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Okay, I originally planned on making a post on this topic last week but figured someone else would beat me to it. But then I remembered no one is playing as Greek so I have to do it.
Straight up, what the fusiler is the rationale behind the nation balancing in the 3.0 Update??? Before this update the nations with the most needed buffs were the Chinese, the Brits with their loot bonus and archer AI, and most of all the Greeks with well, ...everything. Come December 2nd after many months of patience and anticipation and us dozen Greek players learn that nothing's changed.
The German, British, and Chinese all got their needed buffs and yet the Greek nation which was already obsolete before this update didn't receive any net benefits. The bombshell news? Greek unique cavalry damage bonus is increased by 5% and yet their hit-point bonus is reduced by 5%. That's all folks! Seriously.. how does this even constitute as a nation rebalance when you consider the all other nations that needed buffs got positives, and the nation which needed the greatest overhaul simply got a flip in its cavalry stats.
In fact, I would even argue that this flip towards greater damage at the cost of hit points is even worse than before. I'm actually impressed how they somehow managed to make it worse that it already was. Now these Companion tanks are trying too hard to be like artillery but failing miserably. And they're just as dumb as before but now even easier to pick off by anti-tank guns with their hit-points nerfed. At least my artillery knows not to charge at them head on and instead shoot from range. I mean tanks suck to begin with, and calling the Greek uniques advantageous is like being the prom-queen of the short bus.
And their hitpoints nerf make them even a worser unit now to donate as defense. I don't need an extra 5% to shoot at one of the enemy's riflemen. The French tanks with their greater hitpoints occupy the enemy longer and buy more time for garrisons to spawn. Player's may have their own preference when requesting Korean/Chinese/British archers for defense, but no one's going to specifically request a Companion tank over a French one. I mean they're probably the rarest unit in the game (for good reason). No one even knows to request one, and when I do donate one they act like it's some urban legend but later learn it's only a suckier version of their own French tanks.
Mind you, that this nation re-balance doesn't even begin to address the shortcoming of the Greek nation bonus. They're ''uber'' advantage of shaving 40 minutes off a week long upgrade hasn't been changed at all. This is hands down the most pointless and worst bonus in the game. It's not even funny at this point, it's actually a pretty sick joke now. And their nation bonus of 5% refund is another terrible joke. For an upgrade completion that takes nearly a week, I only see this bonus roughly three times a week with my 14 workers and when I do, I'm reminded of how awful it is. The amount I receive is less than one battle's worth; never mind my league bonus. The Brits rightfully deserved their loot bonus buff but come on, even their old 10% over multiple battles is so better than the refund I receive only when upgrades are complete.
What kind of economy is this? I don't know if the developers intended to model them after their modern day counterpart but they did a good job. The Greeks in this game aren't even good at what their supposed to be at with their purported "better architecture." Their overall design is such mess you can't even come up with an apt description to describe them. "Better Architecture"?? What is that supposed to mean. Probably the dumbest nation description in the game, which should likely tell you everything you need to know about them.
I mean if you're going to keep the stats of Greek and French cavalary as alternate forms at least do something to compensate for France's other ridiculously beneficial bonuses of additional alliance troop space and faster training time. It's not even fair, the two nations are no where near equals. Why anyone would choose Greece over France is beyond me. Their tanks are a worse version of artillery and they're not even good at their supposed nation adavantage. Literally the champions of suck.
At this point its obvious that the Greeks have the sole title as the worst nation in the game. With the Chinese mercenary buff its not even close anymore. Look at the leader board and count how many Greek players there are in the top 50. Forget fingers on your hands, you have enough ears or eyes to count to 2. There's a reason no one's as stupid as I am playing as the Greeks. I'm just waiting for the day that'll never come where I can comfortably say I'm Greek without the embarrassment. December 2nd was not that day.
TL;DR: Greece sucks.
Straight up, what the fusiler is the rationale behind the nation balancing in the 3.0 Update??? Before this update the nations with the most needed buffs were the Chinese, the Brits with their loot bonus and archer AI, and most of all the Greeks with well, ...everything. Come December 2nd after many months of patience and anticipation and us dozen Greek players learn that nothing's changed.
The German, British, and Chinese all got their needed buffs and yet the Greek nation which was already obsolete before this update didn't receive any net benefits. The bombshell news? Greek unique cavalry damage bonus is increased by 5% and yet their hit-point bonus is reduced by 5%. That's all folks! Seriously.. how does this even constitute as a nation rebalance when you consider the all other nations that needed buffs got positives, and the nation which needed the greatest overhaul simply got a flip in its cavalry stats.
In fact, I would even argue that this flip towards greater damage at the cost of hit points is even worse than before. I'm actually impressed how they somehow managed to make it worse that it already was. Now these Companion tanks are trying too hard to be like artillery but failing miserably. And they're just as dumb as before but now even easier to pick off by anti-tank guns with their hit-points nerfed. At least my artillery knows not to charge at them head on and instead shoot from range. I mean tanks suck to begin with, and calling the Greek uniques advantageous is like being the prom-queen of the short bus.
And their hitpoints nerf make them even a worser unit now to donate as defense. I don't need an extra 5% to shoot at one of the enemy's riflemen. The French tanks with their greater hitpoints occupy the enemy longer and buy more time for garrisons to spawn. Player's may have their own preference when requesting Korean/Chinese/British archers for defense, but no one's going to specifically request a Companion tank over a French one. I mean they're probably the rarest unit in the game (for good reason). No one even knows to request one, and when I do donate one they act like it's some urban legend but later learn it's only a suckier version of their own French tanks.
Mind you, that this nation re-balance doesn't even begin to address the shortcoming of the Greek nation bonus. They're ''uber'' advantage of shaving 40 minutes off a week long upgrade hasn't been changed at all. This is hands down the most pointless and worst bonus in the game. It's not even funny at this point, it's actually a pretty sick joke now. And their nation bonus of 5% refund is another terrible joke. For an upgrade completion that takes nearly a week, I only see this bonus roughly three times a week with my 14 workers and when I do, I'm reminded of how awful it is. The amount I receive is less than one battle's worth; never mind my league bonus. The Brits rightfully deserved their loot bonus buff but come on, even their old 10% over multiple battles is so better than the refund I receive only when upgrades are complete.
What kind of economy is this? I don't know if the developers intended to model them after their modern day counterpart but they did a good job. The Greeks in this game aren't even good at what their supposed to be at with their purported "better architecture." Their overall design is such mess you can't even come up with an apt description to describe them. "Better Architecture"?? What is that supposed to mean. Probably the dumbest nation description in the game, which should likely tell you everything you need to know about them.
I mean if you're going to keep the stats of Greek and French cavalary as alternate forms at least do something to compensate for France's other ridiculously beneficial bonuses of additional alliance troop space and faster training time. It's not even fair, the two nations are no where near equals. Why anyone would choose Greece over France is beyond me. Their tanks are a worse version of artillery and they're not even good at their supposed nation adavantage. Literally the champions of suck.
At this point its obvious that the Greeks have the sole title as the worst nation in the game. With the Chinese mercenary buff its not even close anymore. Look at the leader board and count how many Greek players there are in the top 50. Forget fingers on your hands, you have enough ears or eyes to count to 2. There's a reason no one's as stupid as I am playing as the Greeks. I'm just waiting for the day that'll never come where I can comfortably say I'm Greek without the embarrassment. December 2nd was not that day.
TL;DR: Greece sucks.
