DaZur, on 11 November 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:
Not sure where you are reading "screw balance" into what I typed but to be clear we do need balance and checks.
It was a hyperbole/exaggeration based on your previous post's statements promoting some basic imbalances.
DaZur, on 11 November 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:
That said... parity is a defining pillar of an e-sport and that requirement IMHO... if taken to the degree many members have demanded, I fear diversity will suffer in the name of "balance".
Anyways, I don't care about e-sport or non-sport. I just want to see enemy robots using a wide variety of loadouts and tactics. The overall state is definitely much better now than it has been at any previous point in time, but there are still a few things to be done before we reach enlightenment (i.e. buff Pulse Lasers, Narc, Flamers, etc.).
I'm also not too sure that "balance" leads to reduced diversity (example: the PPC and other metas had muuuuch lower diversity than we have now). I think the issue is that you're interpreting "balance" as meaning that we make everything have the same DPS, HPS, etc. ratios on spreadsheets.
When most forumwarriors talk about "balance," what they/I really mean is "asymmetrical balance" in that each thing comes with strengths and weaknesses. For instance, you've got your Medium Laser, a good weapon for filling up that last little bit of tonnage. You've also got a UAC/5, a bigger gun that can lay down glorious dakka dakka and tear stuff apart. Both are highly useful weapons, and yet they are not just clones of one another. They each perform different functions. Or we can look at the AC/20, which is the ballistic equivalent of a pimpslap in the face, but is rather short ranged and heavy. That's what we're looking for. Pros and cons. Not "make them all have equal DPS" or silly things like that.
Edited by FupDup, 11 November 2013 - 08:20 AM.