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[–]evrxEST US | O-ID: -Everex 0 points1 point  (1 child)


I definitely agree with no burn cards and that LTS, Hardpoint, and CTF are the viable competitive gametypes.

LTS: What do you mean by cheesy strategy? Something like all pilots going auto-titan in their spawn and then focus firing with 6 charge rifles from long range? Or because good pilots are way too effective at anti-titan after ejecting so it makes the matches less interesting?

CTF: I agree about regulating titan usage, but not sure how feasible it is to enforce during the game. I don't think it's possible to have different rulesets for titans/flags. I think it has to be an "everything is allowed" or "auto-titans only" rule. Otherwise, people are going to be skirting or accidentally breaking the rules all the time.

For example, if you kill someone who is rodeoing with the flag, the titan automatically picks up the flag (which would be an accidental foul in your "starter" ruleset).

On the other hand, a "no titans at all" rule has other downsides because the only way to replenish ammunition/ordanance, besides picking up a new gun, is to enter your titan. When defending on CTF, I do this often to lay down new explosives after they've been used.

Really, I wish the game would just not allow you to flag return or carry while piloting a titan...

[–]Torchx[CET] | O-ID: [Torchx][S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)


@LTS: Assuming the person knows what he is doing, certain maps can be broken by having 1-2 pilots exit their titan and charge rifling from positions they practically cannot be killed at, while the other titans block of the (very few) chokepoints so youre effectively doubling your dps, because most maps have so few routes that, at least in the beginning, 6 titans are superfluous. To that regard, just suiciding in with nukes and then playing pilot only is equally as efficient.
Now one might say those are just tactical options, it pretty much defeats the whole concept of Last Titan Standing, but that's only my opinion.

@CTF: That's right, I didn't even think of that - you can indeed pick up the flag WHILE in a titan without ill in the end, there's no way to regulate titan usage, which makes CTF just "broken" in my eyes in it's current state. And yes, I don't like "no titans" because it's "Titanfall", if you don't use your titans, it's a bit weird...on the other hand, I can only recommend that everybody try out CTF without Titans and tell me what they think...I think it's a lot more fun, actually, with way more tense and clutch situations than just "run-as-far-with-your-titan-as-you-can-and-if-you-die-auto-eject-across-the-whole-map-into-the-flagroom" :/ .