2:01 am, July 29, 2014
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Why arty is permanently broken
No other class has been repeatedly nerfed as much as arty, though no class is nearly as broken as arty. Arty has no place in pubs, it only fits into CW to break up turtle strats, it has no where else in this game.
It's broken by its mechanics make ithave alow skill ceiling required to be effective, andbreaks rules that all other tanks have to follow
Thing tanks and arty have in common:
- Knowledge of popular and important spots of maps
- repositioning, barely
- not damaging allies
- leading targets
- blind fire
- proper shell selection if AP/HEAT can be loaded
Tanks have to deal with all this:
- vision mechanics
- angling
- weakspot knowledge, places you can overmatch, shot traps
- enemy reload times, alpha, and pen
- how fastallies and enemies can flex?
- and everything else above
All arty has to do is click and not hit allies, move a little. Rinse and repeat. I haven't played arty since 8.6 first game 5.4k damage without an issue, it's so easy cause of its low ceiling of skill required and needs to be changed now. Just nerfing it won't solve the problem, it needs a massive mechanics change and if that doesn't fix it, just remove it. It's cancer, bad for gameplay, ruins tier 10 where its the worst. Before anyone says learn to play arty safe, even if you are, you're hoping arty can't hit you, won't splash you. It's impossible to counter with real tanks and unlike regular tanks that MUST have a direct LoS to damage a tank, arty doesn't. Also, it has influence everywhere on the map and isn't confined to 1 section or a few cross fire if you position well in a regular tank.Broken and must be changed now
I haven't played a single arty game since 8.6 and am glad, but seriously, first game is this? Arty takes skill yo
Spoiler
and I just threw a brand new crew in it.
was so boring, easy, and [edited]ridiculous how much damage and influence I had on the battle. Tried other arty, again absolutely no issue getting over 3k damage. Completely broken.
Arty has so many less factors it has to deal with than real tanks requiring low skill ceiling to play it effectively, it has to be changed so it requires some actual skill and if that can't be done, remove it and compensate the players who own them.
TL;DR: REMOVE_CANCER_FROM_THE_GAME
