Sniper Joe

Coming in from the sidelines, Sniper Joe enters the fray! Not one to leave all the Robot Masters, those doctors, and whoever "Digger" is to steal all the fun, Joe represents the working mecha. As a military mecha, he has a large arsenal of weaponry, and as a humanoid mecha, also has a...less military suited approach up his sleeve. If you enjoy:

- Not having to fight alot

- Killing everyone with super powerful TRUCK.

- Having a plain old fun

Then sniper joe might be your guy (:

Overview
Sniper Joe is a class that rewards players who are good at fragging, as his ITEM is what makes him a more noteworthy class. With a passive shield you can get away relatively easily.

Main
Joe Buster

Joe's Buster is one of his main forms of offense. A slow, nonchargeable projectile, it's surprisingly good at poking, and it can confirm a surprising amount of kills for you. Good for practicing slow projectiles.

Main-2
Machine Gun

Joe's Machine Gun is his other self defense option. While being ammo dependent, it still can spit out bullets rather quickly. However, to get it, you need to use item, which takes away from your other, more entertaining options. Be warned, having your machine gun out puts away your shield entirely.

Alt
Joe Grenade

Joe Grenade is a chargeable grenade that he's able to toss at a whim, allowing for some brutal corner checks. The grenade launches in an arc when fired, and goes further the longer you hold the charge for. Convenient for practicing arcing projectiles.

Alt-2
Underbarrel Grenade Launcher

Mounted on the bottom of Sniper Joe's Machine Gun is an Under barreled grenade launcher. It does less damage then the thrown grenades, but they shoot a fair bit faster. These take a chunk of ammo out from the Machine Gun though.

Item
Supply Crate Summon

When Joe's ammo meter is full, if you hit item, a Supply Crate will fall from the sky. This actually deals damage, though it can be hard to land a kill with it. However, if you touch it, Sniper Joe briefly becomes invincible, with a short timer. Within this time, Joe can upgrade himself into one of two forms. Which one you get is determined by whether you press mainfire, altfire, or waiting the timer out:

Truck Form


 * Pressing mainfire will net Sniper Joe a massive truck, originating from Mega Man 7. Truck Joe can run over anyone who gets in his way, dealing massive ripping damage. This has more armor then the Apache, but it has less mobility. Mainfire will have you move forwards, and altire will move you backwards. Your movement keys (which are probably WASD,) will do nothing.

Apache Form


 * Pressing altfire will turn Sniper Joe into the Apache Joe from Mega Man 5. Gaining full free flight, as well as some armor and increased speed. Sports a rapid fire buster, which allows him to pressure opponents, and a bomb, dealing high damage to whoever it drops on. Not pressing anything while in the crate will also result in this form being chosen.

Reload
Machine Gun Loader

Consumes a somewhat large chunk of your supply crate ammo, and fills up your machine gun ammo.

Basic Tips & Strategy
General strategy

Gondola V2.4.1

 * New HUDs by Heelnavi to closer match design
 * Weapon slots updated for several classes including Joe

Gondola V2.5

 * Vehicle box max ammo 420 > 700
 * Effectively increases base duration of vehicles from 12 seconds to 20 seconds
 * Idle ammo gain 1 > 2
 * Scoreball ammo gain 105 > 175
 * Machine Gun refill moved to Reload
 * Vehicle box still on item
 * Vehicle box usage 315 -> 700
 * Vehicle box requirement same
 * Does not gain Machine Gun ammo on vehicle usage
 * Using mainfire/altfire on vehicles consumes vehicle box ammo
 * Joe Truck mainfire consumes 1 ammo per tic, altfire consumes 1 ammo per tic
 * Apache Joe mainfire consumes 15 ammo per shot, altfire consumes 35 ammo per use
 * Apache Joe no longer gives 25% extra bonus speed while active

Gondola V2.6

 * SBARs revamped
 * Can now see Machine Gun ammo while in Shield Joe form, grenade charge moved
 * Joe Grenade explosion damage 45 > 35
 * Using Joe Crate now refills Machine Gun ammo on use
 * Joe Truck thrust boosted by 15%
 * Joe Apache speed boost 0% > 15%
 * Can now use reload while firing

Gondola V2.6.1

 * Fixed grenades getting stuck on 9DW3 elevators

Trivia

 * Did you know, that sniper joe, was based off of protoman? well now you do.