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The mag is wicked, the normal main gun is a great all round weapon, slap NV on it and its even better, not sure if its all that time on BF2142 but i can range targets really easy with that tank and the strafe is very handy.

The Max for VS seems poor compared to others i really dont get on with it, the Heavy seems much better on the ground.
 
EL_JOCK said:
The mag is wicked, the normal main gun is a great all round weapon, slap NV on it and its even better, not sure if its all that time on BF2142 but i can range targets really easy with that tank and the strafe is very handy.

The Max for VS seems poor compared to others i really dont get on with it, the Heavy seems much better on the ground.
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I think all Max need to be reworked to be honest, NC's is the strongest with the Scatter guns and i'd say TR is second but not far off VS.
 
IronWarrior said:
Magriders can turn on a coin in no time and in all my engagements with them, they don't seem to have trouble doing that.

Like any tank or vehicle out there, if you come up on it from behide, then it's pretty much dead but that doesn't happen often in big battles.

Your infantry weapons have nearly no bullet drop and little recoil which pretty makes them aimbots since you hit where you aim and as such you kill more easy then anyone else.

Camo? You guys wear all black and purple.

Sythes can hover better then anyone else and have a sleeker then the Mozzie or Reaver.

Even one of the Devs have said that the VS are "a little OP" and that's his words.
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While the Vanu weapons have nearly no bullet drop they do have damage drop off, so we do a lot less damage over range than any other faction which is something to always factor in.

If you where NC I could understand saying that our weapons are OP some of their weapons really do need a buff up however both the TR and the Vanu have some rather good infantry guns with last patch TR being a fair way ahead.

As for vehicles the Prowler has some damage issues iirc and its special ability is rather limited when compared to the magrider or the vanguards. Not sure if anything was changed last patch in regards to that but generally it was just about balanced.

On the ESF's they are fairly balanced from what I've played on them sure the Scythe is sleeker and can do some cool flying through bridges easier but its still slower than a mossie and has less armour than a reaver while having slightly better hover abilities and a tiny bit more agility than both of them. The only thing I find hard to do with a scythe is thrust the afterburners down to get height quickly and evade since there is no visual cue to when the engines are in hover mode.

As for camo thats just a silly argument just spam Q :D

Thats my take on things currently anyway.
 
I played Vanu once, laughed at how much easier everything was.
People think their worst problem is range damage fall off, play any other faction and you'll see it's practically the same.

Why *hit* are *hit* these *hit* god *hit* damned *hit* bullets *hit* doing *hit* no *hit* damage *hit*.

Personally, while variety can be fun, I don't know why the devs put themselves into so much hardship over balance by making things waaaay too different. "But Chris, one's supposed to be all lasers and pew pew and....."
For example, reaver/scythe/mosquito, I feel like they should have all flown exactly the same and had identical stats. Leave it up to certs where they decide to progress in.

The ONLY thing this creates is arguments and faction whining over another, if it was all visual changes (guns) then nobody could complain about anything.
 
I've played VS to BR33 and TR to BR15 and TR was much better in every deperatment to VS bar Tank wise.

So like you say, people all have their own opinions. If you believed VS was easier with everything you must play NC. If you play TR, then it's not even worth a reply. It was shown multiple pages back that TR starting weapons were OP compared to every other faction.

Air wise it is pretty much the same, they have they pros and cons and none are really better than the others.
 
I see NC & TR aircraft as more effective, that may just be because I am allways on the recieving end though.

Wasted a load of certs on the getting a sunderer through a shield thing earlier, as you cannot deploy the sunderer while that is active, whoops!.

I am starting to feel like new things are almost unavailable to those who have not paid anything, which in a way is far, I do seem to do alright, but sometimes I just feel really underwhelmed when in a vehicle that has a few upgrades, compared to some of the stuff some guys have got.
 
Jongo said:
As for vehicles the Prowler has some damage issues iirc and its special ability is rather limited when compared to the magrider or the vanguards. Not sure if anything was changed last patch in regards to that but generally it was just about balanced..
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Lol.
 
Sleepery said:
Every night our vent channel seems to be one giant moan about the Vanu. The TR we never seem to have a problem with though.
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I am rather suprised by that, having played all races up to BR8 or above i see it in this order of strength TR, VS then NC.

But then again others see Vanu as to strong, i don't feel strong at all on VS and if i had known what i do now i'd have seriously had a go at getting my friends to roll TR.

In the end it will always have people thinking a race is more OP then their own race, but if you've played all you have more knowledge than someone who has only played against them. It also shows when certain races guns get nerfed in patch notes which ones are classed as to strong.
 
Woodman currently (Last continent lock) = Indar (NC), Esamir (VS), Amerish (TR).

What balance problems again? Everyone has an equal chance, if you want complain about something complain about the zerg and the rubbish meta game.
 
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I agree as i mentioned earlier that it is pretty balanced now, where as before the patch it was clear TR had the better starting weapons but with them being tweaked it's fine now.

It is pretty much equal in terms of population on Miller with VS 31%, TR 35% and NC 34% and VS owning Indar, NC owning Esamir and TR owning Amerish.
 
Absolutely storming solo night defending a tech plant against TR, got behing a sunderer with an inf, and it was headshots galore. Then defending one of the external shield gens. Back to loving it.
 
v1bez said:
It is pretty much equal in terms of population on Miller with VS 31%, TR 35% and NC 34% and VS owning Indar, NC owning Esamir and TR owning Amerish.
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That is a snapshot of one particular time of day, tailing off peak time... peak times in particular when Miller is full are largely pointless meta game wise as when it's 33/33/33 on a continent a full cap is impossible. So the current crappy meta game only works on low-med pop servers or off peak on high pop servers when continent populations go way out of whack.

Also then when you look at Miller over a 24 hour period TR thus far have had the largest 24 hour population with VS not a kick in the balls behind and then NC being downright silly far behind.
 
KautoStar said:
Anyone else despise these type of comments when balance is been discussed ?
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Sorry I should have clarified I meant, everything was so much easier for me in everything that I tried. Not that it IS easier for everyone nor did I mean every single weapon/vehicle.
That's the truth, but what did you mean by "Balance is been discussed"? By the Devs? On these forums?

Oh and everyone...apparently? Not sure where it is from exactly, but good to save up any future SC purchases for this!

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ChrisJSY said:
Sorry I should have clarified I meant, everything was so much easier for me in everything that I tried. Not that it IS easier for everyone nor did I mean every single weapon/vehicle.
That's the truth, but what did you mean by "Balance is been discussed"? By the Devs? On these forums?

Oh and everyone...apparently? Not sure where it is from exactly, but good to save up any future SC purchases for this!

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How about making that its own thread, just in case some people arent checking in here or are playing other SOE games and miss it. I know im buying my SC then, cheers for the heads up.
 
Apparently the bonus SC you get from the physical cards also will get multiplied, ie card is for 1500SC + 500SC bonus will = 6000SC.

But I have no idea where to get these cards from in the UK, any ideas?
 
TMP said:
Apparently the bonus SC you get from the physical cards also will get multiplied, ie card is for 1500SC + 500SC bonus will = 6000SC.

But I have no idea where to get these cards from in the UK, any ideas?
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Was going to say, if you know any US friends that can get them from walmart, they cost $15 each for 1500+500.
Question is will they work on a UK tagged account.

Going to buy two for $30 and it should work out as 12000SC worth almost £100 for £18.59, surely it can't be but... it worked for the x2 sale.
Even if it doesn't work on a UK tagged account, it's worth making a US one for purely for all of that, I only have BR18/BR12 and BR10 on each side.
 
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