Talk:Rogatka/@comment-27713305-20160310051748/@comment-2113065-20160310070106

Except we're talking about the stalker in the wrong manner. It can't be about being fair to the other light bots- they're all useless fairly early into the progression of the game.

The stalker isn't obscene and it does what it needs to- moves and survives.

Look at it from a game balance perspective- you don't get anywhere loading up on stalkers past, what, low silver? It plays a role, but the fact that it's worth including one of them in your 5 isn't broken. It's in a similar place to the Carnage that way- I plan to buy one because it's the best Trident vehicle that doesn't cost 5k gold but there's nothing wrong with it.

How many 3 Rhino hangers are there in Gold? Heck, they repowered Aphids in a manner that seems designed to impact Rhinos. They're not useless against as many things and they let mobile bots with light weapon slots have another tool in their arsenal.

I used to play a lot of Magic, and while counter spells and board wipes get hate they serve to balance the meta game- creature based decks can't just play out their entire hand and combo decks now have an answer.

Confusing dislike or arbitrary definitions of fairness for an actual game need is a misnomer. If we accept that th destrier is designed to be obsoleted, the other light bots could still use some love- a health and speed boost for the Shutze past level 4, a health boost for the Gepard, something for the Cossack, etc.

If what a Stalker can do seems unfair that's because it has to be able to do that stuff to be viable at all as things progress. Do you want this to be Walking Slugfest of Heavy and the Occasional Medium Robot, or Walking War Robots?