TLDR :: the eldar are an annoying race by nature. people will always be annoyed on the receiving end of SH, WS, SS, DR(reaper launcher) since they all use cheesy mechanics(mostly true to lore) to get their kills. As an LSM main i never cancelled queues against eldar even when things were at thier worst .... and i would say they are not the most annoying faction right now either ..... but the eldars play style will always be "somewhat annoying" their entire stych is annoying run and gun and so hard to catch theme they have going will always rub some players the wrong way just like their insane range and weapon power in TT. some people just dont want to put up with it. If i was to hazard a guess .... i would say they are slightly under powered right as of now .... that being said i personally believe at present the balance that exists is artificial they didn't resolve any of the root cause problems with LSM or Orks or CSM they just slapped a slight TTL increase bandaide on LSM and CSM(kinda debatable if CSM needed it) and have "fixed the ork animations"(its either glitchy or they didnt fix them as much as they think they did.) all the weapons that are malfunctioning on LSM are still malfunctioning .... Chaos still has everything we have plus more, and it still feels like Orks have a sick advantage in melee from thier fierce attacks and heavy trait. because they didn't mechanically fix anything .... they just added EHP to both SM factions and reduced EHP on orks its a tenuous balance that wont last. The trinket they gave was by and large no improvement to CSM or LSM as it costs too much just like ALL THE GEAR that isnt weapons .... the only thing i think that accurately affected a real problem in the game is the increase in armor for the armor items ..... its a step in the right direction but most defensive items are very LP inefficient and or completely unviable on normal loadouts. The reaper launcher if they finally undid its unintended nerf as they said should be just as cheesy as the PC again ... a lot of the melee glitches with eldar have in my opinion been smoothed out ... they still exist but happen a lot less, so a lot of their "OPness" has slowly died off as the melee glitches were resolved... im still really unhappy playing against thier tanks especially as a power fist user .... melta is killing everything too fast but other antivehicle weapons are almost useless against the eldar .... and with the clunky movement and slow acceleration of LSM CSM and Orks avoiding getting run over is really hard, so is getting your PF hit to count and actually stun the vehicle instead of passing through or playing the stun animation but the vehicle keeps moving and runs you over .... Theres also the fact that a LOT of the more vocal eldar in the forums were quite rude .... saying git gud to LSM when thier gearset is still pretty much the same as CSM but CSM has more or when they where running around one shotting in melee with like 4 classes and winning with the highest TK numbers. Im sure right now the very reverse is being experienced by eldar players and the cycle repeats itself its a sad sight to behold i feel.
but this also happens to though @Asheru it could very well be a glitch that causes it but the storm bolter is not reliable .... i have myself done 3 quick bursts to the head and got a down, but ive also unloaded whole clips to no avail against standing stationary targets at 5 m. http://plays.tv/video/57fdb2db77f9d53ed3/so-many-rounds-required-?from=user that particular down took longer than the other videos revengence entire time for the 3 quick kills on the marines .... and quite a few of my hits where head shots probably 4-5 the rest of the 13 were center of mass and i still had to hit them again later in the foot(lol) to get the down
True I have had some get the drop on me a couple times. Of course as a space wolf that's all I'll admit.
I'm sorry brothers, for I am about to speak some serious heresy here... The last couple patches have more or less dealt with the majority of Eldar shenanigans, but at the same time been given very little in return. We now have Eldar weakened enough that balance wise, they've probably become the weakest faction. Don't get me wrong, I'm not painting the Eldar as victims, I still froth at the mouth the moment a Wave serpent cuts through an entire squad with ease and little chance of any retaliation, then having that AGGRAVATING Orange peal get out of said WS and proceed do awful things to our Rhinos. But with the addition of our Armor buff and general server improvements, we now have survivability on par with Eldar speed. It's given us, even with meager/average accuracy, the ability to either kill or prolong the fight long enough for squad mates to intervene. When you start to introduce the Vengence SB and Plasma gun, the Eldar start to really suffer, the Dire Avengers in particular really got the short end of the stick. There isn't much reason to cite melee, its broken for everyone... I will say this however, unlike the 3 other factions, the Eldar don't have the benefit of the absurdity that is JPA's. Banshee's, Warlocks and Scorpions at the very least have to run over to you before they dance around and spray glitter on your corpse. Overall we should be a little gracious and lay off the Eldar a tad, most of them are pretty decent peeps and will actually provide friendly banter after the game... Unlike the many cheesy AC and PC chaos players, those people are the true cancer in this game
As a LSM and CSM main player i agree OP.. Imo, Orks are far more broken in this game than Eldar, Eldar are what all races should be bench marked at, What annoys me the most is Eldar don't try to hide their OP bs like the Ork players do Daily..
Yeh reason why i quit to playing as eldar was space marines crying lv is so high, i can call it op. most of games are now lsp vs csm, right? enjoy
