2008-07-24, 00:35:08
If this topic is already well known - ignore it and sry for posting. I am normally not around the forums, sry for that.
I am more a casual BT Player, that's 10 games a week or so. Currently, ppl again rely heavily on long range weapons because the are just so rewarding.
This is not a wine thread saying that long range is simply imba. It is clear to everyone that there are good counters. And a league / arranged team surely has not these problems as ppl work better together to put up a counter.
In casual games, ppl jump on the 1300 train because it is safe and works in perhaps 80% of all cases.
[skip this list if you know about the advantages of high range weapons]
- it is good for newbies, because you stay out of direct danger
- less downtime, more money
- Energy Torpedo aka big green is good for tank killing, creep killing and finishing both
- big green is good at kill stealing and this gives a huge advantage in the early game
- high spike damage (high number of greens or bombarding equivalent) makes hit and run tactics with great damage possible
- long range hits no buildings --> actually this is exactly the way you want it in order to kill tanks --> less targets
- control point killing is damn easy
- the easiest counter to perform against long range is getting long range, too
Again, this is no wine thread! There are enough disadvantages, counters, etc.! That's ok. It just pisses me off that now in pubs numbers of long rangers per side jumped up to roughly 3 per side. People get owned by it and then do it, too.
My point is: People should like all possible weapon loadouts equally - the setups should be equally rewarding. In my opinion, a game is balanced when people use different tactics equally - then it's not always the same boring stuff. But at the moment 6/10 casuals take long range (5 green, 1 bombarding).
Somehow BT nowadays fails to give new and some old players alike nice different weapon tactics to choose from. Long range works just too good and even if you do not win you normally blast the s*** out of most players which is rewarding enough! I have the feeling that this was different in earlier versions.
What's your opinion?
I am more a casual BT Player, that's 10 games a week or so. Currently, ppl again rely heavily on long range weapons because the are just so rewarding.
This is not a wine thread saying that long range is simply imba. It is clear to everyone that there are good counters. And a league / arranged team surely has not these problems as ppl work better together to put up a counter.
In casual games, ppl jump on the 1300 train because it is safe and works in perhaps 80% of all cases.
[skip this list if you know about the advantages of high range weapons]
- it is good for newbies, because you stay out of direct danger
- less downtime, more money
- Energy Torpedo aka big green is good for tank killing, creep killing and finishing both
- big green is good at kill stealing and this gives a huge advantage in the early game
- high spike damage (high number of greens or bombarding equivalent) makes hit and run tactics with great damage possible
- long range hits no buildings --> actually this is exactly the way you want it in order to kill tanks --> less targets
- control point killing is damn easy
- the easiest counter to perform against long range is getting long range, too
Again, this is no wine thread! There are enough disadvantages, counters, etc.! That's ok. It just pisses me off that now in pubs numbers of long rangers per side jumped up to roughly 3 per side. People get owned by it and then do it, too.
My point is: People should like all possible weapon loadouts equally - the setups should be equally rewarding. In my opinion, a game is balanced when people use different tactics equally - then it's not always the same boring stuff. But at the moment 6/10 casuals take long range (5 green, 1 bombarding).
Somehow BT nowadays fails to give new and some old players alike nice different weapon tactics to choose from. Long range works just too good and even if you do not win you normally blast the s*** out of most players which is rewarding enough! I have the feeling that this was different in earlier versions.
What's your opinion?