I love Judge's videos. I do think he does a better job of pointing out problems than proposing solutions though. For one thing he seemed to be a big fan of the nerfs to swarms in 1.7 as show in this video of his. In that video he ignores the fact that swarm range isn't a cylinder that extends to the sky, but is a dome. At normal dropship altitudes, the radius of the circle of effective lock-on range is actually much smaller than what he shows. The ability of dropships to quickly buzz in-and-out of lock range before you are able to fire is also an issue, not to mention being able to light an afterburner and speed away from the swarms.

I also think he got the suggested fix wrong with his Redline Rail Tank Video. I think the man focus for fixing that mechanic is changing how the redline works instead of nerfing turret elevation, which would leave dropships with very few viable options to counter them (teams of forge gunners and ramming with cheap dropships). A rail tank with a low turret elevation would be forced to the redlines and edges of the battle to hit anything in the air, which is counterproductive. It should be encouraged to engage closer to the action by adding falloff mechanics and changes to the redline.

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http://youtu.be/ls7hOEdNgXE

i think he is by far the best when it comes to critics about the balance

The sad fact is that I did not even notice those swarms... They need to hire Judge .

The sad fact is that I did not even notice those swarms... They need to hire Judge .

The sad fact is that I did not even notice those swarms... They need to hire Judge .

First off, stop it with the ad hominem. That has nothing to do with this subject and you know it.

Second, Judge is didn't post that video from the point of view of the dropship pilot. He posted that video from the point of view of the very players that are trying to kill him (swarm launcher users).

I am not a dropship pilot nor a tank pilot. In fact, I have absolutely no skills at all invested in vehicles. But I do have skills invested at least up to the Advanced Swarm Launcher and I have had to deal with vehicles constantly.

One can easily assume that teamwork is needed. But as Judge pointed out in that video at least 2-3 times on 2-3 separate situations, even teamwork wasn't enough. A team of swarms engaging a dropship for 44 seconds non-stop should have resulted in that one dropship from getting destroyed even with hardners active. But instead, the hardener is just too strong or at least the hardener is lasting too long.

But that's probably not the main issue here.

Take a look at this part of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ls7hOEdNgXE#t=935

The main issue it seems is that swarm damage is not being applied properly. A total swarm damage of about 880 from a militia swarm being reduced to no more than 300 damage is a 66% reduction in overall damage. That's a 34% efficiency rating for the swarms even though the efficiency rating listed (earlier in the video) on the hud says it's suppose to be 55%. At least 484 damage should be applied. But the main issue doesn't stop there.

There is also the issue of the damage threshold. It's not reading the swarm damage as a volley or within a per-second basis. It's reading the swarm damage on a per-rocket basis and it's treating the rockets like a typical non-AV as opposed to a typical AV. This is a problem as well that's adding to the issue.

Then there is the issue that not even a dedicated team of swarms is able to take on a hardened DS or tank as seen at least twice in the video. If the pilot is smart enough, they will only enter the battlefield or near the danger zone with the hardeners on which last approximately 1 minute. If they run out of hardeners, they pull out and fall back to cooldown in relative safety leaving the swarms with nothing. The same is true to tanks. So far, as an AV swarm user myself, I have seen tanks only come in with hardeners active, destroy us, and then leave.

First off, stop it with the ad hominem. That has nothing to do with this subject and you know it.

Second, Judge is didn't post that video from the point of view of the dropship pilot. He posted that video from the point of view of the very players that are trying to kill him (swarm launcher users).

I am not a dropship pilot nor a tank pilot. In fact, I have absolutely no skills at all invested in vehicles. But I do have skills invested at least up to the Advanced Swarm Launcher and I have had to deal with vehicles constantly.

One can easily assume that teamwork is needed. But as Judge pointed out in that video at least 2-3 times on 2-3 separate situations, even teamwork wasn't enough. A team of swarms engaging a dropship for 44 seconds non-stop should have resulted in that one dropship from getting destroyed even with hardners active. But instead, the hardener is just too strong or at least the hardener is lasting too long.

But that's probably not the main issue here.

Take a look at this part of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ls7hOEdNgXE#t=935

The main issue it seems is that swarm damage is not being applied properly. A total swarm damage of about 880 from a militia swarm being reduced to no more than 300 damage is a 66% reduction in overall damage. That's a 34% efficiency rating for the swarms even though the efficiency rating listed (earlier in the video) on the hud says it's suppose to be 55%. At least 484 damage should be applied. But the main issue doesn't stop there.

There is also the issue of the damage threshold. It's not reading the swarm damage as a volley or within a per-second basis. It's reading the swarm damage on a per-rocket b


asis and it's treating the rockets like a typical non-AV as opposed to a typical AV. This is a problem as well that's adding to the issue.

Then there is the issue that not even a dedicated team of swarms is able to take on a hardened DS or tank as seen at least twice in the video. If the pilot is smart enough, they will only enter the battlefield or near the danger zone with the hardeners on which last approximately 1 minute. If they run out of hardeners, they pull out and fall back to cooldown in relative safety leaving the swarms with nothing. The same is true to tanks. So far, as an AV swarm user myself, I have seen tanks only come in with hardeners active, destroy us, and then leave.

........I do think he might have been more meticulous in his live testing.
It seems a bit off that he's showing us during a battlefield scenario; there are all sorts of variables that must be taken into account when doing something like that. I saw a few swarm missiles impact on terrain at several points in the video, for example......
As it is, the video is essentially 21 minutes of spectacle with a few graphs being the only important things there.