@gabitii Considering when people usually make tele (late game, cybran player on the losing team with lots of PGens), the infrastructure it needs, the length of the upgrade (not much late game takes that long and munches that much E to the point it often isnt all out assisted) in many cases you dont even need to scout.
Teledef on important things also defends you from other things going tele like the sera sacus which are viable to remove SMDs.
The cost of protecting the really vital stuff from tele is really not that much compared to the cost of protecting from a nuke.
I have seen the fact it doesnt show up on the minimap as a special unit come up a bit though so that could be a really good idea IMO instead of increasing the time for something that isnt really that viable at the moment and making it pretty much pointless. Maybe the balance team wants to rework it like they're doing with mercies at the moment, who knows.
IMO a much easier first step would be to make the tele portal sound louder/more distinct since the opinions on it being heard are mixed right now. I hear it just fine but I've also heard from people who basically never hear it. A minimap icon type thing I think would be a really good change with no downside, but on that point I've also heard that it is technically more challenging to accomplish which makes it a future possibility at best.
@waffelznoob said in Telemazer - time for change?:
I'm sorry for ever doubting you, The ThecodeMander. I hope we can put our past differences aside and continue as friends.
I was just trolling dont worry about it. From what I've read/heard lately theres a lot of salt aimed at things that snipe ACUs. I'm not sure I agree with all positions on both sides and I'm reasonably happy to agree that the way tele works right now is not great for a lot of people but I also think that changing the tele time is not the solution here.
IMO taking options off the table, be they snipes or not is not the way to go since it is actively reducing the scope of viable plays and what makes FAF fun IMO is the breadth of available of options at any given time. What should be focussed on more is that currently tele is catching people out because it is too subtle for how some people play the game and that there are things we could do to improve that aspect of tele for those people instead of limiting its viability and what you can do with it since I think this is marginal right now given its costs.