.@SUKMYTURBAN My comment on Talon is as follows:



1- once we get the online a bit more stable (prob next patch which should hit this week) we'll move into balance and tuning and bug issues. Talon is something we will look at in this phase.



2- The first step will be- I hope- to place icons on Talon so on the HUD you will see a little COPTER icon replace the triangle icon so players will have a better awareness of Talon at all times vs. right now where it's easy for players to forget Talon is up there.



3- After that change, we will assess Talon. However, it's important to understand that other than exploits people have brought up (rooftops HUNTED where a Talon can rack up a winning score and then go hide), I am inclined to NOT NERF TALON. We WILL NERF him if he is actually unbalanced. We will NOT NERF him if the reason he is such a strong vehicle right now is that many players are too lazy to figure out how to fight him. For example:



In the first few minutes of the video you linked me, Talon Chain Guns an ambulance to death down below. Ambulance could have easily gone into the church that was mere feet away from him where Talon can't go. Or the school that was also a few more feet away. Inside both are weapons and health as well as the opportunity to store up a freeze which will bring Talon out of the sky.



But the driver of the ambulance- who can tell he is being attacked by Talon from the visual- just drives back and forth, back and forth. To me, that doesn't mean Talon is over powered. It just means the driver of the ambulance is not very bright.



Again, genuine balance issues with ALL vehicles need to be addressed and we will do our best to get to them all. But I'm in no way behind nerfing cars so that mouth breather players can feel better about themselves. There are already lots of mega successful games out there that do that and I don't see the need to make this game that.



David

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