Mag Nerf Retracted

Then we'd have thousand-post-long whines that red was better than blue, but not as good as purple.

Well not only. As far as devs said, magriders were supposed to be tank sniper platforms.. Ok, so then they needed a penalty for trying to shoot on the move which is just mild. Other tanks are supposed to be short and medium range. Ok, so make them able to shoot while moving so that closing that gap is actually an option. At this point in the game, the mags are best at shooting on the move while the other need to be standing as still as possible to land a hit. That is just the dumb way of "balancing" stuff

Give all tanks tracks and swivel turrents except different colors. That way we can all concentrate on whining about hackers.

It's insane the amount of crying people do about the magrider , the fact that the saron nerf is still in (the only one I cared about ) but is completely ignored by the crybabies on this forum is laughable, for calling out vanu it seems like mc and tr have WAY more tears than anyone.

Let's solve this, make magriders a tracked tank with a swivel turret and up their velocity to maintain their sniper tank niche. But then you would all find new things to cry over

Hahahah holy **** just beat me to it by seconds lol

I hear what you're saying about guerilla tactics and holding a base, but I'm just trying to demonstrate that tank-vs-tank isn't the only way to destroy a tank. There are a hundred-and-one ways to kill a tank, to camp a spawn, to hold a base, etc, etc. One of the joys of this game is diversity and adaptation to circumstances. No one in my outfit spends all day in a tank, or an aircraft. Sometimes the enemy brings out something X can't handle, so you field Y instead.

The thing that gets me with this isn't if the nerf was needed or not.

What worries me is they announce a minor nerf, people cry, they say "oops our bad we will think about this more and see how it goes".

WTH kinda game development is that?

Give every faction a Saron already. You can give the VS a Vulcan equivalent that does 1000x the Vulcans damage up close, I don't care. Maybe then you'll see what a pain in the rear it is to get "up close" in a tank battle, ESPECIALLY with a vehicle that crawls up hills and slides all the way down again if you're out of luck. Guess who's sitting on top of that hill?

Mags are OP due to their massive manovrabilty, able to clime nearly any mountain, and to strafe. If they dont change those things (or buff TS and NC tanks better then staited) then whats the point.

The way they handle balance is so frustrating, i would just stop, but the game has such huge potential to be brilliant, really crossing my fingers that most of whats being said is just hearsay. I don't want to have to give up on it.

Makes no sense. All the mag hover does is

A) make it harder to splatter infantry
And
B) let mag riders get into places that tanks are clearly not supposed to be able to get to.

There is literally o reason to keep it, all it does is detract.

OMg crying kids again ! So give them faster agility

It doesn't take away the other buffs added in the patch.

I didn't say other maxes. They instakill infantry, heavy infantry with their shield up.

If it doesn't take more damage, it should be buffed because that's what the strength is supposed to be.

Your tanks stuff is complete bull, so I'm going to ignore that.

As far as your max statement goes.... no one gets within 5m of the max on purpose, but people who have played an NC max knows where to put them and how to use them so that people don't have a choice but get within 5m of them, just to even shoot at them. Ever wonder why NC on every server fight until they have a Bio lab and stop? It's not because it's a pretty dome but because the attackers have to go through doors where the maxes can just rip them to shreds.

I believe that they realised that making so many changes at once would make evaluation of their effects near impossible.
By separating the alterations they will be better able to monitor their effects.
If crying were enough to alter their development strategy I for one would be very disappointed, even if I were a beneficiary.

You mean like the AA buff? If they announce a change and then change it back it makes me wonder whos sailing this ship regardless. Its not like they did it and then re-evaluated. If they wanted small changes they have not shown any of that in the past.

It's funny because a lot of Vanu believe that there is a dev bias towards the NC and TR.
Odd that innit.

I supported the AA buff.
A2G was imba regardless of faction and needed a nerf.

Of course, I might not have felt that way had I invested more certs and time in air to enjoy the benefits of farming those on the ground.

Which has nothing to do with the idea of how they balance. So far it seem based on loudest voices.

It was delayed. And makes sense not to nerf the mag, and buff both the other tanks at the same time. Learn something about game development before you cry

i love the tears.