@FtXCommando said in Another Novax conversation:

@Dorset said in Another Novax conversation:

Clearly there would have to be an adjustment to the cost of it because that 36k includes the laser, I try not to state the obvious when I'm speaking.

One thing is for sure. It seems pretty clear that it needs a rework. Been a hot topic for the 6 years I've been playing and nothing's been done about it.

The adjustment would be making it like 30k mass cheaper. It’s not a t4. You made a t4 unit a t3 unit.

It’s a combination of a soothsayer and an eye, nobody would be paying anything higher than 8k mass for this.

And doing this, now you need to explain what UEF compensation is for having no air t4.

Wdym? UEF even now has no air t4. Novax is way more similar to t3 arty than anything else, so why would this change need a compensation in the form of t4 air.
Obviously it would be good to see, but that has nothing to do with this.

@Dorset said in Another Novax conversation:

I truly believe that allowing them to target each other is the best place to start. Why doesn't FAF take a year and make quarterly adjustments to see what the community prefers. 3 months of allowing Novax to target each other then 3 months of novax costing less but no laser and so on? I think the ultimate solution is allowing them to target each other but it can only be known if we try. Same as many suggestions. I also think that perhaps FAF just allow Novax to be unit restricted but still allow for a ranked match would be an interesting idea too. Whats a year of live "beta testing" to see what works. A year is nothing anymore lol

So i will try to take your comment seriously and try to explain.
By having Novax being able to fight / shoot each other would make the only counter to Novax, the Novax. Yes you could argue that you can still shield your stuff, but allowing them to shoot each other clearly shows that that is INTENDED to be the counter. I'm sure there are comparisions in different games but i believe that would categorize something as OP, if the only counter is in its own faction.
Its like saying only one faction will have AA and the others can just shield their stuff.

The 2nd biggest issue is, as i mentioned before, that by allowing novax to shoot each other, you create a 4th category to fight in, which includes only 1 unit. You have water, air and land, and you are now trying to create a category for a single faction. This is not the case currently. Currently novax is similar to an arty, just stronger (as you can only shield against it).
Dont really know how to explain this properly but i hope you get why creating a 4th category for a single faction is a bad idea?

@Dorset You didnt really get my point. Its the current mass cost for "just a scout" is dumb. Eye is way cheaper. It should be priced similar to that

@Dorset You can't "just disable it". That would make the sat worthless and dumb to build. There needs to be an adjustment to move it to t3, make it cheaper (maybe e upkeep?) and maybe change vision radius

Just because Supcom might be harder in original FA doesnt make this something to consider for balance. The game will never be balanced around missions, it will always be MP and then missions can be made with the current balance.
Also, you are listing random example of changes without really considering why theses were implemented or what changes accompanied them. Plus there is also the fact that some changes made missions harder; easiest example i can think of would be aeon t2 gunships.

You can also download working versions from the coop discord

@Paradox_of_War i think its WAY more annoying to deal with than t3 arty. For arty you defend like 1-3 high value targets, for sat everything is open. If your high value targets are shielded it will go after every mex instead (yes i know a good way to deal with it is just to rebuild behind it)
Basically, can be dealt with but incredibly annoying

@Caliber the community favourite player Terarii stopped playing because of this!

Balance aside, it is the most annoying unit to deal with. Depending on the mal it can be harder or easier to counter it with shields, but the fact remains is that its annoying. Idk if other disagree, but even if it will be balanced "perfectly", it will remain an anmoying unit to deal with, if it stays as an offensive unit.

I think its a horrible idea. Even IF its not unbalanced then you have the other side which is "i send in sat and then nuke" as the sat "wastes" the smds

Not a huge fan of this. Having novax being able to target each other would create a 4th category where u its fight in. Instead imo novax should be reworked to be vision only and cheaper

Sign up 1293 , why is first half of tourney bad maps and only then mapgen, wtf!!

I dont think its good enough reason not not do the nerf only vs acu just because there are already too many special rules. The fact is that t2 air is currently (imo) a problem regarding snipes. But you could also argue the same for t3. Maybe have the commander have a general resistance / armor against all air to ground? Still a "specical" rule but not as bad as if it only was t2

@Sainse said in Reduce T2 Air Snipes:

It's not prevalent in high rated lobbies cause this tactic is an easy way to lose as well

Not really true. Its not done because its a rat move that ruins the game

@IndexLibrorum said in Rating Reset:

@Nuggets He's posting because we noticed. While still not perfect, our smurf-detection stuff has gotten much better and we're catching more accounts made by people who already own one.

Its all over. I'd like to report myself, my second account is waffelzNoob

The thing is, if you didnt do your post here, and your old account really was inactive for a decade, then noone would have noticed you creating a second account

Call it what you will, its still the fact of a subscription for a mod.
Another issue is that if you are "selling" the mod i actually expect support for the mod. I hate to say it but your history shows you dont really update the mods based on feedback (no, i am not talking about guess elo).

Also not a huge fan of the fact you edit the main post which was upvoted for "hype" reason and not mentioned a paywall or whatever you call it. And now its showing your Boosty as if people upvoted that. Regardless if people find it good or not its just the fact that the up or downvotes where for something else

Signing up with FtXCommando

After having "used" this new feature i find it to be bad, can this be configurable in lobby options? Have standard set to 5, but with the option to disable

@waffelzNoob said in 1v1 Ladder:

I don't get your point

If all custom 1v1s count towards ladder rating then the rating can be abused or at the very least players will play maps they enjoy, are better at, and still end up with an inflated rating. And now we have nothing to gauge a player's 1v1 ability with

My point is that it was once discussed if dual gap should have a separated rating category, to not inflate or falsify global rating, but got "immediately" denied. Thats what 1v1 currently looks like.

Changing global games to count to 1v1 will make it less reliable for map-specific players, but still more reliable overall. You often clown on my 1v1 rating for example, but its not even that far of on the standard 1v1 maps. On mapgen or bigger maps its a different story but when i host that to play these kinds of maps it doesnt count (obviously).
What I'm getting to is that it would make more players 1v1 skill accurate, as i don't see the "some players might be inflating their rating on x map" as a reasonable argument, because what exactly is the problem with it? Ofc its not good, but we literally have learned to live with it in the most relevant rating category (global)