2011-11-20, 14:10:31
(2011-11-20, 07:48:22)GEN_Schwarzkopf Wrote: Let me re-iterate it is the 1-shot damage that makes the weapon ridiculous, not the DPS/range price.
If there was a 10 second cooldown weapon it could be an instant kill weapon in all cases and people would complain. The fact that it follows the cost formula for DPS vs range is not why I have a problem with it. The weapon is a nuke not a weapon. A 3 second cooldown on a 1300 range weapon is silly. There are no other 3s cooldown weapons...and this one is high range...
Also it's not that I have no problem countering it, as in most cases it is poor defense for CPs, but great for offense. It attracts noobs to spend tons of money on it, making their team fail.
- Rob
I also dislike how the energy torpedo works, but if you compare it to orbital - which also upgrades for free over time and does AOE damage - then the real problem is probably not the high cooldown in itself. It's the possibility to buy it so early, without needing troop upgrades, COMBINED with the high cooldown. At least that's my oppinion. It probably wouldn't be such a problem if it cost e.g. 4k, which would make it unaffordable at start.
Getting used to the Sand everywhere. At least it brings us map updates.