Gepard Diary: By the Numbers- The MM has Stabilized

Immense kudos for the post.. it's very OCD and very wonkish and I like that a lot

That said, two takeaways:

a) Carnage. you notices Shutze disappearing, but failed to notice (in the post at least) the % of carnage jumping from about 0.5 to about 4. Carnages are the higher tier (well, whatever it is now) Shutzes.

b) the role of lights: I agree about the Jessie, but I always thought that it was pointless proposition even before the new MM. Unless the switch time is equal or less than 3 seconds or other significant advantages, a three always available hardpoints bot was always a better choice than a 2+2.

Lights in general with the new MM, it's still hard to see. as I see it, with a MM apparently heavily skewed in favor of ELO, lights can serve only one purpose: capping beacons fasts and repeatedly and only that. I think the times when lights could be used for beacons and damage is over (and even back then, it was just for the Gepard and the Shutze and, in a very limited way, an heavily aphid armed Stalker). Now, a fast light hangar with minimal weapons and lots of ecus will always get the 5 gold... assuming the rest of the squad can make up for the damage you won't do, which is rare in random MMed squads. Which is the reason I think the natural evolution will be to see specialized players with armored-maxed lights in clan squads and very little lights, except for stalkers and aphid gepards, being played otherwise.

Well, until someone finds a way to game the new MM, and we know someone will, sooner than later.


BTW, i expect to see patton aphids becoming even more ubiquitous.

Thanks dredd77. As usual, a fun read.

I also wonder what will become of the light bots. My favorite bot is the cossack but it is sadly unusable in the higher levels. I can't really think of an easy fix either--the darn things become too fragile and their dps too weak.