Balance Update Notes 6/20/2018
Balance Update Notes 6/20/2018
We have made some balance changes to attempt to address the balance issues outlined on our forum:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/Upcoming-Balance-Chang...
Forum Discussion
Thought on Chemical troopers, while I agree with that they're just expensive flame troopers, could cause balance issues with Jade's Catalyst Missile. Catalyst Missile is a very strong ability in terms of damage and cost, that is even more cost effective when used on tiberium and with chem troopers increasing it's versatility would make her ability to control the map way to oppressive.
Jade's Catalyst Missile needs to be looked at first before chemical warriors become cheaper. Catalyst Missile, when it hits tiberium, is just a extremely cost efficient Ion Cannon and even if it's just used to remove a single threat it's getting it's worth. Sure it depends on the map but the high sector maps seem to only give her more options with tiberium placement.
I'm not suggesting chem troopers become cheaper, I'd much rather they gain more health so that they actually justify their cost. The catalyst missile interaction is neat but hardly something you can rely on (not to mention expensive ontop of the other risks) and a huge liability in mirror matches, which right now are reasonably frequent given that Jade seems to be the most played nod commander.
I have seen the development cycles of a fair few competitive multiplayer games in my time and I must say. Abilities that are just invisible power, ie "ball of stats" abilities end up being difficult to balance and not as fun to play with as say shooting a missle, building a defense tower, or creating a unique special unit. It would be nice if those commanders got something a bit more unique in my opinion...
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