Profile of Romeo

the only death crit I don't like is main gun destroyed. If they replaced this with immobilized I think the system would be fine.

Apparently yes I can turn off just the ones from replies to my threads by clicking the giant button on the notifications screen.

BAR is viable once again. I'm also happy to report that double BARs in a WC51 can't wipe a retreating squad even if chasing across half the map. So the accuracy penalty there is quite meaningful.

Rifle blobs will definitely return, and I'll be joining them

Not that the standard counters don't still work perfectly well.

I was in the alpha so I got to test a lot of these changes firsthand. Still, even right up until release of the open beta many things changed.

First and completely foremost is the reduced input delay. It's absolutely amazing. Suddenly the game feels so smooth and responsive, it's unreal. All the improvements to squad behavior are completely spot on. Cover works more intuitively. The 'core' of the game is just so much tighter it's like heaven. No longer does some random guy stand out of cover. No longer does your whole squad do a weird dance before firing their weapon at the target. It's like I used to be playing blindfolded and now I can see.

Second is the bugfixes. Oh god the glorious bugfixes. Machine guns moving and setting up properly, WORKING IN BUILDINGS, retreating without stopping, abilities working how they're supposed to, it's practically too many to list (which is why we have the bug tracker ).

Third are the balance changes. I personally agree whole-heartedly with all of them, but I won't comment overly on them since I'm sure they'll all get their own threads in due time where they can be "discussed" further.

Also buildings seem more intuitive now. Stukas won't one shot them and they seem a little sturdier in general.

Above all, download and play for yourself and share your thoughts! The more people participate in this beta, the better it will be on launch day (next week?)

wow that was fast