90% of the games I played in breakthrough as a defender, our team lost, the main reason for this is the specialists, Sundance can fly anywhere and can easily get behind the defenders and install a beacon, Mackay can access the higher points easily, tanks are ridiculously weak in this game, there are so many ways to destroy them, so basically attackers are coming from everywhere it’s impossible to defend against good players who know what they are doing.

@Phugazi Then you simply had a good teamThe attackers have a shorter respawn timer and the concentrate all on one point.As defender you- spawn very far away from your objective- have a much longer respawntimer- don’t have any worthwhile vehicles to defendDefenders should have all objectives barricaded since they are allready there, instead they run to theyr objectives like they are playing king of the hill with the enemy team.Also defenders should get all vehicles from the getgo since they have to deal with an incoming army who rush to one objective.And lastly they should have the same respawntimer like the attack team.Normaly I would say that they should add barricades and cover on possible flank areas for the defending team but most maps are so damn open that it is almost pointless to do so.Mackay and Sundance are a topic on its own and how they just ignore the entire mapdesign.

I've been on several defensive winning teams but it does rely somewhat on "good players" as well. In many of those defense wins, the team started the onslaught immediately against the offensive rush. When you don't do that, and the offense gets dug in, it's hard to come back from that.

I played one BT today to get the challenge done. I was on defending side and we lost in less than 5 minutes. I don't remember many BT games where defenders would have won.

@Bolvard Exactly, sometimes I wonder who really designed this game.

In that case, play Breakthrough on Exposure.There, attackers never win (well, almost never if the defenders are at least somewhat competent).But independent of which side is favored by bad game design decisions: those one sided matches are rarely/never fun. Neither for the winning and especially not for the losing team.

It's impossible to defend in breakthrough.

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Phugazi
New Traveler
4 years ago
I've been on several defensive winning teams but it does rely somewhat on "good players" as well. In many of those defense wins, the team started the onslaught immediately against the offensive rush. When you don't do that, and the offense gets dug in, it's hard to come back from that.
Kompura
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
I played one BT today to get the challenge done. I was on defending side and we lost in less than 5 minutes. I don't remember many BT games where defenders would have won.
Bolvard
4 years ago
@Phugazi Then you simply had a good team

The attackers have a shorter respawn timer and the concentrate all on one point.

As defender you
- spawn very far away from your objective
- have a much longer respawntimer
- don’t have any worthwhile vehicles to defend

Defenders should have all objectives barricaded since they are allready there, instead they run to theyr objectives like they are playing king of the hill with the enemy team.

Also defenders should get all vehicles from the getgo since they have to deal with an incoming army who rush to one objective.

And lastly they should have the same respawntimer like the attack team.

Normaly I would say that they should add barricades and cover on possible flank areas for the defending team but most maps are so damn open that it is almost pointless to do so.
Mackay and Sundance are a topic on its own and how they just ignore the entire mapdesign.
iraqi553
4 years ago
@Phugazi With the matchmaking, both teams should be balanced, I don't know how you and your team are playing, but I haven't won many BT games as a defender.
iraqi553
4 years ago
@Bolvard Exactly, sometimes I wonder who really designed this game.
Adamonic
Legend
4 years ago
I just joined a BT on Exposure, player count 35 attackers to 29 defenders, and of course I am in defense, and just like normal, 5 or 6 players are coming and going the entire match.
Needless to say we got steamrolled but how is one team getting more players than the other?
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
4 years ago
I saw a few cases where it was impossible to attack in Exposure BRT on the first sector.
The attackers on the first sector need either more cover or more vehicles
SpudBug
4 years ago
@iraqi553 if the attacking team is anything but brand new to the game or AFK you will almost always lose on defense.

too many tickets on attack side
too many tickets reinforced when capping a sector
spawn points too far for defenders
Defenders have fewer vehicles
Defense gameplay requires being on the point to win, bad players just sit back and dont get on the objective, attackers can zerg rush and win easier.

The mode is honestly completely unbalanced and the reason you get into defense matches so often is people will start matchmaking and then leave when they see they are on defense until they get an attack match because you can basically farm kills on attack and not worry about losing.
SpudBug
4 years ago
@Adamonic A lot of players leave when they see they are on defense. Its bad for their stats or they just like being on the overpowered side.
Kompura
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
Who wants to be on defending side when you already know you've lost before the game even starts 🙂