Ship balancing

1. Rovio, you have neglected speeder. Since the agility update to the teal update, speeders have been directly/indirectly nerfed every update. Why play speeder when enforcer is a better version? Any ideas to improve the ship? Or is it ok the way it is?

2. Shooter. Shooter is undeniably the most popular ship, with over 50% use. (According to Baystats) The 5 weapon slots are way too OP. I'm seeing games where all ships are shooter and any ship caught in the cannon fire are sunk in a few seconds. The health is also high, so it takes a while to sink it and the speed is surprisingly fast. Any ideas for balancing shooter?

Shooter users, feel free to debate this.

 

Shooter would be OP if it had 6 weapon slots...but unfortunately it only has 5.

BB rewards damage and people like guns....so I'd argue Shooter usage rate doesn't necessarily correlate to it being perceived as OP.

 

I am not opposed to shooter being shooty. Maybe the issue is more that the Shooter can have 10k+ hp. Speeders and enfos have less hp, but with aiming, splash, sheer luck etc, people do not seem to have any issue with hitting the yellow boats. Shooter is best of all worlds, instead of just being good at one thing.

I agree with @envylife about Shooter usage rate. I'd also point out that it is also the first boat you get, and so people put a lot of energy into leveling it first, which results in it being their main ship.

A lot going on with multiple types of weapons and number of slots, complete balancing is very difficult if not impossible. I would like to see frost make an appearance which will help yellow slotted ships a lot.

 

Speeders get 10k+ HP as well considering they have the Same blue slots as a Shooter, they just choose to use a bandage, which is why it looks like they have significantly less, but it's far from the case with a Bandage, and the ability to strap on a Tesla Shield

Enforcers get nearly 10k HP and can throw on two Tesla Shields, and/or Nitro/OB/TB for further protections.

Seems fair that Shooter gets a little more HP to make up for lack of speed or TS / TB protection. They are sitting ducks.

 

Can you add fixer in the poll?

 

Done

 

Are there even yellow event perks? If there is, shooter has 5 weapons and can fully utilise the red item perks.

 

Shooters have atleast 3k more health than Speeders. When the telsa shield breaks speeders are stunned.. with no way to defend themselves.. with all the event peaks speeders are easier to sink, hit, stun, set fire..etc.. I cant vouch for enforcers they have higher agility. Double shields and an extra weapon.. but speeders are definitely getting screwed.. 1 strong mine that I boost into could end me or leave me vulnerable to be shot shotted.

 

I mean I'm end game and still have this problem.. I was just in nightmare league few days ago. All these other ships are getting OP

 

I dont really do events often.. I dont agree with the constant grind.. I have a life to live outside BB.. I cant sit eight hours a day for a perk

 

But you see that contradiction here.. this game is telling players to play a specific way.. I cant get close and to do real damage. And I only have two item slots. So if I'm distant I have fewer opportunities to actually hit the enemy.. I cant use telsa sheild or I'll get stunned.. and I gotta be careful when I use nitro cause mines are everywhere

 

Gotchu.. yeah its messed up.. they should make another league for the elite elite..and stop resetting everyone infamy to 4k so I'm not matched up with them.

 

In the recent 2v2 event, it seemed like Shooters were dominating, and I found Shooter teams to be extremely OP. That’s profoundly wrong, because 2v2 is an area where Speeders should shine, and even the, now defunct, Tesla Bolt ought to have a chance at being useful... but the odds are just stacked too heavily in Shooters favour.

Even with stun, I just didn’t have enough firepower to make it a fair fight, and with Shooters being able to stack burst damage weapons, I could easily find myself crippled before the first stun bolt even landed. I was completely dependent on my Shooter teammate to carry all the damage. Shooters with half my infamy (and often inferior gear/training) were consistently doing double what I can do in terms of damage.

 

I am no expert but I think for Speeder only one Style is viable that is Hit N Run. And personally I think its Fair Enough. Speeders who hit u and run n come back hit again are Nightmare