Profile of Jae For Jett

Anything you can do, I can do better

Apparently I got the wrong person ZZZZZzzZZZZZZzzz

I guess this replay will now mourn the loss of the old Dodges

Being literate has nothing to do with this.

If you're presented with an option on the fly, are you going to want to give it much attention? The way the poll was set up originally made it so that to someone only casually interested in the thread could only vote "yes" to two options or vote "vague" and then have to wax lyrical about what their vague choice meant. Other is also not representative of everyone disagreeing, since other could mean no, or another idea about where to take the faction.

It's always good to include an option that lets people disagree without forcing them to commit their time too much. I for instance don't want to explain why I'd select no, but since there was no option to just say "no" from the start, I'm put off from contributing at all if my only option is a statement that doesn't measure up to the other two.

This is not meant as a reprimand, it's just how we construct polls on the site to make sure they don't swing one way due to a limited scope. Please feel free to continue.

Ill just add thats its an accepted fact in the field of statistics that people are less likely to give input (or select a certain option) if it is more difficult or takes more effort to do so.

People we have talked about regarding Luchs -such as Luvnest and Dave who we consider to be good players- their main issue with the Luchs is the fact it arrives too early in the game compared to other light tank/light tank-esque vehicles hence the change. Originally I suggested the Mechanized and Luchs both get 15 seconds on their build timer, though people would just plop down the Mech truck sooner.

If anyone has a better suggestion regarding the early Luchs timing, feel free to put it in.

Did you ask these players about the live patch luchs or the dbp luchs. I know dave has played on the balance patch, so it depends on when you asked him i guess (before or after he played on it). When these players say they have issues with the luchs, I could easily see them meaning "i have issues with the luchs because of its timing when you consider all the power okw has surrounding the luchs." Another way to possibly rephrase it in case the previous way wasnt clear: "I think the luchs early timing is a problem because it allows massive early leads that okw can ride on then use to crush with later because they have an extremely strong late game." The thing is, volks flame nades were nerfed (less power already around the time you have your luchs power spike). Maybe the luchs early timing was an issue because it was paired with undodgable flame nades. Also, vet 4 and 5 were nerfed, so their late game isnt as strong and the leads become more necessary/justifiable.

Beyond this, the luchs already WAS nerfed. Sturmpioneer repair speed was nearly halved this patch. I think the reason why a lot of people seem to not think of AT guns and handheld AT as counters is because they only do damage and cant force kills onto luchs. Your AT gun takes it down to 80 hp, then 20 seconds later its repaired and killing stuff again. Thats why they only consider stuff thay can kill it and stop the repair cycle as counters. The thing is, with sturmpioneer repair speeds down, damage on the luchs actually sticks and actually takes it out of the battle for a meaningful amount of time. Things that used to hardly slow down the luchs impact on the map can now greatly minimize its effects. Killing the luchs with a light vehicle isnt as necessary now when you can actually remove it from the field for a meaningful amount of time with at guns. These are the thing sthe luchs is facing with its early timing, and they now do more against the luchs.

Its also possible they want it to have similar effective timings to other lights tanks because light tanks are the only viable way of shutting down the luchs in the live patch. In the dbp though, soviets have better early game map control against okw because you can go cons instead of wiaitng your first 2 minutes in a game for penals. Thats a better t70/su76 timing already. Add to that you had to have a t70 against the luchs because there were no other great options against them. But now there are viable con sprint AT nades, and viable AT guns (because cons and t2 were made viable). With volks anti infantry capabilities going down because of vet being nerfed and flame nades being nerfed, zooking up more stuff is also more viable because you dont need as much anti infantry power to win against volks.

Has the early timing of the luchs not already been effectively solved without the build time nerfs?

Also reiterating what a lot of people already have said: the build time nerfs are pretty unelegant.

Why aren't we talking about B I T C O I N?

Ok. I recommend you upload a replay to the site at some point soon and ask for a review. If you get a decent length game that you lose then a strategist should be able to isolate the problems you have in your play.

Other than that, keep going, don't give up. The more you play, the better you get.

Seconding this suggestion. Me and Joshua85 would be more than willing to help you with any replays that you post to replay review. Seeing an actual example of how youre building, what youre doing well, and what youre doing wrong would really allow us to refine the feedback youre getting.