@blackyps said in Deceiver < Stinger < Atlantis / Czar Do you think this should be a bug or a feature?:
@slicknixon said in Deceiver < Stinger < Atlantis / Czar Do you think this should be a bug or a feature?:
Where are we going with this, talking about other people complaining about something else? What do you believe? Should knowledge of the game translate to an advantage while playing it?
I believe that the removal or keeping of this feature is pretty irrelevant. Jip noticed it, the balance team gave its approval for removing it, so it got removed. The reasoning for the change sounds pretty convincing to me as well.
This whole discussion will lead to nothing as a decision has already been made and there are no substantial counterarguments to be made other than personal opinion. Which is fine, in the end things like "how much micro should be in the game" always boils down to personal opinion, as there is no objectively correct answer.
I've been taking part in this discussion because it was entertaining to a degree, but it has become more and more redundant
You haven't answered the question. SlickNixon asked specifically: Do you believe that knowledge of the game should translate in an advantage while playing the game?
I've already explicitly stated that this change in particular isn't something that will suddenly make FAF unplayable, but that it does fit in a larger pattern of changes that have been made in the recent past. This pattern of changes seems to involve homogenizing factions, as well as removing niche interactions and faction-specific units or abilities.
No substantial counterarguments [have been] made other than personal opinion
Now who is being reductive here?
Several people here, @SlickNixon in particular, have been explaining their arguments and reasoning very well. Do not dismiss their comments out of hand as mere personal opinion.
I've been taking part in this discussion because it was entertaining to a degree, but it has become more and more redundant
I've not been finding this discussion entertaining, but I've found it important, because I genuinely believe that the recent changes and decisions by the balance team are taking the game into a direction that is unhealthy.