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Anonymous

7 years ago

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Scarabs not dieing and are overpowering.

Product: Command & Conquer: Rivals
Platform:Android Phone
List the specific devices you play with (e.g. iPhone 6s Plus, Samsung Galaxy S7) Samsung Galaxy S8+
OS Version Factory
What is your Player ID? Kain#mdgzwbwg
What type of issue do you have? Gameplay
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Summarize your bug Scarabs one shot all my units and I cant kill the them. It takes only one Scarab to kill my Tanks(GDI&NOD) even my Tick Tank, and they one shot my infantry and air units.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Reduce the health given to the scarabs and/or their damage. Increase their cost.
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I've played many matches against the people with Scarabs and I lose every time due to the fact they are so cheap to make and it only takes 1 of the 2 units to kill my vehicles, infantry, and air units.

The Scarab only costs 30 and you get two of them for that. A tick tank stationary that cost 80 is taken out by a 30, and that one 30 can take out two 80s

It's *.

EA_HighCommand
7 years ago
Hi @Mastersofaking,

This sounds more like balancing feedback and appears not to be a bug.

Feel free to post it in this thread: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/Game-Balance-and-Matchmaking-We-want-your-feedback/td-p/6856736.

On a side-note, we are constantly monitoring the game balance and adjust it with balance updates.

15 Replies

Player_ri0dvl9q
7 years ago
Easiest way to find out that there's no balancing issue is by playing scarabs yourself. A good player will easily wreck a mediocre scarab player. If you can get into Tiberium league just using scarabs, then let us know again that it's unbalanced.
I usually throw missile squads at stationary scarabs, then control area with a shockwave. Any scarab on the move will lose to missile squads or shockwaves.
bawb69
7 years ago
Scarabs are ace! Sounds like you a newbie player, keep at it, and you'll learn how to battle more effectively.
Mister_Crac
7 years ago
@bawb69 wrote:
Scarabs are ace!
Eh, I have seen rare cases where they were used well. Like e.g. holding the back pad of a map with three missile pads.

Scrabs are good for niche usage, but then the question becomes: Are they seriously better than whichever other unit you could use instead?
nsk428dh6gm6
7 years ago
@Player_ri0dvl9q They are well balanced.
Marine_CorporaI
7 years ago
Don’t use anything but 10 Tiberium units. Rifleman, militants, war dogs, or cyber wheels. They are quite easy to beat if you only use those. If you do not have any in your deck, get rid of one of the tech units you have just for scarabs and scouting. You need to scout to stop a scarab attack and also so that you can see what your opponent is doing.

If you see double harvesters, make preparations for tech units. If you see only 1 harvester, be prepared for him to use cheaper units like buggies and tanks and bikes.

Watch this video below to see how simple rifleman take out scarabs. If I wouldn’t have opened the game with rifleman, he would have beaten me.

https://youtu.be/K76_g_wXRx4