07-04-2012, 04:47 AM
As a data point: I've reached wave 17 on normal 3 separate times in the past two days since the patch. In contrast, it's only happened once in the entire week before that. It may be harder to solo now, but servers that pull together properly are *still* getting it done as a team -- nerfs or not.
People have definitely been more mindful of teamwork since the patch. I've seen a lot less ramboing on later waves, and a lot more organized retreats, base-building, and shieldwalling. This is the kind of gameplay that had originally drawn me to NI; if I had wanted to mow down bots solo, I'd stick to single player.
It's not all good, since there are still lots of class balance and item discrepancy issues to iron out. At the end of the day though, I'm having a lot of fun with the new teamwork and my new skirmisher, so I've been liking this patch.
People have definitely been more mindful of teamwork since the patch. I've seen a lot less ramboing on later waves, and a lot more organized retreats, base-building, and shieldwalling. This is the kind of gameplay that had originally drawn me to NI; if I had wanted to mow down bots solo, I'd stick to single player.
It's not all good, since there are still lots of class balance and item discrepancy issues to iron out. At the end of the day though, I'm having a lot of fun with the new teamwork and my new skirmisher, so I've been liking this patch.
Main Characters: Lanseril (L.52 Sniper), Grundus (L.52 Pikeman), Eledwyn (L.49 Commando), Rutgard (L.52 Sharpshooter)
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