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ARC-CaptainRex
6 years ago

State of Ships Arena

Disclosure: I've finished 1st in Fleet every day for a while (Top 3 for a long time), so this isn't a "it's too hard so change it" kind of post. Also, I have exactly 3 good Rebels ships, so if CG listens to me, I'm screwed lol

I'm not a fan of the current Ackbar/Falcon meta. Mace time-out was dumb and annoying, but at least it was a well-developed strategy, and you had to bring a well-developed counter.
However, the Ackbar/Falcon teams are waaaay too RNG dependent imo. Doesn't matter how much better your crew members and ships are, if Falcon doesn't assist a whole lot, you lose. If it assists most of the time, you win. I've lost 4v2 battles, and won 2v4 battles simply because RNG decided I should. I'm not a fan of RNG. I know it's how CG makes all their money, but it's lame when you've crafted this great strategy, or worked hard perfecting your toons, then it all goes to pieces because of "chance".
  • trystanspyder's avatar
    trystanspyder
    6 years ago
    "JediKnight_MarkRyan;c-1769107" wrote:


    He has run that lineup from the beginning and Maxed out everything. so that guy ain’t no scrub...


    That may well be - but my fleet shard isn't much older than yours and there's a clear divide between the 5 of us with HMF and the rest. We just kind of shuffle around the top spots for payouts. The rest are on the outside looking in. Even the guys with maxed thrawn/tarkin/HT/XB/etc. These guys aren't weak players with second rate fleets - they were taking first just like the rest of u pre-HMF. The only difference now is that ship.
  • rcwilliams83's avatar
    rcwilliams83
    6 years ago
    I think fleet arena has always been prett RNG-dependent, comparatively. A lot of that is because there are relatively few ships, so most people wind up running pretty similar fleets. Once you’ve reached a certain power level, the only determining factor between two fleets is who gets better RNG.

    If they intend to change that, they can’t just go on releasing new meta-defining ships every few months. Everybody will change their fleet to take advantage as soon as possible, and it’s back to an RNG-fest. What they need to do is release enough ships (including new capital ships) that take advantage of new factional synergies, so that there’s a meaningful difference in feel between running a Republic, a Rebel, or an Empire fleet (or, dare I say it, a Sith, Separatist, or Resistance fleet). And at any given time, at least three of those choices need to be competing to be the meta.

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