as an' Ork main I too iz sittin' out until we get fixed! For now, I'm just gonna be wiff da eldar pansies, cuz SPESE MEHREENZ 're too generic
I'm pretty much done with the patch myself. Playing anything but the Loota is met with horrible horrible failure, and when I play the loota, I feel bad because of how out out-of-balance it feels. The only time I really die is when I'm going against another heavy weapon or when I zone out and someone sneaks up behind me. And even when comes up behind me, it's not certain death for me! I just face them, D-Bash and hold left-click on their face. 80% of the time they die or run. I feel like I'm playing a flow chart, not a video game.
A good example can be found in Zoran's video. Now, I know he is a skilled guy but look how fast the Orks die. If you watch the video from 1:45 you see exactly what I talk about: Orks are literally unable to hit him. In many cases he walks next to them and they do not even shoot him, like if he was invisible. At a certain point you can also see him warping (animation glitch?)
I was on the other side of one of those matches. Zorans banshee and the warlock supporting him were teleporting around.
I feel like the orks are being balanced around the WAAAGH!!! mechanic right now so we're gimpy till it kicks in and then we're put on equal footing while it's active. To be honest we feel like a fodder race. bE said multiple times they don't want the orks to be a fodder race yet it's like they are being designed on a gameplay level to be a fodder race. I suggest dropping the WAAAGH!!! mechanic for now and focus more on balancing the orks to be on par with the other races and once that is done see what you could do to make the mechanic fit like only reducing spawn time by 50% or so while active. I just don't like feeling weak till the mechanic kicks in.
The basic shootah is very precise and has an amazing dps, I outgun all marines with it. You should play more than 7 hours before blaming the balance of the game imo.
Well, I've got 52 hours in and, to me, the balance feels absolutely horrid. The only thing that seems to be successful at all is Loota, and that's just oppressive to the point I think it needs toned down. It is important to note that I haven't played a Shoota boy (Edit: in this patch), but rather pretty much everything but. I'll need to try it if I can work up the will to play this game before the next patch.
When someone says you need 3 shootah to kill an eldar, yes, I think it's that kind of issue. This weapon has a slightly better dps than a bolter and twice as much bullets without any mods. I just played a game as a rank 2 shootah boy. All I read was complaint about balance in the chat meanwhile I had twice as much kills (28) as the second best player and the vast majority of players had little to no kills and I spent half my playtime dodging friendly fire and friendly grenades. I think has the same problem SM used to have: a lot of new players start with this faction. If you want proof that the shootah is absolutely deadly and can destroy any class from any faction I can just record a bit of gameplay and post it there. At least you'll be able to tell me how my experience is different than most people's and help me understand what's going on.
Then congratulations you're better than about 95% of the player base and/or an anomaly. Every other player is claiming the exact opposite of you. Also all you offer is anecdotal evidense when the ork win rate shows other wise. Of course under preforming shoota obviously the only issue but it isn't helping.
