It took some time for ICO community to adjust to new changes and develop most efficient early game strategies, and general consensus seems to be that balance is... well, !@#$. Obvious reason for current state of balance is introduction of corvettes. They started as useless, then ridiculously OP, now slightly less OP but still not balanced.. at all. So what's wrong with corvettes? Their speed and generally high damage o
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[quote who="CoBBQ" reply="12" id="3152261"]Funny, the primary stragety was to spam ships to kill an Orkulus being built in your HW. [/quote] IIRC SB rush worked primarily on noobs.
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[quote who="Sinperium" reply="6" id="3152047"]Game has become boring spamfest on MP in early game? Isn't that what it always is? Everything old is new again.[/quote] Sinperium, I always wonder where did you get your vast knowledge of Sins MP? Forum? And no, early game in Diplo wasn't NEARLY as much of a spamfest as it is now.
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Corsev needs nerf but problem lies not in this, or any other cap but in the way corvettes have changed balance of the game. Early game fights are now low dps, so any cap with AoE is crazy good since you can't just chase it off with LRM. This is unacceptable. This game has become boring spamfest not requiring any skill whatsoever. If this won't change I'm going to just stop playing Sins. edit: oh and anyone who thought that giving AoE dmg and passive tanking ability o
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I once accidentaly joined game with normal speed setting. I rage quit after 2min. Or was it eternity?:p
[quote who="VoxVeritias" reply="13" id="3147236"]If they want checksum/savegame information to diagnose the problem, then they should author a tool to upload it. For such a fatal flaw, to rely on individual players EMAILING you data is laughable.[/quote] It tells how serious they are about fixing the problem.
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[quote who="Fyrstar2002" reply="30" id="3146037"]I watched the replay (first replay watched ever, thanks for the tip on how to download it!)[/quote] [quote who="Fyrstar2002" reply="30" id="3146037"]They put in the buff because no one was using RB[/quote] These 2 quotes complement each other.
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[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="28" id="3145939"]don't buff the tec![/quote] After all the years of constantly buffing TEC and nerfing other races, TEC could have develeped self-awereness and ability to buff itself. Maybe that's what happened to RB.
It would be nice to have official dev response regarding reasons for this buff, and whether it can be rolled back or not.
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It usually takes less time to build RB than to kill SB.
That's particularly large grav well. You only need to SB few choke points, preferably asteroids or moons.
[quote who="DirtySanchezz" reply="4" id="3145794"]It sounds like someone hunted down one of your caps with corvettes across several gravity wells and killed it! It's happened to me too and I've had the same exact thoughts. However, at least now the corvettes aren't as good of a purchase as they were before.[/quote] I did it to some people, some people did it to me. Why does it matter? Corvettes still need balancing.
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="28" id="3145356"]So, you didn't lose anything economically, your opponent lost a starbase. I think several minutes of clear skies is the least BRB should do. Worst case scenario is you're forced to withdraw while you're bombers rebuild. If your opponent builds another BRB starbase well you should have had more conventional forces to secure the gravity well.[/quote] It's usually used in econ player vs econ player fights. Money is not the iss
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="25" id="3145315"]I thought it was weak but then I've never seen anyone use it on the edge of a phase lane before (even in the replays of pro games). That said, they only buffed the range by 1000/2000. Considering the gravity wells in Rebellion are bigger shouldn't that somewhat even out the percentage of the gravity well entrance, compared to Diplomacy? Sure that still leaves the loyalists able to use two starbases but that requires a level 8 tech, so it w
[quote who="Ressy999" reply="12" id="3145130"][quote who="Mr. Haze" reply="8" id="3145109"] Kostura doesn't shut down Starbases.[/quote] It does provide a phase stabilizer node which lets you approach from a different direction though, getting past the phase-lane chokepoints.[/quote] Superweapon to INDIRECTLY counter just ONE aspect of a tier 5 ability? Really? And you still need bombers to kill that SB. I always thought that range was too large for abilty
[quote who="TerribleNate" reply="3" id="3145070"] quoting post I have consulted several skilled players and all agree that this buff is totally uncalled for and will have negative impact on gameplay. Please, reconsider rolling back RB to it's previous values. Please don't provide hearsay as evidence of a needed change if said skilled players feel this issue is worth voicing concerns over they can do so here on the forums.
Although corvettes seem to be fairly balanced now, there is one thing that I believe requires adjusting- damage vs capital armor. It's not raw dps that's bothering me, but fact that because of huge speed advantage corvettes can chase down and kill your cap, no matter what clever evasive maneuvers you will pull off, and quickly return to the battlefield. Even in days of LRF spam it wasn't all that hard to shake off chasing frigates. This forces you to keep your cap
Increase in range of red button now makes it far easier to fully block 1 phase lane or 2 partially. Moreover, TEC loyalist can now fully lock 2 phase lanes. This will create many stalemate situations, making some planets completely unaccessible. As usual, TEC seems to be best equipped to counter this newly buffed ability. I have consulted several skilled players and all agree that this buff is totally uncalled for and will have negative impact on gameplay. Please, reconsid
Visari... Visa with Vasari capital?
I thought Steam autosends MD files, doesn't it?
I'd say average 5v5 is 1h, ofc unless everyone starts spamming turrets on their HWs.
[quote who="asmosdeus" reply="126" id="3143459"] Quoting Mecha-Lenin, reply 10I know what is chasing the Vasari, but I'm not telling. Then as far as we care, you don't know.[/quote] I'm still not telling, you can bugger me all you want about it.
Funny thing is, even Ogrov can target mines.
Actually I'm fine with Wail, and concept of such weapons in general, as long as every race has something similar... and some kind of counter, even if it's not very obvious. Otherwise, we risk Sins becoming spamfest.