Quote from: triblion on December 28, 2014, 09:10:46 AM
Correct me if i am wrong but last time I was playing and that wasnt that long ago all of these items that have been named here are already banned on the OP list are they not? And in base I think that you should make it more fair for all bot types because Surge (Good at pvp) Ram (No speciality) Patch (Base and Sector tanks)
(Yes I know that rams are used in sector but they are not as useful as patches are as they deal a hell of a lot more damage and they have special damage 0 so untransed they will not damage them)
Sorry for the english grammar and spelling its early here.
-SS Trib
Your stereotypes of the bots is wrong. In this game, with the rules agreed upon by experienced basers, surges are the best overall. This is largely due to surges being able to stack
too much TG at this point. We got most of the really unfair stuff banned (+4 Omni/Discus, DH, II skills, raid armor, etc.). At this point, the only things that need to be changed to balance bots types is to change the stats E.F.s and minibots give. Neither E.F.s nor minibots should give TG. They should give HP, Crit, or SP. As such, +4 E.F.s and minibots should give only HP, Crit, and SP. Removing TG from these would reduce surges' TG and give rams their niche back. Regardless, +4 E.F.s and minibots should be added to the no OP items tag to increase build diversity. Having access to all 3 of HP, crit, and SP kills diversity in builds and removes personal preference in customizing your bot...
To put things in perspective, surges can get roughly between 1800-1900 TG, which is insane. Surges should have roughly 1400-1500
at most. Having an extended TG like this gives surges too much power with killing mercs. They are already great at killing things out of trans, so they shouldn't have a really long trans that gives them even better merc killing abilities, too.
Edit:
Actually, SP needs to be modified to make rams more viable. The two T-Bot special transformations really screw rams over. SP can potentially be a huge boon for rams if it were reverted to its older format of just having Kowbat, Bugbear, Blaster, Mandragora, and Melissa.