balance advancement

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I would expect here something like this https://github.com/FAForever/fa/pull/2729/files or this https://github.com/FAForever/fa/pull/2726/files

So after plenty of test games it appears that spread on big ranges is too damn high. Damage got nerfed to 1600 and MinRange reverted back to 150. Was too strong on small distances and too weak on long ranges? What a surprise!!!

Wait a minute, a unit that was like in pre-alpha balance wise gets more balance changes? Yes, what a surprise who would have expected that??

And yes, ofc the unit was far too weak at long ranges... that's also why the damage got nerfed by 20% and the aoe got reduced! The damage nerf totally wasn't a nerf for the entire use case at all, changes are only for what you say they are for! How could we all be so blind?

Makes total sense to me overall, I guess you were right about everything in life after all.

[5cript]

As long as the Scathis gets shifted from having useless crap shit range, I take anything.

EDIT: I want to add that I am EXTREMELY excited and thankful for an effort to morph the Scathis back into a game ender <3

[Evildrew]

I like how changing scathis and making sera units glow green like aoen (instead of yellow like, well sera...) is considered "balance advancement" XD

But fixing a floating ACU that can barely be hit after the transporter bug has nothing to do with balance...

A real balance advancement would be to remove all these lightweights on the balance team that are keeping the game down at ground zero on the balance scale...

[keyser]

https://youtu.be/dwZZfc8BN8I

here is a video about aeon T2 gunship rework. It's WIP.
aoe from 0 to 2
high damage, low rate of fire
fancy fx

here is the pull request : https://github.com/FAForever/fa/pull/2911

what do you think of it ?

[armacham01]

By changing the Spectre, you would be taking away from Cybran the specialness of having AOE gunships?

It also seems like an unnecessary change. Aeon already gets AOE from mercies.

[Endranii]

Not a fan of the AOE change as it makes them seem like Cybran knock off(yeah I know t2 pd and destro have similliar weaponry). If anything maybe I would see them more akin to aurora/sniper mixture.
Making them have front loaded alpha damage for hitting single unit and then having to fall back to reload so that you have to micro them as hovering over enemy units will have no point. Range would have to be on the shorter side or with no changes so that they can still be hit with mobile AA. I would experiment with 300dmg per hit and 6s reload time with current cost? Although that sounds OP when microed against single targets with no t3 aa cover to outrange them.

[LabPunk]

I honestly think this is a terrible idea.
The renegade just got made more expensive for having its weapons work properly whilst flying, this is okay for Cybran as they also have access to the jester and the high damage Wailer.
For the specter it would either become overpowered compared to the other faction's gunships, or too expensive as it is the aeon's only high damage gunship.
There are other ways of improving the specter, maybe making at slightly faster or giving it a slightly longer gun range could work, but this is a bad idea.

[armacham01]

I would experiment with 300dmg per hit and 6s reload time.

The problem is that gunships would automatically fire at the first thing they see, and then for 6 seconds they couldn't do anything. They would end up wasting shots and it would be frustrating.

[ZeRen]

I would experiment with 300dmg per hit and 6s reload time.

The problem is that gunships would automatically fire at the first thing they see, and then for 6 seconds they couldn't do anything. They would end up wasting shots and it would be frustrating.

yea UEF BS have the same issue, it can waste shots on frigates

btw what about give UEF BS smaller reload time?

btw. Cyb ACU still suck, why UEF nano was more important when UEF had option gun+T2?

[LabPunk]

btw. Cyb ACU still suck, why UEF nano was more important when UEF had option gun+T2?

Devs don't care about what the players think. More important to spend time on useless vanity projects like aoe specter.