Galm, check this out!
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steamcommunity.comPosted Jan 8, 2016, 11:24 PM UTC
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steamcommunity.comIm confused by this post. Do you mean Galm the youtuber, the ace combat galm...?
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TLDR: "Why can't my tank with no AA defense take down aircraft? This is unbalanced!"
The peasant tears haven't been this strong since lolpods at launch
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For the same reason your esf can't have both an excellent anti air nose gun and the one of the best tank busting secondaries... Oh wait.
Simple fact is that esf's are too powerful because they multi role too well with a single person. The equivalent situation would be if an mbt could have a skyguard turret on top and the driver didn't need to stop to switch weapons.
Like I've said before, if they adjusted esfs to only carry one weapon system at a time then the weapons themselves would be better balanced, and there would be fewer issues with ground farmers and A2AM lockons.
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No fighter will ever be caught dead without a gun if it's designer knew anything of the Vietnam War. While this is a game and gameplay mechanics do have bearing over some aspects of realism, removing guns from fighters practically means they cease to be fighters. So that's pretty much not an option.
Remove wing mounts then? Okay, that gets rid of things ground peasants hate and missiles skyknights hate. Which only further leads to those skynights easily dominating the skies now since their weapon of choice and expertise is the only useable thing now, making the air game shitty for all but a relative few. And say AI noseguns stay, now infantry still have something to worry about, to a lesser degree, but still speciailzed against them, and it only now has the option of fuel tanks and runs away real fast. Only ground vehicles really come out of this feeling happier. And we haven't even touched libs.
And speaking of libs, why are people so much more fine to be killed in their vehicle by a lib than an ESF? One is tankier and has more firepower, one has less but still considerable firepower but is all about speed. If any changes to ESFs made Libs the only true A2G option and those started wrecking shit on the ground, what do you think people will bitch about next?
I can go back and forth with the concepts and likely outcomes and debate those all day, but even then, the fact remains that there is little to no chance DBG would completely remove wing mounts on ESFs since those are potentially paid for weapons. Any change pretty much has to work around that necessary evil now.
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91 shit posts? Anything choice in there?
I stopped reading after a few posts since none of them grasp the balance issue