Relic, the Community, and the NDA

Jump back to quoted post7 Jun 2015, 02:39 AMCieZ

While you cannot fully control the specific formation of your squads, you can greatly influence them with proper orders. The game always shows you the preview of where the members will stand when you order them into a location. It's possible to issue multiple orders into the same area until you get the spread that you want.

It's not perfect, but it helps.

Jump back to quoted post7 Jun 2015, 01:06 AMCieZ

1 - IS2 rear armor should be nerfed to bring the disparity between mediums and heavies into line. However other future changes might mitigate this.

2 - An IS2 shot will never bounce at any range on a StugE. Also, there is no side armor in this game.

3 - There is no such thing as side armor. A Panther will always penetrate the rear armor of an IS2, at all ranges. IS2s are super overpowered though, not defending the IS2, just the fact that you choose to mention this as an example of bad RNG. It's not.

4 - Mark Target does not have any affect whatsoever on penetration.

5 - Repeated abandons are funny, but yes, stupid.

6 - There is no RNG that goes into Grenades. They do fixed damage over the area, decreasing from the center of the explosion. It all depends on where the grenade is aimed and how much the squad is clumped up, and what cover they're in. No RNG.

7 - See above, no RNG with grenades.

8 - You're correct, flame crits are dumb.

9 - Rear armor on heavies is way too high across the board.

A lot of what you're mentioning aren't really good examples of bad RNG. Relic can take many easy steps to fix bad RNG, while keeping good RNG in the game.