I hate Last Stand,

Yeahhh, it can be a pain to deal with.

Can't wait for the 10k Au Advanced Last Stan next year

The one thing in the next update I am truly excited for is that the beacon bar will show who has Last Stand beforehand and when it'll activate. Not sure if it will fix everything, but it should make a big difference.

This screenshot is from an old test server video. Presumably it will look the same once it hits the live server. It doesn't show how long Last Stand will last but you can get a sense of that from how high the HP for the activation threshold is.

Couldn't disagree more on keeping Last Stand hidden. Much of what makes it such a problem now is that you don't know someone has it until after you've fully committed to going in for the kill. Then you can't retreat in time, especially if they have lockdown weapons. Once you can see who has it, you can just plan your attack around it, same as with the ability of Greek bots or stealth bots, etc. Even maxed it lasts barely longer than a Nemesis shield and it can only be used one time, so it's actually not that big a problem, as long as it isn't a total surprise. It's not that I am defending invincibility here, it's just that the game is already chock full of it.

I actually think it's likely that this will result in players who have Last Stand being targeted MORE, just like Ares and Ao Juns now get prioritized as targets. Players will want to activate the enemy Last Stand while there is still some distance between them, so they don't have to deal with the invincibility up close. And one big problem with team matches is it's often hard to tell who the top players in a match are. The guys who have to be focused on with a group effort or they'll just rampage through your team. Clan tags can sometimes help, and some names you learn to recognize (if you play enough), but a lot of times it is a guessing game, especially on the Asia server or the like. Seeing who has maxed Last Stand just by scanning the enemy health bars will help people figure out how to deploy. One thing in fact that I think (not sure) is missing is that you can't tell who on your team has it. Also, you can't tell if a Loki has it if they always stay in stealth, which is totally bogus.

Don't agree either that modules (passive or active) should be hidden. We have this barely useful HUD display now in the upper-right corner. Would be great if it gave a readout of all the modules and skills equipped to a bot, not just what's active. Maybe even armor and weapons levels too. It's pretty absurd that we need to memorize clan and player names to try and figure out who's MK2 maxed, etc.

I disagree.  When you go to war (or war games), you don't write in big letters what your gears are capable of.  Those should be kept as the top of the top secrets.  Surprise is a part of tactics and showing everything out will wipe many parts of it.  It's like playing poker with all hands shown. 

With modules, skills, and gears shown, the part of guessing/mind game will be gone.  E.g., bluffing as if you have (or don't have) Quantum Radar to prevent an Ao Jun from approaching (or lure one to get closer). 

When everything is shown, all you need to do is just optimization given the information.  Imo, that will further reduce fun and skill levels.  

This isn't war though or even poker where anyone has the same chance to draw any card. It's a melee where players can't communicate with each other and can barely coordinate. The best analogy wouldn't even be barbarian warfare but random gladiators who get thrown as a group into the ring. That's really what arena games are - gladiator matches. And then you can't tell who is who. Normally in gladiator example, it's obvious who is the biggest guy with the best armor. But in War Robots, a MK2 12 Invader with maxed Last Stand, Heavy Armor Modules and Advanced Repair Unit equipped, looks just the same as any other Invader. And the guys in those don't care if you're bluffing, they just run you over. They also have an extra advantage because they tend to remember the smaller pool names of the players that can kill their uber-bots. Even if they don't they can plow their way through the field until they figure it out. All of which is demoralizing to players with lower-level gear. I get the part about bluffing you have Quantum Radar, but outside that example, I'm not so sure. IMO hidden power benefits maxed players most of all, and they're the guys who need it the least

Last Stand would be easy to fix... Instead of avoiding damage, it just postpones damage... Any damage taken during Last Stand is applied once the Last Stand runs out. Or, the damage is applied, but the bot just won't die until Last Stand runs out, simple as that.

Then again, the modules proper name is Last Stan, so I guess it makes sense as it is, even if it can be easily confused with the concept of "last stand".

In my opinion it’s the worst thing added to the game period! And I have been playing since the beginning. ? concept.