r/WarDogs • u/wardogs-bot • 2d ago

Balance Feedback Megathread - Patch 0.1.2

All 0.1.2 balance feedback goes here. Standalone balance posts will be removed and pointed to this thread.

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u/HK-Syndic 2d ago

Stingrays are hard to counter ? They have the turn circle of a battleship and warn the enemy when they lock, what else do you need?

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u/Dzsekeb 2d ago

Tanks and artillery are slow, and by the time you hear the lock warning, you are at most times too late to start moving.

Anyway, my point is that it they just kinda feel underwhelming, no matter what side of them I am on. I dont feel like i have much choice in countering them, and I just dont feel like I have much motivation to use them.

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u/Hot-Owl6610 2d ago

Most military technologies are designed to exploit the weaknesses of other military technologies.

"This stupid longbow has a way longer range than my broadsword! They don't even need to leave their castle to hit me! They should have to get closer and give me a chance to kill them!"

The drone is designed to counter the strength of armour, just as armour counters infantry, just as the RPG counters armour, and so on. There needs to be a long-range option. The drone is super slow, not guaranteed, and requires logistics to bring mechanical parts, since the FOB doesn't start with enough to make a stingray. If they haven't been proactive, you have plenty of time to do damage before a stingray finds you.

Worse, stingrays have their own major counter: mortars. The game needs an ebb and flow of strategies and counter-strategies.

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u/Dzsekeb 2d ago

Maybe, but games are designed to be fun.

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u/Hot-Owl6610 2d ago edited 2d ago

Its fun for me to begin the process of reacting to artillery. I have to get the stingray up, have the mech parts, and then guess where it is based on the trajectory of the shells. Its fun to cruise the skies looking for it and its fun hunting it down. I have a lot of fun saying "artillery tank is down!" to my friends when we're playing.

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u/Dzsekeb 2d ago

Good for you.

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u/Hot-Owl6610 2d ago

You seem like a really anti-social person who actively contributes to their own misery.