You’re another who uses that term, and I really don’t think it applies as they are asking directly what you think could change a match, in any way, to make things better.
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If we are getting any asymmetric combat, I want it to be based off of historical lineups and encounters, not some odd mix of buffs/nerfs.
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And i said thats loaded question, one that would need long and complex answer which im really not feeling typing out at 2 AM.
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You can say it’s a loaded question, but it really isn’t…
They’re actively asking you what change could be made to anything, as I said. Name one thing you’d change and add to make a match ‘work’.
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On this angle alone, I’ve ALWAYS wanted overtime. So many matches are so tight that it’s actually a few more seconds and it would’ve been a different outcome. Even if there was a time/tickets added to add another 5 or 10 mins on the match.
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No.
Asymmetry is what destroyed this game in the beginning to begin with, and we don’t need to repeat that.
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I enjoy KRABB_NATION’s custom games with similar-ish buffs/rules, it’d be cool as a rotating official event centered around historical or alt-historical scenarios.
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Not a fan.
The idea is nice but I feel like it would need work.
The UK ability is the major stick out, how would you decide where the airstrike takes place, who controls it? Also once you get above 3.0 where tanks become less vulnerable to smaller bombs and spaa/fighters become more potent, the already slow swordfish (regardless of its mark 1 or 2) would probably fail to do anything.
Same with Japan, what planes as well?
I would probably swap out at least one of the aircraft buffs for reduced fighter plane sp costs.
Also what would France, Italy, China, Sweden and Israel get?
true, we’ll actually give the uk 52 sword fish.
jk lol. But anyhow, these were just quick examples to get the general idea across. Would you have any recommendations/ideas for any of these national buffs?
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I was potentially thinking the UK aircraft could still use the bombing run but it’s much smaller (1-4 depending on aircraft) and depending on br and points (similar to air arcade air battles), that’s the aircraft used (including Swordfish, Hampden, Firefly, Brigand, Mosquito for light attack and Canberra, Shackleton, Lincoln, Wellington, Lancaster and Buccaneer for heavier attacks).
For Japan, probably just a flat sp drop for fighters which ideally more significant than the USA buff but it wouldn’t apply to strike or bomber aircraft to balance it out.
Maybe Italy gets reduced so cost for light vehicles?
This is simply stereotyping of nations’ militaries. It’s unhistorical, and cliche. If an asymmetrical mode were to be designed, realism would need to be an essential element for most players to even consider such a mode.
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Well said.
It is loaded question in regards to proposed “national bonuses” or even deepening the asymmetrical aspect of the game in general. Way I see it, there would need to be several changes at once in order to introduce these “national bonuses” without breaking the game.
Unless, of course, hes asking what could be changed about game in general and not neccesarily in relation to the “national bonuses” or asymmetrical aspect.
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This is Gaijin we are talking about.
“National bonuses” would be thus:
Nation A would get a fantastic bonus with a laughable penalty to “balance” it
Nations B, C, and D would get a useful, direct bonus with an inconsequential penalty to “balance” it
Nations E, F, G and H would get an extremely circumstantial bonus with a noticeable penalty to “balance” it
Nation I would get a laughable bonus where the balancing penalty is so harsh it might as well just be a national nerf across the board
Nation J would get a bugged bonus that doesn’t work right for at least 2 full patch cycles while its balancing penalty works perfectly, conveniently…
So no.
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Just to expand on what you wrote:
Imagine Japan getting to spawn 4 thai gripens at once controlled by single player. And to make it even more ridiculous, in ground RB it would still cost the same as spawning one gripen.
Compared to US getting a 30% discount on spawning one plane. Hell, the US bonus would be useless for ARB.
I know for sure which nation I would pick.
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That’s not what a loaded question is…
It’s more like if the CAS haters came into a thread and were all ‘Well, what are you going to do in a TANK against a PLANE?!’ and that old move they do when you’ve said something, then they come back saying ‘Oh, since you said this, then you must agree with this?!’ nonsense.
Either way it touches several complex issues that would deserve standalone topic on their own (and some already have such topic) and to compress them into single answer is not what I feel like doing.
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This is what the thread is for though, the guy is looking for angles and ideas.
Then you shouldn’t have posted at 2am to avoid contributing after just flat out saying no.