Kappei wrote: ark123 wrote: 11 pages of "this guy is too good with xforce". Gotta love message boards. Actually it's deeper than that. We're worried about balance. Do you remember the Sentrybombing days? How warped was the metagame, where above 650-700 points every single team was Sentry/Hood/loaner? We don't want to repeat that. Yes, we've abused Sentrybombing to get our X-forces and 4* Thor, but that wasn't fun, it required no brain and made every single PvP a grinding rush in the final minutes of the brackets. A lot has changed and, due to the changes in the shields, that situation cannot be replicated in full, but honestly, while everyone loves good synergies, nobody wants a game where there is only one choice if you want to place well.
ark123 wrote: 11 pages of "this guy is too good with xforce". Gotta love message boards.
ark123 wrote: Kappei wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but that's impossible - xf 4t featured is a flat out better team. Even if somehow it became IF xf, a xf 4t team would have red as color, and you usually can't 1hit a maxed 4t with one surgical on red. And after you surgical you can't spend red. So it seems to me that the problem solved itself already. Hell, even if you're boosting into a turn 2 ss, that's no guarantee of a win at all.
Kappei wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but that's impossible - xf 4t featured is a flat out better team. Even if somehow it became IF xf, a xf 4t team would have red as color, and you usually can't 1hit a maxed 4t with one surgical on red. And after you surgical you can't spend red. So it seems to me that the problem solved itself already. Hell, even if you're boosting into a turn 2 ss, that's no guarantee of a win at all.
akiratang wrote: Well the metagame is now xf/4hor past 650/700 now in PvP. Pity though, maybe someday we will see more variance.
Trisul wrote: So... Any whales/sandboxers got any early impressions of IF? Is he as OP as everyone predicted?
Switchman wrote: ugh, even IF animations are super fast. Shield hoping against the top dogs just got even more miserable.
Switchman wrote: ark123 wrote: 11 pages of "this guy is too good with xforce". Gotta love message boards. Do you have Xforce?