Tristan Winter, on 21 January 2017 - 05:06 AM, said:
I agree in many regards, but the best way to fix the balance between weight classes (e.g. best light mech vs best heavy mech) is to nerf all heavy mechs. Otherwise every light mech in the game needs uber-quirks like the Locust.
I'm not happy with weight class balance untill the weight restrictions are practically meaningless, until 12 Locusts is as viable as 12 Night Gyrs or 12 Kodiaks. We're very far from that place. In order to get there, some nerfs are required. They may be global nerfs to certain weight classes by manipulating the core rules for mobility (e.g. decouple turn rate from engine size), but some nerfs will be required.
It makes no sense to have an arena shooter without respawns where the 4 classes of mechs are not equally powerful. Either we need respawns or we need better class balance. People talk about how it breaks Battletech lore when Dire Wolves aren't better than all light mechs and medium mechs. Well, it also breaks lore when light mechs are as rare as unicorns. In lore, the Locust is the most common mech in the galaxy. In MWO, I see 10 Night Gyrs for every Locust.
I'm not happy with weight class balance untill the weight restrictions are practically meaningless, until 12 Locusts is as viable as 12 Night Gyrs or 12 Kodiaks. We're very far from that place. In order to get there, some nerfs are required. They may be global nerfs to certain weight classes by manipulating the core rules for mobility (e.g. decouple turn rate from engine size), but some nerfs will be required.
It makes no sense to have an arena shooter without respawns where the 4 classes of mechs are not equally powerful. Either we need respawns or we need better class balance. People talk about how it breaks Battletech lore when Dire Wolves aren't better than all light mechs and medium mechs. Well, it also breaks lore when light mechs are as rare as unicorns. In lore, the Locust is the most common mech in the galaxy. In MWO, I see 10 Night Gyrs for every Locust.
Or instead of making them all equal, they could give them actual unique roles, where in the roles are of equal value...ya, know, like they said they would. Repeatedly. For years.
Sigh.