Mavairo, on 02 July 2014 - 12:15 PM, said:
They already had falling damage in this game.
The problem is, this does nothing to nerf pop tarts.
Which is pretty clearly what they were aiming for if you read the patch notes.
It nerfs the ground game players HARD. While the JJ crowd, can largely mitigate the damage, by proper feathering. Something that any even half decent player is going to be doing anyway on the descent from any significant height.
There is already a map in this game that punishes ground pounders so heavily that they should question if they should ever field those mechs again (Canyons) for having such poor hill scaling and poor ramp locations, ground pounders didn't need this kick in the crotch. Especially when it wasn't even intended from them.
They didn't have fall damage in the game. I remember when it was and it was more punishing than this. They just re-implemented it from way back with a better system.