@VetteC5RX I meant bossks bombs aren't high damage - his thrown ones, not the mines. Idens alt fire can be high damage but often is lower splash damage.
Bossk jumping away from jedi is basically a hail Mary - it's not some kind of magic evade. He can still be hit mid-jump or by jedi jumping around him. Bossk jumping away from jedi basically means he's in trouble and needs a little help. Some saber users can simply take idens alt fire head on as well as a stun and still close the gap to take her out. Otherwise, saber heroes can always just avoid her droid as well as landos aoe cc.
Blasters can roll, sure, but rolling is not infinite and it has breaks - it's far from a guaranteed get out of jail free card in close quarters. Saber heroes can strike more often than a blaster can roll. Rolling a few times is far from OP, it's basically to give blasters a fighting chance in close quarters where they would otherwise be hopelessly defenceless. All of these things are highly conditional and far from OP
Yes, Leia and Han have high damage output and they do things that can't be blocked. Many saber heroes have high hp to take the hit - a decent Vader doesn't care about this. There's another side to every situation here.
Saber hero abilities can be evaded while some blaster abilities can't be blocked at all. Yes, but I don't think this should necessarily be equal. A saber hero pulling a blaster into close quarters is generally more dangerous for the blaster than a blaster hero getting an unblockable shot off on a saber. They're not equivalent situations.
I definitely agree some blasters are strong while others are weak. But this is heavily focused on what blasters can do when sabers can do a whole lot to counter them as well or have their own strengths - e.g. Dooku can instantly knockdown cc a blaster and close in to 3-shot them, and let's not forget some saber heroes can completely neutralise blaster hero special abilities.
My main takeway is yes, there are imbalances but I don't conclude that overall blasters are OP vs sabers.
@AnakinVader34only if someone doesn’t know how to people play / use blaster character or picks one of the weak blasters like Finn or Lando.
No saber users have abilities that can deal 150 to 200+ of unblockable damage AND have crowd control to boot PLUS have strike evasion to the degree blaster users do.
Combining all of those attributes together sees a blaster user having distinct advantages that saber users simply don’t. That’s aside from the fact that blaster users have an intrinsic benefit of being able to do damage from a distance whereas saber users must be in close proximity to do damage.
when you lay all of the attributes and characteristics out on the table, together; the OP imbalance is clear. Not all players may be using those imbalances properly or to their maximum degree but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Experienced players are using them.
@AnakinVader34The passionate strike of Anakin is mostly garbage though because at least the second strike from overhead can be easily dodged by both saber and blaster heroes.
The animation window leaves enough time to let people know that they better nope out of the spot where they're standing right now.
It's best purpose is using it against other saber users who see that your stamina is low and keep spamming against your block to surprise them.
Or targets that won't fight back because they didn't realize that you're coming from behind or because they're immobilized by the magnet ability.
@VetteC5RXIden is annoying AF tho with her alt fire, it recharges before your health starts regenerating so she can kill you from full hp that way
@AnakinVader34Annakin does, yes; but that’s not going to solely make up for all of the unblockables blasters have. The only other saber user who can “rightfully” bypass a block with their saber is Yodas dash but it’s damage was needed. Kylo “can” but that’s not a given that’s ONLY the final strike of Frenzy and only IF the opponent doesn’t dodge it so it’s really moot.
Saber users have some passive crowd control that’s unblockable but not heavy damage dealing. Abilities like Rey & Obis Mind Tricks or Dookus Weakness don’t deal damage, they only aid the player in attempting to do damage but that can be countered by a good player.
Annakin and Yoda are the only saber users who can bypass a block and deal actual damage whereas most blaster users can do this. Chewie is ridiculous. His bow caster shots can’t be deflected, do high damage per shot, his stun is unblockable, he has tank health, and his charge slam not only has a large AOE but it’s relatively easy to bug the hit detection with it and have it bypass block; or at the very least will wallop a saber users stam.
that’s the other aspect people don’t think about. Yes saber users eat stam like blaster users overheat but blaster users can hit a cooling flush and keep shooting while saber users HAVE to wait for stam regen. Plus since most blaster users have unblockable damage abilities even if they do overheat they have a backup whereas a saber user is cooked if their stam is drained; not only can they not block but they can’t finish strike.
