Acturus Galaxy
Lo-Tech Solutions Ltd
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Posted - 2013.12.16 10:00:00 -
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Justicar Karnellia wrote:Already made a thread about this before but what you are promoting is a zero-sum game. If tank requires more than one opposing player (even if specced into AV) to counter, then it's easier bringing out another tank to counter it. Instead of bringing out 8 AV players now to counter the opposing team's 4 tanks, instead just bring out 4 tanks. Now you've changed the dynamics of the game, he who brings out tanks first has the numerical advantage (assuming said tank cannot be soloed). The result is a zero-sum game OR as people like to call it now, tank spam. I posted this after the patch, saying it would become a problem. The first night two tanks per side were common, the 2nd night I saw 5 tanks. Now it's not common to see 7 tanks. It's not balanced and it's an issue, plain and simple - there are many solutions but the first would be to tone down their ridiculous speed.
It does not have to be all bad, lets ignore ambush matches for the moment. In every other gamemode we have the redline and can call in as many tanks as the opposing team have deployed. It does make the battlefield more challenging and dynamic, I am not a tanker and have currently no SP in tanks.
In the open maps you will now need LAVs or dropships for transportation of infantry to avoid the tanks. And the tanks are having some epic tank battles.
It takes time getting used to the tanks being all over the place. The roles have changed for how to counter these tanks, a sneaky scout that avoids the tanks scanners and can place droplinks close to the objectives becomes necessary. I receive tons of warpoints by sneaking around, not spamming droplinks, but placing them strategically close to red nullcanons, and then move on to the next nullcanon if it is defended or hack it.
I am not a happy scout after 1.7, not due to tanks but due to my already fragile scout suit getting shredded by the new rifles in milliseconds.
Less forge guns and AV in general give dropships more room to fly around and do their thing.
Lets see if we are not managing to find a new balance in Dust between tanks and infantry. The cost of tanks are cheap which increases the risc of running your expensive proto suits. I actually like the new battlefield, if they would just increase the TTK a little or decrease all four AR types dps. |