If you saying "omg another mantis thread." Maybe you should think about why these threads keep appearing.
I've been screaming that since GPG was still alive.
Set mantis at 250 HP. That way Seraphim Tech one bomber can 'one shot' it. Mantis can be made cheaper if needed, or given a faster rate of fire and turret turn speed if necessary. Remember UEF and Seraphim must go to tech 2 land to completely counter mantis spam. Cybran forces you to play a tower defense game if you don't tech up as UEF/Sera.
If Cybran needs a nerf so bad, I strongly suggest altering the mantis in some way. That unit was always the problem. Moving at Mach 3 while other faction tanks crawl slowly across the battlefield. Speed is very important in FA, especially when everything moves so slow in this game. Huge maps just makes it worse. (Mr. Taylor should have gave Seraphim the tech 1 gunship instead of being a Cybran fanboy.)
I'm looking at this from a 1vs1 point of view. I don't care for anything team related. Although I know none of this will never happen.
I'm very disappointed it took 8 years for FAF to notice Cybran was too strong. In the distant past I repeatedly warned you guys about it under a different classified account. Everyone laughed at me. Who's laughing now? FAF community didn't see the problem until it was too late.
Funny how the Seraphim T2 Assault bot was repeatedly nerfed into oblivion by FAF a few years back. Harbinger rush somewhat nerfed. Cybran's most strongest area, their tech one remains untouchable for some odd reason.
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Thankfully Jagged Appliance is doing a great job at FAF. I'm sure he'll do what's right. He's very open minded, logical, and understands the game better than me obviously. I understand a mantis change will be too controversial, but some units changes are needed somewhere. Eventually. This thread is just my personal opinion. What do you guys think?
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