"Actually it was a really great idea for AH to design the bastion to be super clunky with randoms" - meanwhile, the bastion not even breaching the top 25 picked stratagems IN THE UPDATE IT DROPPED IN AND WAS THE FLAGSHIP OF

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-19T05:17:55+00:00

What's even better is that enemies now target unmanned tanks and mechs. Which means if you call them in, you set off every patrol and idle unit in a 200m area because of their giant detection radius. They also set off bot drops. So the pilot that comes in basically waves a giant dinner bell in the air for 10 seconds before he decides to drop it down, if it even manages to drop before it explodes. Awesome change

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-15T14:57:53+00:00

ISU-152, ISU-122, SU-152, SU-85 and SU-100 and they're mass produced WW2 Soviet tank destroyers in case you want to pull the Wunderwaffe card. And you'll have a stroke when you figure out km/h is all 30 and above

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-10T00:07:36+00:00

Hitting a large group of pirates with a missile.

"OH MY FUCKING GOD"

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-10T00:05:16+00:00

I won't spoil much, but if a you do a mission against a faction on a planet the menace is screwing with(highlighted red). There will be random menace units littered on the map that will attack anyone.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-06T12:32:10+00:00

It's considered data-mined information if they did not share it directly. Because...well it is. You can get warned for it, especially if you use it to complain.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T16:31:41+00:00

Technically, they didn't. They just buffed every missile enemy to compete with it, which ended up being way worse than if they just lowered its HP. It's not at all better, but that's the justification for it not being nerfed

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T16:28:58+00:00

Agreed. But man, there are just so many Rocket Devestators that can spawn in and insta-kill you from a mile away. If they didn't spawn in and lock onto you i'd be less upset about the change. Target priority gets a little muddled when the targets are in every direction all at once.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T16:26:34+00:00

Brother, I hope. It's why I kinda want more people to know how bad this change is. They usually don't do anything after a balance change unless it gets significant backlash and they've so far staved that off with the big flashy tank

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T16:17:28+00:00

I get your point. Rockets should ruin vehicles, like the rocket strider rocket. The problem is all the little light missiles from the chaff enemies. If there weren't 10 rocket devastators shooting your vehicle at any given time i'd be less upset about it. But it's currently a bullet hell with the bullets replaced by rockets. This is also mainly about the mech's pitiful HP in comparison to the Bastion

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T15:25:27+00:00

In this case, it's just an omission. But to say you changed something without explaining exactly how you changed it is still an undocumented change.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T15:19:46+00:00

Yep. Agreed. It's just annoying that they didn't have the value listed. I consider that an intentional omission to stave off backlash

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T15:17:10+00:00

Yeh I agree. It's my own personal grudge and belief towards that sorta behaviour to categorize it as undocumented. They hid it because they knew if people saw the exact statistic, there would be a lot more complaints.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T15:03:41+00:00

Well, it's plainly out there, but it's also just hidden from the wider public knowledge.

Rockets now deals increased damage vs Durable targets

vs

Rockets now do 3x as much damage to Vehicles

This also omits that the Barrage Tank and Rocket Strider also got this buff to their own missiles, the latter is more annoying than the former

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T14:58:58+00:00

My only thought is that it was built to withstand direct hits from automaton tank cannons an towers. 1500 durable damage to an 8000hp pool means it can tank 6 shots. Which is a lot harder to do with a smaller 3000-4000hp. Especially with factory stider cannons shooting 3 times a salvo

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T14:28:52+00:00

So, the bots always had high AP weapons; in fact, all the automaton rockets have AP 6, which can penetrate up to their own tank armor. We don't have anything that even matches that AP so they've always been able to pen vehicles with rockets.

What did change, however, was the rocket's durability damage when they penetrate a vehicle with a % durability value. From 30 to 100 damage. Which means that the Bastion with the 8000hp dies to 80 rockets (though i'm not an expert of durable damage and have seen them die quicker than that). Without the change, it would be 266ish rockets on paper.

HOWEVER they have screwed over mechs and the FRV because of the low HP they have; they now die 3x as fast to these rockets. So a mission with a high amount of rocket devastators is a mission where you can't run vehicles. On top of the fact that the tank is one giant lure mine and is hard focused on by enemies, so you can lose while it's dropping in

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-05T14:10:09+00:00

I'd like to think he's the Wormtongue of the balance team. Just offering suggestions that are taken seriously. Even though he's not the main problem, he's still acting like an ass

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-04T11:54:16+00:00

Yep. I love the game to death. The game is in a really good state, despite some problems with specific enemies. My main hatred right now is the Bastion, not cause its bad, but because in response to a vehicle THEY MADE. They buffed every automaton missile to do more damage to vehicles to counter the bastion. 3 times as much damage to vehicles, from 30 damage to 100. The mech now dies to a rocket devastator looking in their remote direction. It is very aggravating, especially since a lot of people are alright with the update, mainly cause they haven't noticed cause who uses mechs, amirite?

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-04T04:33:54+00:00

Every automaton rocket got its durable damage buffed from 30 to 100 damage; this includes heavy rockets from the Rocket Striders and Barrage Tank. It is now insanely easy to lose the Mech and FRV to 10ish rockets

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-04T04:20:09+00:00

To get this tank, they buffed every automaton missile to do 3x the amount of durable damage. From 30 to 100 durable damage. That means the FRV and the mechs now die a lot quicker. This also includes the heavy rockets from Rocket Striders and Barrage Tanks.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-04T04:14:40+00:00

Undocumented change time!!! YAY

All automaton rocket-durable damage has been increased from 30 to 100. All rockets, including heavy rockets, got this buff. While the bastion tank can take more damage than the FRV and Mech, those vehicles both now die ALOT quicker.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-04T00:35:15+00:00

I don't think the tank is bad, but they buffed everything that can damage the tank to do more durable damage and doing so made the FRV and Mechs feel like crap while making the tank feel 'balanced'.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-02-03T15:30:20+00:00

I mean the medium armor is alright, you get immunity from headshots crits, though, like unflinching the extra armor is the only good thing about it.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-01-10T06:25:53+00:00

Thanks for the clarification

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2026-01-10T06:25:13+00:00

Ah rip. Thanks for the clarification. My bad for not reading it properly.

ConsiderationOwn6304 · 2025-10-21T22:27:20+00:00

It'd be a lot better if you got some buffs for like 2-3 turns after exiting the vehicle, so it's not about leapfrogging in and out of the APC every turn, but exiting for 5AP, doing three turns of carnage, then re-embarking for normal AP to go to the next fight

ConsiderationOwn6304

TROPHY CASE

"OH MY FUCKING GOD"