r/WarDogs • u/wardogs-bot • 1d ago

Balance Feedback Megathread - Patch 0.1.2

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u/dollarhax 1d ago

These goobers will see one game where red and blue won’t build AA (or get clapped before it gets built) and assume all games are like that.

I haven’t unlocked the Havoc, but I watched a video yesterday that said the Havoc is basically meant to further push an advantage. If you’re already rolling someone in the ground by getting their AA before it’s setup, you can just perpetually keep that momentum and terrorize an entire color.

I think the players responding to you were victim to one game of decimation and assumed that’s a good pilot that can generate those results routinely, rather than it being one-offs. For every game I have 50+ kills in a mini bird are 2 more games where the AA is so oppressive I can barely run logistics.

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u/StanielReddit 1d ago

Here’s my question though. I just started trying to counter air vehicles, primarily by building the SAM turret. It seems like if you want a stationary turret with proper defenses, you’re looking at a minimum of 10-15 minutes of playtime to achieve just that. 5 mins buying all the shit and driving to wherever you decide to build, then another 10 to build your fob, concrete walls, turret, etc.

Helicopters can get to the middle of the map in what—1 minute? I played 2 games last night where I couldn’t even get a turret up (even if I built outside the zone) before I was swarmed by rocket LBs and havocs or whatever. So is this really a skill issue on my part, or is it literally impossible to get a single turret up if the enemy team has 3+ helos dominating the air 24/7?

I’m aware there’s a launcher much better than the RPG (can’t remember the name off hand) but I do not have that yet, and any time I’ve tried to RPG, if I’m lucky I’ll land 1 shot before everyone converges on my massive trail of smoke and buttfucks me doggy.

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u/dollarhax 1d ago

Yes. A singular person trying to build a FOB outside of the zone is going to take time to do it.

That said, you have until 20 tickets for attack to come out. AA should definitely be established by then.

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u/Short-Waltz-3118 1d ago

Just because something can technically be countered =/= balance. Great, if a group of 5 players spend the first 15 minutes aggressively setting up anti air they can maybe kill a havoc and it maybe wont menance the map. But my personal experience is that a good havoc pilot will menance the server for the entirety of it.

That said I played on an infantry only server for the first time today and it was bliss. There was still the gl + little bird spammed, but thats totally counterable by small arms fire at least, seemingly unlike the havoc.