Nicholas Carlyle, on 22 June 2014 - 02:38 PM, said:
Yeah I can't take any balance posts from Lords seriously since you've let us languish with poptarting for a year. I'm all about top down balancing, but you guys aren't helping the game at this point.
We've often made suggestions that would bring jumpsniping back down to a reasonable level. That these changes haven't been implemented isn't our fault.
Instead of trying to create a strawman please argue against the OP's actual points.
GreyGriffin, on 22 June 2014 - 02:44 PM, said:
Competitive players should have zero input on how the game is balanced, since they have a clear interest in retaining the dominance of their chosen tactics. Observation based on competitive games should be used to ferret out the dominant tactics and adjust the game to inject more variety at all levels of play.
If you're trying to accuse Heim of doing that point it out in his post instead of speaking generally. It's also probably wise to quote this bit again.
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2xClan ERPPCs is ridiculously overpowered. Following the current implemented Ghost Heat rule, firing two should cause Ghost Heat. This will require two separate shots, and if you want pinpoint, it's at the penalty of quite a bit of heat.
Gyrok, on 22 June 2014 - 02:49 PM, said:
My points are no less valid than yours, and my evidence is as solid...considering the evidence was your "experience" and perspective on the matter.
Considering that we are playing similar opponents, seeing them play similar mechs, I think you have what I call "new car syndrome", essentially before you buy a new car, you never see it on the road, after you buy it...you see it everywhere.
My point goes to this fact, if all you run is meta, and you are tired of running it, you are going to more easily remember the mechs you see running meta than you are to realize just how many are actually not running meta.
All things being equal, I do not think anyone in this game is God's gift to gamers in this world; however, I acknowledge that I posses above average twitch skills, likely not the best...though even if I did I would not proclaim them to be so (a good dose of humility goes a long way these days...). As for your perspective, in comp drops exclusively, I concede with no contest that you see meta, meta, and more meta, but in PUG drops at top tiers, you see guys trying new things to see if it works. It is an interesting and FUN time to be PUG'ing it up. For the first time in 6 months, I actually do not mind the PUG mentality and having to carry hard...the ability to play ANYTHING else (besides LRMs, do not get me started on those issues) is something I find REFRESHING!
So forgive me if I look for a way to make PPC/AC meta a less forefront tactic and find something else that allows us all to go back to a massive slugfest that was FAR more entertaining than hill humping ad nausea.
I think we're arguing different things at this point.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but what you're saying is that you see a lot more build variety and balance is somewhat alright due to that, correct? I wouldn't disagree on there being more build variety. There is. It makes sense considering how recently clans were released. What I'm saying is that despite there being more build variety, balance is not fine. It's worse than it was. The same mechs we've been running for ages, FLD ballistic/energy with JJs, are even stronger with the clan variants. These are going to eventually dominate the playing field much like they currently do with the IS.
People are trying new things. This is good. But the same thing happened when ghost heat was implemented at the 3xPPC/1xGauss Highlander was put out to pasture. For about a month people were experimenting constantly, pugs had a lot of variety again, etc.. Eventually though, the meta trickled down and now you see the 2xAC5/2xPPC stuff that's all to familiar. The same thing is eventually going to happen to clan mechs. The point of the OP was to make these things known and try to curb it before it happens, because the clan jumpsnipers are even more annoying and broken than the IS variants that are everywhere.