me that that pilot had a 50k SK When my skill rating was about 4000 and he was using bisnos. It was a 1-3 match.
ReplyDeleteOops I meant 50k SR, not SK sorry
DeleteThis plane is simply awesome! Usually defense planes lack on agility, speed and a little on damage: this plane doesn't, pwned 33k Sky Demon and 33k Liberty. Very difficult to lose with this aircraft. Agility is super nice although it doesn't seem boosted at a first try.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree!
DeleteYup, it's a good all-rounder in versus. If someone tries for a draw though, you can't really prevent it. Awesome in survival and campaign btw. It has everything you need.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I made the right choice not buying this plane... Got the dragon instead. Feedback anyone?
ReplyDeleteI have both planes, the dragon fully upgraded and the Sphynx almost fully upgraded. From my experience, dragon is way better because of armor regen and damage reduction. The dragon can survive a lot of hits from coined missiles. The only weakness I find in the Dragon would be reapers and pro agility users.
DeleteShould I get this plane or the iron fang?
ReplyDeleteI am going to try to buy enough coins this weekend to get both.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the KD-90 is back this week and is now a Defense Class plane again. Should I get it?
ReplyDeleteI got it when it first came out and now I have it fully upgraded. It is a great plane for survival and campaign, but for versus, it will require a lot of skill to fully use its potential. It is up to you if you want to get it since it really depends on your style. I prefer agility class and I got the KD-90 since it was the most agile defense class plane. The main disadvantage for the KD-90 is that it lacks armor and damage resistance. IMO, i think you should save your coins for another plane if you are going to use it mainly in versus.
DeleteSon of a B***h!In VS mode I got matched one and lost 12-3 him. I had a SO-3 Saber and WTF! Two volleys of Pheonix and I blew up.
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