This is not a whine thread, just an observation thread: TA's can now take the new grenade bundles that CSM now have same as LSM. TA's can take a Melta Bomb TA's can cap points GA's cannot take grenade bundles GA's cannot take Melta Bombs GA's cannot cap points GA's can take a shield(and the shield can be useful, but also completely worthless in situations so it's hard to quantify) Asymmetrical balance is a thing I'm totally ok with, however in my own personal opinion, I'm failing to see why GA's are being denied at least one of the grenade options right now.
Probably because JPA don't have grenade bundles, since GA is just a JPA without jump, where as TA is a Traitor that traded range for melee.
I know the technical reasons, but we need to break that because it doesn't make sense anymore for this game. I mean if we're going this route, then JPA's need to have access to Stormshields now(which is a thing in TT anyway).
Isn't Storm Shield an option for Vanguard Veterans, not standard JPA? Either way, shields on a jump class is probably too much. Give GA the Melta Bomb or Krak bundles for AV.
Give them melta bombs, they will never take it because muh loadout points but I can take a fist and bomb on them too at least, no to krak bundles because they are more lp effective but a single one and melta is fine by me.
To be honest I don't mind the asymmetric state of balance between these two classes. I'm more annoyed that the shieldbro's class symbol is a shield when he can decide to not equip it.
GAs can't take melta bombs?! Shows you how much I play LSM. Yea I don't see why they shouldn't be able to take those at least.
I'm sure it has to do with their coding being tied to JPA like TA's are pseudo tied to Traitors. JPAS used to be able to take Meltas, they took that away so it probably did the same to GA. However it shouldn't be a big deal to give GA Meltabomb without giving it to JPAS as they can already code Stormshields to be GA exclusive and not show up on JPA loadout options.
I feel TA and GA have some of the worst possible gear options. They get ripped off on the price of the shield and the prices for their wargear. They get no special discounts on Stamina when they should BOTH actually have 3 stamina by default for FREE. They get no special discounts on durability gear. They have no mobility advantages vs ranged classes.
