One of the best toons in this game right now is named Genosian Soldier. Is it a Jedi? A sith? No, its a bug with a gun. Is it the only of its type? No, its one of probably 100.000 other bugs with guns.This have to change! Right now iconic characters from the movies, especially Mace Windu, is unplayable. EA and CG have to change this. Do Genosian Soldier need a nerf?SUPEREDIT: The hate flood has now filled my house to the limit. Im sitting here in my room crying, thinking back on the first time i saw the Geonosian Soldiers in the Battle of Geonosis. They were wery scary to a 7 year old boy that all his life was scared of insects. This has nothing to do with him being easy to get and for the F2P players, its only because his creepy looks. Please EA & CG change his looks to a more friendly and likeable character. Im out, peace on the streets.

Geonosian soldier wants you to think that.. But in reality his swarm and hive tactics is him using sith mind control to make himself stronger. In all seriousness you can't ask for a nerf for something without providing evidence it is gamebreaking. What you are doing is bitching that in your biased opinion your favorite characters aren't good.

Good point by the OP. This is a Star Wars game. It should, at least in some ways, at least resemble the Star Wars Universe."We have the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it!""The Death Star? Yoda?""No, GEONOSIAN SOLDIER!!!1!"**GASP**Yeah, no.

I see little argument for nerfing GS that doesn't apply even more to QGJ. The latter has similar assist capabilities, can do huge damage with assist, and combines it with game-leading speed enhancement, and a dispel with ability to give the entire team Offense Up. The only thing that keeps him from being a no-brainer on every team is that he's a Jedi.That said, I am quite confident GS will be nerfed, especially if they ever add any more Geonosians. Because if he were on a team with 4 others of his type, he'd do insane damage.Of course, if they would fix the excess damage relative to defense/health then most of these issues would go away.BTW, your poll options are weird and will negatively affect the results you get in this poll.

Look I hate playing against GS because he hits to freaking hard but I'm OK with it, but I'm NOT ok with his short cool down of his special attack! EA just needs to add 1 turn to it and I think it will be balanced!

"Lazerrift;124204" wrote:Geonosian soldier wants you to think that.. But in reality his swarm and hive tactics is him using sith mind control to make himself stronger. In all seriousness you can't ask for a nerf for something without providing evidence it is gamebreaking. What you are doing is bitching that in your biased opinion your favorite characters aren't good. As @Nikoms565 said, this is a Star Wars game. It should be a more fair reflection of the Star Wars universe. Im pretty sure even BB8 would win a 1v1 vs a Genosian Soldier. GS is like a B1 Battle droid. A toon you would easily kill in your sleep. And if we are going to speak about my favourite character not being good, im sad to say that Jar-Jar still not in the game. :(

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MajorWaste
9 years ago
Yea, it would be great if EA could just nerf all the characters I don't have . . .
Nikoms565
9 years ago
"Naugrin;124564" wrote:
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Quit whining and farm him, or don't.

And another person who is totaling missing the point. I have him - and would be fine if he was nerfed. Having a lowly Geo soldier blasting the likes of a fully geared and leveled Jedi into oblivion simply seems wrong in the Star Wars universe. Should he be nerfed to the point of being irrelevant? Absolutely not. But to the point where he is balanced both from a game play as well as a "Star Wars common sense" standpoint? Sure.

"Anyone can have him" is not an argument against nerfing. Anyone can have Poe too - and he was nerfed (and should have been). I HAVE GS - and again, feel he should be nerfed. Not whining, just stating my opinion, just as you are yours.
Bostonmess
9 years ago
"Nikoms565;124773" wrote:

How about they nerf him now, then buff him back when everyone else can gear up to 9? Happy now?

Yeah, no Problem. Then poggle buffs him at 142 speed and his damage output is even more nasty than now.
What are U guys trying to tell? That GS is Poe 2.0?
cbyswgoh
9 years ago
"DarthBooey;124717" wrote:
I don't get the "hive" special. There is only one other Geo character in the game: Poggle.

If I don't level this ability at all, am I missing anything?

Datamined info - if you believe it, it's been accurate thus far including about Yoda recently - in the future there are plans for geonossian fighter, geonossian spy, geonossian commander, and geonosis Padme, as well as a geonossian leader named Sun Fac.

Makes sense as there have been other geonossian characters in light and dark side battles already?
LadyVampire_X
Retired Hero
9 years ago
Buggggggggg juice

Call in the rico's roughnecks
Bostonmess
9 years ago
"walkyourpath;124868" wrote:

I don't see an argument that sways me for a nerf on GS yet. He is overpowered for his place in the cannon (pun intended), but he doesn't imbalance the game like Poe did for many.

Right!
There is none.
He s just as "overpowered" as a handful or more other toons. Or they are simply good.
Some ppl would take the competition to bring him down before he can act. Others cry for nerf
Naugrin1
9 years ago
"Nikoms565;124805" wrote:
"Naugrin;124564" wrote:
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Quit whining and farm him, or don't.

And another person who is totaling missing the point. I have him - and would be fine if he was nerfed. Having a lowly Geo soldier blasting the likes of a fully geared and leveled Jedi into oblivion simply seems wrong in the Star Wars universe. Should he be nerfed to the point of being irrelevant? Absolutely not. But to the point where he is balanced both from a game play as well as a "Star Wars common sense" standpoint? Sure.

"Anyone can have him" is not an argument against nerfing. Anyone can have Poe too - and he was nerfed (and should have been). I HAVE GS - and again, feel he should be nerfed. Not whining, just stating my opinion, just as you are yours.

Order 66....lots of jedi killed by blasters fired by no name characters.
navymst2007
9 years ago
The only thing I see wrong with this one in arenas is he goes with out even having his turn meter full
Nikoms565
9 years ago
"Naugrin;124918" wrote:
"Nikoms565;124805" wrote:
"Naugrin;124564" wrote:
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Quit whining and farm him, or don't.

And another person who is totaling missing the point. I have him - and would be fine if he was nerfed. Having a lowly Geo soldier blasting the likes of a fully geared and leveled Jedi into oblivion simply seems wrong in the Star Wars universe. Should he be nerfed to the point of being irrelevant? Absolutely not. But to the point where he is balanced both from a game play as well as a "Star Wars common sense" standpoint? Sure.

"Anyone can have him" is not an argument against nerfing. Anyone can have Poe too - and he was nerfed (and should have been). I HAVE GS - and again, feel he should be nerfed. Not whining, just stating my opinion, just as you are yours.

Order 66....lots of jedi killed by blasters fired by no name characters.

Yep. Because an arena battle is just like a shot in the back by your own allies. *sigh*

I don't care - don't nerf, I have him. That's fine.
sinnerwill84
9 years ago
"Ivan_Drago;124533" wrote:
"MenaceTEC;124505" wrote:
It's total bs he one shots any character on my roster with his assist.

Get one for yourself in cantina battles. It's node 1-a, if you refresh energy twice a day you are going at 15 shards a day rate, will get it to 7* in 3 weeks from zero. Or refresh cantina once for 10 shards
"SinnerWill;124524" wrote:
Not voting, but he (and other high-speed high damage units) need some sort of re-balancing. As it stands, Geo has very high HP and tenacity for the early (and very often) burst damage he puts out.

Also, you shouldn't compare Geo to QGJ, they're completely different beasts. QGJ's health is lower, his tenacity is lower, his crit chance is lower, and he can't get a turn-meter bonus when calling for an assist.

QGJ has HUGE utility alongside HUGE dps - speed leader bonus, buff clearance with offence buff teamwide, turn meter on base hit. He is different from GS - lower HP char with same dps and much more utility.

Leia is higher dps than GS, harder to kill with her stealth and provides utility with buffs, also may be accompanied by ackbar speed leader. Maybe nerf Leia first?

Obi wan is a tank with huge HP and incredible set of debuffs, with huge buffs for the team on death. It's by far more utility than pure dps - maybe nerf Obi wan?

Rey is a higher dps than GS and not dependent on assist (which may fail due to stun) - maybe nerf Rey first?

GS doesn't do anything that can not be provided by other characters, he is just a good pure dps character which can be used by anyone who wants to, but is used not by anyone because there are also other options available.

QGJ and Rey have about 4k HP less than Geo (putting them easily into OHKO territory by other glass cannons, including Geo's swarm on first action with Sid, Fett, or Poggle leading). They also don't have Geo's tenacity.

Leia without stealth you can compare to Geo, but keep in mind she doesn't pick up turn-meter with actions like Geo. And don't forget Geo is self-efficient utility (offense up).

Not even going to bother about Obi or Poe. They're completely different classes of characters and shouldn't be compared to Geo. Albeit, I would never claim they need a nerf before Geo.

Oh, and I have a 7* Geo. This isn't a biased accusation made by someone that loses to a unit he doesn't have. It's simply a statement based upon my experiences with him concerning how I feel that he over-performs.

@Ivan_Drago