FAForever Forums
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Login

    Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
    29 Posts 11 Posters 2.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • ?
      A Former User
      last edited by

      Also, did you guys notice that Ythota's death weapon deals about 150k damage?

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • L
        Lowki
        last edited by

        @Skrat what is that thing, never seen it before, is it a mod?

        MostLostNoobM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • MostLostNoobM
          MostLostNoob @Lowki
          last edited by

          @lowki Cybran T3 Mobile EMP Missile Launcher. It's their version of the Aeon Absolver to disable shields.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • L
            Lowki
            last edited by

            @MostLostNoob a new unit or a mod?

            MostLostNoobM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • MostLostNoobM
              MostLostNoob @Lowki
              last edited by

              @lowki It's a new unit that will be introduced into the base FAF game soon™. If you want to test it now, you can select FAF Develop as the Game Type in a Custom Game.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
              • L
                Lowki
                last edited by

                @MostLostNoob ah thankyou, very impressive unit, i like how it swims

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • F
                  Firv
                  last edited by

                  So real question though. Did cybran really need a buff on land?

                  ? FtXCommandoF 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                  • ?
                    A Former User @Firv
                    last edited by

                    @firv And water. They swim like engis, so counter shield boats and floaty shields

                    F 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • FtXCommandoF
                      FtXCommando @Firv
                      last edited by

                      @firv said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                      So real question though. Did cybran really need a buff on land?

                      yea

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • F
                        Firv @A Former User
                        last edited by

                        @melanol said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                        @firv And water. They swim like engis, so counter shield boats and floaty shields

                        wait what? really? because cybran needed an other buff??

                        TheVVheelboyT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • TheVVheelboyT
                          TheVVheelboy @Firv
                          last edited by

                          @firv said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                          @melanol said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                          @firv And water. They swim like engis, so counter shield boats and floaty shields

                          wait what? really? because cybran needed an other buff??

                          Least picked faction in the last big tournament. Outclassed in many areas.
                          Meanwhile aeon still just chilling with the best roster, being the most picked faction in the tournament and yet nobody bats and eye.

                          F 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • F
                            Firv @TheVVheelboy
                            last edited by

                            @endranii said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                            @firv said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                            @melanol said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                            @firv And water. They swim like engis, so counter shield boats and floaty shields

                            wait what? really? because cybran needed an other buff??

                            Least picked faction in the last big tournament. Outclassed in many areas.
                            Meanwhile aeon still just chilling with the best roster, being the most picked faction in the tournament and yet nobody bats and eye.

                            What areas are they outclassed?

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • FtXCommandoF
                              FtXCommando
                              last edited by FtXCommando

                              t2 land t3 land t2 navy t3 navy t2 air t1 air (bad bomber) t4 air

                              F 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote -1
                              • R
                                Reckless_Charger
                                last edited by

                                Outclassed by who? I thought Cybran T3 land > Seraphim T3 land (at least 1v1). Bricks murder Othuums. And monkey lord can be built very quickly.

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • FtXCommandoF
                                  FtXCommando
                                  last edited by FtXCommando

                                  Cybran t3 land will just always lose due to the incapability of providing hp via mobile shields, likewise the same for their t4s lacking the support of mobile shields.

                                  It's simply too important to stack hp on both utility units and keeping your priority units alive. That hole in their roster that cannot be filled is the whole reason why they got an antishield unit.

                                  A similar thing exists on navy btw, hence why the unit is amphibious. Every faction has a floating shield aside from Cybran.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • F
                                    Firv @FtXCommando
                                    last edited by

                                    @ftxcommando said in Why don't we have t3 sera gunships, but we have this?:

                                    t2 land t3 land t2 navy t3 navy t2 air t1 air (bad bomber) t4 air

                                    Wait get out, cybran weak at t2 navy? Their t2 navy is opressive as fuuuck. Long range destroyers plus stealth boats? Sure shields might be nice for the other navies, but not beeing able to hit the enemy navy is 10 times more valuable then a shield.

                                    Their t2 air is arguable the strongest for snipes, esp now mercies get hella nerfed lol.

                                    T3 land is easily second place maybe shared first with UEF coz of percies/bricks. Aeon has nothing on t3 land and sera's oothums are meh.

                                    So if Cybran gets anti shield shit, can other factions get some long range anti stealth stuff? That would be nice. Something that doesnt die the moment an anti air looks at it that is.

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote -3
                                    • FtXCommandoF
                                      FtXCommando
                                      last edited by FtXCommando

                                      They have either the weakest or 2nd weakest destro depending on circumstance because it has zero offensive player agency for micro while the defensive player can regularly dodge two thirds the dps. Only reason valiant is potentially worse is because it can’t cross utility to deal with subs. Salem actively gets worse when you try to micro it because the guns do not shoot backwards.

                                      Corsairs are really not great at dealing with anything that isn’t acus and even then it can be dodged. They’re not bad, no t2 air option is, but it’s probably the worst overall at least at high level games where options matter for causing defenses to spread. Also aeon gunship is still better for snipes tbh.

                                      Your take on t3 land makes me question everything. You don’t understand the value of harbs, sera mobile shields, or snipers. Cybran was basically just a worse UEF who still has a tough time at t3 stage. The slowness of siege bots + the infrastructure to setup the production + no shields to keep them safe from aoe makes t3 constantly problematic for cybran.

                                      “easily 2nd place” it’s kinda agreed by everybody to be the worst, that’s why last patch it got more buffs.

                                      Cyb also has no ravager to stop snipers like UEF, they strictly need to go for 15k mass arty base or 35k mass mega.

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • FtXCommandoF
                                        FtXCommando
                                        last edited by

                                        4e1dc5ff-40fd-4380-a1ab-0e6a93f7b940-image.png

                                        The more prevalent the t1 stage is the better Cybran gets as a pick, but it just sucks at t2 and t3 stage. The only reason it got as high of a pick as it did in this tournament was because of the cancer tactics available to it (telelaser) and the boons of a clump of bp with hives. Those cancer tactics are getting general nerfs, so it's going to have less of that utility going for it as a joker card pick in teamgames and so it needs some actual, genuine good sides during the general mid-late game stages.

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • F
                                          Firv
                                          last edited by

                                          Is this all balance related around 1 v 1? because my experiance and my groups experiance is quite the opposite. hell, in my TMM games its quite opposite.

                                          In my last 20 games in either 3v3 or 4v4 there was these players:

                                          Aeon: 15
                                          UEF: 53 (Altough 1 3 v 3 was all UEF XD)
                                          Cybran: 34
                                          Sera: 28

                                          UEF is a bit skewed coz I always play UEF, but still aeon is picked half as much as the rest in my TMM range which is 1500.

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • FtXCommandoF
                                            FtXCommando
                                            last edited by FtXCommando

                                            This was a teamgame tournament. Cybran is just terrible in teamgames, the faction is heavily frontloaded for t1 stage raiding which just doesn't happen in teamgames.

                                            Of course UEF and Cybran get picked more in casual games because it's just the default factions. Aeon and Sera were always like 20% of the faction pick and Cyb and UEF were like 30%. Most people just don't care about what is actually good and can't tell how to actually use what is good.

                                            Back when Cybran was insane OP, 19 of the top 20 ladder players strictly used Cybran. It didn't really change that a ton of people played UEF in casual games and the overall preferences across the playerbase stayed the same.

                                            I strictly play UEF in casual games. For this tournament I rolled almost entirely Aeon.

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post