03-12-2014, 08:47 PM
While it may not be immediately apparent for most players, Nord Invasion is a game of resource management and tactics.
If you've never seen ammo crates in game, it's because ammo crates are situational items and players often are inept at adapting to the situation. Ammo crates are made redundant if the area you're shielding at already has a refill. This should be obvious to anybody. In situations where this is not the case, they can be indispensable. Take for example Swadian Castle: if I evaluate the situation and see that we have enough SHCs being brought in, I will encourage players who are bringing normal barricades to switch to small ammo crates.
The large ammo crate isn't an item I'd recommend for someone who is poor; it is a luxury item that has specific conditions for map and team composition. You want to own a short heavy barricade before you look into investing in a large ammo crate because SHCs can be necessary on 100% of the maps while the LAC is rarely a necessity (As an aside, every player should own a short heavy barricade even if they have a barrel and a wall barricade as the flexibility it gives you is invaluable). This does not make it a useless item.
Luxury items like the large ammo crate or the wall barricade increase a teams versatility by allowing players to overcome specific weaknesses in barricade spots.
If you've never seen ammo crates in game, it's because ammo crates are situational items and players often are inept at adapting to the situation. Ammo crates are made redundant if the area you're shielding at already has a refill. This should be obvious to anybody. In situations where this is not the case, they can be indispensable. Take for example Swadian Castle: if I evaluate the situation and see that we have enough SHCs being brought in, I will encourage players who are bringing normal barricades to switch to small ammo crates.
The large ammo crate isn't an item I'd recommend for someone who is poor; it is a luxury item that has specific conditions for map and team composition. You want to own a short heavy barricade before you look into investing in a large ammo crate because SHCs can be necessary on 100% of the maps while the LAC is rarely a necessity (As an aside, every player should own a short heavy barricade even if they have a barrel and a wall barricade as the flexibility it gives you is invaluable). This does not make it a useless item.
Luxury items like the large ammo crate or the wall barricade increase a teams versatility by allowing players to overcome specific weaknesses in barricade spots.
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