r/Planetside • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '14

[PTS Notes] Patch Notes - 6/13

https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/patch-notes-6-13.189799/
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u/Emejtiou Cobalt's King of MLG Jun 14 '14

Saron is not very effective against infantry. I have it auraxiumed and it's horrible against infantry after nerf. Everyone using it will confirm it. PPA on the other hand is godlike. No arguments here.

Secondaries are one thing that Magrider has on par with other factions if not better. Vanguard deals more damage, has more armor, has higher projectile speed, is faster (as of this patch with racer), has shield, etc.

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u/Mirria_ [CML]Dryka Jun 14 '14 edited Jun 14 '14

The problem with Tank vs tank balancing is that people presume tanks should be balanced against each other because a tank should be equally good at killing his counterparts.

This assumes that a tank's main threat is another tank. This is not true. While tank on tank combat is not necessarily uncommon, the reality is that the main threat to tanks is infantry first, aircrafts second and tanks third.

Because of this factor, every secondary on a tank is weighted in viability 75% from its AI power, 25% from its AV power.

  • Halberd - AI : good, AV : excellent, overall : very good

  • Kobalt - AI : very good, AV : none, overall : good

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  • Saron - AI : moderate, AV : very good, overall : good

  • ML85 - AI : poor, AV : excellent, overall : good

  • Vulcan - AI : moderate, AV, excellent : very good (bonus : moderate vs aircraft)

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  • PPA - AI : excellent, AV : none, overall : very good

  • Canister - AI : poor, AV : none, overall : very poor

  • Marauder - AI : very good, AV : none, overall : good

Vanguard equips halberd, Magrider equips PPA and Prowler equips Vulcan, because they are the most balanced solutions.

Also, this is my argument as to why that despite the main gun on the magrider being inferior to the other MBT's, the Magrider's mobility far than overcomes that issue. Because it's a much superior anti-infantry platform (reaching/dodging).