Profile of astonhodge

Jump back to quoted post6 Apr 2021, 15:22 PMPip

If your opponent has a blob of four shrecked Pgrens then I'm afraid you have done something wrong. You should have been able to roll him flat with your own infantry, MGs turn them into a non-factor, and rocket artillery obliterates such things as well. That's a ton of MP and Muni he's somehow managed to save up.

They're already being microed by being moved around the battlefield, the difference is that in RE Nade's case: You park them behind green cover and never have to touch them again.

Zooks/piats/shrecks are strong weapons, but "Shreckblobs" are hardly a balance issue.



Mortars were a 0 micro unit that you parked behind your lines and proceeded to have them kill infantry for free, Zooks/Shrecks need to be well within range of enemy vehicles to actually combat them, and actually need to be microed to avoid opposing weaponry. The only people being defeated by A-move Shreck/Zook blobs are those who need to improve other aspects of their gameplay (Or they need to find teammates for their 4v4 games)




I do not agree.

Jump back to quoted post6 Apr 2021, 14:53 PMPip

The RE grenade isnt AT, and it was an issue before. It was a no-micro ability that forced your opponent to constantly micro his infantry, due to the grenade being accurate, and doing a significant amount of damage. It being an active ability was a good change, though it is still free.

Shreck/zook blobs really aren't the same sort of thing as the RE grenadier.




No they don't, PIATs are just as effective as any other handheld AT is during autofire now. That was an old piece of design that hasn't been the case for quite a long time now.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2021, 20:02 PMPip

The delay between it being triggered and actually landing might want to be reduced if there's a smoke effect added. I mean, I assume a long delay (And of course the sound) is meant to be the tradeoff for the lack of smoke, but I've never actually timed to see if its even any longer than an equivalent ability. If it isnt any longer, sure, just add the smoke, it's a good accessibility feature, and the loss of the "flavour" of the ability is worth it being more readable to the deaf. Would it be worth making it less possible too pinpoint the strikezone from the Jericho Trumpet sound as well, in that case? I don't believe other offmaps have the same "weakness", but I'll admit it has never really crossed my mind, so if I'm mistaken feel free to ignore that too.



That said, there are other similar sound cues in the game that are somewhat vital (Vehicle engine sounds in the FoW, for example), so I'm afraid you can't quite avoid this sort of issue entirely.