2008-04-21, 18:44:49
I thought of this after my last post:
What if armor requirements were added to all tanks above 5k? Something like armor level 3-4 for HT, 5-6 for GT, 7 for Sky, and 8 for Demon. Not as strict as the world-beaters (Frostie, Infernal, and Titan) but limiting the rush to a mid-tank and subsequent denying of kills / easy farming from superior skills. I've seen people get HT in under 10 minutes just from amassing a quick 3-5 kills and farming, and in that case it's horrifically hard to counter, even 3v1 it's not assured you will kill a HT when in starter tanks.
With armor level 3, you can at least get some breathing room and it lowers the impact of one scrub feeding a good player. I understand many see BTanks only in guild, arranged-team form but a majority of your players are casual, pick-up players as well.
Let me emphasize I see no problem with a LT getting a 2nd weapon and getting kills before upgrading, I specifically think that it's too easy to sit and do little at the game's beginning and get 5100 to upgrade to the HT, at which point it does not have an effective counter (unless you count the exploder). One of the old infernal's many issues was that it was cheap enough to acquire before the game state was ready to handle it and it rolled people. I feel the same is true for the HT, it is powerful enough and cheap enough that when it hits the board <10 minutes into the game, it's enough of a turn that you have effectively lost.
What if armor requirements were added to all tanks above 5k? Something like armor level 3-4 for HT, 5-6 for GT, 7 for Sky, and 8 for Demon. Not as strict as the world-beaters (Frostie, Infernal, and Titan) but limiting the rush to a mid-tank and subsequent denying of kills / easy farming from superior skills. I've seen people get HT in under 10 minutes just from amassing a quick 3-5 kills and farming, and in that case it's horrifically hard to counter, even 3v1 it's not assured you will kill a HT when in starter tanks.
With armor level 3, you can at least get some breathing room and it lowers the impact of one scrub feeding a good player. I understand many see BTanks only in guild, arranged-team form but a majority of your players are casual, pick-up players as well.
Let me emphasize I see no problem with a LT getting a 2nd weapon and getting kills before upgrading, I specifically think that it's too easy to sit and do little at the game's beginning and get 5100 to upgrade to the HT, at which point it does not have an effective counter (unless you count the exploder). One of the old infernal's many issues was that it was cheap enough to acquire before the game state was ready to handle it and it rolled people. I feel the same is true for the HT, it is powerful enough and cheap enough that when it hits the board <10 minutes into the game, it's enough of a turn that you have effectively lost.