Sunny wrote:
I also didn't quite get how restorers and Aeon T2 ASFs got nerfed. We all know, how gamebreaking missing this will hurt the game.
Swiftwinds and Restorers have not been touched. If anything, they are indirectly buffed by nerfed ASF, but ASF are still better at air to air combat, mass for mass, quite siginificantlu, so the buff is not that big. Nerf to ASF is also an indirect buff to the Czar.
As for strength of faction, Aeon is moderately buffed in 3622, but in important areas (t1 bombers and auroras). I don't know about the improvement of the chrono dampener upgrade. It may end up being a super handy tool, who knows? I suspect it can be an excellent counter to t3 units like percies and Bricks (for the price of a brick, you can use the upgrade to counter a lot of Bricks because stunning them give you time to OC and to your harbinger to close up the distance of their limited range)
However Cybran will recieve a lot of small buffs here and there for t1 and t2 (slightly better ACU regen, improved mantis accuracy, functional firebeetles, slightly more resistant hoplites, better AA capabilities for frigates, Destroyer and Carrier), and some nerf to t4 (Soul Ripper and Scathis). So I believe top players will also play them in 1v1, they should be more competitive than before (hopefully not too much).
UEF recieved small buffs (worthy Billy, Titan small buff and Fatboy targetting priority, which will be able to kite other experimental much more efficiently). It's sad that players still don't use Sparkies, which were buffed last time and are super useful units.
Seraphim buffs are few. The T2 bomber will drop more reliably, and Sera will end up with the best SAM of all (their super fast projectile was there before, but with AOE buff, it'll be really strong against blob of t3 bombers, because the projectile can reach them sooner, and sometimes before they can drop). Nerf to ASF is also an indirect buff to their t4 bomber.
All in all, I think all factions will be overally more balanced, with still the usual advantages on some maps.