I’ve just played a game a while ago where the other team demolished my team simply because they were spawned with rockets (blue side if I remember correctly) and I only had the lowly sniper. While they went and captured all the points in Dominion with the Rocket Launchers, I was forced to camp with the Sniper Rifle and get no kills, because, well, they already capped the points after absolutely demolishing me and my team with rockets.
Why do the rockets and sniper rifles on that map spawn randomly at the start of the game? Immediately off spawn one team will have the advantage if they spawn with rockets and the other team doesn’t, so why the hell is this mechanic there? It’s worse than random ordnance drops with power weapons spawning all over the place, because the rest of the game is purely decided on the fact of which team gets to spawn closer to the rocket launcher.
And yes long story short I DNF’d because I was getting destroyed and I ragequitted because of the lack of balancing. I hope 343industries are not being 343ignorant about the balancing issues of this game because it’s driving me up the wall.
As a result I’m never voting for Longbow ever again.
There is one Rocket and one Sniper on each side. Unless it was glitch, the other team must’ve just got them through resupplying.
So I got the luck of the draw of not being on the blue team then?
Perfect, so it’s not random, but one team has a better chance to cap 2 points over the other team. I’m done with Longbow.
And yes I’m a terrible sniper. I have my moments but by no means will I be able to compete against some camping player who’s already got B capped who has a rocket launcher.
longbow is just a stupid map, the only part of me map used is the top base, which whoever controls it basicly wins, the rest of the map is totally unused
> So I got the luck of the draw of not being on the blue team then?
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> Perfect, so it’s not random, but one team has a better chance to cap 2 points over the other team. I’m done with Longbow.
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> And yes I’m a terrible sniper. I have my moments but by no means will I be able to compete against some camping player who’s already got B capped who has a rocket launcher.
B base isn’t easier to cap for ether team. I’ve had games in Dominion Longbow where I get dominated in seconds (not even 30 secs into the game). With the Red team/Blue Team getting to Base Bravo and Alpha/Charlie before we even cap the first point. I think its just teammates.
there is actually 5 structures on longbow, one of them gets used in play
dominion is the only time longbow actually makes any sence
Uh both sides spawn with rockets and sniper right in front of them…
Now I do believe that this shouldn’t happen. I think only one sniper and rockets should be on the map, and you should need to fight for it. I don’t like how they are both just given to both sides. It seems kind of stupid because they cancel each other out. It also pisses me off when some dumb -Yoink- grabs both and instantly dies.
> > So I got the luck of the draw of not being on the blue team then?
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> > Perfect, so it’s not random, but one team has a better chance to cap 2 points over the other team. I’m done with Longbow.
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> > And yes I’m a terrible sniper. I have my moments but by no means will I be able to compete against some camping player who’s already got B capped who has a rocket launcher.
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> B base isn’t easier to cap for ether team. I’ve had games in Dominion Longbow where I get dominated in seconds (not even 30 secs into the game). With the Red team/Blue Team getting to Base Bravo and Alpha/Charlie before we even cap the first point. I think its just teammates.
Come to think of it, I was practically the only one to rush B… 
> Uh both sides spawn with rockets and sniper right in front of them…
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> Now I do believe that this shouldn’t happen. I think only one sniper and rockets should be on the map, and you should need to fight for it. I don’t like how they are both just given to both sides. It seems kind of stupid because they cancel each other out. It also pisses me off when some dumb -Yoink!- grabs both and instantly dies.
Oh? Perhaps I just spawned closer to the sniper rifle and someone else already picked up the damn rocket launcher and rushed for C or A, leaving me forever alone.
And precisely, they should remove all the power weapons, and place one sniper rifle on top of B, one rocket launcher between C and A (at the back) and THAT’S IT. Because as it stands the amount of power weapons on this medium-sized map is ridiculous.
Rockets spawn with 4 maybe 6 rounds if you have the perk. Even if he gets all six kills that’s not hard to come back from. Plus sniper vs rockets on longbow, the sniper should win. Sounds like you lost fair and square to me.
If I had to choose… It would be the sniper every single time.
I can’t recall for sure, but aren’t the teleports active on Longbow when you play Dominion game type? With Ammo turned on, one team could get theirs, plus teleport to the other side, and get the other team’s, for basically a triple amount.
yes, the teleports are open