I was a banished main at heart for the majority of this game, but now I feel like they have no real advantage or edge at any point T2 or T3. T2 was always my favorite aspect of the game but now without decent locus, rangers, marauders, core inf, air edge or really any advantage minus cool leader powers and maybe hunters I don’t see any upside to playing as them now. And T3 is even worse with gause hogs, grizzleys, condor, and inf T3 upgrades I really cant see what aspect where banished compete besides maybe massing air and investing a lot into hero units. I could be wrong but it just feels like this to me.
Marauders are great actually, and so are Rangers.
Outside a few, very small, factors UNSC and Banished are on equal footing at T2 and 3
I think the key advantage right now is that Banished have better base killers. UNSC doesn’t have anything in between flamers and vultures, while Banished have locusts and numerous T1 anti building units, the best one arguably being Arbiter’s enforcers.
Banished also have better support units with shrouds and engineers and better defense options for bases.
Loomx and I were talking about this the other day actually. I think it’s that the meta shifts so dramatically so often that it feels like the game goes from one faction being useless to the other. I don’t think Banished is bad right now, rather, it’s that UNSC can actually fight back now that their core and counter units aren’t complete trash. Snipers and warthogs used to be some kind of pathetic joke, but now they aren’t bad. That’s just one example.
I don’t think Banished is that bad at T3. It’s hard to be “bad” when your core air unit becomes a counter unit at the same time. But I see what you mean.
I’m just looking forward to the days where balance patches are more incremental changes and not drastic overhauls of the meta. Not that I don’t appreciate the changes or steps towards a more balanced game, but damn it’s like relearning how to play every 2-3 weeks lol.
Marauders are scary during Tier 2, especially with Shippie.
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> Marauders are scary during Tier 2, especially with Shippie.
Ive officially been gone to long.
I think the biggest edge the UNSC has are its siege turrets. They offer too much value against ground armies that the banished have a had time dealing with. Shrouds help a bit but wolves invalidate that.