We need more balanced game modes..

I think it is too early to tell how well balanced Galactic Assault really is. Right now you have a lot of people who just don't know what they are doing.

I've been in groups of 10+ people though and we straight destroyed the defending team because we were actually playing the objective.

Disorganized chaos favors the defenders. But if you as the team make strategic coordinated moves you only have to "win" one time while the defenders have to "not lose" the entire match.

Also, HvsV is by far the LEAST balanced format, at least right now.

The dark side have 4 top tier HvsV heroes (Vader, Kylo, Boba, Maul) and the 2 strongest characters to be targets in the game (Boba Fett and Darth Maul). Plus Vader who is absurdly over-stat'd. The dark side can bring an absolutely absurd amount of crowd control to the table.

The light side has 1 top tier HvsV hero... Luke...and they don't even have 4 characters that have an improved jump. They have absolutely no answer for Boba Fett who can hang out on ledges that are inaccessible to any other character. They have no one who can 1v1 Vader or Boba Fett if either of those characters are played correctly. They have no one who can catch Boba Fett or Darth Maul. I play a lot of Boba Fett and if I die in a match it's because I did something stupid. If I don't get an elimination every time my rocket barrage is off cool down, it's because I messed it up. Boba Fett is absurdly imbalanced and his rocket barrage cards need nerfed. The dark side has a distinct advantage on maps where there are ledges especially since non-force users are free kills anywhere near a ledge and while Luke and Yoda have pushes, they actually have to position to knock people off, while Maul and Vader have directional control on their position altering abilities... It's pretty ridiculous when the guy who pulls a team's back line into melee range and then freezes everyone in place and crushes everyone with a huge damage multi-swipe is the weakest character on your team...

If played seriously dark side should win every time. If you lose as dark side you either were dinking around with inferior heroes or you were way way way out-skilled.

I agree with 98% of things here,

With regards to HvV Dark side is TOO OP in forms of its saber chars, you can run 2 setups here on villains and destroy the team;

Boba Fett, Vader, Maul and Kylo or Boba, Vader, Kylo and Palpatine each can crowd control and take out most enemies together

Heroes however struggle with crowd control except for Reys mind control which doesn't do much as they can still attack, or Lando's stun charges which work a treat but it has too little of a timer.

Heroes can win but they HAVE to work together in an enclosed space i.e. kamino  where you have eyes on all doors then you have an advantage as  luke can also push them off the edges.

this statement is 1000% true "if played seriously dark side should win every time. If you lose as dark side you either were dinking around with inferior heroes or you were way way way out-skilled."

Any side can win, but Teamwork is a must, I run with a squad of 4 people and we usually grab objectives with ease as we have the luxury of voice communications

I strongly disagree about the heroes vs villains part, no offense but you need to find yourself more experienced players to play with, we have absolutely no issues literally destroying Boba fett and Maul in any map, it took us only 2 days to adjust to it. Boba Fett can be shut down by a high ranked chewbacca, maul can be easily handled by a high ranked Yoda or Rey. We have no issues handling Vader with any hero as Leia, Lando, Chewbie or Yoda. In any case Palpatine and Yoda are the characters that are harder to kill. My advised to you guys, spend more time in the game, learn how to to properly use them, get familiar with the maps and put the necessary hours to it; for example we have put around 80 hours each one of us.

Part of the problem is players want to camp and not push the objective.

Operations in Battlefield1 has the same problem when the majority of the attacking team decides to snipe.

HvV both sides can win, but the heroes suffer more if a player decides to go Rambo.

Not exactly true, get yourself skill in Lando or Leia and it would make a huge difference. Palpatine for example can be killed with 3 shots from far away by a high ranked Leia. Yoda is the strongest character in Heroes. We handle Villains easily with the following heroes, Yoda,rey, chewbacca and Leia, with a very coordinated team work of course; by the time the villains get closer they are already 30 to 40 percent down each, worst case scenario, best case scenario palpatine is out; Vader is 30 percent less when they get closer and you are having a 4V3 where the villains stand absolutely no chance agains the heroes. The trick is stay away from Boba Fett missiles at the beginning. of course it is harder in open maps, in closed maps when you have cover, boba fett is pretty much useless. We do it all the time and have not had a defeat in the last 3 days since we learned how to properly used them, some defeats are so embarrassing for the villains, we ended 10-0.

Sometimes the walkers and MTTs do feel indestructible, and on the Kamino strike map there's a ridiculous camp overtime exploit, but other than that, I don't agree at all. In GA, even after losing the stage involving the walkers/MTT, the game can be easily won. It largely depends on the skill of the people playing - as it should be. I've lost and won many times on every side, sometimes too easily, sometimes struggling. The balance is actually surprisingly good.

The  OP did however suggest adding further game modes. I would second that. GA is fun, and the perceived imbalance can of course be seen as a challenge. That said, the imbalance is more pronounced on certain maps than on others. Kamino for instance has becone virtually broken in a matter of days, as soon as defenders realized they can occupy the side corridors in the first stage. There's virtually no getting through to the target for the attacking droids. Similar chokepoints are present on other maps as well, leading to some very short matches, which is a shame. Now if that's the way this was intended, alright, but then it would be nice to have the option of seeing the map in the context of a different mode where the objectives are identical for both teams, as Supremacy was in BF1.

As for Heroes vs Villains, the problem is not so much the balance of light vs. dark side, but the incredible lack of strategy. It's a hot mess if both sides can and do go in with three lightsaber wielders each. That is what makes it imbalanced. The original HvV was near perfect, I don't really see why they felt the need to change the mode. Bring back troopers, go back to rounds (lower them to best of 3 if you feel rounds would last longer with regenerating heroes) and no hero respawns. Unless you're the target, there's really no downside to going on a "suicide run" with your character so long as you take the opposing target down with you. Not very interesting gameplay choice.

I must agree on Strike. All my matches last night except one (and there were about eight of them in total) went in favor of the defenders.

Then again, considering BF1 and its early flaws, I have full confidence in the developers to fix this soon.

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@j232211V7 wrote:

I strongly disagree about the heroes vs villains part, no offense but you need to find yourself more experienced players to play with, we have absolutely no issues literally destroying Boba fett and Maul in any map, it took us only 2 days to adjust to it. Boba Fett can be shut down by a high ranked chewbacca, maul can be easily handled by a high ranked Yoda or Rey. We have no issues handling Vader with any hero as Leia, Lando, Chewbie or Yoda. In any case Palpatine and Yoda are the characters that are harder to kill. My advised to you guys, spend more time in the game, learn how to to properly use them, get familiar with the maps and put the necessary hours to it; for example we have put around 80 hours each one of us.

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Boba Fett without the right cards is not OP.

But you clearly have not met my Boba Fett.

I have only lost as the Dark Side one time. My profile rank is 29 and I only play galactic assault and heroes vs villains. I've played a lot of HvsV... I've got probably 100+ games in now and again only lost 1 time as Dark side. And it was because my entire team left early and even then I barely lost.

And yes I still win as light side. A lot actually. But not 99%+ of time. None of the light side heroes are as evasive as Maul or Boba and none of them can carry like Boba so if the enemy team plays the strong heroes skillfully there isn't much I can do to win. If you're playing against people who are uncoordinated and don't try to evade enemies when they are the target while playing Maul or Boba then yeah light side can win. 

Vader has a very high skill cap. I was talking about a good Vader. Anyone can handle a noob Vader. But Vader has higher HP, the best CC ability in the game that is also a gap closer, a throw, and one of the most powerful single target nukes in the game, and higher melee damage than any other character. You shouldn't be able to beat Vader in a 1v1. Unless somehow Vader has to fight Boba Fett...