Confused about selecting character

[tokamak]

it absolutely matters because people are dynamic and only under very specific conditions does a bodytype have an advantage against the other. so with the delay, you are no more likely to get an advantage from changing as a reaction to a current situation then you were to not change, because by the time you change, the situation will be different.

You just discarded the only reason to have unlocked bodytypes.

[Atavax]

You just discarded the only reason to have unlocked bodytypes.

not at all. now if you agree with what i just said, what reason is there to not have unlocked bodytypes

[tokamak]

Then why would you switch bodytypes if there’s no advantage to it? You just like the idea of losing 50 pounds in one go without the hard work and without skipping the good things in life as advertised?

[Atavax]

Then why would you switch bodytypes if there’s no advantage to it? You just like the idea of losing 50 pounds in one go without the hard work and without skipping the good things in life as advertised?

i didn’t say there is never an advantage to it. i said changing your bodytype to react to counter a specific situation isn’t feasible.

[Senethro]

i didn’t say there is never an advantage to it. i said changing your bodytype to react to counter a specific situation isn’t feasible.

Pretty sure it is. You could go light to open up routes that avoid a hellish chokepoint for example.

[Atavax]

Pretty sure it is. You could go light to open up routes that avoid a hellish chokepoint for example.

for all you know the route that is light only is more blocked then the route heavie’s can use, and by the time you get there with your light, the heavy route could of been opened up.

[DarkangelUK]

So then you just switch again to make things easier for yourself, rather than dealing with the situation at hand… oh yeah, very intuitive. yeah think my vote still goes with locked.

[tokamak]

Switching bodytype either gives you an advantage or it doesn’t, and when it does, it’s not the kind of advantage that adds anything to the gameplay.

[shirosae]

for all you know the route that is light only is more blocked then the route heavie’s can use, and by the time you get there with your light, the heavy route could of been opened up.

So when the other team displays a tendency to fill up chokepoints with turtles, it becomes quite useful to swap to light and act as recon for your team, without tying yourself to that function for the whole match. Or alternatively, useful to swap to light and start poking alternate routes to make them want to fill up chokepoints, thinning out the defence.

What you end up with are matches where a team can start off plugging up chokepoints with turtles, and then changing tactics when the other team successfully counters.

The delay in swapping body types is as essential as the delay in changing class; the point is that you pay a price either in time or resources in exchange for flexibility, so the system itself is another meta-game that players can get good at judging, and good at countering.

[tokamak]

Yet if you can’t switch bodytypes you won’t be able to rely on this type of solo play but on the players who happen to have the convenient bodytype at hand to fulfil their roles. And if you don’t have any convenient bodytype at the moment you will have to be creative.

The delay in swapping body types is as essential as the delay in changing class

You’re acting like the alternative would be shape-shifting in combat. It’s not essential as there won’t be a delay as there won’t be a swap as the entire bodytype swapping is totally lame.

[Crytiqal]

AAAaaaaaaaaaargh

BODYTYPES ARE LOCKED, hmm k??

geeesh, get over it

Seriously tho:
How can you say that you should be able to change bodytype to overcome obstacles, and in the same sentence say that changing bodytypes doesn’t give you an advantage??

Oh and please, don’t respond to that question.