Recon Support this patch

Jump back to quoted post15 Feb 2019, 23:56 PMFlyingsmonster

Is this seriously an issue? I've been playing Recon for long before this patch, and every day since the patch and I never see USF players make more than 1 I&R Pathfinder. Myself I usually only made 1 per match, as my first unit so I could contend with OKW sturmpio rushes.

I really only think it needed a price increase, it is already a more expensive unit than Grens, and the cooldown is pretty ridiculous. Might as well just make it a 1CP unit and be done with it, and remove all 0CP units in general. I've honestly never really encountered the scenario you describe in the hundreds of matches I've played using Recon (that is spamming I&R Pathfinders), then again I'm mostly playing 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4 not 1v1.

Other options they could have taken was moved the I&R Pathfinders sight range to 40 at vet0, and then 50 at vet1 or 2.

Anyways, I&R Pathfinder spam would be a hilariously bad strategy, as it would deprive you of grenades / snare and a core infantry unit, which you need Riflemen to fill in that void. Maybe instead they could have also limited USF players to only 1 I&R pathfinder squad at a time?

I mean there's so many options to balance this unit and they picked a very poor choice IMO.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 00:21 AMSelvy289

While I'm quite happy with the changes, I think I&R paths cost are a tad bit too high me thinking more around 270-280mp.

There combat efficiency isn't as strong as people think and there barrage while potent is nearly unaffordable due to how extreme muni intense this commander is.

Also Raid is a joke.

Edit: just saw the pack neft, like wtf is that shit.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 03:19 AMOutsider_Sidaroth

RIP Recon Support.
Didn't even last a week.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 03:24 AMTobis

2 months of overwatch, one week of recon support

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 06:36 AMIncendiaryRounds

Allied players can suck it. They forgot that the Brum was triple nerfed to the ground in the hotfix and they still can't stop crying about JLI. I don't even play OKW so u can't say that I care. I'm just happy these allied crybabies are getting a taste of their own medicine.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 06:36 AMIncendiaryRounds

Allied players can suck it. They forgot that the Brum was triple nerfed to the ground in the hotfix and they still can't stop crying about JLI. I don't even play OKW so u can't say that I care. I'm just happy these allied crybabies are getting a taste of their own medicine.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 06:54 AMEtherealDragon

I can understand increasing the cost to match Airborne pathfinders but why the 50 second cooldown at start? Just when you give Relic credit to take things slow and incremental they pull this kind of stuff. The Pack Howie nerf is also kind of strange seeing as how it's not very meta.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 07:06 AMEtherealDragon

I always enjoy how you call everybody crybabies despite the fact that you can't seem to get over the Brumbar nerf from over 2 months ago. But yes, I agree 100% with you that the Brumbar should totally have more armor than a Tiger at Vet 2 and really needed that extra 5 range to regularly 2 shot any infantry squad/ AT Gun. (Which it still does BTW).

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 20:26 PMIncendiaryRounds

The difference between getting one shotted and 2 shotted is massive. Any allied flame tank is better at killing at guns than a Brum now due to them all having more survivability and reliable damage. I'm just saying allied players are ungrateful for the fast nerfing of the Brum while things like the USF mortar took 3 patches to fully fix. I already got over the Brummbar, it's the allied scrubs that still complain JLI wasn't nerfed hard enought (ie. into the ground)

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2019, 20:53 PMKatitof

Now, on the topic, I'm pretty confused about why PACK howi was nerfed, understand why it was added instead of ATG, but why the nerf is beyond me, it isn't exactly "tanky", is extremely situational and just doesn't have a place in game in current form at all with T0 mortar and T3 scott.