EA Staff (Retired)
@eggpatrick wrote:
While pitbull and tanks are nerfed in different ways, should attack bikes get similar one for balance?
There are also problems for pitbull/tank fighting a squad of 4 which it always need 4 hits to destroy them no matter how fragile they are (eg. Drones, war dogs, cyberwheel).
With the update, there could be no early counter for Gdi against cyberwheel (especially if they are higher level). Rocket/Jjt cannot take down the wheel before the next squad of wheels joining the fight with their fastest speed. Pitbull is more fragile while you need 4 hits on the wheels so it is likely your pitbull is also badly damaged by others. The tank is even worse with its slow attack speed.
The point in having multiple units vs one is that the health is split into multiple units, but the drawback is the more dmg they take the less dmg they deal as the attack rate goes down. So while a dying tank has full dmg, a dying bike only has 1/3 of the dmg.
I can understand your point, but taking the case of rocket/jjt against wheels, your damage against them is also reduced. Jjt used to be good counter against tank & bike, but now the wheels can kill the jjt before you destroy a tank, and almost enough to protect the bike. Jjt can counter 2 squad of war dogs, but not wheels.
The problem is worse if you play against squads with higher levels. You can have a hard counter against other units and you may still win, but simply with wheels and bikes (only a war factory with 2 low cost units), they can handle most early game units and gaining huge advantage.
It is not uncommon to see people spamming wheels, militant, laser and bike even without harvester. With the high mobility, quick spawn rate (they dont need a harvester) and low cost, this could hardly be countered, even if you have a no tech squad or the game end before you can safely get out a tech unit. The pricey tank and fragile pitbull just make the situation worse.
