Well it's a test to see if it would work, as an addition to the fast>heavy>bash thingy, and i think (IMO) that it does make some sense, but that's just an opinion
New Eldar stats are problematic for me as I'm not feeling any optimization benefits either and thus being more fragile combined with lower frame rates is an experiment in frustrated forbearance. Respecting the NDA, of course. The Lasblaster is the Tickle Me Elmo of weapons. I respect that SH are meant to be harassment and distraction, but this isn't harassment it's spam email. SH grenades don't deploy cleanly during flight and on foot can only be thrown about 1/2 the normal distance. SH flight pitch is too severe still. Mellow and controllable is better. MoN are also comparatively better. Great. Eldar VA is doubtless not a priority and I respect that. I do not like it as it stands but that's all. Always good to see progress of course; fight on.
Word Bearers: I like to think of the voice as "Starscream". I liked the original one done by houman where he said "There is only one truth, and it is chaos" - most awesome Chaos taunt, hardly ever hear it which is sad. I haven't checked Night Lords yet, will defiantly be giving that a go when I get home.
The issue with survivability is not low overall TTK, its that i don't feel much difference from any survivability wargear i am equipping. When i go full tank mode, i am still being killed by 5 plasma gun rounds, like, dear Dark Gods It is good thing that hp was reduced allowing for melee duels to last significantly shorter then they used to(though power fist 1-shotting anything with any gear from fast attack from any angle is a bit too much IMO) or otherwise melee would be completely screwed this patch. I am still missing any point in playing GA compared to other melee classes. You can't really close the gap with 5 shots needed to kill and without life leech to heal you after you closed it. One of the worst patches for melee ever(though incorporating new evade attack feature might change cards to some extent). Though good point to use plasma pistols in actual duel with insanely huge TTK on them(7 torso, i believe)
Any ETA on the next wipe? I don't want to level my Eldar up to level "4.9" just to have it wiped before the achievement Night Lords = Awesome VO (but I already knew that) Anyhow, the Eldar a bloody easy to kill now, and a good chuck of our classes can't unlock the Wargear for the second slot And the Avenger Shuriken Catapult is really really bad against Tyranids now, which is not how I remember it. Though this could be cause by immense lag from playing on the US servers again.
Yeah, we're trying it out. Sprint attacks and evade attacks currently interrupt the Defense Bash, although they don't punish it like strong attacks. It definitely helps the opening of combats be a little more interesting with the sprint attack not bouncing off, but since the Sprint Attack is currently using the same animation as the Evade Attack we changed both. I think ideally we would keep the Sprint Attack interrupting Defense Bashes, but having the Evade Attack break them might be a little too spammy.
Thanks for the feedback! Swooping Hawks and Howling Banshees aren't supposed to be out yet so most of their stuff has barely been tuned (we rather wish no one on live had seen them in this state). As for the rest though we'll be improving the Eldar survivability and upping the effects of wargear.
Not 100% sure when the next wipe will be. I personally think we should wipe a lot more often to clear out some issues with persistent characters but that's just me. I don't think the Tyranid health or Shuriken Catapult damage have changed since the UAT build, so I'd be surprised if it were actually worse. Whenever we've played PvE with the Eldar (like we did on Twitch last week), they've done quite well.
