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[Phar Ming Yu]

This game has been almost unplayable since the release of the kodiak. Balance in the game is gone and it's become nothing but LRM spam with laser puke for dessert.
Then this patch, just garbage.
It's like PGI just doesn't give a rat's *** about the game. Just the money.

[Mako-1]

Min-maxing happens in just about every game. You're gonna have your top tier playables, and then you're gonna have the ones that even the most skilled players cringe every time they finally decide to abuse themselves play with. A certain build focus is always going to be centric to how the game is played, which is why most generalist builds (builds that focus on more than two weapon types) are always going to be punished in general gameplay. The only way you're going to actually balance this is by making it to where all variants are equipment and armament locked. And quite honestly, that's just not the kind of game I want to play. I prefer to be able to tweak my play style for a certain mech, even if that play style is out of the norm for that variant or chassis. And finally, not all 'mechs are created equal. Like with the Kodiaks (or the most feared variant, the Kodiak-3)... It doesn't matter if they're quad Guass or UAC-10 boating.. you get two or three of your buddies lined up on them, and you drill that center torso; they're gonna drop just like anything else. But you can't expect to try to go toe to toe with them on your own in a mech that's at least 25 tons lighter than it (or even mechs on the lighter end of the assault tier). This game will always be team-work oriented. One on one, if you can't out-trade your opponent, you're done. Even more so screwed if you try to fight multiple targets at once. Working with your teammates can make all the difference.

[Karl the Plumber]

This is a really interesting perspective to me because I know I've been in a few matches with you and I haven't noticed more or less LURM spam than normal. We all pick up on different nuances in the game, I guess.

Edited by Karl the Plumber, 25 June 2016 - 06:45 AM.