What do you think of Assault only players?

I mean players like CEO Fadon, rustCLAN, Im BEASTIN Son who won't engage any player in a one on one encounter unless they have juice as a backup.

I for one like doing that sometimes to forum members who I know rage a lot, but just for fun though.

No comment.

Although, I was laughing my *** off the other night when Anastatius was playing Assault and would immediately retreat to his spawn ring/room when I hit him with 4 minigun rounds and took away 1/3 of his overheal. Those were some fun matches BTW.

I heard Apocalypse was a beast assault. Too bad he retired.

Those players probably won't last at RE ORC.

I have my opinions on those players, but they are just that. They are also subject to change.

In the general sense of "Assault only players" or really any of the one class wonders, I only have "meh." If someone wants to have a little fun and if they are decent enough at that class, then let them have it. If they want to branch out, then they will. If they payed their MS points to get access to 1/6th of the classes, their money not mine. There is nothing wrong with doing one thing and doing it in a way that you enjoy. And really, it can only make it easier for me because once I learn how to counter someone playing only one class (since they have proven that they do not have the ability to adapt their playstyle) I have them countered pretty much for the life of the game.

I wonder what Uber's intent was on the assault class.

That class is basically a Gunner v2 with tank and Assassin thrown in.

I don't think any of the meta game was intentional by Uber. Otherwise, the assassin class would be called the "lane" class.

Hard to say. Only way to estimate is to see what it was changed to on the PC version as it can only be assumed it was changed to bring it back in line to the way it was envisioned. I do not play the PC version or follow that forum so I do not know.

Lol, we all agreed to play Assault to annoy TOM since he was the only one on your team

an all assault team will have trouble vs a all support team

New and exciting

when did you discover this?

I disagree, as soon as a support steps outside his base he's feeding himself to the wolves. May be able to make a run for it with overheals, but then what? Can't setup a firebase against 6 assault rifles. The best a support team could do against an assault team is make a stacked base and hold them off until overtime - and we all know what happens then.

All Support vs all Assault 6v6 coming soon

Now that I think about it, I feel like you're right. I think they had a plan with balancing classes and trying to cover all their bases in the game, but not thoroughly.

It's funny how well it worked out. A lot of games can be balanced, but then exploited in a highly competitive scene, but I feel this is the opposite. Pubs can be exploited if you really wanted to, but privates are surprisingly balanced. The only thing they really fucked up was the custom options in private matches, and the matchmaking system.


as far as assault players, I'm indifferent about them. The only one that ever annoyed me was Xenonox back in the day. A lot of times he had a support running with him so it was tough. Nobody else really posed a big enough threat in pubs. I know how easy it is to control the game as an assault, and how easy it is to "out-play" someone since your mobility is ridiculous.

Pub Assault vs PM supports?

They're easily countered by a good enough sniper or a good enough tank as long as they aren't partied up. I've gone tank and beat up on CEO Fadon, The Lost Legacy, Beatdown, and plenty of other pub assaults without any assistance and without host. You just have to be able to pin them back while you push bots, and you know they won't risk dying to keep you from dropping their moneyball.

And where's Chron to convince people that a team of 6 supports is dominant?

I think a team of supports could easily win over a team of assaults. They might get out-slayed, but really the favor is in the supports. 6 hacked fire bases, multiple air strikes, and a team of constantly over-healed supports pushing in is devistating. There's no real way to clear them out quickly or cleanly, and that goes for the firebases.

Fix'd.

rustclan plays support as well as assault so i wouldnt consider him a dedicated pub assault

I believe you somewhat missed the point.

I've seen Fadon play Support and BEASTIN play Tank.