Retrospect: Ships 2.0
So its been a year since Ships were revamped and Ships 2.0 launched, taking away the 5v5 format for the sake of more enjoyable, and faster, engaging fleet battles
I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions on Ships 2.0 after a year, I enjoyed 5v5 ships, so I was skeptical of the 3v3 change but I like ships so I gave it an unbiased open-minded approach
And I think its worse than it was before. I liked the 5v5 format more, because you are utilizing your ships as a team. I find support ships more useful and versatile, such as Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle. In 3v3, its basically first one to focus fire and take out a ship wins. When it initially came out, it was just kill a ship first and then win 4v2. The other mistake of 3v3 was to release Hounds Tooth 2-3 months later, soon after Ships 2.0 debuted. By the time you were done gearing your bugs, it was no longer meta
With 5v5, there are ways to go around this ship, but in 3v3, even after 10 months after its release, its still a giant sore thumb that ruined the fleet arena. Relying on gimmick tactics like Reinforcements aren't as interesting as the developers made them out to be. One year later and things feel very limited and narrow. The battles are long, boring, and you hardly can utilize your entire ship fleet.
Meta Review:
1. Ships 2.0 launches with a Geo ships meta -- Biggs + TIE Advanced + TFP as an alternate meta fleet with TIE Reaper (old meta), Either Tarkin or Thrawn Capital Ship
2. Hounds Tooth + 2 ships or Geo ships
3. Mace Windu time out meta. Yeah, remember avoiding boring long fleet battles in favor of faster, more engaging fleets? (Mace capital ship)
4. Rebels RNG Meta (Ackbar lead; Current meta)
Previously, to be top end, you would need about 8 top end ships, but now you need to focus on 5 ships and rely two of those starting ships
I also think that with the big emphasis on ships, CG missed a great opportunity in introducing more capital ships with 2.0's launch, such as the popular Resistance and First Order faction, an era lacking capital ships
Ultra's final rating: 2.2/5.0
EDIT: The low rating is mostly for how stale fleet battles have been. I still like ships, and I think we need more diversity + content for it to be fun again
I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions on Ships 2.0 after a year, I enjoyed 5v5 ships, so I was skeptical of the 3v3 change but I like ships so I gave it an unbiased open-minded approach
And I think its worse than it was before. I liked the 5v5 format more, because you are utilizing your ships as a team. I find support ships more useful and versatile, such as Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle. In 3v3, its basically first one to focus fire and take out a ship wins. When it initially came out, it was just kill a ship first and then win 4v2. The other mistake of 3v3 was to release Hounds Tooth 2-3 months later, soon after Ships 2.0 debuted. By the time you were done gearing your bugs, it was no longer meta
With 5v5, there are ways to go around this ship, but in 3v3, even after 10 months after its release, its still a giant sore thumb that ruined the fleet arena. Relying on gimmick tactics like Reinforcements aren't as interesting as the developers made them out to be. One year later and things feel very limited and narrow. The battles are long, boring, and you hardly can utilize your entire ship fleet.
Meta Review:
1. Ships 2.0 launches with a Geo ships meta -- Biggs + TIE Advanced + TFP as an alternate meta fleet with TIE Reaper (old meta), Either Tarkin or Thrawn Capital Ship
2. Hounds Tooth + 2 ships or Geo ships
3. Mace Windu time out meta. Yeah, remember avoiding boring long fleet battles in favor of faster, more engaging fleets? (Mace capital ship)
4. Rebels RNG Meta (Ackbar lead; Current meta)
Previously, to be top end, you would need about 8 top end ships, but now you need to focus on 5 ships and rely two of those starting ships
I also think that with the big emphasis on ships, CG missed a great opportunity in introducing more capital ships with 2.0's launch, such as the popular Resistance and First Order faction, an era lacking capital ships
Ultra's final rating: 2.2/5.0
EDIT: The low rating is mostly for how stale fleet battles have been. I still like ships, and I think we need more diversity + content for it to be fun again
