23
Jul
2009
Anders and the fall of the Gauss rush
Since the 3rd Title Upgrade we’ve seen a few minor changes to a lot of gameplay, but the hardcore Anders rushers out there are still sticking to their Gauss guns, only to be met by fail after fail.
The last few days ive been playing mostly 3v3, and although Gauss might still be successful on 1v1, i have noticed a massive decrease in effectiveness in the larger games, to the point its getting increasingly annoying to play with an Anders player now.
Getting Gauss now takes a bit longer, and although it still be effective when spammed; a lot of people now seem to be turning to Forge. In the past going at the enemy on 7 minutes was a near sure win if done right, and if you meet 5 Scorpions it wasn’t such a bad thing. you’d just Cyro them and Gauss tore through them.
Now however Scorpions stand up on their own, and even Marines do a great job in defence against hogs. I’ve seen fail after fail when Anders players on both my team and my opponent, still try to go for the Gauss route.
Was the Title Upgrade a bit too harsh on Warthogs? I don’t think so, they are a scout vehicle; and the only people who are hurt about it are the people who regarded it as a game winner.
I’m glad that patch is out now, before TU3 came out Guass warthogs were my game winner and everyone’s game winner. Not only the warthogs though. The scarab upgrade was well deserved. Why else would you pay 3000 supplies?