Version 5.0 "Fire and Fortune" - Everything I DISLIKED Part 1 - Balance and Stuff

[Dark Chocolate]

The Marauder has a DPS of 15k, on par with the tachyon.

No.



-As per my testing tachyon dps is no where close to marauder. This is evident in the video above. Please check.

-I will add the video to the original post

-The cruiser shard isn't and shouldn't be as good as it was last patch.

I understand that shard needed a nerf. But in the current version, Even though shards is forward fire only and has quite some spread, It's dps is still lower than Impacts which is evident in the above video. So why would anyone bother with shards.

Silo missiles needed to be removed because of the new gun+missile approach: higher refire, less desync.

-This new approach = Missile Spam in every battle. In my opinion, even if they are designed to anti-kite, their refire rate needs to be decreased, damage increased and there needs to be effective counter play.

[color=#00FF40]a low refire (30s) missile would be a huge outlier. Silo missiles are a very specific solution to a very specific problem (it can only target battleships. if you fight something else, you're pretty much lacking a precious heavy slot) - all loadouts should be able to at least challenge any class. Also, silo missiles need huge ranges (Nightmare needed 10k, another huge outlier nowadays) and huge turn rates (it would need to be as fast as the cruiser missiles) PLUS huge flight times because of their arc. Server would start lagging quickly if a quick refire silo missile was introduced. I too love silo missiles, they're the coolest and the best looking. I tried my best to implement them at patch 5.0, but they simply couldn't work well. They might be re-introduced at later stages.

-Why do all loadouts should be able to challenge any class. Silos can remain outliers, what's wrong with that. Silos don't need to fire quickly. They could be the way they were and just be there for a "very specific solution to very specific problem". Atleast could be an option. How about, Let the player decide whether it's good for their playstyle or not.

This isn't meant as a personal attack in any sort, I think you make some valid points, however I think some others aren't quite on the mark.

-Yeah I ain't perfect, but I just wanted to say what I noticed. Thanks for your feedback tho. I will go through what you've written slowly and think about it/check it in game. Thank you

Something off topic :- Fab I like your profile pic. Judge Dredd was really cool