I don’t even know why they’re still called Recons, they should be named 4x4 killing machines or smth like that. Same crits as Cov Ops, highest beacon capture in the game, deadliest missiles (mines), able to drain your shield pressing just 1 buttom in matter of seconds, cloak, regen debuff and almost instant jump. The Empire ones are more tanky than the ECMs and the Fed ones are faster than the Cov Ops. They don’t have any weak point that other ships don’t have.
Most of these things can be countered, recons are not that strong.Think cov ops and ecm are better.
Most of these things can be countered, recons are not that strong.Think cov ops and ecm are better.
Explain why lol
Only Gunships can counter Spy Drones, and only gunships can counter Parasite, recons will follow you to death because their speed(fed)/tankiness(empire), and if they fail trying to kill you they can cloak and scape easily, ecms cant scape, and cov ops barely can because their cloak is not a full cloak.
You can’t counter mines, you can see them but you can’t evade them if the Recon just charges at you using the mine, while CO have to stop to use plasma arc if you’re standing still, and they’re vulnerable there, but Recons keep draining your shields while moving at 2k. And we better don’t talk about ECM because their dmg output is very low compared to Recon, CO, they’re good supports and that’s all.
Ecm can couter parasite, cloak and warp with their stasis ability and all these have long cooldown period. Mines are not so easy to use, you cant just drop it and wait for somebody to come. Spy drones are pain in xxxx but you just need to be more careful with them as they do no damage.ecm is great support ship and cov ops is best damage dealer of int, think the bigest advantage recon has is in sensor range. they are good for scouting and picking lone targets for rest of team to kill.
Ecm can couter parasite, cloak and warp with their stasis ability and all these have long cooldown period. Mines are not so easy to use, you cant just drop it and wait for somebody to come. Spy drones are pain in xxxx but you just need to be more careful with them as they do no damage.ecm is great support ship and cov ops is best damage dealer of int, think the bigest advantage recon has is in sensor range. they are good for scouting and picking lone targets for rest of team to kill.
Yeah, this! 10 patches ago though
The way they are now is much different from what you just said.
It’s not about the class. It’s about the pilot. The best way to counter a recon is actually another recon. This does not apply to all classes, but it does here. Complaining about this is pointless. The class is fine, and it just got nerfed 2 times in a row in the last month.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with the balance right now. If anything, tacklers and maybe covops need some tweaks, and that’s about it.
Attacking the command is not what the recon should be doing. If you were having trouble with them, you were out of your position. Also, it is not your job to hunt and kill recons. Try to re-evaluate your role in the battlefield as a command pilot. Trying to go after recons with a tackler is also a bad idea. In this scenario, you are always the prey. Actually it’s better that you don’t fly tacklers at all, in this current meta.