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[Vordred]

so every season came with an assassin, we will now have 6 of the damn things, and then on top of that 3 of the hybrids are part assassin.

so more than half the roster is assassin based.

really don't think this game needs so much light spam and dodge attacks. though not sure what i except at this point, as much as i love this game, i haven't really seriously played it since the start of season 2. as i have pretty much lost faith in the game, the direction ubi seem to be going just seems to be making the combat more and more of a mess. especially 4v4.

my only glimmer of hope if that now they have finished the season pass obligations, they will focus more on fixing the game and reworking things, rather than adding new stuff.

[Nokhchalla]

Exactly my thoughts, this game is turning into a light spam fest.

[CandleInTheDark]

I think ultimately they have done it this way so that every faction has around the same type of characters, before DLC we all had one vanguard, one heavy, one assassin and one hybrid. We now all have two different kinds of hybrids and two assassins.

I would quite like to have seen maybe a couple vanguards or heavies, speaking as someone who mostly plays assassins, as a reason to branch out past the heavy, vanguard and two hybrids (all of them OG, Shaman might be my first DLC character in top ranked gear) I have worked up with my assassin to play 4v4 with but I suspect if they had done it any other way we might well have a similar thread to this only it would be from people who will only play heroes in their faction asking 'where is my second assassin'.

[BTTrinity]

Exactly my thoughts, this game is turning into a light spam fest.

Really? On PC I still see this ridiculous staring contest meta, Id love to see a fest where I can spam lights for once.

[gj4063]

Really? On PC I still see this ridiculous staring contest meta, Id love to see a fest where I can spam lights for once.

PC = defense meta
Console = light spam and fast zone spam meta, since time snap was removed.

And Ubi is trying to balance this game to account for both without recognizing the differences. The code needs to diverge imho.

[StrOf10kBabies]

We honestly do not need more bleed assassins in this game. They need to fix the problems with the PK's light feint spams and bleed abilities, along with the other characters with stupid cheese moves that makes the game borderline not fun to play. I seriously hope that the quick classes get some nerfs when season 4 drops in game.

[Zhantay]

Would love to see another pure Tank or pure Vanguard

Been wanting a two-handed spear user for awhile.

But every DLC is assassin. Console is plagued with assassin because thats mostly what the DLC is and Assassin is very easy to play on console.

- Want to spam lights and bleeds? Grab Peacekeeper

- Want to be a nuissance by throwing long range gb grabs and heavies from long range at someone who is fighting, and then run away as soon as they look at you? Pick Shinobi

- Want to constantly confuse the enemy with your ridiculously amount of animations and fast unblockables? Get Gladiator

- Wanna win with 2 moves? Orochi is here for you

Low effort Big reward is very popular.

[Howard_T_J]

Would love to see another pure Tank or pure Vanguard

Been wanting a two-handed spear user for awhile.

But every DLC is assassin. Console is plagued with assassin because thats mostly what the DLC is and Assassin is very easy to play on console.

- Want to spam lights and bleeds? Grab Peacekeeper

- Want to be a nuissance by throwing long range gb grabs and heavies from long range at someone who is fighting, and then run away as soon as they look at you? Pick Shinobi

- Want to constantly confuse the enemy with your ridiculously amount of animations and fast unblockables? Get Gladiator

- Wanna win with 2 moves? Orochi is here for you

Low effort Big reward is very popular.

Lol orochi... He's not an assassin. He's a weak vanguard. And he doesn't win with two moves

[Breezy175]

Ehrm Howard_T_J OROCHI IS AN ASSASSIN. Kensai is the Vanguard from the Japanese Factory.

And BTW i think he´s talking about the double top light and the zone of orochi. On console its really annoying. For example when i play orochi my combo is storm rush into top light into zone and i swear to god on ps4 when storm rush connects the rest connects too.

[Dude_of_Valor]

Ehrm Howard_T_J OROCHI IS AN ASSASSIN. Kensai is the Vanguard from the Japanese Factory.

And BTW i think he´s talking about the double top light and the zone of orochi. On console its really annoying. For example when i play orochi my combo is storm rush into top light into zone and i swear to god on ps4 when storm rush connects the rest connects too.

On Xbox I have occasionally blocked the double top light after a storm rush but that is more due to opponents delay than me being able to block in time.

Removal of timesnap has buggered up a lot of classes ability to block on console (if I understand it right).