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Reposting this since it's been personally requested more than once: (Please note - info is old, most is probably still relevant, but some specifics will not be) (second note - there's a scion guide, a beginner's guide, and an expert guide in the same folder that I don't think I ever published. ) I j...

Shiren the wanderer.

Best DS game out there... It's a graphical roguelike, and has *masses* of depth.

I accept much of what you say about the current setup of the game.But it is clear to me that to claim empty cancelling is a balance fix is just so horribly wrong, It gives a huge advantage to those least in need of it. You contradicted yourself without even ending a sentence. You clearly don't unde...

Nk1: The size of the map isnt' so important, this tends to be the model of the game regardless of the size of map being played. However, the presence or absence of a base pool *does* massively effect the strategy of the game. Al my posts in this thread have been based on the assumption that a pool i...

I'm not surprised that Sly feels they are overpowered. Iguana also feels that way, and I used to feel the same. It was only through extensive playing with 1.3 assault blast walkers that I came to understand the end-game implications it had for the ISDF vs scion matchup. The trouble is, it's *very* h...

I really wanted to give up on this thread. It's like arguing mathematics with an astrologer. However, the massive inaccuracy of some more of your points compelled me to retort, again. I'm sorry. :( "the battle" is mostly missing from allot of strat games, A few dogfights, one team gets the...

The same thing goes for a massive array of BZ2 skills. Should we remove nose-down speed increases? How about removing quick weapon cycling? What about removing the ability to shoot the bomb out of the air? If a tactic is not immediately apparent to a beginner, that should absolutely not be a reason ...

So in sum, the empty recycling game mechanic is essential to inter-race balance in BZ2? Would the balance then be stacked in favor of the ISDF if both teams agreed not to recycle empties in the game? I think that this is something that is worth trying out, for certain. Yeah. And by 'stacked in favo...

Subject: Openning a can of worms ISDF V SCION fair? vote on it I just cannot believe that the amount of scrap returned by one ship when its build is cancelled, is so important to an experienced player, most want it gone, its an annoyance to have to do it. Making out that its some critical element o...

Hey, haven't seen you in a while. I really don't think anyone is trying to "burn a hole" in bz2. Why must we argue? We don't argue, we discuss. I also don't think that anyone is trying to burn a hole in BZ2. The key word here, though, is 'trying'. Just because everyone wants the best for ...

Better we fix the stock, and people who really want unbalanced annoying exploit ridden games make their own variants with as many as they see fit. At least if its called the "build cancelling variant" then new players will get some idea of what they are supposed to do in order to be able ...

I don't understand why this has recently become an issue that people feel needs to be looked into... It has become an issue, because it has become widely used as a way of gaining a big scrap advantage. It is not there by design, it is a careless accident in the assets. Most of us feel the game woul...

DF: In your opinion, would Scions still be balanced if the 20 scrap return for recycling empty scouts was reduced to 10? (ISDF would have a similar reduction from 15 to 10). It seems to be popular for Scion players to turtle in their base with 2 pools and recycle empties these days. I've answered t...

Hence why Sentries are so rarely used, when you need them, they're nearly worthless. By the time they get Gauss, you could build a Warrior with Gauss and more armor or go higher in the tech tree. Sentires can be very useful, and the less people in the game, the more potent sentries are. In a 1v1 or...

Bummer, I never realized that the Scions had such a disadvantage in 1.3? It does sound like some balance issues need to be made They don't have a disadvantage, just a vastly different playstyle. Scions can build their base on less pools, but ISDF, with a single red pool, can churn out an indefinate...