lion37 wrote: Rolando, is anything being done to solve the problem of Heli spam?

I am currently involved in a team game of Penninsula where my team holds 17 bases (vs. 7 bases for the other team).
We have a massive lead and should by all rights easily win.

But the other team has a Sap player and is spamming Heli's.
Because of the terrain, we cannot deploy our units in any manner that can stop them.
It looks like they are going to win the game.

These type of experiences (which have become more common) are very frustrating and make we want to find a new game to play.

  rolando wrote:
I'm curious about that game you speak of. Putting aside this issue with Heli spam for a moment, if a player uses a strategy for defense that is effective in keeping the opponent at bay and possibly turn the tide of the match would it be seen as a sort of "cheat"? Some players use a strategy with Titans where they build a solid defense and slowly move them across the map to eventually win the game. Would that be considered a cheat?

  rolando wrote:
What I am saying is, when you start a match part of the strategy is anticipating your enemy's movements and possible strategies, even if it is spamming helicopters. Lets say in your team game one of your teammates is Sapien and the opponent has a Sapien player (or Khralean player). You could anticipate the opponent will have air power. So what can you do? One strategy could be to work with your team and allow your Sapien teammate to capture more bases than the rest of the group to obtain more credits, thereby providing air support faster.

  rolando wrote:
Now, about your game, if your opponents have 7 bases in Peninsula, at 100 credits/base that team only generates 700 credits per round. So unless that Sap player has 5 of those bases he/she can only generate a Heli every other turn. Even so, if that team is working together to protect that Sapien in order to build up air power even with that credit limitation then why should they not have a chance at

  rolando wrote: (cont...)

That was my opinion on the issue in general. I'm sure we can all get into a discussion about this...

Back to the question at hand. No decision has been made yet regarding the Helicopters, but we do agree the Titans could use some modification... via the Engineer perhaps? Stay tuned while we come up with a decision.

The Speeder is less useful than the Marauder, and the Eclipse, though good, is less useful than the Helicopter. I think either the Eclipse or (preferably) the Speeder should be changed to a fairly robust (the family trait of the Titans) air unit. Alternatively, if each race were to get an extra unit, for the Titans this could be a good air unit. It is hard to balance maps if one race totally lacks air capability.