Profile of Aimstrong

I don't understand why you have such a fixation on the sniper. With this change, you are castrating sniper play by making it too easy to countersnipe. And this is without mentioning the ramifications it will have with abilities like strafing run, bike/jeep drive by etc.

The problem, as I see it, is when one player gets the upper hand with regards to sniper superiority. When he has more than one and his opponent as the same time is forced to counter them with a sniper of his own (a grenspamming WM player vs US sniperspam, a fuel-starved/vehicle-countered US player who needs the sniper as anti infantry but is up against sniper spam, etc.). A reason to include the sniper in an early WM build was to already have prepared for eventual US snipers.

The above situations get fixed with the negative zeal effect, which helps a lone sniper when he is up against many. It will increase his chances of evening out the sniping field. And if he gets the countersnipe due to the negative zeal, there is still room for the spamming player to counterplay; after all, he still has a sniper of his own to make countersnipes with. For me, this is enough to alleviate any problems there were with sniper wars.

Think back to how sniper wars actually played out on high levels. Here, the game evolved around not necessarily getting the countersnipe, but instead of killing more troops with your sniper than his. This meant that it became a dance of death, trying to rack up as many kills as possible without being countersniped, using screening troops, los, range... It was micro intensive and rewarded active play.

With this change, we will instead have one player wait for his opponent to have the guts and courage to actually USE his unit, only for the passive player to be rewarded with a guaranteed hit...

I have to ask: Why this fixation on snipers, making them seem like a big problem that requires a redesign of the game mechanics? I can understand wanting to solve the problems of sniperspam... but instead you make such drastic changes that affect snipers in their entirety. Why make such a drastic change that, to me, reeks of wanting to "balance" the game in favor of your own playstyles?

Airborne as a whole was instrumental in me winning over Tommy. It wasn't just about the strafes at HQ but the doc in its entirety.

aimstrong what about you? ain't you compete this time?

Decided to opt out for now. Medical school is taking a lot of my time.

Early retirement

Bought a few books to give myself a gift with the victory. Rest is just going into savings.

You caught me, Basilone