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@Devs: The Corvette problem is not as bad as it seems.

@Devs: The Corvette problem is not as bad as it seems.

It's really not at least not in Beta 2. I got frustrated the first time I played against them. Getting outmassed is annoying but it was a macro problem on my part. I've played both races a fair bit now and I do have to say the Advent have it worse than the TEC. This is mainly due to them having multiple options to actually defend against the Corvettes. Aside from flak I have found the Flak upgrade on hangers to be highly effective when defending building against small swarms, and alot of them against larger swarms works the same way. The Advent however only have their defense vessels.

 

Now as I said the Corvette problem is not as bad as it seems. But it is still a problem, they are not this horrendously overpowered unit that needs to be nerfed into the ground by putting them at tier 7 and upping all their cost by a ridiculous amount. They are actually a very easy fix to them. And I have offered multiple solutions before.

 

The First Solution is increase there Fleet Supply increasing this by 2 cuts the numbers that someone would originally have in half. They next solution is to nerf their movement speed, they are to fast that their counter cannot catch them. If they are harassing a system unless you are TEC(im going to assume Vasari static defense is the same as Trinity). You will be unable to defend against them. They are causing the same problem as mutalisk did in starcraft 2 only its worse. The TEC have flak on their Hangers. The Vasari and Advent have no counter to Corvette spam in their static defense.

 

To actually fix that problem just make Phasic Trap effect Corvettes. And give something to the Advent before game release(seriously their defense tree is so empty).

 

Another solution I thought of along time ago and others have thought of is make the battleship have some flak on them. This will help out the Kol and Radiance in becoming viable. And perhaps even make Flak Burst(The Kol Ability), Telekinetic Push, and Jam Weapons work on Corvettes. 

 

These are not a direct solution to them but it does help. And it doesn't require you to nerf Corvettes heavily either. They were introduced to this game and people are not used to them as they have changed the Metagame from LRF spam to Corvette Spam.

 

p.s: I'd also like for maybe anyone who post to add a subnote and say if you agree with this or not, but does late game tech need to have there prices reduced. I feel like this would speed up the game by a good margin.

 

Edit: This was posted in multiplayer and not rebellion o.O

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Reply #26 Top

is a 20 flak vs 50 corvette battle even efficient cost wise? 

 

The only impression I've gotten so far of corvettes is something the devs introduced just to make Rebellion have more content.  Nothing more than space filler.

 

IMO the only viable role for these things is some sort of early game rush/hit-and-run type of unit that gets massacred later on by higher tech units.  And I mean like MASSACRED. 

 

Like Rorke's Drift massacred when 150 british troops defeated a force of 4,000 African warriors.

Or the Battle of New Orleans when the US took 200 casualties and the British took around 2,000.

Or when you send 200 zerglings against 20 lurkers and you just end up with a massive pool of blood.

Reply #27 Top

NVM, I just read the release notes for the most recent updates....

Reply #28 Top

Corvettes as spam units are no longer an issue--they are pretty fixed.  They cost more and take more fleet supply--no more, "five for the price of one" deals.

Reply #29 Top

They're balanced pretty well now. Actually, I like current early game balance more than in Diplo. Got to wait for Vasa though.

Reply #30 Top

Quoting Mecha-Lenin, reply 29
They're balanced pretty well now. Actually, I like current early game balance more than in Diplo. Got to wait for Vasa though.

 

I like the early game to, feels more balanced and even on grounds now. But it also feels like Corvettes are only good earlygame now.