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How long after WFA release before we can talk balance?

How long after WFA should we wait before talking balance?
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15 Jun 2014, 10:34 AM
#1
avatar of van Voort
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So, WFA comes out in 10 Days

And we will be sure to see people play it once, lose and then immediately say something is unbalanced

Or possibly just look it and cry for the nerf bat.


Which means Balance should really be a forbidden topic until things have settled down a bit, and the balance forum should be unavailible until it has.

Or should it?


Edit:

"Never", means the Balance Forum should be availible from the start
15 Jun 2014, 10:36 AM
#2
avatar of Katitof

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Probably first patch will come quickly to fix most obvious, glaring imbalances.
Then it will be once a month/two months tinkering when meta develops.

Obviously riot control on forums will have to be established as people will scream mindlessly "OP! NERF!" at everything and anything they don't understand and can't use.

Also, obviously last option, knowing all stuff and not being able to talk about it literally pains me, but only 9 more days to endure.
15 Jun 2014, 10:39 AM
#3
avatar of Southers

Posts: 111

If they started out now by explaining some of the new stuff and lifting NDA letting us watch but not play, that may help...
15 Jun 2014, 10:40 AM
#4
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If you don't think that the balance forums will be especially productive after WFA drops, you could always read something else :) Or, if you like, you could strap yourself to the mast like Odysseus and read without succumbing to its siren song. I plan on stuffing my ears with beeswax and doing my best to avoid the balance forum altogether. Strategy forum 4 lyfe.
15 Jun 2014, 10:54 AM
#5
avatar of Burts

Posts: 1702

oh don't worry, there will be people screaming OP 5 minutes after WFA is released.

The US gameplay video on youtube is already overloaded with comments screaming USA OP!!1!1
Hux
15 Jun 2014, 11:44 AM
#6
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Posts: 505

avoid the balance forum altogether. Strategy forum 4 lyfe.


WORD.
15 Jun 2014, 12:11 PM
#7
avatar of MarcoRossolini

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If you don't think that the balance forums will be especially productive after WFA drops, you could always read something else :) Or, if you like, you could strap yourself to the mast like Odysseus and read without succumbing to its siren song. I plan on stuffing my ears with beeswax and doing my best to avoid the balance forum altogether. Strategy forum 4 lyfe.


Ah... but is Odysseus remembered or the rowers?
15 Jun 2014, 13:20 PM
#8
avatar of Kreatiir

Posts: 2819

When it comes out, the balance forum will boom probably.
I think a lot will change, and not just 'a few new factions', but also gameplay-wise.

As relic said, this is a BIG thing, they are working on it since the beginning.

I hope people will take a few days/weeks to let it all sink in.
Though I must say, if there are some serious issues, they should be addressed right away.

I'm really curious about the ISU and ELE.
15 Jun 2014, 13:54 PM
#9
avatar of CieZ

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jump backJump back to quoted post15 Jun 2014, 10:54 AMBurts
oh don't worry, there will be people screaming OP 5 minutes after WFA is released.

The US gameplay video on youtube is already overloaded with comments screaming USA OP!!1!1


It's funny because USF is probably the weakest faction currently. The fact that people make balance judgements off such a video is simply retarded.
15 Jun 2014, 13:59 PM
#10
avatar of Katitof

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jump backJump back to quoted post15 Jun 2014, 13:54 PMCieZ


It's funny because USF is probably the weakest faction currently. The fact that people make balance judgements off such a video is simply retarded.


Exactly.
And from the video alone you can easily tell how to hardcounter them already as ost.

People expecting vcoh 'murica steamroll are up for a surprise.
15 Jun 2014, 14:24 PM
#11
avatar of coh2player

Posts: 1571

222,HMGs, stugs I'm guessing.
15 Jun 2014, 15:41 PM
#12
avatar of YouGetGot

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I think it's always interesting to see the new strats that people develop that the game testers don't. That's where the problem comes - from trying to predict the unpredictable.
15 Jun 2014, 15:53 PM
#13
avatar of Lichtbringer

Posts: 476

We should talk about it from the moment we see it, BUT we should always keep in mind that our opinion is only a first impression. Best of both worlds :D
15 Jun 2014, 16:40 PM
#14
avatar of pantherswag

Posts: 231

People shouldn't be talking about "balance" in the first days, but they should be talking about counters and stuff. If that takes people going "KING TIGER OP UNBEATABLE" then ok.
And then other people tell them how they counter it, and how those strats get countered etc.

It's how a playable meta evolves.
15 Jun 2014, 16:49 PM
#15
avatar of iTzDusty

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Considering how different the new factions are, there will be a lot of crying on the forums. You can already see it in the alpha forums now.
15 Jun 2014, 17:35 PM
#16
avatar of Jawohl

Posts: 43

Fucking now fucking fucked hell
15 Jun 2014, 21:32 PM
#17
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I think it's always interesting to see the new strats that people develop that the game testers don't. That's where the problem comes - from trying to predict the unpredictable.

+1

2 1/2 weeks. I´m more worried about 2v2+ rather than 1v1. I´m interested to see some combination of commanders.
16 Jun 2014, 01:43 AM
#18
avatar of FestiveLongJohns
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I'm looking forward to the first month. The meta wont be settled, people won't feel compelled to play the cookie cutter strats, and, hopefully, people will be trying new and creative strategies.

That being said I really didn't have a handle on the alpha until around ~25 hours of playtime and even after ~50 hours i'm STILL learning subtle nuiances about each faction(I'm a slow learner). Its going to take at least a month for the average player (not the top players who will likely identify the most optimal units and builds really quickly) to figure out how all the units interact and how to react to all the different engagements.

There should be a front page post (satire anyone?) regarding the incoming shit storm in the balance forums.
16 Jun 2014, 04:27 AM
#19
avatar of ThoseDeafMutes

Posts: 1026

The balance forum is going to go nuclear when the new factions hit. I will be right here, screaming OP OP OP right along with everyone else.

:D
16 Jun 2014, 04:58 AM
#20
avatar of austerlitz

Posts: 1705

One month for sure.Clear ideas will be formed after 2 weeks though.But it will take a month to check all the combinations of new factions vs old,plus rebalanced old faction,plus new faction vs new..plus team game equation.Plus the new commanders.
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