Yeah that's a picture of an uncorrected barrage. You ate a corrected one. If it was uncorrected it would not have been half as bad and at that range he might have even caught his ally a bit. You're acting like the fact that you'll catch about a third of the amount of rockets in an uncorrected barrage just doesn't really matter, and it isn't true.


As for the "you have to blob" thing. Go watch some of Tigga's or Selkares' replays. They're way, way more spread out than you are and they seem to do alight. Not to mention that if your opponent blobs to try and charge you then it's your turn to arty him.


What would you actually like to see changed about rockets? I mean if you wanted a longer reload/ aiming time and a LITTLE less effect on heavier units I think that would probably be ok, but if you want to be able to have your entire army take a corrected barrage from 4 smerches and not rout then I don't think that's going to be balanced. If that were possible then players could stick their entire army in a forest and they'd be basically impossible to dislodge. And that would be lame as hell.


EDIT: Oh sorry you already posted this. I don't think the cap is a good idea because the more someone turtles, the more arty you should be able to buy to deal with it. If you buy too much then you're vulnerable in other areas, as you could see from the replay of the game you played in (even if your ally sadly didn't take advantage of that).

So, if I don't agree with you, my argument has no real value. As much as I disagree with you, I admit some tweaks could be needed, even though you call for the nerf bat. What you do is totalitarianism: The game as I want it. Other opinions aren't worth zilch. Nice way to work, nice.

I want accurate, but not too accurate, artillery most of the time. The "random hit might hit gotta ruuuun" area being bigger, the target will move, clearing the area even better than if I had wounded the units, so I can take a position with no/very few losses, or at least get a foothold. A SMERCH that utterly destroys anything in a blast radius the side of a peanut wouldn't be worth anything. Same here.

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That is not what I said. If you haven't tried the units in question your argument has no value. Some of them are clearly better than others, in fact so much better that they obsolete other units completely. I've also stated my want list pretty clearly earlier.

This is evolving into a shouting match, and I won't take part in it.

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http://i.imgur.com/KwSCdxW.png

Agreed on the stop of the shouting match. Sorry about that

I, however, repeatedly showed that I had tried them all. I only have 50 or so stars needed to have all units in the game. I know what I'm talking about, both on receiving and emitter side. I even tried units I considered rubbish stats-wise, because it doesn't always correctly represents the battle "feel". I've had my opinion changed on many units as I learnt to play, and I still do learn. But I have thoroughly tested artillery, as an offensive tool (Stunning positions before attack), a defensive tool (countering attacks), a scaring tool and an assassination tool. My opinion, after all those tests, is that they are not overpowered, most artillery is undepowered for its price on regular settings, they have varied roles, strenghs and weaknesses, reasons to use them. All are valid and possible to counter.

Some are cost-worthy, which makes them OP compared to the others (Smerch mainly. Buratino is a niche weapon anyway. AuF1 shoots so fast that the if target is already dead on the first shot but you have two other shots still in flight.).

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When someone on a team spams them they are overpowered regardless of how spread out your units are. All units seems to get stunned when someone is firing 9 arty or rockets on your position, then the other team scouts come in and wipe you out. Arty ruined this game that's why you can't find a ranked game and multiple player matches are dwindling. When is the multiple AI patch coming out so we don't have to put up with the crap online anymore and can play the game alone?

INB4 AI arty spam

It's easy to find a 1v1 ranked game up until about 1am GMT ...

the game isn't ruined and you have nowhere near the knowledge required to assert that a change in numbers is primarily due to arty.



your little crutch for being shit (or playing stupid settings) will be ready when it'd done. have some patience.

I would love it if the AI only used arty spam and arty bunker tactics after the patch

It's true that no one can conclusively prove it, but there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that this is what has happened. I've also read about many people not recommending the game to their clan etc due to the rocket issues.